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)
Washington is tantalizingly close to a ‘near return to normal,’ but COVID risks are staying higher in some areas
Washington is going to fully reopen soon. Not today. Probably not tomorrow. But soon. End of the month at the latest. “We are on the two-yard line,” Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday, pleading with state residents to hold out just a little longer before the state drops its remaining COVID-19 restrictions. To suss out the metaphor: The goal line, set by Inslee, is 70% of Washington residents 16 and older receiving at least one vaccine dose. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Amanda Snyder)
Bill expands opportunities for outdoor, nature-based early learning in Washington
Washington children are now the first in the nation to have the option of attending early learning programs based entirely outdoors. A bill passed this year made Washington the first state in the country to allow service providers to offer full-day outdoor, nature-based early learning options to families with young children. Continue reading at South Seattle Emerald. (Susan Fried)
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