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Newhouse introduces legislation to designate firearm workers “essential”

On Tuesday, US Rep. Dan Newhouse introduced the Second Amendment is Essential Act, which aims to designate firearm workers as “essential.” Newhouse’s federal legislation would...Read More

Vice President Pence visits Washington amid COVID-19 outbreak

Vice President Mike Pence visited Washington state yesterday in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Vice President arrived in Washington on Thursday afternoon around 3:15...Read More

Herrera Beutler to vote no on articles of impeachment

Today, the office of Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler released the following statement on the articles of impeachment: “Since the president’s call with Ukraine came to...Read More

Freedom Foundation’s Nelsen Named to Federal Labor Dispute Panel

Maxford Nelsen, labor policy director for the Olympia, Wash.-based Freedom Foundation, has been appointed by President Donald Trump to fill a seat on the Federal Service Impasses...Read More

AG Ferguson sues to block Trump Administration from diverting billions for border wall

Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit last week to block the Trump Administration’s plan to “reprogram” funding for more than $3.6 billion in congressionally...Read More

Ferguson files 31st lawsuit against Trump Administration, defending Affordable Care Act

Attorney General Bob Ferguson today issued the following statement regarding his latest lawsuit against the Trump Administration for its efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act. The...Read More

Cantwell, Senate Democrats call for Judiciary Committee Hearing on family separation

Cantwell and eight colleagues sent a letter calling for an oversight hearing on the Trump Administration’s inability to reunite immigrant children with their families....Read More

Inslee writes letter calling for reversal of restrictive refugee policies

In 2016, 3,297 refugees came to Washington State. In 2018, that number is expected to drop to 1,500....Read More

Eastern Washington heavily reliant on industries targeted by China’s tariffs

New Brookings Institution data shows that agricultural workers in the Northwest have reason to worry about China's new tariffs....Read More