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COVID-19In less than a month, Washington state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for most state employees, educators and health-care workers kicks in. Workers still unvaccinated by Oct. 18 could be fired.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is extending the state's eviction protections through the end of October. The extension comes every concerns that counties aren’t getting federal COVID-19 relief funds intended for rental assistance out fast enough ahead of the current moratorium that was set to expire Sept. 30.
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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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We're just over a week away from fully reopening in Washington on June 30. We still don’t know if the state will hit the 70 percent vaccination benchmark…
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Washington's major political parties are indicating they'll press on with their battle to overturn the state's top-two primary. This despite yet another…
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It was short and bittersweet. Washington lawmakers convened Saturday in a rare, lame duck special session. Their job: take a bite out of the billion…
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New batches of mail-in ballots show Republicans are gaining seats in the Washington state House and Senate but it's not known yet which party will control…