Author Archives: kenf

As Washington’s local-news fellowship takes shape, one thing is already clear. The program, which is placing eight journalists at local news outlets starting early next year, will provide just a fraction of what’s needed to restore and sustain essential, civic ...

At a January 2020 hearing for State Sen. Karen Keiser’s first insulin cost-sharing bill, physicians and patients testified to the high cost of the drug that keeps them alive. Kevin Wren of patient advocacy group Insulin 4 All described the impossible choices ...

Biden’s fallen short on his health-care promises. Some states are trying to control costs themselves. President Biden and his Democratic allies made big promises about health care on the campaign trail and beyond. He’s backed the public option, a government-run ...

Providing striking workers with unemployment checks. Protecting unspent gift card balances for consumers. Keeping the old name for a new state building. These are among the matters Washington lawmakers are teeing up for debate in the 2024 session. Legislators on ...

Are you worried about the political division in our country? We are too, and over the last seven months KUOW’s community engagement team has been partnering with StoryCorps on a solution. It’s called “One Small Step,” an initiative that pairs ...

Washington should make insulin more widely available at cheaper prices and offer a free 30-day supply at least once a year for people who are short on the drug and can’t afford it. That’s the message delivered to state lawmakers ...

OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Wednesday he was suing O’Reilly Auto Parts, the car parts and accessories chain, for discriminating and retaliating against pregnant workers, alleging that at least 22 women were harmed as a result. Ferguson ...

When a judge in Texas issued his ruling invalidating the FDA’s approval of abortion pill mifepristone on April 8th, Karen Keiser ’69, MSJ ’73 was outraged. “It was ridiculous,” the Washington State Senator said, “that a federal judge having no medical ...