- New WA bill would outlaw CHOP zones and withdrawal of police services (MyNorthwest)
- WA resident on her maze-like experience getting unemployment (MyNorthwest)
- Tolling in the mix as a funding option to pay for West Seattle Bridge fix (MyNorthwest)
- Washington state ferry hits, kills whale near Mukilteo (KIRO TV)
- $300M children’s hospital coming to Tacoma (KIRO TV)
- Oregon among many states confronting big drop in lottery revenue (AP/KOMO TV)
- Seattle City Council pressed to defund police, move 911 response dispatchers out of department (The Seattle Times)
- New plan would close some highway lanes to traffic, open them to pedestrians (KOMO TV)
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
- Coronavirus updates: Phased reopening could remain paused if Washington cases climb (KING TV)
- Who should get coronavirus vaccine first? U.S. weighs early access for some (The New York Times/The Seattle Times)
- Schools or bars? Opening classrooms may mean hard choices (AP/The Seattle Times)
- ‘We’re in a good position’ for now: Seattle Public Schools anticipates it has coronavirus-related costs covered for upcoming school year (The Seattle Times)
- Washington State Fair canceled due to coronavirus concerns (The Seattle Times)
- 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)
- Inslee discusses unmet unemployment claims, COVID-19 surge and student visa changes (The Olympian)
- Furloughs to close Washington's commerce office next three Fridays (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Eastern Washington tribal liaison for missing and murdered Indigenous people on hold (Yakima Herald)
- Herrera Beutler: Paycheck Protection Program loans preserving businesses, jobs in Clark County (The Reflector)
- EDITORIAL: Taxpayers deserve answers on PPP (The Columbian)
- Amazon to start pulling Redskins merchandise after letter from AG Ferguson (AP/The Columbian)
- Enforcement of no-mask-no-service 'challenging,' top Kitsap health official says (Kitsap Sun)
- 107 businesses applied in first round of county small business grants (The Daily World)
- 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)
- City orders dispersal of Rucker Avenue homeless encampment (Everett Herald)
- Will the pandemic create a move back to the suburbs? (MyNorthwest)
- Seattle-area housing market in one sentence: 'What a difference a month makes' (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Seattle-area housing market sees shortage of homes, multiple offers (KOMO TV)
- More condos are for sale than last year, and sales are stronger | Coronavirus Economy daily chart (The Seattle Times)
- ‘Inappropriate and inhumane’: Gonzaga University president reponds to end of temporary exemptions for international students (KXLY TV)
- Universities react to new ICE rules (Moscow-Pullman Daily News)
- WSU makes changes to housing agreements (The Lewiston Tribune)
- Walla Walla schools zero in on morning/afternoon schedule after survey feedback (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
- College Place Public Schools push start date back two weeks (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
- 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.
- Sea-Tac Airport traffic edges up, but airlines still in crisis | Coronavirus Economy daily chart (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)
- Voters asked to keep this tax for Bellingham transportation projects (The Bellingham Herald)
- Gig Car Share rolls out 250 vehicles in Seattle after delayed launch (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- 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)