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The Daily E-Clips: August 14, 2014

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Associated Press
State jobless rate falls to 5.6%
Large mudslide closes 30 miles of US Highway 12

Aberdeen Daily World
Forest Service holding open house to talk about roads
Solutions for Olympic Gateway Mall access six to seven years away

Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
Washington State Parks announces ‘free day’ for Aug. 25

Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Bertha Offers Vital Lessons (transportation funding)

The Daily News
State’s unemployment rate drops to 5.6 percent

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing starts demo to make room for 777X wing plant
Woman’s death raises questions about state’s tracking system
Editorial: Take the politics out of trade

Kirkland Reporter
Campfires prohibited in all state parks
Washington State Parks announces ‘free day’ for Aug. 25

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Kitsap mental health officials search for answers after court ruling

News Tribune (subscription required)
28 superintendents to parents: Schools are not failing

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Time for a new approach to firefighting budgets

Puget Sound Business Journal
Some 777X workers likely to be replaced by robots, but loss could be offset by demand for more planes

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Failing-school letters to go out, but not without districts’ retort
Boeing, politicians celebrate 777X wing-plant construction
SPU shooter: Despite troubling history, law let him have guns
Job growth in state eclipsing go-go ’90s; jobless rate falls
Blog: Study: Dropout risk goes up with higher math/science hurdle
Editorial: Close call on grain exports offers a lesson
Editorial: How to arm children with the school supplies they need to succeed
Op-Ed: Guest: Washington state needs another medical school

Seattle Weekly
Weed Wars: The Fury in Fife
The Tipping Point: Will the $15 Minimum Wage Increase Affect Server’s Tips?

Skagit Valley Herald
State extends comment period for in-water rule change

Spokesman Review
Editorial: FEMA aid denied, neighbors care for Carlton Complex fire victims
Users frustrated with administration of Washington health exchange
Arson arrests made in connection with Carlton Complex fire
Rain falls on some Eastern Washington wildfires

Tri-City Herald
Editorial: Our Voice: We’re thankful for chance to understand each other

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Nuclear reactors may have future in Washington state

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Letters to parents say schools are ‘failing’
Hundreds of Seattle workers prepare for layoffs

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
28 superintendents fire back after schools get failing marks

WEB

Horsesass.org
Seattle Times Blames Public Employee Unions for “Disastrous Run Up in State Spending” that Never Happened

Seattle P.I.
Powerful D.C. lobbies join fight against Seattle minimum wage

Slog
You’ll Never Guess Who’s Joining the “Legal Fight Against Seattle’s Minimum Wage”