State regulators have ordered a Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange company that serves the Tri-Cities area to stop collecting any new funds and refund customers, alleging the firm wrongfully claimed millions of dollars of wired funds as its own income.
A California union and a group of farmworkers from around the country—including one from Sunnyside and several others working in the state’s vineyards—are suing to stop new, lower-wage federal guidelines that save money for farmers but cut pay for temporary foreign agriculture workers, hurting local laborers as a result, the suit alleges.
An Oregon-based operator of 10 senior living facilities in Washington state, including one in Richland, will spend millions of dollars on enhancing services, as well as giving $250 to each resident of its communities to settle a consumer protection investigation.
A national homebuilder with development projects in the Tri-Cities is facing a federal lawsuit alleging it intentionally misled homebuyers about the true monthly costs of its homes.
A now-closed Richland floral shop that was a flashpoint in a discrimination lawsuit for a previous owner’s refusal to provide flowers to a gay couple recently declared bankruptcy and counts its former owner among its creditors.
The Moses Lake School District is suing two well-known Tri-City companies, alleging design and building flaws that led to the closure of its new $18 million school.