What’s at stake for Washington’s flagship research institutions in the legal battle over NIH funding
The fight unfolding over the Trump administration's sudden limit on NIH grant funding could slash budgets for Washington's ...
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Washington state may boost minimum wage to $25 by 2031
Washington state may implement a series of labor reforms including a progressive increase in the minimum wage to $25 per hour ...
Trump official’s directive tying transportation grants to birth rates could hinder blue states
U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a Maryland Democrat, said he feared Duffy’s directives would harm some grants already announced — ...
Alabama House expedites Medicaid for pregnant women, joining other states with high mortality rates
A bill that would expedite Medicaid coverage and prenatal health care for low-income pregnant women in Alabama has advanced ...
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Inequity in care means Black Mississippi women dying at higher rates of cervical cancer
Mississippi, a state known for rich culture and strong heritage, also faces some of the nation’s most glaring health ...
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State Farm asks for insurance rate hike of 22 percent after L.A. fires
State Farm, the largest insurance company in California, has asked regulators to let it raise property insurance rates by a staggering average of 22 percent, writing in a letter Monday that the ...
National survey shows Washington students' reading scores are on the decline
Reading scores among 3rd through 8th graders have dropped nearly half a percentage point below the national average, ...
WA Secretary of State warns that federal gutting of cybersecurity agency puts elections at risk
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs sounded the alarm Wednesday that recent actions by the Trump administration are ...
The Washington Post24d
To get rid of ‘drug-addicted’ rats, Houston police clean up evidence room
They have backpacks, ATMs, thousands of bicycles, notes from a nearly century-old homicide case and an infestation of rats that have ... in an interview with The Washington Post.
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State Dept says US government vessels can now transit Panama Canal without fees
WASHINGTON – The US Department of State said on Feb 5 that American government ... the Central American country of charging excessive rates to use its passage. “If the principles, both moral ...
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Washington police released crime statistics for 2024. Here's what the numbers said
Crime decreased in Washington overall between 2023 and 2024, according to a report presented this week by the city's Police Chief Mike McCoy. The annual report examined crime rates in 12 ...