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...
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Seattle Law Allowing Ridesharing Union April 7, 2017 By Gene Johnson A federal judge in Seattle, Wash. has temporarily blocked the city’s first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ridesharing companies such as...
Washington Attorney General Will Fight if Necessary to Keep State’s Legal Pot February 28, 2017 By Gene Johnson Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says the state is ready to fight if necessary to keep its legal marijuana. Ferguson...
Suit against Washington Shoemaker over Use of Marathoner’s Name Dismissed November 3, 2016 By Gene Johnson The maker of a popular line of minimalist running shoes doesn’t have to pay damages for naming some of its...
$60M in Settlements for Victims of Deadly Washington Landslide October 12, 2016 By Gene Johnson Survivors and family members of people killed in the nation’s deadliest landslide have reached $60 million in settlements with the...
Judge Orders AG to Hand Over Emails in Washington Landslide Liability Case September 9, 2016 By Gene Johnson A judge this week ordered the Washington Attorney General’s Office to give him internal emails that might help explain when...
State, Stillaguamish Tribe Argue over Liability in Washington Mudslide July 6, 2016 By Gene Johnson The Stillaguamish Tribe is fighting off suggestions by the Washington Attorney General’s Office that it might face liability for the...