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In early March 2020, coronavirus cases within Washington state grew along with the rest of the country. Washington State Department of Health officials requested, from the federal government's Strategic National Stockpile (the U.S. government's repository of drugs, vaccines and equipment to be used in major public health emergencies), 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks.
The State Senate Chamber of the Washington State Capitol. The Washington State Legislature is the state's legislative branch. The state legislature is bicameral and is composed of a lower House of Representatives and an upper State Senate. The state is divided into 49 legislative districts of equal population, each of which elects two ...
Office Nominee Assumed office Left office Secretary of Homeland Security: Kristi Noem [34] Awaiting Senate Confirmation Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security: Troy Edgar [57] U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Rodney Scott [58] Awaiting Senate Confirmation Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol ...
Through the Health Insurance Partnership, Gregoire extended health care coverage to 1,100 small-business employees. She announced legislation to modernize the state's health care and pension system, while keeping health care inflation at 4-5% year. She announced “the promise of reform is a day when no one goes without health care coverage ...
The term for governor is four years, [2] commencing on the second Monday in the January following the election. [62] If the office of governor is vacant or the governor is unable to discharge their duties, the lieutenant governor assumes the duties of governor, though still officially retains the office of lieutenant governor. [ 63 ]
The first transgender supervisor and second elected public official in the State. Elected November 2019. [76] [77] Rosemary Ketchum: Democratic: Wheeling, West Virginia: City Council 2020–present The first out trans person to be elected to public office in West Virginia, elected in June 2020. [78] Evelyn Rios Stafford Democratic: Washington ...
In his second term, McKenna continued to be active in the National Association of Attorneys General, serving as co-chair on various committees and receiving the NAAG's Distinguished Service Award before becoming Vice-President of the organization in 2009. In 2010, he was elected President of NAAG, and assumed the office on June 22, 2011.
Incumbent Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz (D) was re-elected to a second term. [6] She defeated Republican nominee Sue Kuehl Pederson in the general election by 13.5%. 2022 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election debate