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VA secures $10B+ in pharmaceutical price reductions so far in FY 2026

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WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced it has secured a record-high $10.44 billion in pharmaceutical price reductions so far in fiscal year 2026 – nearly double the value achieved in the last year of the Biden Administration. During the second Trump Administration, VA launched a major effort to secure lower prices on…

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Washington poised to elect its first openly trans legislator

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Jaelynn Scott is set to become Washington’s first openly transgender legislator after sailing through last week’s primary.  She also could be one of only two members of the Democratic Socialists of America in the Legislature.  “I think it’s important that people see themselves in me, and the fact that they can run and they can…

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Trump vaccine order takes aim at states that limit exemptions

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A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allow personal or religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements. Those states — California, Connecticut, Maine and New York — are among the states with the…

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For WA GOP, a tough primary delivers alarming results

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David Stuebe gets a lot of phone calls from constituents, more than usual these days as he campaigns for reelection to the Washington Legislature.  Ahead of this month’s primary, the first-term House Republican received a particularly jarring call. The person didn’t ask about his vote against a new state income tax on higher earners or…