OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state Legislature easily passed a package to overhaul Washington's workers' compensation system Monday, quickly approving the plan over the objections of labor groups.
Lawmakers approved the measure just a day after reaching a bipartisan agreement on it. Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, said she wasn't enthusiastic about parts of the bill she helped negotiate and said there were flaws that may need to be fixed in the future. Still, she supported it.
"I do believe it strikes a fair and reasonable balance," Kohl-Welles said.
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