This in from Jennifer Huntley, host of The Impact: The legislative session is now over, so what’s in the budget? And what’s the likelihood for a special session? We’ll talk to the top budget writers in the house and senate (Representative Kelli Linville and Senator Rodney Tom) and other legislative leaders.

Also, Washington’s Department of Health Secretary Mary Selecky says it’s likely Swine flu will show up in Washington state, find out what precautions you should take.

Watch the whole show right here, or at 7 and 10 p.m. on TVW:

Tags: special session, swine flu

Tags: special session, swine flu

Mary Selecky, on whether Washington has any greater susceptibility to swine flu: “People travel, people have traveled to Mexico from every other state … in terms of the fact that we have migrant workers, so do many other states,” she said. “If people are sick, no matter who you are, you should go to the doctor and get checked out.”

She said the state is “at the ready.” How can you be at the ready? “Cover your cough, wash your hands.”

“What we’re asking now is that our laboratories send us more of those kinds of (unidentifiable) flu viruses … if it’s one we can’t type, we sent it on to the CDC,” she said.

With that, the press conference ended. You can watch it at tvw.org.

Tags: swine flu

Mary Selecky, the state’s health secretary, is now talking about swine flu at the Governor’s press conference.

She said the state is well prepared and that there is some flexibility in the budget to be able to ramp up efforts.

“The Governor has already mentioned, there won’t be people who have healthcare insurance coverage … and it means that some families will be putting off some of the prevention things,” she said, on the subject of cuts to the Basic Health Plan and other public health initiatives. “It will take a while” she said, to see the impacts on the state.

Tags: special session, swine flu