Aberdeen Daily World

Letter: Here they go again! (Hargrove)

Letter: State leaders choose art over food? (Kessler, Haigh)

Bellingham Herald

Billions on line in Washington school elections (school levies)

Op-ed: Now is not the time to give up on school reform

Op-ed: New effort hopes to better track habitat restoration

Columbian

Editorial: In Our View, Feb. 7: Hold the Line (budget and taxes; Brown)

Crosscut.com

A Pyrrhic victory for school funding advocates? (Chopp, Brown)

Everett Herald

Three politicians who want Gregoire's job in 2012

EvCC, EdCC continue to see record enrollments

State senator plans to run for Murray’s seat

Should Washington State stay in the liquor business? (Linville, Brown, Sheldon)

Pay back cost of lunch, seven Washington lawmakers and aide told (Kagi, Roberts, Eddy, Dickerson, Van De Wege, Haugen, Kastama, Kohl-Welles)

Increased pollution tax urged to bolster state's budget (Ormsby, Murray)

State House passes amendment allowing judges to deny bail (Hurst, Nelson)

State Senate allows more to OK medical marijuana 

Editorial: Task laid out; get on with it  (funding basic education)

Blogs:

Getting started on the 2012 governor's race

Minimum security unit prepared for mentally ill inmates

Traveling in a world of Blacks and Whites

Kitsap Sun

Washington, Other States Ponder Privatized Liquor, but Resistance Is Strong (Linville, Tom, Sheldon, Brown)

Solar Energy Shines Light on Ways to Save Green

Senate Votes to Strengthen Distracted Driver Law (Eide)

Editorial: Let the Sunshine Stay In (open government)

Longview Daily News

Capitol Dispatch: Revenue picture about to come into focus (Takko, Hunt, Moeller)

Legislative Roll Call Report

Bikers push bill to ban cops from profiling (Kirby, Hurst)

Republican state senator enters US Senate race

State's biggest expense is the hardest one to cut (Linville, Kessler, Tom)

Editorial: High-speed rail money is good news, but train system still lags

News Tribune

More medical professionals authorized to prescribe marijuana under bill

Washington among states weighing sale of liquor business (Linville, Sheldon, Tom, Brown)

Cuts threaten college students’ scholarships (Linville)

Time to vote (levies)

House votes 80-17 for bail restrictions stemming from Clemmons case (Appleton)

Ethics: Some lawmakers penalized for pot discussion at forum (Kagi, Roberts, Eddy, Dickerson, Van De Wege, Kohl-Welles, Haugen)

Tanning rules clear committee (Darneille)

Senate gets tough on chatty drivers (Eide)

Callaghan column: Ruling on education funding should be game-changer for legislators

Editorial: Seattle can’t stripe the lanes on 520 bridge

Olympian

State weighs privatizing booze (Tom)

Ex-lawmaker appointed to parks agency

Tripled oil tax seen as solution (Ormsby)

Students rally across state (Kastama)

Some lawmakers penalized for pot discussion (Kagi, Roberts, Eddy, Dickerson, Van De Wege, Kohl-Welles, Haugen, Kastama)

Lewis-McChord: A giant military marriage

Under the Dome for Feb. 6 (Boeing; tanning salon licensing)

Editorial: Federal bill puts rail upgrades on fast track

Editorial: Levies' failure, not passage, carries real costs

Blog: How South Sound lawmakers voted this week (Hunt, Williams, Green, Kelley, Finn, Haigh, Fraser, Sheldon)

Letter: Williams Supporting Developers

Peninsula Daily News

House passes proposed no-bail constitutional amendment (Van De Wege, Kessler, Hargrove)

Port Townsend Leader

House advances wildlife feeding ban that includes raccoons (Van De Wege)

Puget Sound Business Journal

State forecast: Jobless rate to peak in Q2

Reporter Newspapers

Pierce County Councilman Shawn Bunney to run for 31st District House seat

Bellevue, other school districts, win court case on education funding

The San Juan Islander

The State Of The Sound -And SJC Waters

Seattle PI.com

Republican state senator enters US Senate race

Momentum builds to privatize state liquor sales (Linville, Tom, Brown)

Protections for taxi drivers run into Olympia roadblock (Kline)

Sen. passes bill allowing cops to ticket cell phone drivers (Carlyle, Regala, Sheldon)

Seattle Times

Ending bullion tax breaks may not be easy money (Hunter)

Don Benton, veteran state senator, seeks to take on Patty Murray in Nov.

State's biggest expense is the hardest one to cut (Linville, Kessler, Tom)

Sen. Paull Shin backs putting ads on school buses to raise money for districts (Kessler, McAuliffe, Oemig)

Wash legislators cited for sandwiches (Kagi, Roberts, Eddy, Dickerson, Van De Wege, Kohl-Welles, Haugen, Kastama)

Rigorous college-prep classes skyrocketing in Washington state

'At hope' bill dies in Washington state committee (Franklin)

Wash. enviros pushing pollution tax to help budget (Ormsby, Murray)

WA among states weighing sale of liquor business (Linville, Tom, Sheldon, Brown)

House approves constitutional amendment on bail (Hurst, Nelson)

Wash. Senate toughens state cell phone driving law (Eide)

WA Senate allows more to OK medical marijuana

Op-ed by Secretary Dreyfus: DSHS strives for continued improvement in Washington's long-term care system

Blogs:

Two arrested after gunshot fired at Seattle officer

UW students rally in Olympia to support higher ed (Kilmer, Kastama)

Show public schools the money

Skagit Valley Herald

Bill would give schools more tools to fight gangs (Probst, Quall, Santos)

Senate toughens state’s cell phone driving law (Eide)

Environmentalists pushing pollution tax to aid budget deficit (Ormsby, Murray)

UW students rally to oppose funding cuts

Skagit bills advance in Legislature (Quall, Morris, Haugen, Ranker)

Washington among states weighing sale of liquor business (Tom)

Legislators cited for sandwiches (Kohl-Welles)

Editorial: Citizen petitions must stay open to public view

Spokesman Review

Wash. Senate toughens state cell phone driving law

Blog: Bikers win a round (profiling motorcyclists; Kirby, Hurst)

Tri-City Herald

House approves constitutional amendment on bail (Hurst, Nelson)

State Senate toughens cell law (Regala, Sheldon, Kohl-Welles)

WA among states weighing sale of liquor business (Linville, Brown, Tom, Sheldon)

Clean energy backers tout jobs at Tri-City conference

Cantwell says White House must rein in Wall Street

Wash. immigrants learn how to become citizens

Republican state senator enters US Senate race

Wash legislators cited for sandwiches

'At hope' bill dies in Washington state committee (Franklin)

Wash. enviros pushing pollution tax to help budget (Ormsby, Murray)

Wash. Senate toughens state cell phone driving law (Eide)

WA Senate allows more to OK medical marijuana

UW Daily

From the eyes of a student (Wallace, Kilmer)

Yakima Herald Republic

Editorial: State must assure safety of its most vulnerable citizens

Editorial: Ruling underscores school districts' need for levies

KING 5 TV (NBC)

Billions on line in Washington school elections

Suspect shot, officers hurt in confrontation in Kitsap County

State lawmakers want to track cold medicine

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)

Washington Lawmakers Cited For Sandwiches

Man Fires At Seattle Police Officer, Misses

Burglary Suspect Killed After Trying To Run Over Deputy

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)

'No one should be allowed to sell another person' (Senate bill on sex trafficking)

State considers privatizing liquor sales (Linville, Tom)

2 arrested after shots fired at Seattle officer

KPLU FM

Seattle School Levies:  What’s at Stake?

NW Public Radio

Washington Utility Asks Legislators For More Dam Compensation

WSU Looking at Ways to Meet Proposed Budget Cuts

Washington House Passes Constitutional Amendment On Bail

Q13 TV (Fox)

State Considers Quitting Liquor Business (Tom)

Burglary Suspect Killed After He Tries To Run Over Deputy With Car

The B-Town Blog (Burien)

Rep. Upthegrove Trying To Save Nonprofit Port Jobs Program

Capitol Record

Watch the Economic Review here. “Revenues have come in above target,” Raha said.

A list of bills that didn’t make policy cut-off in the Senate

HorsesAss.org

Higher tuition must come with higher financial aid

Olympia Newswire

Op-ed by Sen. Brown: After Oregon: Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown on Oregon, Massachusetts, and the Independent Voter

Op-ed: After Oregon: Progressives Call for Tax Reform

Op-ed: After Oregon: Business Groups Say No to New Taxes

Schmudget

Proposed Budget Would Undermine Environmental Protection Efforts

Proposed I-960 Changes Would Improve Budget Process

New Revenue Bill is a Good Start

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