The state Attorney General’s Office has filed 37 lawsuits against the Trump administration since January, averaging more than one lawsuit per week.

Two wealth management companies based in the Tri-Cities and three other businesses with offices here are among the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the country, according to Inc. business magazine’s annual list.

Heads up, employers: Make sure to communicate in job postings how much you’ll pay for positions you’re hiring for – or you could face a steep fine, even from someone you know isn’t a serious candidate. 

The owners of a Walla Walla gas station must pay millions of dollars in penalties and restitution for a 2023 gasoline leak that led to the evacuation of the historic Marcus Whitman Hotel and contaminated groundwater. 

Pete Serrano resigned as mayor of Pasco after he was named interim United States attorney for the Eastern District of Washington earlier this month and can serve 120 days as he awaits confirmation by the U.S. Senate. But one of Washington state’s two Democratic senators plans to use a Senate maneuver known as the “blue slip” process to prevent him from serving in the federal post. 

An associated business of the national pharmacy chain that recently took on all the former Tri-City customers of bankrupt Rite Aid is facing its own legal issues with sizable financial consequences. 

A new cap on federal reimbursement of state energy programs threatens energy efficiency and energy grid resiliency itself, according to a lawsuit filed by Washington’s attorney general along with 17 other states and the District of Columbia. 

A former employee of Selah-based juice maker Tree Top is suing the company for allegedly failing to compensate him for overtime and work he was required to do off-the-clock and is hoping other former and current company workers will join him.

What boundaries exist around a partner’s behavior? When does a partner cross the line and breach their duty to the business or to each other? 

His potential appointment would have to be considered by the U.S. Senate. There are 93 U.S. attorneys nationwide who prosecute federal criminal cases and work on civil litigation in cases that include the federal government.