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        "uri": "/2013/11/14/boeing-machinists-reject-contract-proposal/",
        "title": "Boeing machinists reject contract proposal",
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        "prettyDate": "November 14, 2013",
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        "summary": "Union members who called for a no vote did so to protest the Boeing Co.'s push to end a traditional pension plan and increase their health care costs. Workers would have received a $10,000 signing bonus if they approved the deal.",
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        "uri": "/2013/09/05/washington-health-exchange-board-certifies-35-plan/",
        "title": "Washington health exchange board certifies 35 plans",
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        "prettyDate": "September 05, 2013",
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        "summary": "Washington state certified 35 plans Wednesday to be part of the exchange developed under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.",
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        "uri": "/2013/04/11/wash-pension-officials-examining-late-raises/",
        "title": "Wash. pension officials examining late raises",
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        "prettyDate": "April 11, 2013",
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        "summary": "Washington retirement officials are examining a batch of pay raises that helped some government workers increase the values of their pensions.",
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        "title": "Aurora police begged for EMTs",
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        "prettyDate": "July 27, 2012",
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        "summary": "As the horror unfolded for police first on the scene of the Colorado theater massacre, the officers repeatedly sent out urgent pleas for more ambulances even as a two-man crew and their rig were idling just a few miles away.",
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        "title": "Washington lawmakers approve early retirement penalties",
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        "prettyDate": "April 11, 2012",
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        "summary": "Washington lawmakers agreed Tuesday to reduce benefits for future state workers who take early retirement, making a pact that had eluded them for months and delayed final action on the state budget.",
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        "uri": "/2011/09/21/workers-comp-overhaul-keeps-business-costs-down/",
        "title": "Workers' comp overhaul keeps business costs down",
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        "prettyDate": "September 21, 2011",
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        "summary": "A major overhaul of the workers' compensation system in Washington is already helping keep costs down for businesses, state officials said Tuesday while disclosing a major rate increase isn't needed to keep finances stable.",
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        "uri": "/2011/09/09/judge-warns-wash-union-to-halt-illegal-tactics/",
        "title": "Judge warns Wash. union to halt illegal tactics",
        "byline": "Mike Baker",
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        "prettyDate": "September 09, 2011",
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        "summary": "Union activists aren't backing off demands to work at a new Washington state grain terminal after hundreds of Longshore workers stormed the facility, overwhelmed guards and dumped grain.",
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        "uri": "/2011/06/10/washington-workers-can-be-fired-over-medical-pot/",
        "title": "Washington workers can be fired over medical pot",
        "byline": "Mike Baker",
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        "prettyDate": "June 10, 2011",
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        "summary": "Medical marijuana patients can be fired from their jobs in Washington state even if they only use the drug outside the workplace, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday.",
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        "uri": "/2011/05/24/wa-legislature-easily-passes-workers-comp-package/",
        "title": "WA Legislature easily passes workers' comp package",
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        "prettyDate": "May 24, 2011",
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        "summary": "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.",
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