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Washington State’s Revised Personnel File Law—Effective July 2025
National Law Review
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July 9, 2025
On May 13, 2025, Washington State enacted Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1308, which goes into effect on July 27, 2025. This new law amends RCW 49.12.240 and 49.12.250, significantly changing employer’s obligations regarding employee access to...
Bill seeks to boost local economy by making Guam US free trade zone
The Guam Daily Post
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Vice Speaker Tony Ada has introduced Bill 174-38 to establish Guam as a Free Trade Zone to help diversify and boost the local economy. The measure seeks to leverage Guam's favorable location in the Western Pacific and "transform the island into a...
Study: New Hampshire below national average for 5-year business success
Manchester Ink Link - New Hampshire
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July 16, 2025
MANCHESTER, NH – New Hampshire is 38th among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., for five-year survival of businesses that opened in 2024, according to a new analysis. Less than half of New Hampshire businesses established in 2019 were still...
Venture funding for Mass. startups drops to lowest in years, as other states rise
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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It’s no secret that funding for tech startups is a lot harder to come by now than three years ago. Higher interest rates starting in 2022 spooked many startup investors. Biotech companies large and small have been struggling with disappointing...
Fred Hutch leads new Vanguard Study for Cancer Screening Research Network
Newswise
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July 15, 2025
Newswise — SEATTLE – July 15, 2025 – Fred Hutch Cancer Center is leading the newly launched , a national study of a new type of blood test that screens for several different cancers called multi-cancer detection (MCD) tests. Researchers will...
MLB All-Star Game 2025: Start Time, Where To Watch The All-Star Game Live Without Cable
Decider
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July 15, 2025
Batter up! Live from Atlanta, Georgia, it’s the 95th MLB All-Star Game! Last night, Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh won the Home Run Derby. Tonight, Raleigh and the rest of the American League All-Stars will try to score some early runs off...
“Tunaenda Seattle,” The sensational Pst Ngángá Journey From Pulpit to TikTok Fame
Switch TV
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July 16, 2025
NAIROBI — For years, Pastor James Maina Ng’ang’a of Neno Evangelism Centre has been no stranger to headlines. Known for his spirited sermons, blunt humour, and public rebukes, he has long commanded attention. But it was a slap delivered mid-sermon...
How Trump is hindering international artists from playing Seattle
The Columbian - Washington State
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Over the last 12 years, Freakout Festival has not so quietly become Seattle’s signature underground music festival. It’s a uniquely Seattle experience bringing together the region’s music community and international artists, particularly from...
Inside Gaming: Casino operator with Nevada ties files for bankruptcy
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Nevada
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July 15, 2025
Maverick Gaming, a Washington-based casino and card-room operator with a portfolio that includes five properties in Nevada, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday following a debt restructuring completed last year. The company...
July’s increased taxes and fees just the start for Washingtonians
Queen Anne & Magnolia News - Washington State
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As of Tuesday, a slew of new and increased charges, taxes and fees went into effect in Washington state. This year’s legislative session saw lawmakers approve a tax increase package projected to generate approximately $9.4 billion in revenue over...
Opinion: Predators, politics, and public records
Clark County Today - Washington State
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July 15, 2025
Nancy Churchill provides the ugly truth about Washington’s Wildlife Commission Nancy Churchill Dangerous Rhetoric Washington State’s Fish and Wildlife Commission is supposed to protect the balance of nature through science-based conservation....
Judge orders an end to nudity at Seattle’s Denny Blaine Park, for now
The Columbian - Washington State
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The days of nudity at Denny Blaine Park could be numbered. King County Superior Court Judge Samuel Chung ordered on Monday the city of Seattle submit a plan for eliminating public acts of masturbation and sex — as well as nudity as constituted —...
Bryan Kohberger's sick teenage crimes revealed by author JAMES PATTERSON, who explains how the Idaho murderer spent years preparing to kill
Daily Mail
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July 15, 2025
The plea deal that Idaho state prosecutors struck with confessed killer Bryan Kohberger may have seemed like justice to some, but the agreement left grieving families and, indeed, many Americans feeling cheated. While Kohberger, 30, will be...
Duo of Littlefield and Ustby Lead Seattle 3XBA To Second Place At Bucharest Stop
University of North Carolina Athletics
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July 15, 2025
BUCHAREST, Romania – Rattling off six wins at the FIBA 3x3 Women's Series stop in Bucharest this past weekend, the duo of former Tar Heels in Carlie Littlefield and Alyssa Ustby assisted the Seattle 3XBA squad to a second-place finish. Ustby made...
How Ezi Magbegor is finding her scoring touch for Seattle Storm again
Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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Ezi Magbegor was the highlight of an otherwise disappointing loss for the Seattle Storm on Sunday. The 6-foot-4 defense-minded forward scored a season-high and team-leading 19 points in the Storm’s 74-69 loss to the Washington Mystics, where they...
Plaintiffs in Head Start Lawsuit File Motion to Amend Complaint to Challenge New HHS Rule Targeting Immigrant Families
American Civil Liberties Union
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SEATTLE, Wash. — Today, parent advocacy groups and a coalition of Head Start providers — plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s unlawful attacks on the Head Start program — announced they have requested to amend...
Chase Ultimate Rewards sweet spots: From international business class to domestic travel
The Points Guy
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July 15, 2025
Chase Ultimate Rewards points are one of the most valuable transferable currencies you can earn. Because of this — and Chase's 5/24 rule — many people start with an Ultimate Rewards points-earning card when they first get into points and miles....
Washington state drought deepens and the summer forecast offers no respite
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Conrad Swanson / The Seattle Times (TNS) There’s more to these pleasant, sunny days in Seattle than meets the eye. Yes, this is summer and it’s supposed to be hot and dry. But this year we’re much drier than normal and, fresh off major droughts in...
Commissioner says NBA will take harder look at expansion as Seattle waits
The Columbian - Washington State
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LAS VEGAS — The NBA may finally be one step closer on the long road to expansion. Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that the league has been tasked by team owners to study the issue more formally as part of in-depth analysis, which would be...
B.C. border crossings to Washington state continue to tank
Daily Hive Vancouver
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Summer is usually a busy time for British Columbians who enjoy driving down to the U.S., but visits to Washington state from B.C. have continued to drop, according to recent data. The Whatcom Council of Governments’ 2025 Changes in Border Volume...