Latest Washington Headlines
All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Washington State Lawmakers Consider Tougher DUI Laws
Apr 11 2013 // Lawmakers are considering tightening up the state’s laws against driving under the influence after two recent cases that left three dead and two, including an infant, critically injured. Rep. Roger Goodman held a...
Washington Jury Awards $26M Over Plane Crash Deaths
Apr 10 2013 // A jury has awarded $26 million to the families of three people killed when a small plane crashed near Arlington, Wash. in 2008. The single-engine Cessna went down en route from San Juan Island to Auburn when its engine...
Gun Liability Insurance Bills Aren’t the Answer, Says Insurance Industry
Apr 10 2013 // Congress appears ready to take up gun control legislation for the first time in years, with proposals under consideration focusing on background checks, straw purchases and money for school safety. If the debate stays on...
Washington Weighs Compensation for Wrongful Convictions
Apr 9 2013 // Alan Northrop anxiously waits outside a Senate committee hearing, his girlfriend rubbing his shoulders and whispering words of support as he prepares to sign in to testify about nearly two decades of freedom...
Alabama Governor Says State Will Not Enforce Federal Health Law’s Protections
Apr 8 2013 // Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has rejected another provision of the federal health care overhaul pushed by President Barack Obama, saying Alabama insurance regulators won’t enforce parts of the law aimed at protecting...
Relatives Of Washington Woman Shot By Mistake File Suit
Apr 3 2013 // Relatives of a 20-year-old Tacoma, Wash., woman fatally shot by gang members in a case of mistaken identity are suing the state Corrections Department, saying it failed to supervise the felons charged in the case. The News...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Recovering From Heart Surgery
Apr 2 2013 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, the nation’s longest serving insurance commissioner, is recovering after successful heart surgery performed Monday at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. The...
Washington Couple Must Pay $224,000 For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 1 2013 // A Washington couple received jail time and will have to reimburse the state more than $200,000 after they reportedly both filed fraudulent workers’ compensation claims in 2009. Jaime Beroth, 63, and her husband...
Washington Island Slide Victims Still Cut Off
Apr 1 2013 // Crews on Monday expect to finish cutting an emergency access road down to homes cut off by a massive mudslide last week on Whidbey Island in Washington. Initial evacuations were ordered on 35 homes after Wednesday’s...
Washington Woman Awarded $813,000 in Medical Suit
Apr 1 2013 // A Spokane jury awarded $813,000 this week to a woman whose foot was amputated following the wrong diagnosis by her physician. It was the second time a jury heard Darlene Turner’s medical malpractice suit against...
Washington Weighs First Abortion Insurance Mandate In US
Mar 25 2013 // In 1970, Washington became the first – and remains the only – state in the country to legalize elective abortions by a popular vote. A generation later, and 40 years removed from the landmark United States Supreme...
PCI Slams Oregon Bad Faith Proposals
Mar 22 2013 // A handful of bills proposed in Oregon could hit consumers with nearly $200 million in cost increases and yield a rash of lawsuits, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, which is urging Oregon...
Washington Could Take Over More State Health Exchanges
Mar 15 2013 // The U.S. government could have to run more state health insurance exchanges than expected under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, if U.S. states pursuing their own marketplaces cannot complete them on time, a...
Washington Nuke Plant Contractor To Pay More Than $18.5 Million
Mar 8 2013 // One of the contractors charged with cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site has agreed to pay an $18.5 million civil and criminal penalty related to a time card fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Michael...
EU Parliament Head Sees ‘Enormous Opportunity’ in U.S. Trade Deal
Mar 8 2013 // The head of the European parliament has come out firmly in favor of a trade deal with the United States, soothing concerns that the increasingly influential body could block a deal on which talks are due to start in...
Washington Governor, Senators Differ On Climate Proposal
Mar 7 2013 // Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday insisted Washington state is poised to lead the fight against climate change and urged lawmakers to help him move quickly on the issue. The governor advocated for his inaugural climate change...
Man Seeks $3 Million From Washington City After K9 Attack
Mar 4 2013 // A Tacoma man is seeking $3 million from the City of Lakewood for injuries he says he suffered during a police dog attack in 2011. The Tacoma News Tribune reported that 27-year-old Charles Boyles alleges in a tort claim...
Bipartisan Optimism As Sweet As Maple Syrup at Workers’ Comp Conference
Feb 28 2013 // The political stalemate in Washington regarding the deficit and sequestration is not as dire or depressing as most people and pundits proclaim, and is in fact a positive sign that the country is grappling with important...
Six Leaking Tanks Are Washington Nuclear Site’s Latest Woe
Feb 25 2013 // Federal and state officials say six underground tanks holding a brew of radioactive and toxic waste are leaking at the country’s most contaminated nuclear site in south-central Washington, raising concerns about...
Commentary: The Near Impossible Battle against Hackers Everywhere
Feb 25 2013 // Dire warnings from Washington about a “cyber Pearl Harbor” envision a single surprise strike from a formidable enemy that could destroy power plants nationwide, disable the financial system or cripple the U.S....
