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Like Senate plan, House budget focused on pandemic recovery

By Rachel La Corte Mar. 26, 2021 06:01 PM EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — House Democrats on Friday released their two-year budget plan, that — like the Senate plan released a day earlier — includes a new tax on...

House and Senate Democrats unveil COVID-19 relief bill

Jan. 22, 2021 06:56 PM EST
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — House and Senate Democrats on Friday released a plan that looks to spend $2.2 billion in federal aid money on COVID-19 relief efforts in...

Georgia State Troopers stand guard in front of the Georgia State Capitol building on the first day of the 2021 legislative session in downtown Atlanta, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. State capitols across the country are under heightened security after the siege of the U.S. Capitol last week. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
State capitols step up security amid new safety concerns

By David A. Lieb Jan. 11, 2021 02:30 PM EST

A group of anti-fascist protesters dressed in black make a brief stop outside a perimeter fence being watched by National Guard members and Washington State Patrol troopers, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee activated members of the National Guard this week to work with the Washington State Patrol to protect the Capitol campus. The group, part of a larger protest that was taking place in downtown Olympia, left after several minutes of exchanging words with troopers and guard members. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Washington state Legislature convenes under tight security

By Rachel La Corte And Gene Johnson Jan. 11, 2021 12:28 AM EST

Vermont town votes to 'terminate' state virus restrictions

Jan. 01, 2021 07:17 AM EST
STAMFORD, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont town of Stamford has voted to overturn in its community Gov. Phil Scott’s emergency orders issued with the intention of...

Monique Jones, left, of Erie, receives a face mask Friday, July 10, 2020 from Rajahnee Hollamon, a member of the Blue Coats, in the 900 block of East Eighth Street in Erie, Pa. A group of volunteers was canvassing the neighborhood to educate residents about COVID-19. (Jack Hanrahan/Erie Times-News via AP)
Biden poised to launch in-person canvassing in key states

By Steve Peoples Oct. 01, 2020 12:41 PM EDT

COVID-19 cases ticking up; RI visitors face quarantine order

By Steve Leblanc And Mark Pratt Aug. 04, 2020 09:12 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The number of new COVID-19 cases has ticked up in Massachusetts. On Tuesday, the state reported 438 newly confirmed cases and...

Bicyclists ride on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J. on May 15, 2020, the on the first day it opened during the coronavirus outbreak. It and another popular Jersey Shore beach, Point Pleasant Beach, were among those allowing people back onto the sand with some restrictions to try to slow the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Virus or not, if you open Jersey Shore beaches, they'll come

By Wayne Parry May. 15, 2020 04:00 PM EDT

A worker walks past a Boeing 737 MAX jet at a Boeing airplane manufacturing plant Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Renton, Wash. Boeing says it will cut about 10% of its workforce and slow production of planes as it deals with the ongoing grounding of its best-selling plane and the coronavirus pandemic. With air travel falling sharply because of the virus, airlines have delayed orders and deliveries of new planes, reducing Boeing's revenue. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Boeing cuts compound virus's threat to Seattle-area economy

By Gene Johnson Apr. 30, 2020 05:47 PM EDT