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Friday, September 19

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Aberdeen Daily World
Tough budget choices ahead for county

Associated Press
Millions expected in pot taxes through 2019
Washington state poverty numbers increase
Judge tosses out suit over Washington’s fish-consumption rate
U.S. Senate OKs bill on Japanese American memorial
State Supreme Court: Age discrimination case can go to trial
U.S. net worth sets a record

Bellingham Herald
(subscription required)
Source of Lynden girl’s fatal E. coli infection remains unknown

Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Let The Buyer Beware (for-profit colleges)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Inslee gathers group to improve children’s well-being
Volunteer mediators help litigants settle disputes outside of court
McCusker: What is the point of a 2nd medical school?
Editorial: Globalism and its discontents

Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Better learning through technology: Issaquah schools optimize student and teacher evaluations with two software rollouts

News Tribune (subscription required)
Inslee launches council to curb childhood obesity
Tacoma council to decide whether to back statewide background checks for all gun buys
Editorial: I-1351: A major threat to safety net, higher ed

Olympian (subscription required)
Audit of state historical society finds problems, leads to ethics fine
Editorial: On DV, society is changing faster than NFL
Guest editorial: Do big tax incentives really create new jobs?

Puget Sound Business Journal
Everett Mayor: Aerospace and Boeing need Paine Field commercial flights

Seattle Times (subscription required)
As Bertha languishes, tunnel work hums
Mayor’s plan would ensure work goes to poor, jobless in Seattle
Audit slams state historical society’s loose spending policies
Planned Parenthood ‘office visit’ via app gets you birth control
Percentage of American women getting free birth control rises rapidly
Why Seattle only has one state-licensed marijuana store 
Coming Sunday: The promise and pitfalls of universal preschool
From donors to research, state has key role in Ebola fight | Sarah Stuteville
Guest: How to avert the next Oso landslide disaster
Blog: Can the Ray Rice domestic violence incident lead to more survivors?
Blog: Does Seattle feel richer this year than last?

Spokesman Review
Study: Criminals easily skirt law buying guns online
Marijuana money boosts Washington’s budget

BROADCAST

KING 5 TV (NBC)
Doctor: Flu poses bigger risk than enterovirus D68
Road to reopen, emotions raw ahead of Oso slide anniversary
A look inside Seattle’s tunnel boring machine

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Visit to Bertha highlights complicated repairs ahead
Mental hospital wants to free man accused of killing mother

KPLU FM
Proposed Emergency Legislation Aims To Address Starfish Wasting Syndrome
Wash. Marijuana Tax Collections Starting To Roll In, Millions More Expected
UW Researchers Forecast More Crowded Planet, Warn Population Could Hit 11 Billion

KUOW FM
VA Administrators Take Note As Veterans Vent
Study Links Flame Retardants In The Columbia To Household Laundry

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Why isn’t anyone calling for firing of King County councilman for DUI?

NW Public Radio
Shellfish Tell Puget Sound’s Polluted Tale
Washington State Employees Negotiate First Pay Raises In Six Years
Oregon Lawmaker Chides Congress For Not Giving More Money For Fighting Wildfires

Q13 TV (FOX)
Highway 99 tunnel project tops public interest group’s list of ‘highway boondoggles’
Six months after deadly mudslide, Oso amazed at nature’s recovery powers

WEB

Crosscut
In the belly of the Bertha

HDC Advance
Revenge porn and the need for tougher laws

Publicola
Morning Fizz: Friday Likes and Dislikes (Carlyle)

Slog
Only 6 Percent of Workers on City Construction Projects Live in Seattle, Council Considers Local-Hiring Mandate
Seattle Firefighter: “There Will Be Casualties” During a Catastrophic Oil Train Crash
#TBT: Rasmussen Says Trust Him on the Tunnel!

ZDNet
Microsoft cuts 747 employees in Washington state, 2,100 worldwide; closing Silicon Valley research lab