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Sara Kassabian

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Seattle, Washington
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Covers:  Health care, mental health, reproductive health, K-12 education, child care, policy, Washington state politics, elections
MS @IGHSatUCSF, journalist & dog mom. Health, education reporter @ Washington Observer. Former health reporter @SLOTribune đź“ť Instagram: bysarakassabian

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How an accountability bill for bad actors in the insurance industry died

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By Sara Kassabian, Paul Queary, Tim Gruver Verified
| The Washington Observer
After sailing through the Senate with minor changes, Senate Bill 5331, which sought to expand the authority of the Insurance Commissioner to seek restitution and penalize bad actors, failed 8-7 in the House Consumer Protection and Business Committee last month. The story behind why points to friction between new Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer and committee members and possible friendliness among committee members toward the insurers the agency sought to regulate.
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The winners at the 2025 Legislature

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By Paul Queary, Tim Gruver Verified, Sara Kassabian
| The Washington Observer
We offer this selection of victors from this year’s session with the caveat that we know very little about Gov. Bob Ferguson’s enthusiasm for the veto pen, so some of this stuff might take a big hit at the goal line. One of the largest issues, both politically and budgetarily, that the Legislature had to grapple with this year was whether to fully pay for the pay and benefit increases negotiated by former Gov. Jay Inslee’s administration and unions representing the state’s workers.
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How lawmakers went from $3B for education to making the system more regressive

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By Sara Kassabian, Paul Queary, Tim Gruver Verified
| The Washington Observer
Public education advocates kicked off the legislative session pushing for billions for K-12 education, and, ideally, a more equitable distribution of state money for education between rich and poor school districts. Instead, the Legislature’s session-ending deal will do little to alleviate the financial strain on most school districts, and looks to drive a bigger wedge between rich and poor school districts.
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Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

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Coffee!

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New York Magazine; The Atlantic; The 19th.
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