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Senate passes transportation bills after controversial ruling. House passes minimum-wage increase
By WashingtonVotes News
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Lawmakers are working to act on dozens of bills this week ahead of the next deadline coming up March 11, the last day on which each chamber can consider its own bills.
Excited parents and children gather for Washington state’s first charter school lottery
By Liv Finne
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Photo: Brenda McDonald, principal of PRIDE Prep charter school draws the names to fill one of 150 spaces available for enrollment
King versus Burwell; The Next Hurdle for Obamacare
By Roger Stark, MD
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear another case dealing with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obamacare. This case, King versus Burwell, deals with the legality of the Internal Revenue Service giving subsidies to people who purchase health insurance in the federal health insurance exchange. Thirty six states either chose to use the federal exchange or were unsuccessful in establishing their own exchange.
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