The carriers will provide dependent health coverage to same-sex spouses beginning Jan. 1, even though the National Railway Labor Conference does not believe it is required by law or by existing collective bargaining agreements.
Justices on the Washington Supreme Court are considering whether the state should have to pay a $100 million verdict awarded to some 22,000 home care workers who were shortchanged by a rule that was in effect from 2003 to 2007.
An Army report released Friday finds the service still has trouble diagnosing and treating soldiers for post-traumatic stress disorder, despite more than doubling its number of military and civilian behavioral health workers over the past five years.