Politics Sen. Patty Murray 'deeply concerned' over layoffs at Washington nuclear site Sen. Murray also criticized reports that hundreds of FAA employees were fired over the weekend.

Columbia Riverkeeper is seeking records about DOE’s proposal to lease 19,000 acres of unused land at the 580-square-mile Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington for clean energy development.

Washington Sen. Patty Murray spoke out on Friday after the Trump administration ordered mass firings in the Department of Energy -- leading to firings at the Hanford site and the Bonneville Power ...

Washington Senator Patty Murray spoke out on Friday after “mass firings” from the Hanford site and the Bonneville Power Administration amid efforts by the Trump administration to purge the ...

News Washington Up to $590 billion still needed to clean up Hanford Site April 15, 2025 Updated Tue., April 15, 2025 at 9:04 p.m. X Email Reddit ...

In 2018, the state Legislature passed House Bill 1723, which makes it easier for Hanford workers to access workers’ compensation benefits when they develop illnesses associated with their work.

The support for Hanford came as elsewhere in the proposed budget the Trump administration wants a $163 billion cut for non-defense domestic spending, a reduction of almost 23% from current spending.

Federal budget freezes have hit a local museum. According to a news release from Hanford Mills Museum, museum officials learned late Wednesday, April 9, from the Institute of Museum and Library ...