In Oregon, Democratic Gov. Kate Brown proposed spending $ 30 million to modernize the state’s public health system. Next door, in Washington state, Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee proposed a budget that includes $ 397 million to pay for tests, personal protective equipment, laboratory costs, epidemiology work, and vaccine distribution, and to boost the Washington public health system. And in Maine, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills wants to allocate $ 5 million to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for COVID-19 testing.
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