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Washington ag workers get new protections from COVID-19
Washington is requiring new safety standards to protect agricultural and food processing workers COVID -19.
State orders nursing home residents, staff to be tested for COVID-19
The state is requiring more testing at facilities that house some of its oldest and most medically fragile residents.
Restrictions loosened on religious services in Spokane, other Phase 2 counties
Washington is relaxing restrictions on the size of gatherings for religious services put in place some two months ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spokane churches chart different paths after President Trump says worshipping should resume immediately
The Rev. Ken Peters of Covenant Christian Church criticized Gov. Jay Inslee’s orders to stay home on Sunday, while other worship leaders said they didn’t want to risk their congregations’ safety during the pandemic.
With three dozen running in primary, Washington governor’s race sets statewide record
Washington voters are unlikely to complain about their lack of choices for governor this year. They can choose among 36 people who want the job, a record for a statewide race.
Inslee extends order suspending some methods of debt collection through May 27
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday extended his proclamation protecting consumers from debt collection practices through May 27.
Sue Lani Madsen: Inslee should be more open about using pandemic to meet his climate change goals
Gov. Jay Inslee, the presidential candidate, talked of nothing but climate change. Inslee, the candidate for a third term as Washington’s governor, has of necessity been talking nothing but COVID-19 for the past two months. He tied the two together while a panelist at a virtual town hall live-streamed at berniesanders.com on May 13. The event was titled “Saving Our Planet from the Existential Threat of Climate Change,” and fellow panelist Varshini Prakash, executive director of the Sunrise Movement, had just discussed the Green New Deal. Inslee was up next.
Inslee criticizes Trump over testing comment, Freedom Foundation questioning of death count
As Washington continues to struggle with getting all the equipment needed to test more possible residents for COVID-19, Gov. Jay Inslee lashed out at comments by President Donald Trump that testing is “overrated.”
Medical, dental offices given rules for reopening
Medical and dental offices can reopen in Washington if they can meet certain guidelines for protective gear, hygiene and physical distancing.
Eyman protests stay-at-home order
Anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman rallied with dozens of supporters at the state Capitol campus Thursday in Olympia against the state’s COVID-19-related stay-home order. He stood outside the governor’s mansion with a computer, saying he had officially entered his information into the Secretary of State’s website to run for governor as a Republican against Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee.
State agencies told to find almost $2 billion in savings, freeze hiring
Washington agencies will look for some $1.9 billion in budget cuts to accompany a freeze on hiring and equipment purchases ordered Wednesday by Gov. Jay Inslee.
State Sen. Mark Schoesler blocks Inslee’s proposed extension of emergency rules on domestic violence orders
Republican leaders balked over the weekend at extending one of the emergency orders that suspend different laws during the COVID-19, prompting a debate over who’s protecting victims of domestic violence versus who’s protecting the rule of law.
Spokane County Health Board, health officer ask state to consider sooner reopening for Spokane
The Spokane Board of Health is asking state officials to allow the county to move to Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s reopening plan, with Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz’ approval.
With Inslee running for re-election, other Democrats staying put
By running for a third term, Gov. Jay Inslee has kept more Democrats in place in the 2020 elections but energized Republicans.
Spin Control: Some campaigns are heavy on ‘the merch’
It may be a sign of age, but I can remember when the first thing a potential candidate did was hire a strategist and open an office. Now it seems the first thing is to put up a website, and sell merchandise.
Washington residents threatened after naming open businesses, as protesters gather at Capitol to assail coronavirus closures
Two Facebook pages during the past week posted names, emails and phone numbers of state residents who had complained to the state about businesses allegedly violating Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order. Some of the complainants say the Facebook posts have generated threats of violence and harassment against them.
Car washes reopen as a part of Inslee’s ‘Safe Start’ plan
Car washes in Washington were allowed to reopen Thursday under new guidance from Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Safe Start” plan to reopen the state following COVID-19 stay-home orders.
Car and boat dealerships in Washington can reopen under strict rules; guidelines released for drive-in religious services
Car and boat dealerships, drive-up religious services get a green light to resume.
State officials say Woodward misinterpreted Inslee’s position on reopening Spokane County
Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward excoriated Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday for insisting that Spokane go at least three weeks without a new COVID-19 case before it jumps ahead in the state’s reopening plan – but there was a fundamental misunderstanding between state and local officials.
Fighting climate change prepared Jay Inslee for a pandemic
When Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ran for the Democratic nomination for president on a platform of aggressively tackling climate change, he didn’t get much traction with voters. But then the U.S. first cases of COVID-19 hit Washington state in January, and Inslee’s decisive science-based leadership suddenly seemed prescient.