Family Files Lawsuit in Police Restraint Death in Washington September 20, 2021 By Gene Johnson The family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died while being restrained by Tacoma police officers who have since...
Uber to Pay $3.4M to Drivers in Seattle Gig Worker Leave Law Settlement June 25, 2021 By Gene Johnson Uber has agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to 15,000 drivers after making mistakes related to Seattle’s pioneering paid...
Woman Abused by Washington Band Teacher Settles for $2M December 11, 2020 By Gene Johnson A school district in Washington state has agreed to a $2 million settlement after a woman sued over sexual abuse...
Washington City Settles Shooting Lawsuit for $8M December 7, 2020 By Gene Johnson The city of Tacoma, Wash., has agreed to an $8 million settlement for a man who was paralyzed and had...
Small Businesses in Seattle Pinched as Virus Keeps Workers Home March 11, 2020 By Rachel Lerman and Gene Johnson The coronavirus outbreak has largely emptied Seattle’s usually busy downtown streets after Amazon and other companies told tens of thousands...
Premera Blue Cross in Northwest to Pay States $10M in Data Breach July 16, 2019 By Gene Johnson Premera Blue Cross, the largest health insurer in the Pacific Northwest, has agreed to pay $10 million to 30 states...
Human Error May Have Caused Seattle Crane Collapse, Experts Say May 1, 2019 By Gene Johnson Human error may have caused a crane collapse that killed four people and injured four others over the weekend, experts...
Canada Gets Ready for Legalized Recreational Marijuana on Oct. 17 October 16, 2018 By Gene Johnson and Rob Gillies Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses of southern British Columbia and joke about how...
Judge Won’t Allow Challenge to Seattle’s Rideshare Driver Union Law August 28, 2017 By Gene Johnson For the second time this month, a federal judge has rejected a challenge to Seattle’s first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of...
Challenge to Seattle’s Ridesharing-Union Law Dismissed August 4, 2017 By Gene Johnson A judge has dismissed one challenge to Seattle’s first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft...