{"id":2909,"date":"2021-01-11T17:47:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T00:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2021-02-10T17:53:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T00:53:07","slug":"kxly-wa-legislature-to-start-2021-session-with-heightened-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2021\/01\/11\/kxly-wa-legislature-to-start-2021-session-with-heightened-security\/","title":{"rendered":"KXLY: WA Legislature to start 2021 session with heightened security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington\u2019s Legislature convenes in Olympia Monday for a new session that will be unlike any other in state history.<\/p>\n<p>State lawmakers plan to conduct most of their 105-day session remotely, holding hearings on legislation and even voting via web conferencing.<\/p>\n<p>But first, they need to convene in person so they can adopt new rules allowing that to happen.<\/p>\n<p>And a cloud hangs over the Capitol campus in Olympia, just days after a mob of President Donald Trump\u2019s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to stop the certification of Democrat Joe Biden\u2019s November election victory.<\/p>\n<p>Armed\u00a0protesters\u00a0breached the gate of Washington\u2019s Governor\u2019s Mansion\u00a0the same day, with some in the crowd urging protesters to return for the first day of the legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>State officials had already planned to keep the Capitol building and other legislative offices closed to the public because of\u00a0the COVID-19 pandemic. 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