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Washingtonians’ medical debt will not be included in their credit reports, under a bill that Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law on Tuesday. Having medical debt can create a spiraling effect and prevent people from getting approved for car or ...

Washington is experiencing a tough budget deficit, inflation is easing but still high as people feel pinched at the grocery store, and financial institutions nationwide are forecasting a recession closer to the end of this year, all of which could ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington are considering whether striking workers should receive unemployment benefits, following recent walkouts by Boeing factory workers, hospital nurses and teachers in the Pacific Northwest that highlighted a new era of American labor ...

A bill in the Washington Legislature to make hospital pricing more transparent for consumers is still in play, but its scope has narrowed during the legislative process. “I don’t think this bill really, frankly, does anything anymore,” said Steve Fenberg, ...

All Washington students would have access to free school lunches under a proposed law that was heard in committee Tuesday morning. Sponsored by state Sen. Marcus Riccelli, Senate Bill 5352 would expand the state’s program for free school lunches to ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Lawmakers in Olympia are considering a new bill that could change how medical debt impacts credit scores for residents in Washington. Representative Marcus Riccelli is sponsoring the SB 5480, which seeks to address the financial burden of ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Free school lunches could soon be available to all students in Washington. Lawmakers have been pushing to make universal free lunches a reality for students at public schools in Washington for several years. While progress has been ...

A recurring effort since the COVID-19 pandemic, free hot lunches could soon become a reality for every public school student in Washington. Governor-elect Bob Ferguson intends to trim $4.4 billion from the state budget, but listed universal free lunches for ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Washington lawmakers are gearing up to head to Olympia on January 13 to take on a more than 100 day period of lawmaking and budget writing. The state’s 98 representatives and 49 senators will soon kick off ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – A new bill in Washington could allow union workers to receive unemployment benefits while on strike if the strike is legal. Representative Marcus Riccelli is the primary sponsor of the proposed legislation aimed at supporting the working ...