Washington state public health experts ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Biden’s vaccination plan
President Joe Biden’s coronavirus plan has many public health experts cautiously optimistic. On Biden’s first day on the job, the White House released a video highlighting the goals of the Biden-Harris administration, including getting coronavirus under control, addressing the climate crisis, fighting for racial justice and rebuilding the middle class. Continue reading at KING5 TV.
Why Washington state’s constitution bans armed militias
All 50 states, in some way or another, ban private armies, militias or paramilitary forces within their borders. Washington state’s constitution asserts that any militia must be in “strict subordination to civil power,” meaning the state or the federal government. It also affirms a citizen’s right to bear arms for defense of self or state, but cautions that those rights should not be construed as “authorizing individuals or corporations to organize, maintain or employ an armed body of men.” Continue reading at Crosscut. (Rachel La Corte)
President Biden’s executive order ends Trump’s Muslim travel ban, outlines what’s next
Among the flurry of executive orders signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday was one ending the ban on travelers from several majority-Muslim countries, which was first issued by Donald Trump in January 2017. “Beyond contravening our values, these Executive Orders and Proclamations have undermined our national security,” Biden’s executive order rescinding the ban reads. Continue reading at USA Today. (Jasper Colt)
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