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Private detention center operator files suit against Washington state

By Lauren Gallup July 21, 2023

Inside the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, also known as the Northwest Detention Center. Photo courtesy of La Resistencia, May 2022.

The GEO Group, the operator of a private detention center in Tacoma, has filed a lawsuit against Washington opposing new legislation that would regulate private detention facilities in the state. With the signing of House Bill 1470 into law in May, the Washington State Department of Health was given the authority to do unannounced inspections of private detention Read More

Ostrom Mushroom Farms to pay $3.4 million for discrimination

By Johanna Bejarano May 19, 2023

Ostrom Mushroom Farms and Windmill Farms settlement

Ostrom Mushroom Farm must pay 3.4 million dollars for discriminating against workers. The Washington state attorney general said Ostrom’s settlement with Washington state resolved the civil rights lawsuit against the company for unfair, deceptive and discriminatory actions against female farmworkers and Washington-based workers. Read More

Cases In Chelan And Douglas Counties Challenge Governor’s Statewide Coronavirus Measures

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa May 29, 2020

The Chelan County Courthouse in Wentachee, Washington. Courtesy of Chelan County

Residents of Chelan and Douglas counties have filed lawsuits against Gov. Jay Inslee, demanding an injunction on his emergency measures to address coronavirus in Washington.Read More

Two Decades After It Was Banished, A Movement Arises To Restore Affirmative Action In Washington

By Austin Jenkins January 11, 2019

Nat Jackson, the sponsor of I-1000, appears at a news conference with former Gov. Dan Evans CREDIT: AUSTIN JENKINS / NW NEWS NETWORK

Two decades ago, Washington voters overwhelming adopted an initiative that effectively banned affirmative action programs in the state. That could soon change.Read More