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Washington lawmaker proposes regulations for self-checkout machines • Washington State Standard
Proposed legislation could change the way customers shop at grocery stores, as one Democratic lawmaker is pushing for regulations on self-checkout machines.
House Bill 1739 would establish rules for when and how self-checkout stands could be used in grocery stores. If passed, self-checkouts could only be used when a regular checkout lane is open. An employee who monitors self-service lanes would have to do so exclusively, and be limited to supervising a maximum of two stands. For their part, customers would be limited to bringing just 15 items to check out.
The regulations would apply to grocery stores over 15,000 thousand square feet in size, but not to any bulk goods stores with memberships. The Department of Labor and Industries would be responsible for investigating and enforcing violations with a fine.
“There has been a lot of challenges across Washington for grocery workers with unchecked automation and chronic understaffing,” said prime sponsor State Representative Mary Fosse, D-Everett.
At a House Committee on Labor and Workforce Standards hearing Wednesday morning, Fosse said she wants a conversation about making sure the self-checkout technology supports clerks.
“We know it can be a convenience, but when it’s used to–as a way to eliminate workers and cut labor costs, that’s when it really puts workers and customers at risk,” she said.
Grocery workers testified in support of the regulations, saying self-checkout makes them unsafe and overwhelmed.
Michigan State hockey star defenseman David Gucciardi has signed with the Washington Capitals
Michigan State senior defenseman David Gucciardi is heading to the NHL.
Gucciardi signed a two-year entry level contract with the Washington Capitals on Monday, joining a host of Spartans to ink deals with NHL clubs across the past few days.
Gucciardi appeared in 139 games for the Spartans over four seasons. He finished his career with career 17 goals and 28 assists.
Michigan State’s season came to an erupt ending last week when the Spartans were upset by Cornell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Spartans won both the Big Ten regular season and tournament championships for a second straight year, but once again failed to reach the Frozen Four.
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The Washington State Cougars saw their run in the WNIT come to an end earlier this week with a 59-51 loss to North Dakote State in Fargo.
WSU again struggled from the floor, shooting 38.2% on the evening. The Cougs also committed 15 turnovers against the Bison, compared to just six by the opposition.
“We didn’t get quality shots in the first quarter. I don’t think we got quality shots in the fourth,” head coach Kamie Ethridge said postgame. “[NDSU was] very physical on our ball screen defense. We had some bad turnovers and then we missed a few really great looks. So, you know, they made them, they made some threes they made some deep catches in the paint and scored over us with some of their moves, and we kind of dried up in some of the shots that we got.”
Eleonora Villa and Alex Covill were WSU’s leading scorers with 14 points each.
Senior guard Tara Wallack also contributed four points with five blocks, three assists, and three rebounds. Wallack finishes her time in a WSU uniform as the first Cougar to reach over 4,000 minutes played, with 1,289 career points, 167 career blocks (second in program history), and 669 career rebounds.
WSU played this one without starting forward Dayana Mendes, who entered the transfer portal earlier this week after 12.4 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in her last ten contests.
“I know our team and program will be in great hands with the people that we have coming back,” Ethridge noted looking ahead to the 2025-2026 season.
Washington State’s 2024-2025 season ends with an overall record of 21-14 and conference record of 14-6 in their first season as members of the Pac-12 Conference.
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