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(The Center Square) – Dave Larson is coming out of retirement to again run for a seat on the Washington Supreme Court. On Monday morning, he announced his intention to campaign for Position 5 on the state’s highest court, following the retirement announcement of Justice Barbara Madsen. At the end of 2025, Larson retired as a Federal Way municipal court judge, having served nearly 18 years as a trial judge. Larson cited a deep sense
The Washington Supreme Court has opened the door for lawsuits against retailers like Amazon for selling non-defective products that customers used to commit suicide. The court ruled last in Scott v. Amazon.com that cases alleging the online retailer negligently sold sodium nitrite to consumers who used the product in their suicides should proceed past the motion-to-dismiss stage and possibly head to a jury on issues of causation. The consolidated cases were brought under the Washington
(The Center Square) – Legislation that would take a comprehensive look at how state regulations impact Washington’s farmers and ranchers is set for executive session in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Monday afternoon. The bipartisan legislation sponsored by Rep. Tom Dent would look to reduce the regulatory stress on those in Washington’s agricultural industry. “Mental health issues and suicide issues in agriculture are huge,” Dent told The Center Square. House Bill 2619
(The Center Square) – Seattle’s office vacancy rates at the end of 2025 reached record highs – some 35% – but the rate of increase is slowing, suggesting the market is stabilizing. Based on a recent report by the real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, the downtown Seattle office market experienced a record high overall vacancy rate of 35.6% in the fourth quarter of 2025, a 3.3% increase from 2024. According to the report,
