Lupe Mendoza was like many working parents during the COVID-19 pandemic: seeking stability as the separation of work, home and family life blurred quickly in light of immediate stay-home orders last April.
In the Walla Walla Public School District, three of her five sons – Alexis, Ismael and Sebastian Alvarez, ages 12, 10, 8 – went through the sudden changes of moving to at-home… Read more »
New bipartisan legislation aims to require Medicare to cover breakthrough medical devices cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which was the subject of a rule delayed by the Biden administration.
The legislation, introduced in the House on Wednesday, would require Medicare to cover all breakthrough products approved by FDA for four years. During that time, the Centers for… Read more »
Starting next month, most families with children in Washington state can expect to begin receiving up to $300 in monthly payments as part of the new expanded child tax credit.
Tucked into the federal government’s COVID-19 aid package known as the American Rescue Plan, the expanded credit is a key part of what some consider a breakthrough anti-poverty initiative.
But in order for it… Read more »
POINT ROBERTS, Wash — UPDATE | Rep. Suzan DelBene, the Washington congresswoman who represents Point Roberts, sent a letter Wednesday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken after seeing KING 5's report on the International Marketplace's impending closure.
In her letter, DelBene requested Blinken grant an immediate exemption for Point Roberts residents from… Read more »
Northshore School District leaders welcomed U.S. Congresswoman Susan DelBene to the newly constructed Ruby Bridges Elementary School on Tuesday, June 1.
The brand-new K-5 school, located on Maltby Road, was approved by Northshore voters in 2018 as a step toward easing the overcrowding in schools on the district’s north end. Serving approximately 500 students, the attendance… Read more »
Prospects for a federal privacy law in the U.S. ramped up in recent years, but nothing has come close passing even though data protection is a bipartisan issue. At the same time, U.S. state activity is swarming and many countries around the world are developing and implementing their own national privacy laws. So what’s it going to take for the U.S. to pass a federal law? Rep. Suzan… Read more »
LAKE STEVENS — A cadre of elected officials gathered alongside an aging U.S. 2 trestle Wednesday to make their case for how a healthy injection of federal funds into the nation’s transportation infrastructure could lead to less congested and safer commutes for Snohomish County residents.
“I’ve been pushing a transportation package for multiple years, and now we have an opportunity to… Read more »
Continuing the expanded child tax credit, which is set to expire after 2021, would help millions of American children, including lifting some out of poverty, according to new research.
As many as 65.6 million American children — 90% of all kids in the U.S. — would benefit from an expanded child tax credit, such as the one proposed in President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan,… Read more »
A group of bipartisan lawmakers intends to compel insurers to streamline prior authorization processes for Medicare Advantage plans, including a bid to end the use of faxes and develop systems that can allow for real-time decisions.
Reps. Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mike Kelly (R-PA) Ami Bera, MD, (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon, MD, (R-IN) on May 13 introduced a bill that would task federal… Read more »
A key deadline is just days away for families eligible for cash to help raise their children. Congress passed an enhanced child tax credit in the American Rescue Plan, but you must file your taxes on time by next Monday if you want to get the money in July.
A visit to the White Center Food Bank shows how the fallout from the pandemic is far from over.
We met Vianey Romero picking up… Read more »
