- Black organizers say they are let down by the 2021 Seattle budget (KING TV)
- Boeing mulls relocating division headquarters out of Renton (KCPQ TV)
- Does Seattle have the will to fast-track potential West Seattle Bridge replacement? (MyNorthwest)
- Across the West, millions of homes are at risk of wildfires, but it’s rarely disclosed (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
- Washington begins financial assistance to undocumented workers hurt by the recession (KNKX Radio)
- Homebuyers’ wallets hammered as prices spike for plywood substitute (Bloomberg/The Seattle Times)
- US jobless claims drop to 787,000, but layoffs remain high (AP/The Seattle Times)
- GOP-led Senate panel advances Barrett despite Dems’ boycott (AP/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
- Wash. state farmers adapt to pandemic with online sales (AP/KOMO TV)
- Why King County is in good position to recover from COVID crisis (MyNorthwest)
- Regulators, experts take up thorny vaccine study issues (AP/The Seattle Times)
- Virus spikes have officials looking to shore up hospitals (AP/The Seattle Times)
- Health department releases COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan for Washington state (The Seattle Times)
- WA Office of Financial Management reports 63% growth of median household income between 2000 and 2019 (KHQ TV)
- Families, caregivers oppose DSHS budget cuts that could take help away from 20,000 (The News Tribune)
- I-976 struck down as panel mulls new transportation taxes (Lens)
- Washington Supreme Court says $30 tab initiative is unconstitutional (The Spokesman-Review)
- REC Silicon to pay Grant County $13.5 million in property tax dispute settlement (iFiberOne)
- Search for buyer of bankrupt Ponderay Newsprint mill continues after Kalispel Tribe’s bid is rejected (The Spokesman-Review)
- Expedia Group begins third wave of layoffs in 2020 (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Cathay Pacific defers Boeing 777X order beyond 2025, cuts 8,500 jobs and closes regional carrier (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Four cranes soar above downtown Vancouver; Construction boom continues as tall equipment dots skyline (The Columbian)
- Trump promised to revive Northwest timber jobs during his 2016 campaign. That hasn't happened (KUOW Radio)
- Column: Kids suffering COVID mental crises threaten to swamp county’s ill-prepared care system (Matt Driscoll/The News Tribune)
- Editorial: Save employers from skyrocketing unemployment tax (The Seattle Times)
- Editorial: Legislature must fix inflated car-tab fees definitively (The Seattle Times)
- Column: The West Side fights for energy efficiency, but what about the home costs? (Sue Lani Madsen/The Spokesman-Review)
- Opinion: West Seattle Bridge could be the first of many structural failures (Mark Harmsworth, director, Small Business Center, Washington Policy Center/Puget Sound Business Journal)
- How GMA could help – or hurt – housing crisis (Lens)
- Making way for affordable housing in Northeast Spokane could cost city millions (The Spokesman-Review)
- Study: Tacoma is nation's fastest-selling housing market; Seattle home prices soar 18% (KOMO TV)
- A new haven of help for homeless students in Marysville (The Everett Herald)
- Home values up more than 10% in Seattle amid coronavirus pandemic (AP/Seattle P-I)
- New research says schools are safe, but some experts don't agree (KOMO TV)
- Kennewick middle and high schools to stay closed until 2021 (Tri-City Herald)
- Boeing executive appointed to WSU Board of Regents (KQQQ Radio)
- WVC enrollment drops nearly 8% for fall quarter (The Wenatchee World)
- State Board approves bachelor's degree program at Big Bend (iFiberOne)
- ‘It’s infuriating’: Backlog of unpaid jobless claims in Washington is still high, advocates say
- WA small businesses likely to feel increase in unemployment taxes, says AWB
- Coronavirus testing in Washington dropped over 10% during wildfires; positive cases dropped further
- What are the chances Boeing will build a new jet in Washington state again?
- Drop in Washington school enrollment could mean funding cuts in January
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.
- Data: I-5 Bridge traffic down during trunnion repair project (The Columbian)
- Two-boat state ferry service to return to Bremerton-Seattle route (Kitsap Sun)
- West Seattle Bridge report shows preference for replacement option (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- County considers raising roads to skirt flooding near Sultan (The Everett Herald)
- Washington wants to declare burned bridge ‘major disaster’ (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
- The Impact: Why Facebook campaign ads are more partisan, but less negative than TV ads and what that means for polarization, attitudes toward policing in urban vs suburban King County, how polling has changed since the 2016 election. Guests: Prof. Travis
- Legislative Review: COVID's Impact on K-12 Schools October 14, 7:00 am
- Washington State Coronavirus Response Joint Information Center
- Legislative Review: COVID's Impact on Housing Affordability and Homelessness
- Washington State Department of Agriculture Asian Giant Hornet Update