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1 week ago | spokanepublicradio.org | Owen Henderson |Lauren Gallup |Anna King |James Dawson

Top bishops sue WA over mandated reporting lawWashington’s top Catholic officials are suing the state over its new law adding clergy to its list of professions required to report child abuse. The bishops argue the law amounts to religious discrimination by mandating the clergy members disclose things told to them in confession.

1 week ago | spokanepublicradio.org | Doug Nadvornick |Steve Jackson |Anna King |Gustavo Sagrero

Residents can now add supplements to state long-term care insuranceWashington legislators this year tweaked the state’s first-in-the-nation long-term care program, WA Cares. The most significant change allows people to also buy supplementary private insurance — similar to Medicare supplements — to cover some of their long-term care expenses. Initially, the state required people to choose one or the other. Many opted out of WA Cares to avoid the mandatory payroll deduction.