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According to the bill, the Department of Health (DOH) could fine hospitals $10,000 a month if they fail to post staffing plans or meet their own set standards.

Salary increases total to approximately $1 billion and will go into effect in the 2024-25 school year.

City of Wenatchee’s Executive Services Director Laura Gloria says the city would funnel $40,000 towards this feasibility study.

13th-District Representatives Tom Dent and Alex Ybarra, 12th-District Representatives Mike Steele and Keith Goehner, and 7th-District Representatives Jacquelin Maycumber and Joel Kretz, all voted against this bill.

State Senate Republicans are voting along party lines against a bill that would provide gender-affirming healthcare to trans youth.

A Senate Bill looking to reduce unsafe nurse-to-patient ratios is progressing through the Senate Committee.

Employers are required to give a month in advance notice to workers that they are implementing this type of scheduling for their harvest.

The races in Chelan County have not changed, although they have become more pronounced.

Starting after July 1, high-capacity magazine cartridges will be banned in Washington state. Those who violate this new measure will be charged with a gross misdemeanor.

Chelan County Sheriff Brian Burnett is hosting a series of community meetings the first two weeks of August regarding the new legislation on police reform that is in effect. He says there has been a lot of questions and concerns from residents ...