OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) —Â Washington state has fined 11 businesses for violating the COVID-19 mask mandate.
The state Department of Labor & Industries said in a news release that Mail Express Business Center in Enumclaw got the largest fine at $7,500.
Investigators determined customers and employees there were not wearing masks and there were no signs posted about the mandate.
According to L&I, the owner told investigators she did not enforce masking because, “she did not want to be an unpaid agent of the government.”
