Today’s Headlines: Ferguson OKs rent caps; NIOSH to lay off unionized workers in Spokane

Ferguson OKs divisive rent cap bill

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law a controversial bill that limits rent increases and extends other new protections to renters.

The new law prohibits landlords from raising rents by more than seven percent plus inflation, or 10 percent, whichever is lesser, during any one-year period.

It also bans rent increases during the first year that a tenant occupies a housing unit…

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