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McMorris Rodgers Fields Health Care Questions at Town Hall
McMorris Rodgers Fields Health Care Questions at Town Hall
McMorris Rodgers Fields Health Care Questions at Town Hall
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers held her first Spokane town hall since the 2016 election, taking questions on health care, the president and North Korea. The Spokesman-Review reports the Republican congresswoman fielded over 20 questions Thursday at the event for 300 at Gonzaga University...
Tribes Bash Proposed Trump Budget Cuts to Native Americans
Tribes Bash Proposed Trump Budget Cuts to Native Americans
Tribes Bash Proposed Trump Budget Cuts to Native Americans
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of Native American tribes in six Western states are bashing President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts to American Indian programs. Tribal leaders in Oregon, Washington state and Idaho speaking on behalf of the group said Thursday the proposed budget guts spending on Native American education, health care and environmental initiatives...
About 400 Washington ICE Detainees Launch Hunger Strike
About 400 Washington ICE Detainees Launch Hunger Strike
About 400 Washington ICE Detainees Launch Hunger Strike
TACOMA  (AP) — Washington immigration activists say about 400 detainees held at an ICE detention center are participating in a hunger strike. The Seattle Times reports a Washington anti-detention group NWDC Resist rallied in front of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma Monday to address living conditions inside the center such as the quality of food, health care and high commissary prices...
Ag’s Dickens’ Moment; Trump’s Agenda to Congress
Ag’s Dickens’ Moment; Trump’s Agenda to Congress
Ag’s Dickens’ Moment; Trump’s Agenda to Congress
The leader of America’s biggest farm group says U.S. agriculture is experiencing something of a Charles Dickens moment, benefiting from what he called the “the best times” while dealing with the “worst” of times. American Farm Bureau Federation’s Zippy Duvall says the new Trump administration and the 115th Congress are contributing to the best of times with their appetite for regulatory and tax re
Tractor Sales Beat 5-Year Average
Tractor Sales Beat 5-Year Average
Tractor Sales Beat 5-Year Average
Retail sales of tractors in the US continued to beat the 5-year average as 2016 hit the midyear mark, with smaller tractors still the sales leader, according to data from the Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers.  June U.S. retail sales of farm tractors under 40 horsepower were up 3% ...
Group Health Members OK Acquisition by Kaiser Permanente
Group Health Members OK Acquisition by Kaiser Permanente
Group Health Members OK Acquisition by Kaiser Permanente
SEATTLE (AP) — The voting members of Seattle's Group Health Cooperative have agreed to an acquisition by California health-care giant Kaiser Permanente. The proposal needed the approval of two-thirds of Group Health's members, and it received that when results of the mail-in ballot were announced Saturday, with 8,824 voting in favor to 1,585 opposed. Gro...

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