The Newsfeed: Labor & Industries interpreters file wage-theft suit

Plus, carbon auction prices are down this year, and a migrant fishing crew left stranded in Westport still awaits a ruling on their abandonment claim.

Unpaid wage complaints have stacked up against the state’s worker protection agency after a group of interpreters say they’re owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for their services. We take a look at details from the lawsuit. 

Plus, carbon auction prices in Washington are down this year. We’ll give you the latest revenue figures from the controversial program. 

And a crew of Filipino fishermen are still waiting on investigations by both the United States and the Philippines after their employer allegedly abandoned them at the Westport Marina. 

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