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Washington state resources for wildfires insurance
The Washington State Insurance Commissioner says there is no evidence of insurance companies dropping policyholders in high-risk areas. Pete Hegseth confirmed as US Defense Secretary I'm 72 years ...
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Washington is the first place in the world to remove and ban this fish farming practice
Commercial net pen aquaculture has been in the Puget Sound since the ‘60s, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Net pens are used to grow native and non ...
The Washington Post25d
Trump has already conquered D.C. even before taking office
as the party prepares for Republicans to take full control of Washington. When Trump first came to office, “Democrats were in a constant state of outrage and there was this strong feeling that ...
Daily Mail26d
State Farm makes major insurance policy U-turn after devastating LA fires... but it will not benefit everyone
State Farm will offer insurance renewals to Los Angeles residents it had planned to drop. In a major U-turn, the company said it would renew policies in the badly-hit Pacific Palisades ...
Wall Street Journal26d
A Tale of Two State Insurance Markets
The 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act enshrines state regulatory authority over insurance. This system has worked relatively well over 80 years. But some states have done a better job of managing their ...
Los Angeles Times27d
State Farm expands renewal offers to all L.A. County policyholders slated to have been dropped
State Farm is the largest home insurer in the state and has 250,000 residential policyholders in Los Angeles County. The Department of Insurance said that among the thousands of policies State ...
Yahoo News27d
7 takeaways from Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s inaugural address
Bob Ferguson is sworn in as the 24th Governor of the State of Washington during his inauguration ceremony Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Photo by Ryan ...
The Olympian29d
WA is ‘a light to the world’ Gov. Inslee tells lawmakers in his final State of the State address
Gov. Jay Inslee, who’s led Washington state for the past dozen years, delivered his final State of the State address Tuesday morning. Its theme? Progress. Inslee’s remarks came during a joint ...
The Washington Post29d
California’s insurance crisis is a warning for America
The flames ripping through parts of Los Angeles and neighboring counties for the past week have been an unprecedented disaster, and persistent Santa Ana winds threaten to keep the smoke and horror ...
The New York Times29d
California’s Insurance System Faces Crucial Test as Losses Mount
That program, the California FAIR Plan, was created by state lawmakers in 1968 to cover people who couldn’t get standard home insurance for various reasons. But as climate change makes wildfires ...