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"The national native news antonio gonzalez the us senate has confirmed lauren. King to be. Us district court judge for western washington. King will become the first native american federal judge in washington. State's history here's us. Senator patty murray from washington on c. span. Speaking on the senate floor. Miss king is an immensely talented and experienced practitioner of the law. Who i had the honour of recommending to the president for this position and i am proud to be advocating for her confirmation here today. Miss king currently chairs foster garvey's native american law practice group and has served as a pro. Tem appellate judge for the northwest intertribal court system since twenty thirteen. She has served as a commissioner on the washington state gambling commission and taught federal indian law at seattle university school of law king. A citizen of the muskogee nation will become the fourth native american federal judge currently in the country and sixth in history. So it's not just important. Essential that our federal judges understand the unique histories and perspectives of native people and the legal principles that protect and preserve native american standing under federal law. I believe this is a perspective that matters and one that has been missing for far too long with her experience in the northwest intertribal court system and representing tribes in private practice. Miss king has a deep understanding of these principles and the legal issues that tribes in washington state face. The senate voted to confirm king fifty five to forty four on tuesday. Also on tuesday. President biden announced his intent to nominate shelly low as chair of the national endowment for the humanities a citizen of the navajo nation. She's currently a member of the national council on the humanities and advisory board for the endowment her career and higher education includes positions at yell harvard. The university of arizona and has served in various leadership roles. The national endowment for the humanities supports research and learning and history literature philosophy and other areas the navajo nation council has passed legislation requiring all government employees across the reservation to be fully vaccinated against kevin nineteen as arizona. Public radio's ryan hinds reports. The legislation also presses schools and all navajo owned businesses to adopt similar vaccine requirements the council's bill mandates all workers within the tribes legislative executive and judicial branches along with employees of local chapters to receive all their shots by later this month workers who aren't fully vaccinated will be required to present proof of a negative cova test every two weeks. Violations of the bills requirements could be followed with disciplinary measures. The legislation was passed by the council. In a late. August special session it was then sent to navajo nation president jonathan nez who neither signed nor vetoed it allowing the bill to go into effect. According to his office the council's legislation reaffirms executive order. He had previously issued that also required all tribal employees to get vaccinated by the end of september within the navajo executive branch at least eighty five percent of employees have so far been fully vaccinated for national native news. I'm ryan shifts in flagstaff. The us senate committee on indian affairs is holding legislative hearing wednesday on indian water right settlement bills. Witnesses include tribal leaders from the shoshoni pie. Tribes of the duck valley reservation and the fort belknap indian community witnesses from the interior department. Are the assistant secretary for indian affairs and regional director with the bureau of reclamation..
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Federal Paycheck Protection Program Preserves 500 000 Jobs in Seattle Area
"So did the Seattle Times and the Foster Garvey law firm other local companies received under $10. We're talking about two beneficiaries of the Federal Paycheck Protection program or from Cuomo's. Corwin, Take Pee. Pee Pee, designed to bolster companies and prevent mass layoffs has pumped as much as $11 billion into King Pierce and Snohomish County's since the program began. According to the P P p database, 86 companies in the three counties received loans in the 5 to $10 million range, preserving half a million jobs. Some of the loans, though, seemed to bear no relationship to jobs. The database claims of $5 million plus loan to it's a quad based evergreen restaurant group preserved 500 jobs. But it also says a similar loan to Seattle based co Imagine Health preserved zero jobs. Meanwhile, hundreds of businesses received P P p payments of under $150,000 most of them well under that amount, for example, and every beauty salon received $229 an amount the database claims preserved One job Corwin Hague Co. Moh news SOMEONE news time 604 and coming up. I'm Ryan Harris, seeking