Jan. 14 OLYMPIA The Washington State Senate voted Wednesday to extend Gov. Jay Inslee s emergency orders until the COVID-19 state of emergency is over, despite stiff Republican opposition.
by Rich Smith • Jan 13, 2021 at 9:15 am
In an email to a constituent, Sen. Ann Rivers said lawmakers will vote this week on a bill to immediately move the state to Phase 2 of the Governor s reopening plan. WA STATE LEGISLATURE
In their ongoing effort to waste a bunch of time that nobody has, it looks like lawmakers led by Republicans in the state Senate might invoke a rarely used parliamentary move called the Ninth Order of Business this week to force a vote on a technically bipartisan bill allowing businesses immediately to enter Phase 2 of the state s new Healthy Washington plan.
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Washington unemployment problems persist, with some going unpaid for months
Nine months into the pandemic, the state’s unemployment system is still rife with issues, and thousands are stuck in limbo. By Melissa Santos, Crosscut
Share: Heather Frey outside of her Seattle home on Dec. 15, 2020. Frey has been filing for pandemic unemployment assistance since March and, as of earlier this week, hadn’t received a single payment yet. (Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut)
Heather Frey filed for unemployment in March, when the pandemic disrupted her business selling used books online.
Nine months later, the Seattle resident was still waiting on her first unemployment check and wondering how she was going to pay her bills.