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Amid riot fears, Washington lawmakers plan in-person session

by Gene Johnson
| January 8, 2021 12:12 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state lawmakers are defending their plan to open the legislative session in person next Monday following the siege of the nation’s Capitol building in Washington, D.C., as well as the storming of the governor’s property in Olympia by President Donald Trump’s loyalists — including some who were armed and attacked or threatened journalists.

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