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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at a news conference, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Seattle. Inslee, a likely Democratic presidential candidate, announced a proposal for a public health insurance option for Washington state residents, the latest action by a Democratic governor to address Trump administration health policies they say are keeping people from getting the care they need. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington governor, NY mayor push expanded health coverage

By SALLY HO - Associated Press

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks with the media at the annual Washington Cannabis Summit, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in SeaTac, Wash. Seven years after the state legalized the adult use of marijuana, Inslee says he plans to pardon thousands of convictions for misdemeanor pot possession. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP)

Washington Gov. Inslee to pardon marijuana convictions

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Inslee proposes $30M to address opioid crisis in Washington

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters about his 2019-2021 budget proposal, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington governor proposes capital gains tax in new budget

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, an endangered female orca leaps from the water while breaching in Puget Sound west of Seattle as seen from a federal research vessel that had been tracking the whales. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing $1.1 billion in spending and a partial whale-watching ban to help support the recovery of Puget Sound's critically endangered orcas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Washington governor proposes major steps for orca recovery

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

The Latest: Inslee proposes $1.1B to help starving orcas

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In this March 6, 2013, file photo, workers are shown at the "C" Tank Farm at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, near Richland, Wash. Conservation groups are alarmed by the Trump administration's proposal to rename some radioactive waste left from the production of nuclear weapons to make it cheaper and easier to achieve permanent disposal. The U.S. Department of Energy is considering a change in its legal definition of high-level radioactive waste, which is stored at places like the Hanford. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

State will fight feds over Hanford worker compensation

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

File - In this May 11, 2018 file photo, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, speaks in front of Western State Hospital in Lakewood, Wash. Gov. Inslee unveiled Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2018, his budget and policy plan for fixing the state's struggling mental health system in the coming years. Inslee said he wanted to invest in the troubled Western State Hospital to address safety concerns there, but he didn't mention the rise in assaults at the state's largest psychiatric hospital. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Washington governor proposes plans to fix mental health

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks about tackling climate change during a press conference at Pacific Tower Monday, Dec. 10, 2018 .(Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP)

Inslee wants 100 percent clean energy in Washington by 2045

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press

Gov. Jay Inslee raises money for possible White House bid

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Feds threaten to sue Washington to block Hanford worker comp

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FILE - In this July 31, 2015 file photo, an orca leaps out of the water near a whale watching boat in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Wash. A Washington state task force on critically endangered Northwest orcas has offered its full slate of recommendations to Gov. Jay Inslee ahead of the next legislative session. The group advising the governor wants to temporarily suspend whale-watching boat tours focused on those whales, one of three dozen recommendations to save a population that is at its lowest in over 30 years. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Group finalizes endangered orcas proposals with ban on tours

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Washington lawmakers may see pay raise

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Washington governor OK’s solar project in Kittitas County

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee answers questions Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., about language in Washington's public records laws that lawmakers say exempts their records from disclosure. Though the state Supreme Court has ruled that the governor is allowed to claim "executive privilege" as a reason to withhold documents, Inslee has not claimed it since taking office. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Jay Inslee: Democrats’ midterms mission is to ‘rescue America’ from ‘unhinged narcissist’ Trump

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this July 23, 2018 photo, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, poses for a photo with his wife Trudy Inslee, at their home on Bainbridge Island, Wash. Inslee, a two-term Democratic governor and former congressman, is likely best known outside the state for his focus on climate issues and renewable energy, but lately he's getting noticed for a different role: an adversary to President Donald Trump. And while he's aware of the 2020 presidential chatter that includes his name, Inslee steers conversations on that topic to other elections. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

2020 talk includes Washington governor, a key Trump foe

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Washington governor to boost immigrant legal aid funding

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Abigail Doerr, campaign director for Yes on 1631, speaks at a podium at left, as supporters, including members of the Quinault Indian Nation at right, cheer Thursday, May 10, 2018, at a rally to kick off the campaign for &quot;Yes on 1631,&quot; a coalition in favor of Initiative 1631, which would levee a fee on carbon and other greenhouse-gas emissions in Washington state. If enough signatures can be gathered, the issue will go before voters in November, 2018. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington governor backs proposed carbon fee initiative

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Gov. Inslee signs supplemental budget boosting K-12 spending

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

In this Aug. 28, 2017 photo provided by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, a crane and boats are anchored next to a collapsed &quot;net pen&quot; used by Cooke Aquaculture Pacific to farm Atlantic Salmon near Cypress Island in Washington state after a failure of the nets allowed tens of thousands of the nonnative fish to escape. Washington state will phase out marine farming of Atlantic salmon by 2022 under a bill signed Thursday, March 22, 2018 by Gov. Jay Inslee. (David Bergvall/Washington State Department of Natural Resources via AP)

Washington state phases out Atlantic salmon farming

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press