Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to the media after the Legislature adjourned its 60-day session, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. State lawmakers passed a supplemental budget with funding for the state's response to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
March 13, 2020
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March 13, 2020 6:58 p.m.
COVID-19 response became legislative priority in Washington
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers started this year's legislative session focused on the state's homelessness crisis and ended it 60 days later amid a global pandemic that led to them passing a supplemental budget with emergency funding for the state's COVID-19 outbreak.