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King County Elections seeks better voter turnout in historically excluded communities
$950,000 in grants to be distributed over next two years to groups
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Justices strike down Washington state drug possession law
Police must stop arresting people for simple possession.
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Do Washington drivers need to learn the zipper merge?
Legislators propose requiring zipper merge instruction in drivers education and in license test.
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Inslee: All of Washington to stay in Phase 2 for a few weeks
The governor issued a weekslong pause on regions moving backward, but has yet to outline a Phase 3.
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King County libraries will reopen in some cities for in-person services
Fall City, Kent libraries among six selected for partial reopening.
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Republican state senators make bid to get children back into classrooms
Wilson, Braun among sponsors of Senate bill
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New state modeling report explores options for safer return to in-person learning
Explores how to minimize COVID-19 introductions in schools
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Masks are still king in combating new COVID strains
A top UW doctor talks new strains, masks and when normal could return.
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Democrats look to allow noncitizens to serve on school boards
A Senate bill takes aim at a state law requiring anyone seeking elected office to be a citizen.
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State health leader: We have a plan, we don’t have the supply
Two months after the COVID vaccine landed in Washington, many still struggle to secure their shots.
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How the pandemic and coronavirus variants can show us evolution in real time
Scientists say viruses reproduce and mutate at higher rates, creating viral variants.
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Inslee signs $2.2 billion COVID relief package
The federal funds will go to fight COVID, aid renters and reopen shuttered schools and businesses.
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Inslee names Karen A. Johnson director of new state Office of Equity
She is currently the equity and inclusion administrator for the state Department of Corrections
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Kreidler says insurance industry guts proposed ban on use of credit scores
Claims Senate Bill 5010 watered down to protect insurers, not consumers
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UW study shows high COVID infection rates among pregnant women
Study shows infection rates to be two to four times higher than expected among minority groups.
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Inslee offers school districts state-funded COVID testing
The ‘Learn to Return’ plan is intended to speed school reopenings with an added layer of confidence.
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Treehouse awarded $1.3 million in CARES Act to help fund foster care tutoring
Chance to better engage youth education during pandemic
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State releases data on COVID outbreaks in schools
A new statewide report outlines how COVID-19 outbreaks have moved through Washington schools.
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Everett online heroin and meth dealer sentenced for mailing drugs nationwide
Todd Peterman-Dishion of Everett, let go by Boeing and addicted, turned to dark internet commerce.
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Judge fines Tim Eyman $2.6 million for campaign law violations
The serial anti-tax initiative sponsor said he will abide the court’s order but denied he violated ‘any law.’