by Adriana | Mar 7, 2019 | Policy Reform
By Sarah Nagy, CLS AttorneyUpdate: On March 13, the House failed to take a vote on the just cause bill before a key deadline and the bill will not move forward this session. CLS is committed to keep working with our partners and tenants impacted by eviction to...
by Adriana | Jan 28, 2019 | Policy Reform
Columbia Legal Services supports legislation proposed by community partners and allies that helps to advance social, economic, and racial equity for people living in poverty. These proposals include: Ending unnecessary cooperation by the state and local governments in...
by Charlie | Dec 5, 2018 | Policy Reform
By Antonio Ginatta, Policy DirectorAt Columbia Legal Services, we’re continuing to fight alongside people in poverty who need medical help. Our clients have successfully challenged hospital practices that denied people access to charity care, and we’ve pushed for...
by cooper | Oct 1, 2018 | Policy Reform
After the legalization of payday lending by the Washington Legislature in 1996, hard-working people frequently became ensnared in the payday lending “debt trap”, which results when payday loan customers repeatedly take out new loans to pay off old payday loans....
by cooper | Oct 1, 2018 | Policy Reform
Paying for higher education shouldn’t result in driving students into staggering debt, collection, and bankruptcy. Increasingly, students and their families finance higher education with private loans, which are not eligible for the important deferment, income-based...
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...
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