economy

both counties, especially Umatilla, will likely take huge economic hits with new lockdowns.

Inslee referred to Senate resistance to another huge spending package as "chicken little" like.

Events like this, with hundreds or even several thousand participants, can bring in huge amounts of revenue (and tax dollars) to area.

Inslee spent the bulk of his conference weaving in and out of direct slams and insinuation attacks on President Trump.

Benton Franklin Commissioners Brad Peck (F) and Jerome Delvin (B) along with Mayor of Yakima will be part of press conference at 3pm Thursday.

apparently the mayors of Richland, Pasco, West Richland in person, and in a letter from Kennewick Mayor Pro-Tem Steve Lee, asked for a no mask no service edict.

If you have been watching Inslee's press conferences, and listening to many of his news releases, there is a predictable pattern. Glimpses and hints of hope and progress, then he drops the hammer and reverses with negative themes.

Forget the confusing metrics, or the five "risk assessment" dashboards Inslee set up. What about percentages of the population?

At the end of May, Gov. Inslee illegally mandated Labor and Industries to levy/collect $10,000 fines for businesses that opened without approval. Not allowed by State Constitution.

Benton and Franklin Counties are literally 'surrounded' by others who've moved ahead. It has to do with a myriad of requirements from the state before more can open.