Delay of Washington’s long-term-care program signed into law Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law an 18-month delay of the state’s new long-term-care program, which creates a defined…
Thursday, Jan. 27
State Senate approves delay of WA Cares, sending long-term care bills to Inslee’s desk The Washington Senate Wednesday passed a pair of bills to delay the payroll tax for WA…
Wednesday, Jan. 26
COVID cases decline in Seattle area, surge moves east Cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 are decreasing in the Seattle metro area, but hospital leaders are warning that the…
Davis, Carlyle introduce bills to close pharmaceutical warehouse distributor tax loophole, fund addiction recovery
Olympia— Rep. Lauren Davis (D-Shoreline) and Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle) introduced House Bill 2091 and Senate Bill 5952, respectively, this week to fund addiction recovery services by closing the pharmaceutical warehouse…
Tuesday, Jan. 25
Long-term care takes a toll on caregivers. Will the WA Cares Fund help? Angela Petersen always imagined spending her retirement traveling with her husband of over 30 years. But that…