Associated Press
House sends fast-tracked mental health bill to Gov. Inslee (Jinkins)
Gun ownership declining, new trend survey says
House OKs bill paving way for WSU medical school in Spokane
Senate passes oil train safety bill (Conway, Ranker)
State Senate OKs watered-down language on climate change (Habib)
After climate change debate, Senate OKs bill giving utilities option on renewable energy (Ranker, Habib, Frockt)
Owen rules climate change vote allowed on energy bill (Owen, Habib)
Senate OKs bill requiring ballots to note initiative costs (Owen)
State officials ask lawmakers for $9M in case of drought
US job openings reach a 14-year high, and more workers quit
Aberdeen Daily World
Officials send off three remaining pontoons
Sheldon motorcycle bill passes Senate
Three lawmakers float new I-5 bridge plan
Ballard News Tribune
36th Legislative District town hall to be held March 14 (Kohl-Welles, Carlyle, Tarleton)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Blog: Republicans dodge climate-change discussion in WA Senate
Bothell Reporter
How did 46th District representatives for Kenmore vote? | March 2-6 (Frockt, Pollet, Farrell)
How did 1st District representatives for Bothell vote? | March 2-6 (McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford)
1st Legislative District town hall in Bothell March 14 (McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford)
Hindus urge Washington Governor to create task force on hate crimes
Central Kitsap Reporter
Visit state parks for a ‘free day’ March 19
Op-Ed: MacEwen introduces bill to modernize B&O tax
Columbian
State lawmakers could get 11 percent pay increase (Wylie, Moeller, Cleveland)
Cowlitz Tribe gets reservation near La Center
In Our View: Poverty Hits Classrooms
Don Brunell: Our state must avert California’s water wars
The Daily News
Wyoming Legislature approves bill to support coal port bonds
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: Forests not the place for training
Kirkland Reporter
House passes McBride bill to uphold religious rights and protect the homeless (McBride)
1st Legislative District town hall in Bothell March 14 (McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford)
Lake Washington student serves as page in Olympia (Goodman)
How did 1st District representatives for north Kirkland vote? | March 2-6 (McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford)
How did 45th District representatives for Kirkland vote? | March 2-6 (Springer, Goodman)
How did 48th District representatives for Kirkland vote? | March 2-6 (Habib, Hunter, McBride)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Angel bill would ease, extend bridge tolls
News Tribune (subscription required)
Doctor shortage keeps Western State Hospital from taking detained patients (Jinkins)
Under the Dome: Tuesday, March 10, the 58th day of the 105-day legislative session
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Federal oil train rules are inadequate
Puget Sound Business Journal
UW launches website to take on WSU, sell expanded medical school program
UW Medical School ranked No. 1 primary care program in U.S.
Curious why Boeing and Legislature are paying for a ‘Baffled-Tube Ram Accelerator?’ Find out at UW event
Washington state lawmakers: Uber, Lyft need more oversight (Kirby, Habib)
Obama launches TechHire initiative to train more workers for technology jobs
Boeing holds rank as world’s largest arms exporter
Redmond Reporter
Eastside lawmakers host mid-session town hall in Redmond on Saturday (Habib, Hunter, McBride)
House passes bill to uphold religious rights and protect the homeless (McBride)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Cascade Bicycle Club may pull back from politics
Seattle politicians oppose proposal to loosen state’s payday lending law
Transparency training offered to government leaders
UW’s medical school again tops list for best primary care, rural medicine and family medicine programs
Cut class and go to jail? Courts find that truancy petitions do little good
Danny Westneat: $16 in ’16’: Nick Hanauer threatens initiative if lawmakers don’t bump wages
Editorial: Legislature’s plan to protect drone footage should not take off
Spokesman Review
Doug Clark: WDOT reverses course on toll, fine (Riccelli)
Palouse wheat farmers hopeful, cautious about early growth
Renewable energy bill stirs climate-change debate in Washington Senate (Frockt)
Bill would require statement on initiatives’ funding on ballot
Washington House passes mental health bills (Riccelli)
WSU medical school gets House approval (Riccelli)
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Look below the surface of minimum wage increases
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Allow ex-convicts to earn opportunity to be employed
West Seattle Herald
Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon honored as ‘Community Champion’ by Futurewise for work on environment (Fitzgibbon)
Surplus state-held water rights targeted for irrigation, local uses
Yakima Herald Republic
Legislature honors Capitol Theatre’s CEO
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KING 5 TV (NBC)
I-5 traffic delays in Seattle skyrocket
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Seattle leaders against payday loan bills under consideration by lawmakers
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State lawmaker looks to beef up rules on Uber, Lyft (Habib)
KUOW FM
Separated From Family, Border Kids Land In Northwest Homes
Don’t Call Us Homeless: Living On A School Bus In Seattle
The Numbers Add Up To This: Less And Less Opportunity For Poor Kids
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
If it’s so great, then why not immediately adopt Nick Hanauer’s $16 minimum wage?
NW Public Radio
Group Claiming To Be ISIS Hacks South Sound Magazine
Northwest Lawmakers Debate Vaccine Exemptions
Government Signs Land Into Trust For Cowlitz
Deaths, Lawsuits Spur Mental Health Bills In Washington Legislature
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Capitol Record
Sheena and Chris Henderson Law, other mental health bills, pass House
Nurses would receive meal, rest breaks under bill (Reykdal, Sells)
Uber, Lyft are target of bills in the House, Senate (Habib)
Crosscut
The downsides of a (low-carbon) diet
Senate, House at odds over oil-train safety steps (Ranker, McCoy, Farrell)
Initiative measures could carry price tags (Pedersen, Liias)
Senate passes bill to give utilities carbon flexibility (Habib, Hobbs, Hatfield)
Publicola
State Senators Squabble Over Climate Change (Habib, Carlyle)
City Lines Up Against Port on Shell Terminal (Habib)
SDC Hopper
Senate Democrats: Oil train bill lacks key safety provisions (McCoy, Ranker, Rolfes)
Slog
If a Tunnel Boring Machine Breaks Underneath Seattle, Do We Have a Right to Know Why?
The Stand
Attend your legislators’ town hall meetings (McAuliffe, Stanford, Moscoso, Billig, Ormsby, Riccelli, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Bergquist, Liias, Peterson, Ortiz-Self, Rolfes, Appleton, Hansen, Darneille, Jinkins, Fey, Conway, Gregory, Chase, Ryu, Kohl-Welles, Carlyle, Tarleton, McCoy, Sells, Robinson, Senn, Clibborn, Pedersen, Chopp, Walkinshaw, Goodman, Springer, Habib, Hunter, McBride)
Washington State Wire
State Senate Warms to Climate Change, Moves First on Carbon Reduction (Chase, Hatfield, Habib, Ranker)