Inslee urges Washington residents to forego holiday gatherings
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and his wife, Trudi, on Thursday urged the state’s residents to forego gatherings and holiday travel plans as COVID-19 cases spike across the state, and the governor said further measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus will be announced in the coming days. The state set a record for new coronavirus cases on Saturday, with 1,777 new cases announced. As of this week, more than 123,000 confirmed cases have been confirmed statewide and there have been 2,507 deaths. Continue reading at The Yakima Herald. (Ted S. Warren)
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Three Mid-Columbia farms are among those receiving the largest fines in the state from the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries for serious violations of agriculture regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19. More than 20 farms have been cited by L&I for inadequate COVID precautions. Continue reading at TheTri-City Herald. (Elaine Thompson)
Washington state leads nation in new jobless claims — a seasonal fluke or ‘a red flag’?
Washington led the nation in new unemployment claims last week, and while that may be just a seasonal fluke, economists say the state could be headed for another wave of pandemic-related job losses. “I suspect we are seeing the beginnings of a second major wave of layoffs to rival what we saw in March and April, and driven by a spike in COVID cases that looks much worse than what we saw then,” said Jacob Vigdor, an economist at the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Elaine Thompson)
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