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Lawmakers to be named later sneak off to Maui despite pandemic restrictions

Washington State politics Twitter was abuzz for a while yesterday with this story from Politico’s Katy Murphy about lawmakers from various states sliding off to Maui for a swanky conference despite pandemic restrictions both in Hawaii and their home states.

It’s not clear which Washington lawmakers were among the 20 or so who attended the event thrown b…