Austin Jenkins
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Inslee won't take 'no' for an answer on climate debate
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is stoking outrage and taking on his own party after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) unequivocally quashed his...
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Politics
Suicide in Northwest jail highlights risk for Native American inmates
On Feb. 26, 2014, staff booked Shannon Jefferson into the Whatcom County Jail for a probation violation and failing to appear in court on a fourth degree assault charge. Twelve days later, Jefferson tied a bed sheet to the window in her isolation cell and hanged herself. She was 36-years-old and the mother of six.
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Inslee signs $52.4 billion budget decried by Republicans
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday signed into law a $52.4 billion, two-year state budget that he said "rises to the needs of our time," but that...
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Health
Locking up mentally ill, drug addicted people results in jail deaths, new report says
The practice of locking up people who are chronically sick, mentally ill or drug addicted in under-resourced city, county and regional jails in...
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Inslee to sign WA vape tax that critics say amounts to a big tobacco giveaway
After years of debate, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is scheduled to sign into law on Tuesday a new tax on vaping products to fund cancer research and...
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Will Washington state's new public option plan reduce health care costs?
Millions of Americans who buy individual health insurance, and don't qualify for a federal subsidy, have been hit with sticker shock in recent years....
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Health
Will Washington State's New 'Public Option' Plan Reduce Heath Care Costs?
This week Washington passed a law to create a new kind of public health insurance. It could inspire other states to try so-called "public option" plans. But how well will it work to bring costs down?
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Health
Washington becomes first state to offer public health insurance option, long-term care benefit
Washington is poised to become the first state in the nation to offer a public health insurance option, as well as a new, employee-paid long-term care...
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Politics
Opioid distributors sued by WA attorney general get to keep their better-than-Boeing tax break
At the same time Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing three Fortune 15 pharmaceutical distributors for allegedly “fueling the state’s...
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Politics
Inslee unveils aggressive plan to cut the nation's greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030
Campaigning for president in California on Friday, Washington's Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, is expected to call for all new cars and new buildings to be carbon-free by 2030 and all electricity to go carbon-free by 2035.