Associated Press
State attorney general: PSE overcharging customers
State: competency wait lists not that bad
Washington lawmakers face new rules for free meals (Pedersen)
Workers rally around Puget Sound for $15 wage
AAA: Average price of gasoline in Washington $2.98
State attorney general: PSE overcharging customers
2 Washington teachers on short list for $1M prize
Feds contend state Hanford request too expensive
Aberdeen Daily World
Workers call for $15 an hour minimum wage
Bothell Reporter
Lawmakers get donations from opponents | Cornfield
Columbian
New adoption law solving mysteries
Washougal to host oil train discussion with BNSF
Issaquah Reporter
House Democrats elect Rep. Larry Springer to Deputy Majority Leader (Springer)
Islands’ Sounder
Corpse of killer whale recovered; failed pregnancy likely cause of death
CenturyLink faces $2.9 million penalty for statewide 911 outage
Kirkland Reporter
House Democrats elect Rep. Larry Springer of Kirkland to Deputy Majority Leader (Springer)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Facebook blackout? Local politicians advised to stay away
Pot shop opens as statewide supply begins to steady
Pot grows prompt new power questions
Maple Valley Reporter
Washington tops nation in new board-certified teachers
Olympian (subscription required)
Lawmakers facing new rules for free meals in January – and a new session (Hunt, Pedersen)
Gov. Inslee’s budget office says $583 million of pay adjustments for state-paid workers are “financially feasible” (Sullivan)
One county jail offers relief for state prison overcrowding (Hunt)
Puget Sound Business Journal
What’s in all those containers on the docks? Here are Washington state’s top 25 exports
Revenues up dramatically for Washington’s top 50 minority-owned businesses
11 things the insurance commissioner wants to know about state health exchange snafus
Report: Insurers predict ‘lots of chaos,’ wealthy enrollees in Washington’s health exchange
Seattle Times (subscription required)
New delay in Bertha rescue: Viaduct settling is uneven, risky
Suspending kids doesn’t fix bad behavior; schools look for answers
Judge: Uncle Ike’s pot store can stay open until 2015 suit is heard
PSE charging too much, attorney general contends
Two Washington teachers up for $1 million international prize
Editorial: Unregulated medical-marijuana market is creating a hazy future
Editorial: Solutions for the sex trafficking crisis in Seattle, King County
Jonathan Martin: It’s time for progressivism in tax policy
Blog: How I learned it’s ridiculously easy to buy pot at Seattle medical marijuana dispensaries without a “green card”
Skagit Valley Herald
State funds help two Skagit street projects
Spokesman Review
Washington dropping mandate to replace license plates
Pearl Harbor survivors mark 73rd anniversary in Spokane
Two years of legal marijuana mean revenue, but unexpected hurdles
Lawmakers face new rules on free meals
State GOP’s 1982 intraparty clash spawned badge of honor: troglodyte
Number of same-sex marriages in Washington in 2014 likely down from 2013
State may increase medical residencies on East Side (Riccelli)
Spin Control: By any name, it’s a very hopeful scene
Editorial: I-594 needs clarity before state creates more gun laws
Guest opinion: Update state’s 1917 public medical school law
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
DOE says state Hanford requirements would cost $18 billion
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KCTS 9 TV (PBS)
The Affordable Housing Crusader (Chopp)
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Tacoma closer to shutting down medical marijuana collectives
Popular portion of Seattle seawall project is half done
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Shifting ground near ‘Bertha’ settling unevenly
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Soil beneath Viaduct collapsing unevenly; Bertha pit halted
KPLU FM
A Burger Joint Pays $15 An Hour. And, Yes, It’s Making Money
KUOW FM
Child Abuse Reports Increase; Washington Case Workers Face Down ‘Crisis’ (Kagi)
Seattle’s Viaduct Sinks An Inch Near Bertha Rescue Shaft
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Tax per mile: Plan in the works to tax you a ‘road usage charge’
NW Public Radio
Lawsuit Payouts Top $150 Million As Washington CPS Requests More Workers
Ferguson Protesters March In Olympia, Block Rush Hour Traffic
Washington Cities To Lobby For Cut Of Pot Tax Revenue (Carlyle)
Q13 TV (FOX)
Uneven settling near Alaskan Way Viaduct, work on Bertha access tunnel interrupted
7 arrested during Seattle protests of police killings
Feds contend state Hanford request too expensive
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Crosscut
Up in smoke: WA pot firms say their profits are getting burned down by tax bills (Hatfield)
Inslee is eyeing a tax on oil shipments arriving by rail
Legislature is likely to try to measure how Boeing is using its tax breaks (Carlyle)
Horsesass.org
It’s Time for Our Editorial Boards to Step Up and Urge WA’s Legislature to Raise Revenue
Publicola
The Power Went Out
Slog
Op-Ed: We Can’t Address Climate Change Without Addressing Income Inequality
Washington State Wire
Washington State Sets Pace For Cybersecurity Initiatives Across Country-Hudgins Announces Legislation (Hudgins)