Happy New Year to all of our faithful readers! If it’s not too late, we’d like to add one more resolution to your 2012 list: Spread...
REDISTRICTING ► In the Olympian — New state political map approved— The Redistricting Commission unanimously approved a new political map Sunday evening. In the legislative...
By CHARLES MAYER and TERESA MOSQUEDA Primary-care providers are working harder than ever to partner with their patients, but the question still remains: How can we...
By DAVID WESTBERG OLYMPIA (Dec. 26, 2011) — In the latest of the national efforts to demonize state and educational employees, following on the heels of...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has issued the following statement regarding the Ryan-Wyden plan under which Medicare would merely subsidize premiums charged by private insurers. The Ryan-Wyden...
STATE GOVERNMENT ► At Publicola — Gregoire takes on ‘Reform Before Revenue’ mantra— The governor busted the state Republicans’ “Reform before revenue” mantra (which is...
OLYMPIA (Dec. 16) — Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday appointed nine Washingtonians to serve as the first governing board of the state’s Health Benefits Exchange, a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 16) — An AFL-CIO report released Thursday sheds new light on the crisis Alabama immigrant families are facing as a result of HB...
CONGRESS ► In today’s NY Times — Lawmakers offer bipartisan plan to overhaul Medicare — A Democratic senator, Ron Wyden of Oregon, and a Republican...
The following was distributed by the Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council: SILVERDALE, Wash. (Dec. 15, 2011) — In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Navy...