What it means for Juneteenth to be an official holiday
When Washington state Rep. Melanie Morgan was growing up, she didn’t learn about Juneteenth in school. In the history books that she and many others were assigned, “Juneteenth may have been a one-line thing,” the Democrat from Parkland said this week. Now, Morgan hopes students and adults alike will get a more thorough education about Juneteenth, or June 19, the day frequently celebrated to mark the end of slavery in the United States. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Susan Walsh/AP)
Canada announces another extension of border closure with U.S. to non-essential travel
Those wishing to travel to Canada for what has been deemed non-essential reasons will have to wait another month . . . at least. Canada announced that it is extending the closure of its border with the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic until July 21, according to a tweet Friday morning by Canadian Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair. The border closure will now extend into its 16th month. Continue reading at Bellingham Herald. (Warren Sterling/The Bellingham Herald)
Washington elected officials, hospital association praise Supreme Court ACA decision
State elected officials and associations applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act on Thursday. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the 5th Circuit’s decision in California v. Texas, ruling that the plaintiffs had no standing after they tried to argue that the part of the ACA that required Americans to have health insurance or pay a fine if they did not was unconstitutional. Continue reading at Spokesman Review. (J. Scott Applewhite)
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