March 26, 2020 Washington bans recreational fishing, shellfishing to slow coronavirus spread Residents of Washington state won’t even be able to practice social “fishtancing” amid the coronavirus outbreak.
March 24, 2020 Washington state issues ‘stay-at-home’ order, bans weddings and funerals to slow coronavirus spread Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday ordered the state’s more than 7 million residents to stay home, except for “essential activity,” closed all non-essential businesses and banned weddings and funerals as the “tumultuous struggle” to slow the spread of the coronavirus escalates.
March 19, 2020 Washington's lieutenant governor says he won't seek reelection, will join priesthood Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib announced Thursday that he will not run for re-election and will join the Jesuit order of the Catholic Church to begin the process of becoming a priest.
March 18, 2020 Washington state coronavirus cases top 1,000 Washington state reported 108 new coronavirus cases Tuesday for a total of 1,012 -- a day after Gov. Jay Inslee signed an emergency declaration shutting down bars, restricting restaurants to takeout and limiting gatherings to less than 50 people.
March 11, 2020 Washington bans gatherings of 250+ people in Seattle area, other states react as US grapples with coronavirus outbreak Washington, the state most severely hit by the coronavirus, is expected to ban gatherings of more than 250 people in the Seattle area amid the outbreak.
March 8, 2020 Inslee on Trump coronavirus feud: 'I don’t care what Donald Trump thinks of me' Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee brushed off on Sunday criticism by President Trump about his state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak and instead praised the help Vice President Mike Pence and the federal government has given him in battling the contagion.
