Trump nominee floors senator at FDA hearing: 'Birth control is not an abortion'President Donald Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration left Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) briefly speechless by declining to say whether an intrauterine device causes an abortion.Heidi Overton, a physician and White House domestic policy adviser, appeared before the Senate Health, Educatio...Raw Story14d agoWhole story →GovernmentHealthPatty Murrayfda commissioner hearing
Key senators reject White House proposal on NIH grantsSens. Susan Collins and Patty Murray are rejecting efforts by the Trump administration to give the White House control of National Institutes of Health grant funding.PBS News17d agoWhole story →GovernmentHealthPatty Murraynih grant funding dispute
Ferguson warns state can't backfill federal funding cuts ahead of new Medicaid eligibility requirementsOLYMPIA – Gov. Bob Ferguson said Thursday it is “impossible” for the state to completely backfill the billions of dollars in federal funding for food and healthcare services it will lose following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill.Spokane Spokesman-Review1mo agoWhole story →HealthEconomyBob Fergusonmedicaid funding cuts
WA declares emergency over Walla Walla drinking water threatened by fireGov. Bob Ferguson declared a state of emergency Friday over threats to Walla Walla’s drinking water supply from the Paradise fire burning in the city’s watershed.Spokane Spokesman-Review1mo agoWhole story →HealthPlanetBob Fergusonwalla walla water emergency
Trump calls his new FDA pick 'Dr. Heidi.' Patty Murray calls her a 'far-right, anti-abortion extremist'Heidi Overton has been critical of abortion pills and, if confirmed, would be positioned to roll back FDA rules that made them more accessible.Fortune2mo agoWhole story →HealthPatty Murrayfda nomination controversy
Carmela Conroy will need more than math to get to CongressFormer diplomat Carmela Conroy announced she would make a second run for Congress the same day she lost her first by 21 points to Michael Baumgartner. Two years later, she argues it wasn’t a bad showing.Spokane Spokesman-Review4mo agoWhole story →GovernmentHealthMichael Baumgartnercongressional election campaign
