Every time a stylist leaves Wilms' salon to rent a booth, he is out not only the revenue from lost clients but also the nearly $13,000 investment he poured into training the stylist.

A section of a bill that would have made booth renting in a salon illegal has been dropped after a public outcry. Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, removed section 2 of Senate Bill 5326 on Wednesday ...

An impassioned crowd of hair stylists and barbers tangled with legislators Tuesday over a bill that, initially, would have banned the common "booth rental" model of hair salon businesses. While ...

Hair stylists and cosmetologists packed a hearing room in Olympia Monday morning to get clarity on Senate Bill 5326, also known as the salon booth rental bill. Many that spoke before the Senate ...

Hoping to buck that trend, some salon owners are trying different business models, breaking away from traditional booth-space rentals and engaging stylists as employees with a stake in the shop's ...

State Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, announced Thursday she will drop a controversial bill that aimed to remove certain exemptions from salon booth renters after hearing from hundreds of hairstylists ...

In most salons, booth renters make commission if they sell salon products. The salon owner calculates the commission by hand and gives them a check or deposit. Previously, this was a mostly manual ...