Gov. Ferguson pledges to limit his emergency powers after bill stalls
Gov. Bob Ferguson is pledging to limit his own emergency powers after a bill he backed to place new limits on that authority ...
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Washington state eyes disaster declaration to reopen Olympic Park’s Hoh Rainforest
In December, the Hoh River took out Jefferson County’s Upper Hoh Road, the only vehicular access to the Hoh Rain Forest ...
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WA governor says he will limit his own emergency powers if lawmakers don’t
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday pledged to restrict his use of emergency powers following the apparent collapse of a ...
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Ferguson willing to limit his powers if necessary
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday pledged to restrict his use of emergency powers following the apparent collapse of a ...
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Washington governor says he will limit his own emergency powers if lawmakers don’t
“It’s clear that the Legislature will not adopt bipartisan legislation to place reasonable limits on the Governor’s emergency ...
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Emergency powers bill WA governor helped keep alive is on cusp of failure
Bob Ferguson had only been Washington’s governor a few minutes when he said he could accept “reasonable limits” on the powers he could exercise in statewide emergencies.
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Community reflections on COVID: 5 years later
Over the next few days, more executive actions followed suit, effectively shutting down the state as COVID-19 began to spread nationwide. Five years later, we asked our staff and our readers to ...
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WA House pushes through controversial public health bill after heated late-night debate
The bill passed along party lines, with Democrats in the majority, 58-35, and five excused absences. The debate began late on ...
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Opinion: Make America Infected Again?
Five years after New York was decimated by a novel virus, the eerie drumbeat of strange infections and diseases echo in our ...
Olympic’s Hoh Rain Forest access road closure enters third month
An official for Jefferson County, which maintains Upper Hoh Road next to the Hoh River, says a lack of federal and state ...
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House Republican Leader highlights improved relations after Inslee’s exit
The atmosphere in Olympia feels different to Washington House Republican Leader Drew Stokesbary of Auburn, who credits ...
A look back at the early days of coronavirus spread
COVID-19 struck the world at a time when China and the U.S. were closing in on trade negotiations, shattering a potential deal between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.