States see little federal help Oversight committees in both houses of Congress have faulted pharmaceutical companies for “skyrocketing price increases are simply unsustainable,” as a House report put it in September...
A shock Friends say they rarely saw clear signs of mental illness. Hayden never spoke openly about it if he was struggling. There were sometimes flashes of something complicated below the surface;...
The new law, which was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2021, isn’t dead, supporters say, but enforcement has been indefinitely postponed. The state law was inspired by 38 local ordinances around...
Climate-centered bills would phase out gas heat and appliances in most Washington homes and buildings, require that cities consider climate costs in their plans, and increase housing density in some areas by 50%. At...
Finn and Liu are high school students from Bellevue who describe themselves as the kind of people who notice a dog before they notice its owner. Finn’s family has had up to seven animals...
Still, signature challenges come as a surprise to many voters, including Lisandra Valencia, 39. She received her first signature mismatch notice in November. She is not sure why, although she admits...
‘A health care cliff’ Washington has seen 25 nursing homes close since 2017, a loss of more than 1,000 beds, according to industry statistics provided by Alyssa Odegaard of LeadingAge, an advocacy...
Though she refers to Braun as a “staunch conservative,” state Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, has worked closely with him on policy she calls "nonpartisan." She describes him as a quiet actor,...
