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Hanford subcontractor must pay $1.1M for COVID-19 relief fraud
A Richland contractor and its owner will pay $1.1 million and serve one year of probation after pleading guilty
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The obscure state agency that referees WA’s green energy battles
The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council has power to overrule local zoning laws – putting it at the center of a backlash to renewable energy.
Investigations
How did Washington spend $6.5B in federal pandemic aid?
Some local governments spent their COVID relief cash on infrastructure and low-income housing while others opted for controversial police surveillance.
Investigations
Thurston County must repay up to $668K in fraudulent rental aid
The Western WA county is the first in the nation to face a U.S. Treasury demand to return COVID-19 rent program funds due to fraud.
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Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Perez leads in WA’s 3rd District
The Democrat leads Republican challenger Joe Kent by 52% to 48% in the hotly contested race to keep her southwestern Washington Congressional seat.