Transcript of Cuomo investigation interviews released
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/File (NEW YORK) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in an interview over the summer he “wouldn’t be surprised” if somebody who worked for him at some point sat on his lap.
USFW reinstates spotted owl protections
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say political appointees in the Trump administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the spotted owl. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday struck down
Inslee signs all-electric state fleet order
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Inslee has signed an executive order that seeks to move state government to an all-electric fleet of vehicles by 2035. The order requires the 24 executive branch agencies under Inslee’s control to
Ivory, rhino horn smugglers arrested in Edmonds
SEATTLE (AP) — Two foreign nationals from the Democratic Republic of Congo were arrested in Edmonds and indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy and money laundering charges for allegedly smuggling elephant ivory and rhino horns.
Tacoma metallurgist pleads guilty to defrauding the government
SEATTLE (AP) — A metallurgist in Washington has pleaded guilty to fraud after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines. Elaine Thomas was the
State’s high court delays Seattle officer case
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that will decide whether the identities of Seattle police officers who attended events in the nation’s capital on the day of the insurrection
20 month sentence for timber poacher that started Olympic Peninsula forest fire
By Pepper Fisher TACOMA — The lead defendant in a scheme to illegally harvest maple trees from the Olympic National Forest that resulted in a massive forest fire three years ago was sentenced Monday to 20 months
Class action suit aims to stop long-term care program
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Opponents of a mandatory payroll tax to fund Washington state’s new long-term care program have filed a class action lawsuit in federal court seeking to stop the January start of the payroll premium
Consumer prices soar 6.2% in October, largest jump since November 1990
MicroStockHub/iStock (NEW YORK) — Consumer prices continued to climb at an alarmingly rapid pace last month, according to data from the Labor Department on Wednesday, as inflation woes have cast a shadow over the post-pandemic economic recovery.
Biden to visit Baltimore port amid supply chain, inflation woes
Official White House Photo by Erin Scott (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden plans to visit Baltimore on Wednesday to tout his infrastructure bill and highlight his administration’s work to ease port delays as the United States approaches