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Larsen: Bold, FDR-like investment in nation’s infrastructure will create jobs, fight climate change
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released a comprehensive report highlighting local transportation infrastructure needs in Washington’s Second Congressional District and calling for aggressive and progressive federal
Department of Commerce launches new Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention
Office will focus on community gun violence disproportionately impacting communities of color ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| Shalisa Hayes is a mother with a mission. In August 2011, she experienced the deepest pain
NYT Nicholas Kristof: How to reduce shootings
||| FROM NEW YORK TIMES ||| America has been shaken by new mass shootings, in Georgia and Colorado, with at least 18 people killed. This essay originally ran in 2017, after a shooter killed 26 people in a
Sign up today to take part in next ferry service FROG Survey
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Our next survey is just around the corner, and we want your feedback to help set the course of Washington State Ferries (WSF). Join the Ferry Riders’ Opinion Group
Guest Opinion | OK, Joe, what’s next? Voting rights or jobs and taxes?
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Washington -Joe Biden’s stunning victory on his boldly ambitious $1.9 trillion corona relief package and its striking popularity with voters, including grassroots Republicans, now tempts many
Larsen’s message to Dreamers: You make Northwest Washington stronger
||| FROM REP. RICK LARSEN'S OFFICE ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted for two commonsense, bipartisan bills to secure permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including Dreamers and
Sign of normality returning? SJC courts to soon resume jury trials; watch your mailbox for a summons
||| FROM MELLISSA DERKSEMA for SAN JUAN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ||| The San Juan County Superior Court and District Court are once again resuming jury trials, after postponing trials in November of 2020 due to
Lopez Fire Chief Bigby weighs in on water safety
||| FROM PHILIP PROD'HOMME for FRIENDS OF LOPEZ ISLAND POOL ||| For many islanders, warmer weather means water weather. But as people hit the seas for sailing, kayaking, fishing, and (gasp!) even swimming, there are
Sheriff’s Report | March 10 – 16, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 21-002024 Fraud 09:10:18 03/10/21 A San Juan Deputy responded to a report of fraud. The reporting party realized the transaction was fraudulent and canceled
Rep. Lekanoff shares some good news updates in her weekly report
||| FROM REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF || As of today, all six of my bills have had their public hearings in Senate committees! House Bill 1117 integrates salmon recovery into the Growth Management Act (GMA), which guides land
In weekly update, WSF reminds riders to limit ferry travel to essential trips
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Despite increasing COVID-19 vaccinations and lower case numbers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) still recommends we delay travel if possible. That’s why we continue to
Join our 40th District state legislators in upcoming virtual town hall
||| FROM REP. ALEX RAMEL'S OFFICE ||| Please join Sen. Liz Lovelett, Rep. Debra Lekanoff, and me for a 40th District virtual town hall on Saturday, March 20 at 11:30 a.m. The town hall will
Inslee updates proclamation on consumer debt garnishments
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today updated a proclamation related to consumer debt garnishments. Proclamation 20-49, et seq., which generally prohibits garnishment for consumer debt in certain circumstances, is updated by
Port Commissioners’ regular meeting is now scheduled
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARP for PORT OF ORCAS ||| REGULAR MEETING AGENDA MARCH 22, 2021 5 p.m. Meeting Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89869389691?pwd=OFQ2aHYwOEZoM2twZ29JZ2NmaFlGdz09 Meeting ID: 898 6938 9691 Passcode: 778670 One tap mobile +12532158782,,89869389691#,,,,*778670# US (Tacoma) CALL TO
Inslee statement on Georgia spa killings
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today in response to the shootings at Asian-owned spas in Georgia Tuesday night that killed eight people, including six Asian women: "The
Inslee signs emergency proclamation requiring in-person education opportunities for public K-12 schools
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today signed an emergency proclamation prohibiting all public K-12 schools in Washington from failing to provide opportunities in both remote instruction and on-campus, in-person
