Voters in Portland, Oregon, approved a tax on the ultra-wealthy and big business to address a homeless problem that has become increasingly difficult to control. https://t.co/8oWvENX09u
In Alaska, you get a check from the state's oil wealth just for living there. But with no income or statewide sales taxes, low oil prices and an economy struggling in the pandemic, the unique payout is in jeopardy. https://t.co/iWDmFytYSu
No more camps packed with firefighters. With the coronavirus risk, the U.S. is reimagining how to fight wildfires but offering few details on getting the equipment and testing needed to keep crews safe. https://t.co/Du2jomY5iT
Workers at a troubled psychiatric hospital in Washington state told @AP that they were exposed to the coronavirus, then sent for testing they believe is flawed and may have exposed them again. https://t.co/9vi5qhBylP
Apple detectives: A team of amateur botanists has rediscovered 10 apple varieties in the Pacific Northwest that were planted by long-ago pioneers and had been thought to be extinct. https://t.co/7pa0arOpZx
Some conservative politicians across the U.S. claim state government coronavirus restrictions trample civil liberties, reinforcing fringe beliefs that officials would use a national emergency to limit freedoms. https://t.co/iLwdLec002
Church over state: Washington's lieutenant governor has announced he won't run for reelection because he plans to begin training to become a priest. https://t.co/UtS8HW4BgH
ER doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak in the Seattle area, which leads the U.S. in deaths, face a shortage of the gear they need to protect themselves. At least two doctors there are already infected. https://t.co/LS06RpS2XD
Employees from Amazon and other companies are working from home amid the nation's worst coronavirus outbreak, and the downtown Seattle restaurants and shops that rely on them are feeling the pain. https://t.co/CJiWg6urpC