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OLYMPIA — Millions of N-95 masks and other types of personal protective equipment are being sent to the state as officials scramble to obtain items needed due to the growing coronavirus outbreak. State Department of Health Assistant Secretary for Disease Control and Health Statistics Jerrod Davis said last week that there is significant global demand for these kinds of items and right now the state does not have enough. According to Davis, the state’s joint operations team at Camp Murray — comprising the Department of Enter...
At the end of the state legislative session this month, lawmakers had passed nearly 400 bills — averaging at least five new laws per day — focused on a variety of policies including; comprehensive sex education, letting 17-year-olds vote in primary elections, and limiting the cost of insulin. Here are some of the most impactful bills passed by the Washington House of Representatives and Washington Senate during the 60 days they were in session. Governor Jay Inslee until April 1, 20 days from the end of the session, to sig...
Despite the governor's warning to avoid crowds in the wake of the coronavirus, hundreds of concerned parents and residents converged on the Capitol Wednesday to protest Saturday's passage of law to mandate comprehensive sex education from kindergarten through 12th grade in the state of Washington. The Informed Parents of Washington organized the protest in an effort to urge Gov. Jay Inslee to veto the controversial Senate Bill 5395, which was passed by the Democratic majoritie...
