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Gov. Jay Inslee recently ended the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, but for some of the public workers fired for refusing to comply, the legal battle goes on.
The state is facing more than a dozen lawsuits involving at least 180 ex-employees who were allegedly forced from their jobs after asserting religious or other objections to the COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Nearly a dozen workers with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife found out this week that previously granted religious accommodations were being revoked – leaving them just a few days to get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine or be fired, FOX 13 News has learned.
New whale-watching restrictions enacted to protect southern resident orcas By Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times Published: December 22, 2020, 8:24am Share: File - In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, a female resident orca whale breaches while swimming in Puget Sound near Bainbridge Island, Wash., as seen from a federally permitted research vessel. The Center for Whale Research says a endangered large male orca is missing and presumed dead. The whale, known L41, was not with his family when researchers encountered them last week. L41's death would leave just 72 animals in th...