When the Washington Legislature convenes Monday, it will be for a session unlike any other in the state’s history.
The starkest change: Jan. 11 will likely be the only day that lawmakers actually convene in Olympia. The COVID-19 outbreak continues to rip through the state — nearly a year to the day after a Washington resident was diagnosed with the first case of the virus in the country — and nearly all the work of government will be conducted remotely in the coming months.