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Months after finding that the newly drawn legislative district boundaries near Yakima violated the Voting Rights Act, a federal judge has now decided what those district boundaries should look like.
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The U.S. Army wants to install filters to help clean up contaminated well water in Central Washington. First, people need to fill out specific paperwork.
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It took police more than a year to start investigating Kit's disappearance. Kit is from a part of the country that’s become unusually accustomed to children disappearing.
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Washington farmworkers will become eligible for overtime after a 40-hour work week in January. Producers are looking to relax that standard during peak harvest times.
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At least 16 deportation flights have left from Boeing Field since May, and immigration advocates are trying to watch every single one.
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After court order, ICE is now deporting immigrants from both Boeing Field and Yakima Air Terminal. Approximately 400 people have been deported since May.
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U.S. farms have faced worker shortages for years. Now compounding the problem: The children of farmworkers are leaving the fields, forcing farm owners to look to other countries for labor.
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A family-owned apple and cherry orchard business has agreed to pay the amount to settle a lawsuit filed by the state Attorney General's Office in 2021. The workers will each get about $1,000.
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Amid extreme heat, there are few federal protections for workers during hot temperatures. The Biden administration wants to change that but the rule making process is long and the heat won't wait.
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It’s peak cherry season in the Northwest. The fruits are typically grown outdoors in an orchard. This business in southeast Washington is doing things a little differently.