Ruby de Luna
Reporter
About
Ruby de Luna is a reporter with a focus on food and how it intersects with health, communities, and culture. She has also reported on health care and immigrant communities.
Ruby is a transplant from Taipei, Taiwan. She holds a B.A. in communication from Seattle Pacific University. She is proud to be one of the few old-schoolers who can edit tape with a razor blade.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Conversational Mandarin, Tagalog
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Member, AAJA
Stories
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Tuesday Evening Headlines
WA joins lawsuit over SNAP benefits, Amazon confirms 14,000 layoffs, and the government shutdown is delaying UW research.
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How uncertainty over new H-1B visa policy is affecting one Seattle-area nonprofit
A new $100,000 fee associated with the H-1B visa and the controversy surrounding it have put organizations in a bind. It’s also created a level of uncertainty for job-seekers.
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Tuesday Evening Headlines
ICE is tapping into state license plate data, Seattle's economic outlook gets a boost, and Mariners fans react to a crushing loss.
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Pay twice as much for health insurance? That’s the prospect some Washington residents face
A clash over health care tax credits is at the center of the ongoing federal shutdown. Democrats want those subsidies extended. But many Republicans want to let them expire. That leaves thousands of Washington residents who rely on the subsidies to pay for health insurance with tough choices: pay the new rate, purchase catastrophic coverage, or forgo health insurance altogether.
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Seattle, King County offer food vouchers for WIC recipients if shutdown continues
As the federal government shutdown continues, Seattle and King County officials have announced a plan to help families who rely on WIC — a federal food assistance program for mothers, babies, and children — when their benefits run out.
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New placards are coming to King County food businesses to warn about labor violations
You know those placards that show a restaurant’s food safety rating? There will soon be new signs next to them saying whether a business has unresolved wage violations.
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WA farmers suffer after feds cut program to provide schools with local fresh foods
A federal program created during the pandemic to supply public schools with local produce was abruptly ended in March, leaving Washington state farmers without a critical source of income. Now, farmers are making hard choices about what to grow and how many workers to hire.
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King County officials call for accountability following 'damning' audit of community, family services
King County officials are calling for more accountability in light of a recent auditor's report on the Department of Community and Human Services.
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Seattle's Fresh Bucks program helps families afford, eat more fresh foods
A University of Washington study recently found that Seattle’s Fresh Bucks program that helps low-income families buy fruits and vegetables is also helping their daily intake of fresh produce.
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Slashed funding, tighter restrictions could hurt hundreds of thousands WA residents on Medicaid
Every parent’s goal for their children is to teach them life skills that help them launch into adulthood — but that gets complicated when a child has a disability. Many of those families rely on Medicaid, a federal program, for support. Now, one Bellevue family is worried about what the Trump administration’s recent safety net cutbacks could mean for their son.