Advocates say fear of financial hardship undermines bargaining leverage. Opponents say the bill will increase business costs or prolong work stoppages.
Fishing companies say long waits between seasons can be common, but labor experts say offshore foreign workers are “uniquely unprotected” under U.S. policies.
This year’s brutal heat and drought have meant grim news for the West: cataclysmic wildfires in Washington, contaminated drinking water in California, and the disappearance of Lake Mead, to name but a...
Rolling whitecaps thumped against the hull of the CRITFC3 as Bobby Begay piloted the boat up the Columbia River on a breezy spring morning. Herons and cormorants skated against the blue sky.