Associated Press
Big fees to view public documents discourage public access
Governor signs bill to limit time mentally ill in jails
Washington Legislature 2015 session: What’s alive, dead
Bill to make it easier to detain mentally ill in Wash. dies
High school kids tell survey pot easy to get
Bills banning most vaccine exemptions fail in Washington, Oregon legislatures. North Olympic Peninsula officials dismayed (Robinson)
Injuries on the rise for troubled Seattle tunnel project
Bill would study effects of closing Montana coal plant (Fitzgibbon, Ranker)
Aberdeen Daily World
Simpson: Aberdeen crude moratorium up to council, not a concern
Bainbridge Island Review
Op-Ed: Inslee’s Boeing tax break under fire (Robinson)
Ballard News Tribune
Kohl-Welles’ anti-trafficking bill advances (Kohl-Welles)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
N. Dakota loading facility sanctioned in oil train leak discovered at BP Cherry Point
Columbian
Vaping rises among Clark County youth
In Our View: Keep Young Drivers Safe
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Bill ties Marysville, Arlington businesses’ tax breaks to jobs (McCoy)
Legislative District town-hall events Saturday in 1st, 21st, 32nd districts (Moscoso, Stanford, McAuliffe, Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Liias, Ryu, Chase)
Editorial: Get No Child Left Behind waiver, funds back (Hobbs)
Kirkland Reporter
Rep. Goodman’s bills bring financial health to crime victims and justice system (Goodman)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Survey: More teens say use of pot not harmful
News Tribune (subscription required)
Some lawmakers reversed stance on No Child Left Behind waiver bill (Cleveland, Frockt, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Pedersen, Habib, Mullet, Chopp)
Under the Dome: Friday, March 13, the 61st day of the 105-day legislative session (Ortiz-Self)
Washington Senate votes for sunshine on ‘dark money,’ within limits (Billig)
Olympian (subscription required)
Crowd gathers to support $15 per hour wage in Olympia
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Gun-law activists miss target as Olympia holsters most bills (Jinkins)
Which bills are still alive at Legislature’s halfway point
Poor offenders must be asked if they can afford to pay fines, state Supreme Court says
Takeaways from statewide survey about kids and marijuana
Washington’s two-faced recovery
Jonathan Martin: Shameful conditions at state institution reflect deeper problems
Guest Opinion: Give voters a voice in selecting presidential nominees
Editorial: Debate on climate change should be over (Habib, Hatfield)
Seattle Weekly
Jay Inslee’s Proposed Cigarette Tax Is Good Business for Smoke-Smugglers
Spokesman Review
Inslee won’t block WSU med school
House panel discusses Inslee’s carbon cap-and-trade proposal
State’s first Karelian bear dog retiring after 12 years
Editorial: Waste-to-energy plant at least as green as tiny N-reactors
Tri-City Herald
Safety board: Better control of safety risks needed for Hanford cleanup projects
Our Voice: Inslee’s cap and trade a bad idea for Washington
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Further limits on cellphone use in cars make sense
Yakima Herald Republic
In new King Mountain lawsuit, USDA seeks $6.3 million in tobacco assessments
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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Ricky’s Law: More than a name – a man on a mission
Injuries on the rise for troubled Seattle tunnel project
Veterans helping state fight cybersecurity war
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State lawmakers looking to legalize powdered alcohol
KUOW FM
IRS Budget Cuts Hurt Low-Income And Elderly Taxpayers
Why The Nuclear Energy World Is Thinking Small
Bills Die, Live To See Another Day As Washington Legislature Heads Into Second Half
Ditching The Common Core Brings A Big Test For Indiana
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Washington film industry fights for business as other states offer far greater incentives (Kohl-Welles)
New standardized test causing stress, conflict for students, parents and schools
Government micromanaging can cause more problems than it solves
NW Public Radio
Why The Nuclear Energy World Is Thinking Small
Wash AG Ferguson Sues Ticket Broker Over Alleged Super Bowl Scam
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Bills fall by the wayside after mid-session cutoff
New deadline for mental-health evaluations
‘Alicia’s Law’ bills pass out of state House, Senate (Sawyer)
Transportation, minimum wage, mental health bills make cutoff
Crosscut
Inslee carbon plan would raise big money for education (Fitzgibbon, Tharinger)
Does the Northwest need electric trains? (Moscoso, Hasegawa)
How quick is too quick? (Carlyle)
Gender-pay bill is before state Senate (Senn)
No split for Seattle Public Schools (Cantos, Pettigrew)
Horsesass.org
Election Endorsements Have Consequences (climate change)
Are Liberals Getting Played?
Publicola
Sawant May Delay Tent City Vote
Senate Passes New Campaign Finance Disclosure Rules (Billig, Kohl-Welles)
Slog
More Tunnel Workers Were Hurt While Bertha Was Stuck Than in the Previous Two Years Put Together
The Stand
Editorial: No on SB 5899: Payday loans don’t solve crisis, they create one (Hatfield, Hobbs, Keiser, Liias, Ranker)
Cutoff carnage: The good, bad, and undead (Senn, Farrell, Jinkins, Ryu, Gregerson, Robinson, Reykdal, Cody, Ormsby, Liias)
USW, Shell reach deal; strike may soon end
Washington State Wire
Cap-and-Trade: Not Just Smokestacks, But a Broader Tax Based on Energy Consumption