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Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Gov. Jay Inslee has approached President Barack Obama with an additional request for federal disaster assistance in the wake of the Oso slide. The latest request involves help clearing debris and other emergency response measures. On Monday, Inslee asked Obama for money to help provide housing for people who lost</p></h2>
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            <p>Gov. Jay Inslee has approached President Barack Obama with an additional request for federal disaster assistance in the wake of the Oso slide. The latest request involves help clearing debris and other emergency response measures. On Monday, Inslee asked Obama for money to help provide housing for people who lost their homes, to replace personal property, and defray transportation costs, medical and funeral expenses. Federal dollars would also provide unemployment insurance for people who lost jobs due to the slide and for crisis counseling.The latest death toll is 27; 22 are still missing. Preliminary state and federal  assessments put the mudslide-related damage at $32.1 million. — J.S.</p>
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Gov. Jay Inslee has approached President Barack Obama with an additional request for federal disaster assistance in the wake of the Oso slide. The latest request involves help clearing debris and other emergency response measures. On Monday, Inslee asked Obama for money to help provide housing for people who lost their homes, to replace personal property, and defray transportation costs, medical and funeral expenses. Federal dollars would also provide unemployment insurance for people who lost jobs due to the slide and for crisis counseling.The latest death toll is 27; 22 are still missing. Preliminary state and federal assessments put the mudslide-related damage at $32.1 million. — J.S.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi