New WA team fighting organized retail theft presses first charges
A Bremerton man was charged Thursday with first-degree organized retail theft, marking the first prosecution by a new Attorney General’s Office unit created to crack down on organized retail crime. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Luke Johnson / The Seattle Times)
WA expands health insurance plans to undocumented residents, but it’s still cost-prohibitive
Around 105,000 people are newly eligible to buy health insurance in Washington. That’s because, for the first time, undocumented residents can purchase health insurance through Washington Health Plan Finder. About 60% of Washington’s undocumented residents have lived in the state for 10 years or more. However, until this year, health plans for that group were limited to children, pregnant people and people qualifying under the Alien Emergency Medical program. Continue reading at Northwest Public Broadcasting. (U.S. Department of Agriculture / Lance Cheung)
IBM pulls ads from X as Musk amplifies antisemitism
IBM said Thursday it will stop advertising on X, formerly Twitter, after a report from a media watchdog organization found that its ads had appeared on the Elon Musk-owned social media site alongside pro-Nazi tweets. Continue reading at Washington Post.
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