Associated Press
Washington state officials withdraw shellfish spray permit
Aberdeen Daily World
Following backlash, oyster growers ask DOE to quash permit they had sought
Bothell Reporter
Sen. Frockt offer amendment to reduce tuition at all state colleges and universities (Frockt, Kohl-Welles)
Sen. Frockt touts new law making child welfare programs stronger (Frockt)
Columbian
In Our View: Public Outcry Gets Results
Teacher walkout’s target, legislators, listening (Cleveland, Wylie, Moeller)
The Daily News
Editorial: A peek into the port’s future
Federal Way Mirror
Teachers miffed over lawmakers’ raise
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Legislature firefighting budget drying up despite drought
News Tribune (subscription required)
State lawmakers might expand their social network (Nelson)
Investigator in Troy Kelley case cites payments to campaign manager
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Our silos of inequality are on display
Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: Van De Wege says Sequim schoolteacher strike targets wrong place (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Hargrove)
Redmond Reporter
Teachers are incensed about state lawmakers’ larger pay raise
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Bill would give courts leeway on DUI ignition locks (Goodman, Clibborn)
David Brooks: The nature of poverty
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Policy is where change happens
Sen. Murray op-ed: It’s time to give working families a raise
Editorial: Change state law to oust Troy Kelley
Editorial: City should be embarrassed by zoo elephant debacle
Spokesman Review
Washington lawmakers work to fix mental health care system (Jinkins, Sullivan)
Feds order oil train cars with leaky valves pulled for repair
Brain-damaged WSU instructor sues university over injury outside bar
Spin Control: Teachers’ ‘strike’ rankles GOP leaders
Editorial: Chemical regulation worthwhile for kids, firefighter safety (Van De Wege)
Tri-City Herald
State recommends Hanford budget strategy as cleanup falls 25 years behind
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – Teacher strikes won’t win over Legislature
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Presidential caucus move doesn’t serve state’s voters
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Ecology, shellfish growers cancel pesticide spraying permit
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Bill proposes signed statement in lieu of ignition interlock device
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Snohomish Co. PUD probes allegations of unfair contracts
KPLU FM
Seattle Principal, Teacher Placed On Leave After Suspicious Test Results
KUOW FM
When Have Wolves Made A ‘Recovery?’ It Depends On Your Definition.
Did You Like Knowing Where Oil Trains Moved In the Northwest? Too Bad.
NW Public Radio
Shellfish Growers Decide Against Spraying Oyster Beds
Washington’s Air Quality Is Back In Line Again
Q13 TV (FOX)
Principal, teacher put on leave in test tampering case
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
State Supreme Court will wait until special session adjourns before deciding on sanctions
Civic Skunkworks
Forbes’ Min-Wage-Hating Worstall on $15: The Datum Supports My Thesis!
While the Media Keeps Messing Up the $15 Story, One Pseudonymous Blogger Keeps Getting It Right
Crosscut
Status of debate on education spending: 4 bills and a ticking clock. (Hunter, Hargrove, Rolfes, Ranker)
Bowing to backlash, Taylor Shellfish decides against using pesticide
Kids and the American dream denied. A conversation with author Robert Putnam
Horsesass.org
I’m a Jolly Good Fellow (But a Mean Fisker) (Goldy on his new blog out of Nick Hanauer’s Civic Ventures – see Civic Skunkworks, above)
Seattle P.I.
The immigration/labor rights march: An upbeat side of Seattle May Day
Feds’ new oil train rules make oil cars safer but not the cargo they carry