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Washington state to pay $3.1M to settle lawsuit in which state failed to turn over evidence
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is set to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit over alleged severe neglect at an adult family home — in addition to more than $300,000 in penalties levied by a judge for wrongful withholding of evidence, officials said. The settlement announced by...
Alabama's Nick Saban visits kids with cancer, next up a lobbying trip to Washington
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Nick Saban spent part of Tuesday morning cheerfully handing out talking toy ducks to children with cancer, posing for pictures and generally showing his softer side. Next up is a business trip to Washington to help the Southeastern Conference make the pitch...
Washington State Republican Party chair stepping down
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington State Republican Party Chairman Caleb Heimlich said Monday he is leaving the position. Heimlich, 37, wrote in a message to state GOP officials obtained by The Seattle Times Monday that while it has been a tremendous honor to serve as the chairman for more...
Debt deal imposes new work requirements for food aid and that frustrates many Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are deeply conflicted about the food aid requirements that President Joe Biden negotiated as part of the debt ceiling deal, fearing damage has been done to safety net programs that will be difficult to unravel in the years ahead as Republicans demand further cuts. ...
Washington man climbing Mount Rainier dies near summit
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who was trying to summit Mount Rainier this week collapsed and died near the top of the mountain in the national park, officials said. National Park Service officials said Friday that Brian Harper, of Bremerton,...
Underestimated McCarthy emerges from debt deal empowered as speaker, still threatened by far right
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor. Underestimated from the start, the Republican who cruised around his California hometown of Bakersfield and stumbled into a career in Congress was never taken too seriously by the Washington...
Washington state Sen. Mark Mullet announces governor run
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington State Sen. Mark Mullet announced a bid for governor Thursday, joining a growing field of candidates seeking to replace outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee. Mullet, a moderate Democrat from Issaquah who owns a pizza restaurant and three ice cream shops, said in a news...
Supreme Court rules against union in labor dispute involving truck drivers and wet concrete
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dispute about the pressure that organized labor can exert during a strike, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete. The decision united liberal and conservative justices in...
Police fatally shoot armed robbery suspect in Vancouver, Washington, parking lot
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Law enforcement officers shot and killed a man in a southwest Washington parking lot who was wanted in armed robbery cases, police said. A Vancouver detective saw the man driving about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and followed him into a grocery store parking lot, The...
Body of avalanche victim in Washington state recovered after being spotted by volunteer
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) — Search crews have recovered the body of a climber who was one of three killed in an avalanche on Washington's Colchuck Peak in February. A search-and-rescue volunteer was on a personal trip to the mountain Monday when he saw the remains of 60-year-old...
