Study: Virus cases must drop for state’s schools to safely reopen
Driving down Washington state’s COVID infection rate would make it much safer to resume some in-person classes this fall, a study released Friday found. So if you want schools to reopen at any point this year, wear a mask and stop going to parties and other social events, health leaders said. Continue reading at The Bothell-Kenmore Reporter. (File)
Getting There: As WSDOT warns of ‘crisis,’ hard decisions lie ahead about new construction, preservation
On one hand, Mike Gribner is sounding the alarm bells about a severe lack of adequate funding to maintain the deteriorating highway infrastructure in Eastern Washington, where he heads the regional office of the Washington State Department of Transportation – and about the severe consequences it could have for the region’s economy and quality of life. Continue reading at The Spokesman-Review. (Dan Pelle)
The pandemic is hitting Black renters harder, Census data shows
“We’re seeing that [COVID-19] has affected black renters more now because a lot of people that are being put out of their jobs, those are jobs that marginalized people and Black people are employed at, and when they’re put out of jobs they have no money to pay their rent,” said Ty Brown, a community organizer with Washington Community Action Network and a member of Black Leaders in Action and Solidarity in Thurston County (BLAST). Continue reading at The Olympian. (David Zalubowski)
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