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Erick Bengel

Erick Bengel

Erick Bengel covers rural and economic issues in Walla Walla and Columbia counties, including in Waitsburg, Dayton and Burbank, for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. An Oregon native, Bengel spent years working in reporter and editor roles for the EO Media Group in northern and southern Oregon. He is a WSU Murrow News Fellow.


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Proposal would give WA agricultural workers more options to form a union

January 27, 2026
Erick Bengel

A proposed law would give Washington’s agricultural workers a formal process to engage in collective bargaining with their employers, extending an advantage that many private-sector workers have.


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WA bills would allow locally designated ‘risk zones’ on dangerous roads

January 26, 2026
Erick Bengel

Two bills introduced by Mid-Columbia state lawmakers would allow for locally designated zones along high-risk stretches of public roads where crashes are common and unsafe driving can have outsized consequences. 


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