On Monday, the state launched a reopening plan for businesses shuttered by the pandemic. We get reaction from local business owners.

We catch up with KUOW reporters outside and inside the Washington State Capitol building on the legislative opening day. Experts explain what social media's unprecedented move to de-platform the President means for the future of the internet. And in more uplifting news, a smellicopter gets its wings.

It started with Twitter. In no time, scores of social media sites followed suit in suspending President Donald Trump's accounts. Parler, social media's contentious iconoclast, is also offline after Amazon, Google, and Apple take a stance. Professor Jevin West, from the UW's Center for an Informed Public, and Hanson Hosein, co-founder of the Communication Leadership Graduate Program at the UW, tell us what to expect next.

Last Wednesday's riots in Washington, DC have spurred protests in state capitals across the country. In Olympia, protests throughout the weekend led to increased security ahead of today's opening legislative assembly. KUOW Reporter Casey Martin fills us in on the scene outside the capitol, while Olympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins gives us the scene from inside the chamber.

You can't hear as well as a bat can; you can't see as well as an eagle; and you can't smell as well as a moth. Or can you?

A dozen lawmakers were locked inside the gallery, above the House Chamber awaiting evacuation instructions. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal was one of them

A mob of Trump supporters swarmed the Olympia statehouse, Governor Inslee's residence, and the nation's Capitol building. What happens now?

Hundreds of Trump supporters gathered in Olympia to reject November election results. The crowd became more aggressive as the afternoon wore on. Sara Gentzler, reporter for the Olympian watched the rallies, left, and came back to a group breaking through the gates of the Governor’s mansion.

Washington Secretary of State (and Republican) Kim Wyman has said several times that there are no known cases of election fraud, but the possibility still concerns other Washington state Republicans. Representative and Deputy Sheriff Brad Klippert talks about his concerns, responds to Olympia mob, the Capitol breach.

Police prepare for racial justice protests with riot gear, flashbangs, rubber bullets, tear gas, and more. Even with days of warning of possible insurrection, Capitol Police rejected federal help to quell the mob.