Laurel Demkovich

The ruling from the Thurston County Superior Court that found candidate Maia Espinoza had misstated Superintendent of the Office of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal's position on a sex education curriculum for students has been appealed, but it may be too late to remove the statement from printed voter information. 

OLYMPIA – If the Washington Legislature is forced into a special session to deal with the economic collapse sparked by COVID-19, some lawmakers are working to make sure they also debate police reform in the aftermath of nationwide protests following by the death of George Floyd.

Gov. Jay Inslee announced that businesses must enforce the statewide mask requirement, by not serving customers who are not wearing them.

OLYMPIA – The number of Washington residents filing for unemployment increased by about 8% last week, the second week in a row the state has seen an increase in initial claims, according to the Employment Security Department.

OLYMPIA – In a report to the legislature released Tuesday, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson recommends law enforcement across the state begin reporting all uses of deadly force.

OLYMPIA – Five candidates are running in Washington’s Aug. 4 primary against incumbent Chris Reykdal for Superintendent of Public Instruction, calling for more local control of schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The number of Washington workers filing initial unemployment benefits increased slightly last week as the state Employee Security Department continues to resolve about 71,000 backlogged claims caused by record request issues or fraudulent claims using stolen identity information.