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Housing, food, cash: Requests for help double in WA amid pandemic
Compared with the first week of March, applications are now 170% higher for cash assistance, double for food stamps and 60% higher for housing assistance.
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After brief coronavirus closure, Seattle immigration court reopens to backlash
Judges, advocates and even ICE prosecutors all say the coronavirus puts staff and others in harm’s way. The feds have reopened immigration courts anyway.
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Labor tensions and coronavirus collide at Swedish Hospital ICU
Fresh off a strike and still without a contract, Swedish nurses say they’re struggling to keep up with the pandemic.
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Coronavirus could make fighting Washington wildfires harder
Agencies that prepare for wildfires and recruit firefighters are busy responding to the pandemic. That could be a problem come summer.
Environment
Climate bills in WA a ‘comprehensive failure’ in 2020, critics say
Key legislation to cut carbon emissions died, while goal-setting bill offers no path to reach target.