- Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan reacts to handling of CHOP and to calls for defunding police (KING TV)
- UW opener against Michigan canceled after Big Ten moves fall sports to conference-only games (KIRO TV)
- Seattle city leaders throw support behind defunding SPD by 50% (KIRO TV)
- Segregated diversity training session at Seattle City Hall stirs controversy (KOMO TV)
- New state task force discussing proposals to reform police departments (KOMO TV)
- Grizzly reintroduction in Washington's North Cascades iced by Interior Department (NW News Network)
- Protesters’ lawyers say Seattle violated judge’s crowd control order by using pepper spray, projectiles (The Seattle Times)
- Majority of Seattle council pledges to support Police Department defunding plan laid out by advocates (The Seattle Times)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Resources
- Department of Health | 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (COVID-19)
- Governor’s Office: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Information and Updates
- Contact information for local health departments and districts
- Governor's Office: COVID-19 resource list for impacted Washington businesses and workers
- Employment Security Department: For workers and businesses affected by COVID-19 (coronavirus)
- U.S. Small Business Administration: Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- OSPI: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance & Resources
- Johns Hopkins University & Medicine: Coronavirus Resource Center
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Stories
- Legal non-profit urges those awaiting unemployment benefits to contact lawmakers (KCPQ TV)
- US economy may be stalling out as viral outbreak worsens (AP/The Seattle Times)
- New business starts in Washington are warming up | Coronavirus Economy daily chart (The Seattle Times)
- Inslee: Trump threats on reopening schools ‘hogwash’ (AP/The Seattle Times)
- 4 days of double-digit coronavirus deaths in Washington state: How to interpret the data (The Seattle Times)
- Victims of unemployment fraud have assets frozen by bank (KIRO TV)
- Washington working to clear backlog of jobless benefits claims by end of July (The Lewiston Tribune)
- Initial jobless claims in Washington down last week, but backlog remains (The Spokesman-Review)
- CWU's Reasons to serve on state task force on race, criminal justice (Daily Record)
- Watch: Gov. Jay Inslee spoke Tuesday about Washington state’s COVID-19 response (The Bellingham Herald)
- OPINION: Construction will bounce back quicker than most industries (Jeff Tobin, partner and chief operating officer at Schuchart/Puget Sound Business Journal)
- FAA probing Boeing’s alleged pressure on designated inspectors (Everett Herald)
- Unemployment claims in Washington remain at record levels despite decrease from previous week (KIRO TV)
- Yakima area unemployment claims reach second-lowest point since pandemic (Yakima Herald)
- Clark County’s initial jobless claims inch up (The Columbian)
- Editorial: Listen, learn and act on police reform (The Seattle Times)
- Column: The irony of the no-cop CHOP: It showed how much we still need the police after all (Danny Westneat/The Seattle Times)
- Opinion: Are Northwest dams being set up to fail? (Kurt Miller, executive director of Northwest RiverPartners/Tri-City Herald)
- Column: Let’s not let personal decisions about mask-wearing become divisive (Sue Lani Madsen/The Spokesman-Review)
- Editorial: Body cameras benefit public, police (The Columbian)
- Over 100 forced to disperse as Everett evicts homeless camp (Everett Herald)
- Homeless encampment in Everett cleared out, raising new questions (KOMO TV)
- New report ranks Whatcom County as one of least affordable areas in the country (The Bellingham Herald)
- City orders dispersal of Rucker Avenue homeless encampment (Everett Herald)
- Will the pandemic create a move back to the suburbs? (MyNorthwest)
- WSU America’s 47th Best Public College according to Stacker.com (KQQQ Radio)
- Inslee blasts Trump in fiery press conference, dismisses threats about education funding as 'total baloney' (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Education simulation: Remote instruction challenges arise for hands-on programs like nursing, technician training (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Petition asks Walla Walla school leaders to rethink resource officer (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
- Gov. Inslee says he won't let federal government 'bully' Washington into making decisions about schools this fall (KHQ TV)
- Washington among states putting brakes on some reopening plans amid spike in COVID-19 cases (KIRO TV)
- Seattle police forcibly clear ‘lawless’ protest zone (The News Tribune)
- Washington State Supreme Court hears arguments over car-tab tax cuts (Seattle Times)
- Washington state may need federal loans to cover unemployment claims by year’s end (Seattle Times)
- Judge rules that Inslee’s transportation budget vetoes exceeded his authority (Washington State Wire)
The Current | A Caucus Email Update
- May 10, 2020: The economic and emotional toll the governor’s extended stay-home order is taking; what House Republicans have done to respond; the importance of safely restarting our economy; protecting our most vulnerable; and answers to questions on the roles of the governor and Legislature.
- April 24, 2020: Good news/bad news; Washington’s Recovery Plan; Western States Pact; Safe Economic Restart Plan; unemployment assistance; employers; construction update; and information and resources.
- March 20, 2020: Coronavirus response, information and resources; and bipartisanship in the time of crisis.
- March 13, 2020: Coronavirus; the governor’s statewide closure of all K-12 schools; supplemental operating, transportation and capital budgets; Sine Die TVW interviews; saying goodbye to two members; and the end of the 2020 legislative session.
- March 6, 2020: Supplemental budgets, novel coronavirus, comprehensive sexual health education, low-carbon fuel standard, bills still in play, Rep. Andrew Barkis on Inside Olympia, Rep. Norma Smith on her next steps, and Rep. J.T. Wilcox in The Seattle Times.
- Washington receives $5.5M grant to continue road usage charge research (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Amazon Air secures deal to use biofuels (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Sea-Tac Airport traffic edges up, but airlines still in crisis (The Seattle Times)
- Coronavirus updates: New program provides more access to public roadways (The Olympian)
- King County considers canceling transit worker raises amid pandemic (The Seattle Times)
- Gov. Inslee press conference on COVID-19 with Brad Peck, commissioner, Franklin County; Jerome Delvin, commissioner, Benton County; John Wiesman, secretary, Department of Health; and Patricia Byers, mayor, Yakima. (July 2, 2020)
- Inside Olympia: Gov. Inslee's Budget Director David Schumacher discusses the state's revenue shortfall and the governor's approach to filling a $9-billion budget hole. Plus, State Epidemiologist Dr. Scott Lindquist. (June 25, 2020)
- The Impact: Q&A with Chief District Judge Ricardo Martinez on how the coronavirus is pushing back court dates and prompting judges to rethink how jury trials are handled. (June 17, 2020)
- The Impact: Q&A with State Auditor Pat McCarthy: Investigation into theft of more than half a billion dollars in unemployment funding, delays of legitimate claims and the focus of audits into the state's Employment Security Department. (June 11, 2020)
- Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal holds a media availability to provide an overview of new guidance related to school reopening in the fall. (June 11, 2020)