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At its March 11 meeting, the State Board of Education (SBE) adopted emergency rules that allow school districts to waive certain graduation requirements for individual students due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. These emergency rules apply immediately to the graduating Class of 2021.
Hasta el 8 de marzo, se han administrado más de 2,140,418 dosis de la vacuna en todo el estado, lo cual equivale a casi el 78 % de las 2,746,870 dosis entregadas a los proveedores y programas de atención a largo plazo.
Gov. Jay Inslee today announced that Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery will be transitioning from a regional approach to a county-by-county evaluation process. The governor also announced a new third phase of the Roadmap, a return for in-person spectators for professional and high school sports.
Employment Security Department Acting Commissioner Cami Feek released this statement regarding the passage of the new federal stimulus bill. This bill is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden later this week, averting the expiration of several key unemployment benefits.
El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) está adoptando las pautas establecidas por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por su sigla en inglés) sobre el comportamiento tras la vacunación.
Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today in response to increasing and escalating acts of violence targeting Asians and Asian-Americans.
Due to the lower unemployment rate in Washington state, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) notified the Employment Security Department last week that our state’s Extended Benefits (EB) program is ending March 13, 2021.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is adopting the guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding post-vaccine behavior.
El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) anunció hoy que se han proporcionado más de dos millones de dosis (solo en inglés) de la vacuna contra la COVID-19 a los proveedores de atención médica desde que se inició la distribución a mediados de diciembre.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced today that health care providers have given more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine since rollout began in mid-December.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that, as a result of his lawsuit, Seattle-based ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets must fully refund all consumers who purchased tickets to canceled events, and pay all money it owes to organizers of past events.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is excited to announce that nearly 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered at state-led mass vaccination sites in just six weeks.
El Departamento de Salud del Estado de Washington (DOH, por su sigla en inglés) se complace en anunciar que se han administrado casi 100,000 dosis de la vacuna contra la COVID-19 en los centros estatales de vacunación masiva en tan solo seis semanas.
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is thrilled to share the state has reached its goal of vaccinating 45,000 people per day.