In Our View: Capital budget exemplifies investment in state The Columbian
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Differences between the House and Senate versions of the state’s capital budget for the coming two years still need to be hammered out. But the preliminary budgets – which passed unanimously in both chambers – provide some sense of how the Legislature expects to guide the state beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
The biennial capital budget for construction projects does not receive the attention of the two-year operating budget, but wise spending on construction will be essential for helping Washington recover from the pandemic. Capital projects not only provide the infrastructure for a prosperous future, they put people to work in constructing that future.
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We re #1! We re #1! The U.S. News and World report released its rankings for Best State, and for two years running now Washington has topped the list for our low-carbon energy system and our robust secondary education system. Louisiana ranked as the worst state, which gives you a sense of the report s bias against bon temps.
Washington passes 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine: Across 1,400 facilities, providers have given more than 80% of the doses delivered to the state, the Washington State Health Department said in a press release.
Tree theft in West Seattle: Jessica says somebody dug up this dwarf lodgepole pine from her planting strip at 37th/Graham and took it away, West Seattle Blog reports. The tree was yellow and too established to blow away, Jessica explained. I m guessing it was crows. Still, if you re in West Seattle, keep your head on a swivel for a little, yellow, spiky shrub looking thing.
Republican fractures deepen after Capitol attack
Analysis finds 140,000 voters left party in January
Published: March 7, 2021, 6:05am
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2 Photos FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2021, file photo, shattered glass from the attack on Congress by a pro-Trump mob is seen in the doors leading to the Capitol Rotunda, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Photo Gallery
Immediately after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, voter registration offices across the country reported an exodus of Republican voters.
An analysis by the New York Times found that 140,000 Republicans in the 25 states with readily available voter data abandoned the party in January. In Oregon, 11,000 people de-registered with the GOP in the weeks after the Washington, D.C., siege.