by Charlie | Jul 27, 2018 | Policy Reform
Updated on July 27 — We just received a copy of a letter from the State of Washington’s Employment Security Department (ESD) to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) whereby ESD informed DOL it would be re-submitting apple harvest survey data and requesting DOL to...
by Charlie | Mar 20, 2018 | Impact Litigation
On March 20, after nearly two years of litigation, King County Superior Court Judge Catherine Shaffer granted final approval to a class action settlement in a case brought by patients against a Seattle hospital, UW Medicine/Northwest, involving screening for charity...
by Charlie | Oct 24, 2017 | Impact Litigation
Children imprisoned at King County’s Regional Justice Center (“RJC”) in Kent, Washington, filed a class action lawsuit in federal court Monday challenging King County’s policies and practices of holding children in long-term solitary confinement and denying adequate...
by Charlie | Aug 14, 2017 | Policy Reform
The Seattle City Council voted today to reduce barriers to rental housing for thousands of Seattle residents and recognized that criminal background checks for housing are counterproductive and discriminatory. Councilmembers voted unanimously to pass the Fair Chance...
by Charlie | Aug 14, 2017 | Policy Reform
The report, “Access Denied,” discusses the history of charity care in Washington State, the right for low-income Washingtonians to access healthcare, and offers policy ideas that will improve the current system and standards.
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