King County Executive Dow Constantine visits the mass vaccination site at the General Services Administration complex in Auburn on Feb. 1. On Tuesday, he proposed a $600 million COVID-19 relief spending plan. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
King County Executive Dow Constantine visits the mass vaccination site at the General Services Administration complex in Auburn. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
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King County would spend $600 million in COVID-19 recovery under plan proposed by County Executive Dow Constantine

The spending plan would address economic investments and homelessness, and the funding would come from a variety of state and federal sources. The council will take up the proposal in April and May.

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Wed. March 24, 2021 Family members of Tommy Le stand behind their lawyers, Philip Arnold at left and Jeffrey Campiche at right who is announcing a settlement with the King County Sheriff’s for the killing by Sheriff’s deputy’s of Tommy Le in 2017. 216725
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Those using the Montlake Bridge Saturday morning didn’t have to worry about Opening Day of Boating Season crowds lining the railings. E vents are cancelled and no crowd lines the Montlake Bridge nor thousands along the cut because of the coronavirus. Ref to more photos online. Saturday May 2, 2020 LO Linesonly photo essay 213875
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FILE – In this Tuesday, June 11, 2019 file photo, Janene Cates Putman of Athens, Tenn., holds a sign during a demonstration outside the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Among the millions of women belonging to churches of the Southern Baptist Convention, there are many who have questioned the faith’s gender-role doctrine and more recently urged a stronger response to disclosures of sexual abuse perpetrated by SBC clergy. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett) NY991 NY991

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Atlantic City Boat Ramp in Rainier Beach is both a drive-up and walk-up testing site for novel coronavirus. The site is the city’s first walk-through and drive-through testing site to help those who need to be tested but don’t have a car or a driver’s license. The site is open from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays. On Saturday, April 25, 2020. 213750

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Madison Bristol with the Pike Place Market hands out another of the free bunch of flowers during the annual Daffodil Day. The first day of spring is also Daffodil Day at the Pike Place Market as 6,000 of the flowers in bundles of four are given away for free. It’s the 24th annual Daffodil Day at the market. The flowers purchased from local growers. Saturday March 20, 2021 216705
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Megan Rapinoe, right, with cell phone and Sue Bird next to her, photographs Maddie Chaplain, left, and Jeanne Manthey as she and Bird volunteer at Lumen Field Event Center directing people to COVID vaccine stations. The sports stars were there more than 3 1/2 hours Wednesday. Ref to more photos online Wed. March 17, 2021 216670
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Artist Mari Shibuya acknowledges the honk of a passing car as she works on the mural of Seattle Storm stars Jewell Lloyd, left, Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart. Artist Zahyr Lauren L.Haz (CQ) works on depictions of championship trophies out of frame. The mural is on Mercer at Queen Anne. It measures about 50 by 20 feet and Shibuya says “it’s a message of solidarity, a message for social change.” Spray can paint used for most of the work. See more photographs online LO Seattle Storm Stars Mural on Mercer at Queen Anne by artists Mari Shibuya and Zahyr Lauren L.Haz (CQ) Saturday March 13, 2021. 216636
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