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Tag Archives: 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic

Senate Republicans seek to devitalize COVID relief bill that will define Biden’s presidency

Excerpt:	The Republicans’ offer may well be a gambit designed to get skin in the game. If the past offers any indication, however, the process will get drawn out and urgency will be lost if Biden decides to try to do a deal with them.
Published at:	6:47 PM on Monday, February 1st, 2021
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Legislative Advocacy
Other Tags:	Budgeting, Fiscal Responsibility, Full Employment
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COVID-19 Update: Pacific Northwest mounts valiant effort to avoid wintertime virus spike

Excerpt:	From the ashes of the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak, attempts at righting the situation are in progress. (Sadly, so are attempts to make things even worse.)
Published at:	11:03 PM on Monday, January 25th, 2021
Written by:	Rich Erwin
Categories:	Healthcare
Other Tags:	COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness
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Progressive champion Representative Pramila Jayapal has tested positive for COVID-19

Excerpt:	Sad news to share: our own Representative Pramila Jayapal says that she has tested positive for COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Read her full statement.
Published at:	7:30 AM on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Open Government
Other Tags:	Accountable Leaders
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U.S. House resoundingly adopts CASH Act to boost COVID-19 recovery payments to $2,000

Excerpt:	The legislation earned the near unanimous support of the Democratic caucus. Democrats were joined by forty-four Republicans, including Washington State's Jaime Herrera Beutler and Oregon's Greg Walden.
Published at:	7:30 PM on Monday, December 28th, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Legislative Advocacy
Other Tags:	Disaster Recovery, Universal Basic Income
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BC’s NDP government authorizes COVID-19 relief as province begins a dark, dreary winter

Excerpt:	Premier John Horgan's government has put together a COVID-19 Recovery Benefit program, in which an estimated 3.7 million B.C. residents will get grants up to $1,000 (Canadian) per family and $500 for individuals.
Published at:	5:55 PM on Saturday, December 12th, 2020
Written by:	Joel Connelly
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Elections, Healthcare
Other Tags:	BC-Assembly, Fair Wages & Leave, Personal Wellness
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Donald Trump says that he and Melania Trump have tested positive for SARS-CoV‑2

Excerpt:	Having spent months utterly failing to protect Americans from COVID-19 and completely disregarding the guidance of public health experts, Donald Trump now finds himself and his wife infected with the virus.
Published at:	10:44 PM on Thursday, October 1st, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government
Other Tags:	Accountable Leaders, US-Pres
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Scramble for the Senate: Can Al Gross topple Republican Dan Sullivan in the Last Frontier?

Excerpt:	Senate Democrats are backing a quintessentially Alaskan doctor who is running as an independent in the hopes that he can pull off an upset win.
Published at:	5:00 PM on Friday, September 25th, 2020
Written by:	Ruairi Vaughan
Categories:	Elections
Other Tags:	AK-Sen, Scramble for the Senate
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COVID-19 Update: Many school districts plan to open for the fall in remote-only mode

Excerpt:	As the 2020-2021 school year approaches, the longer-term repercussions of the nation's failure to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic are starting to become painfully apparent.
Published at:	9:30 PM on Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Written by:	Rich Erwin
Categories:	Healthcare
Other Tags:	COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness
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COVID-19 Update: Business, social activities restricted as region struggles to combat virus

Excerpt:	The Pacific Northwest is trying to determine the best combination of restrictions to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 without going back to a full scale lockdown.
Published at:	8:21 PM on Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Written by:	Rich Erwin
Categories:	Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare
Other Tags:	COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness
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COVID-19 Update: Governor Jay Inslee’s emergency powers affirmed by federal judge

Excerpt:	While new cases of COVID-19 proliferate, the right wing continues to hamper efforts to fight the virus, despite losing a major legal challenge.
Published at:	7:30 PM on Monday, July 20th, 2020
Written by:	Rich Erwin
Categories:	Healthcare
Other Tags:	COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness
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COVID-19 Update: Rolling, rolling, rolling…

Excerpt:	The Pacific Northwest faces increased rate of infection from the pandemic and considers its options.
Published at:	12:30 PM on Friday, July 17th, 2020
Written by:	Rich Erwin
Categories:	Healthcare
Other Tags:	COVID-19 Update
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Tim Eyman proposes risking the lives of a lot of people with a massive election night party

Excerpt:	The longtime scammer is essentially trying to organize a "COVID party", where people could contract the novel coronavirus in large numbers.
Published at:	8:41 PM on Thursday, July 16th, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Elections
Other Tags:	WA-Gov
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Tim Eyman says he’s worried about facial recognition. So why won’t he wear a mask?

Excerpt:	Throwing on a face covering can help frustrate the very technology that Tim Eyman says is a danger to our personal liberty. But Eyman has likened mask wearing to tyranny.
Published at:	10:17 AM on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Technology
Other Tags:	Personal Wellness, Privacy
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COVID-19 Update: Pacific Northwest embraces mandatory mask directives

Excerpt:	As British Columbia makes additional moves to reopen its economy, Washington has mandated the wearing of masks in public and Oregon has completed a special legislative session focusing on COVID-19 and police reform.
Published at:	10:30 PM on Monday, June 29th, 2020
Written by:	Rich Erwin
Categories:	Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare, Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports
Other Tags:	COVID-19 Update, Criminal Justice, Personal Wellness
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