Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. The court’s action late Thursday ends protections for roughly 3.5 million people in the United States who said they faced eviction in the next two months, according to Census Bureau data from early August. Continue reading at The Spokesman-Review. (Brittany Newman)
Powell: Fed on track to slow aid for economy later this year
The Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low-rate policies this year as long as hiring continues to improve, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday, signaling the beginning of the end of the Fed’s extraordinary response to the pandemic recession. In a speech given virtually to an annual gathering of central bankers and academics, Powell said the economy had improved significantly this year, with average hiring in the past three months reaching the highest level on record for any similar period before the pandemic. Fed officials are monitoring the rapid rise in infections from the delta variant, he said, but they expect healthy job gains to continue. Continue reading at Tacoma News Tribune. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
A few fringe Washington lawmakers should stop undermining elections
Nearly 10 months after President Donald Trump lost his bid for a second term in office, a handful of elected officeholders on the fringes of Washington’s Republican party persist in cynically pushing false allegations about a stolen election. They are shamelessly playing on concerns of voters, who turn out for rallies and tune in to social media posts that amplify their fears. Rumors of systemic voter fraud and gaping vulnerabilities in Washington’s election system are utterly unfounded, says Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a Republican who has held that office since 2013. Elected leaders strongly concur, including Republican leaders in the state House and Senate. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Steve Ringman/Seattle Times)
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El Sol De Yakima (available in English via Google Translate)
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Everett Herald
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North American Post
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Olympian
Who gets a big tax break in Washington state — and who doesn’t — under Biden tax plan
Peninsula Daily News
Rich payout as PUD head retires
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Puget Sound Business Journal
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Seattle Times
Editorial: A few fringe Washington lawmakers should stop undermining elections
Sound Transit spends $4.2 million to study ways to lower costs
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Skagit Valley Herald
Rally held against COVID-19 vaccine mandates
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Sedro-Woolley Library to have its grand opening
South Seattle Emerald
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Mask mandates, school openings, sports, and other questions about COVID-19
Opinion: What’s in a name? Plenty, if it belongs to a slaveholder or white supremacist
Spokesman Review
Spokane Valley councilmember decries state COVID-19 mandates; claims rules are ‘destroying our city’
Tri-City Herald
Tri-Cities police piecing together path of Kennewick construction worker’s deadly rage
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin
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Washington Post
U.S. forces preparing for more ISIS attacks in Kabul, top commander says
ISIS-K, the group behind the Kabul airport attack, sees both Taliban and the U.S. as enemies
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Yakima Herald Republic
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KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Encampment on Seattle Public Schools property will not be cleared before school starts
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KUOW FM
Fed Chair Says It May Soon Be Time To Start Reducing Its Massive Economic Support
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Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
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