Listen: How's the state's COVID battle going? What will happen with state employees' lawsuit?

KNKX Public Radio | By Kirsten Kendrick,

Vivian McCall

Published September 14, 2021 at 1:39 PM PDT

A sign that reads "No Jab" is held by a person taking part in a demonstration opposing mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates outside the Legislative Building on Aug. 18 at the Capitol in Olympia.

A new statewide mask mandate is in effect for large outdoor events, and it comes just weeks before Gov. Jay Inslee's vaccine mandate requiring all state employees, health care workers and educators to be fully vaccinated by the Oct. 18 or face termination. But a lawsuit has been filed to try to overturn it. Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins joined Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick to talk about it.

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Kirsten Kendrick

Kirsten Kendrick hosts Morning Edition on KNKX and the sports interview series "Going Deep," talking with folks tied to sports in our region about what drives them — as professionals and people.

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Vivian McCall

Vivian McCall is a former KNKX reporter, producer and host. She previously spent eight years as a reporter in Chicago, where she wrote for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ public radio.

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