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Juneteenth becomes an official, paid holiday for state employees in Washington
Gov. Jay Inslee has officially declared Juneteenth a state holiday in Washington.
He signed a slate of bills on Thursday including House Bill 1016, making June 19 a paid day off for state workers starting in 2022.
Juneteenth — also known as Emancipation Day and Freedom Day — marks the day when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 and informed the last enslaved African Americans there that they were free.
Inslee said he was honored to sign the “joyous bill” during a signing ceremony at the state capitol.
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/juneteenth-becomes-an-official-paid-holiday-for-state-employees-in-washington/
