Gene Johnson
Associated Press Reporter-
A trial over whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage — instead of $1 a day — to immigration detainees who perform tasks like cooking and cleaning at…
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A company backed by the Chinese government on Friday ended its seven-year effort to build one of the world’s largest methanol plants along the Columbia…
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It was designed as an innovative way to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, but Washington’s new “Joints for Jabs” program is off to a rough start.Officials…
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A 20-year-old Seattle man is facing a terrorism-related charge after being arrested while trying to board a flight to join the Islamic State group, the…
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After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a trial is underway to determine whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage to…
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The Biden administration has halted its predecessor’s decision to sell the federal archives building in Seattle, following months of opposition from…
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Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday signed a bill automatically restoring voting rights to people who have been released from prison after committing felonies,…
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Washington state lawmakers have voted to automatically restore voting rights to people who have been released from prison after committing felonies, even…
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A federal judge on Thursday dismissed an industry lawsuit that sought to block a $4-an-hour pay boost for Seattle grocery workers amid the COVID-19…
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For more than a decade, Brad Hanson and other researchers have tailed the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales in a hard-sided inflatable boat,…