Tag: Washington state

Washington County Mistakenly Releases 460,000 Partial Social Security Numbers

TACOMA, Wash.—A county in Washington inadvertently released nearly half a million partial Social Security numbers when responding to a routine public records request in December, according to county officials. The Pierce County Auditor’s Office, which mistakenly released the sensitive data, said in a news release that the error was quickly spotted and that the person…


State Brings Charges Against Dr. Ryan Cole For Prescribing Ivermectin, COVID-19 Vaccine Comments

Washington state’s medical commission has brought charges against Dr. Ryan Cole, a pathologist, over alleged false and misleading statements about COVID-19 vaccines and his prescribing of ivermectin to treat COVID-19. The Washington Medical Commission issued the charges on Jan. 18 against Cole after receiving complaints about Cole’s conduct. Cole lives in Idaho but is licensed…


State Moves to Revoke Dr. Ryan Cole’s License for Prescribing Ivermectin, COVID-19 Vaccine Comments

Washington state’s medical commission has brought charges against Dr. Ryan Cole, a pathologist, over alleged false and misleading statements about COVID-19 vaccines and his prescribing of ivermectin to treat COVID-19. The Washington Medical Commission announced the allegations on Jan. 18 against Cole after receiving complaints about Cole’s conduct. Cole lives in Idaho but is licensed…


Labor Unions Should Be Held Liable for Property Destruction During Strikes, Supreme Court Told

A labor union’s allegedly deliberate destruction of company property as a pressure tactic in a labor dispute is not protected by federal labor law, a concrete company told the Supreme Court on Jan. 10. Labor activists say that endangering and destroying company property during a labor dispute is fair game that has long been protected…


‘All Three Vaccines Are Breaking Through:’ Emails Show Discussion of Vaccine Failure Among Health Officials

Officials in Washington state recorded jumps in post-vaccination infections, hospitalizations, and deaths in mid-2021, according to newly disclosed internal emails. Fifteen percent of COVID-19 cases and 25 percent of COVID-19 hospitalizations from July 1 to July 20, 2021, were vaccinated—up from 2 percent between February and June that year, Chris Spitters, the health officer for…


3 Washington State Electric Substations Vandalized

TACOMA, Wash.—Three power substations in western Washington were vandalized early Sunday. Tacoma Public Utilities reported vandalism at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday at one substation, followed by vandalism at a second substation, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said. The outages affected about 7,300 customers in an area southeast of Tacoma. Just before noon, the utility had restored…


New Gun Control Measures Proposed in Washington State by Governor, Attorney General

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, both Democrats, announced legislative proposals at a press conference on Monday to prohibit the sale of so-called “assault weapons,” require permits to purchase guns, and make gun sellers potentially liable for crimes committed by private individuals. The text of the legislation had not been released…


Republican Concedes to Democrat in US House Race With Narrow Margin

Democrats have flipped a U.S. House of Representatives seat representing Washington state, the Republican candidate for the seat acknowledged on Dec. 21. Joe Kent, the GOP candidate for the seat representing Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, announced he’d called his rival to concede after a recount ended. “I promised during the campaign that I would accept…


White Former Seattle City Employee Sues Over Racially Discriminatory Indoctrination

A white former Seattle city employee filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over the city’s racially discriminatory treatment of employees and its mandatory cultural sensitivity programs that he claims constitute racial indoctrination aimed against white people. Cultural sensitivity training sessions are controversial. They often rely on radical, unproven academic theories—such as Marxist-derived critical race theory—that…


Court Urged to Penalize Facebook Parent Meta Over $24 Million for Legal Violations

A court in Washington state has been urged to make Facebook parent company Meta pay more than $24 million for intentionally violating state law. King County Superior Judge Douglass North recently ruled that Meta deliberately violated the state’s Commercial Advertiser Law, which mandates certain information on political advertisements be handed over when requested. There were…