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The Pacific Northwest of the United States experiences an atmospheric river, with record-breaking rainfall reported in Washington and Oregon. One person is killed by flooding in Portland, Oregon.
2023-12-5

Washington reports their first case of the 501.V2 variant first detected in South Africa in King County.
2021-02-23

Washington reports their first cases of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in two people residing in Snohomish County.
2021-01-23

The governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Washington, and mayors of cities in other states, order the closure of all bars and restaurants and ban gatherings of 50 or more people in their states or cities in response to the pandemic.
2020-03-16

The governors of five states: California, Ohio, Illinois, Washington and Massachusetts, order bars and restaurants to close in response to the pandemic.
2020-03-15

The U.S. Justice Department files lawsuits against King County, Washington and the state of New Jersey over their use of sanctuary cities.
2020-02-10

Eight people are shot, one fatally, following a dispute outside a McDonald's in downtown Seattle, Washington.
2020-01-22

A Federal District Judge for Eastern Pennsylvania temporarily enjoins the Trump administration from implementing new rules that change the Obamacare contraceptive mandate. California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and Washington have also sued the federal government over the rules.
2017-12-15

A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii, finding the revised federal immigration-refugee executive order violates the U.S. Constitution's religious establishment clause, grants the state of Hawaii's motion for a nationwide temporary restraining order on these rules that were set to become effective at midnight. President Donald Trump vows to appeal this ruling. Two other federal courts held hearings on similar requests filed by the states of Maryland and Washington; neither of these judges issued a ruling.
2017-03-15

Voters in the states of Colorado and Washington approve the legalization of recreational use of marijuana in voter ballot initiatives, while the state of Massachusetts approves a referendum legalizing the use of medical marijuana.
2012-11-7