desmnsdave

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Washington state's new workers' comp law hurts those already in pain

Posted Tue, May 31, 8:04 a.m.

The purpose of settlement agreements is to lower the number of people being awarded "permanent total disability" awards (pensions.) Why? Nearly 1800 people receive such awards in Washington, despite significant numbers of those people not being permanently and totally disabled (BTW, Oregon had 9 last year in comparison.) Instead, those ...

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Beware greens pushing Transit-Oriented Development

Posted Mon, Mar 9, 5:44 p.m.

This bill is about a whole lot of things, but the whole "carbon footprint" piece is the least of it. Primarily, this is about mandates on local government on how they are to comply with meeting the Growth Management Act ... centered on transit. Transit is just an excuse. It's ...

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