OLYMPIA – Employment Security Department (ESD) Commissioner Suzi LeVine shared this statement on the ongoing rollout of the new federal stimulus measure, which extends and expands federal unemployment benefits: “Unemployment benefits are a lifeline to unemployed workers impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, […]
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Department of Energy is awarding nearly $77 million in incentive pay to four contractors for their work at the Hanford nuclear reservation in fiscal 2020. All earned a larger percentage […]
Washington saw the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States this year, as well as the first deadly cluster as the pandemic upended virtually all activity in the state. The coronavirus outbreak was […]
Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020 and led to many new laws that will take effect in the new year. Virus-related laws include those helping essential workers, boosting […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say 30 people have tested positive for the coronavirus since mid-December at a hotel housing over 200 homeless people in Renton. Public Health — Seattle & King County said Tuesday it’s […]
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