Category: Washington

Washington

WA pays $180K to fired head of youth prisons who alleged retaliation

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Washington state is settling for $180,000 with the former head of the state’s youth prison system after she alleged she was fired for raising concerns about longstanding overcrowding. Felice Upton, then assistant secretary of juvenile rehabilitation at Washington’s Department of Children, Youth and Families, was fired in April 2025, without explanation, after five years at…

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Judge reinstates pause on Trump order limiting mail ballots

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A federal judge froze for two weeks a Trump administration regulation to restrict mail voting late Thursday, calling the U.S. Postal Service rule a violation of states’ power to administer elections. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s temporary restraining order reinstated a pause that she had lifted just a day earlier, following a U.S. Supreme Court procedural…

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Canadian tariffs to further raise prices, a top concern for voters

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WASHINGTON — A developing trade war with Canada could bite Republicans ahead of the upcoming midterm elections as voters worry about rising prices and industries in states with competitive races could suffer. Maine’s lobster industry dodged what officials had warned could be economic havoc Thursday morning when Canada reversed its decision to tax lobster imports at…

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Postal Service pushes ahead on Trump order limiting vote-by-mail

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service took another step Thursday in implementing a Trump administration policy to restrict mail-in voting, even as a high-stakes legal battle plays out and midterm elections approach. The agency published an FAQ about its new rule that compels states to send their voter rolls to the federal government and only deliver…