Associated Press
A year after death, Wash. urges escalator caution
Bainbridge Island Review
Rolfes bill to improve educational opportunity enacted into law (Rolfes)
Hansen bill to boost college opportunity signed by Gov. Inslee (Hansen)
Islanders look at impacts of oil trains on Puget Sound (Rolfes)
Bothell Reporter
What happened to the state transportation package? (Clibborn)
Columbian
Spotlight on Youth (Page program, Stonier)
Editorial: In Our View: Derelict Vessel Saga’s Lessons
Column (satire): Callaghan: Putting the fun back in the school funding discussion
Blog: Washington state near top of the class with “B” for gov’t spending transparency
Everett Herald
Obama to meet with families in April 22 visit
Retail marijuana sales face regulatory delays
Burbank: Time for opponents to support ACA
Singletary: IRS’s new leader has ACA, other challenges
Editorial: Atwood’s example of service
Letter: Sells concerned about conflict? (Sells)
The Islands’ Weekly
Larsen joins congressional coalition calling for continued support for salmon recovery
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Just 10 marijuana business licenses issued statewide
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
States making changes to improve timeliness of newborn screening (Riccelli)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Education backers launch I-1351 to reduce class sizes
Boeing to use robotics to speed 777X production in Everett plant
Column: To fix health care, recognize it’s a right first
Column: Feds say oil trains should have two-man crews
Olympian (subscription required)
Time running out for parents of disabled adults to claim retroactive tax refund
Editorial: Inslee’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund veto saves jobs
Oregonian
Washington’s attorney general seeks to civilly commit a 60-year-old sex offender
Peninsula Daily News
Dungeness pot grower is first to be licensed on North Olympic Peninsula
Medical pot facility opens in south Jefferson County
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington salmon industry relieved as Alaska mine investor drops out
Washington’s exchange will open special enrollment period
Why one advocate thinks Medicaid should cover autism
4 things you should know about the pay gap between men and women
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Expert baffled by ferocity, distance of ‘freakish’ mudslide
Study: Two Washington cities on opposite ends of U.S. obesity scale
Missed health-insurance signup deadline? Here’s what to do
Mudslide death toll hits 35; 11 people still missing
State wants $60,000 from Kirkland for pension reimbursement
Washington officers to crack down on distracted driving
Power of parents: Education department issues new guidelines for family engagement
Spokesman Review
Obama will visit Oso mudslide area
Political grades for WA and ID
Yakima Herald Republic
Rising fees on public lands taking a toll
For many teens, formal sex ed comes too late, research shows
Dems hope equal pay issue will mobilize women voters
BROADCAST
KPLU FM
San Francisco Officials: Living Wage For Airport Workers ‘Has Gone A Long Way’
KUOW FM
Statewide Special Patrols To Crack Down On Distracted Driving Starting Thursday
Washington Teachers’ Union Supports Families Opting Out Of State Testing
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
With Bertha at a halt, Seattle tunnel opponent files lawsuit
NW Public Radio
Mudslide Insurance Rare and Expensive
Q13 TV (FOX)
Study: Washington has some of fattest — and slimmest– residents in nation
WEB
Capitol Record
Should all private workers in Washington have access to a state retirement plan? (Conway)
Crosscut
Op-ed: Education: A local and global priority
HDC Advance
A legislator’s full plate gets fuller (Moeller)
Helping families with disabilities
Horsesass.org
Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage May All Come Down to a Fight Over “Tip Credit”
Cheaters Prosper: How a Tip Credit Incentivizes Wage Theft
Publicola
On other blogs today: Metro funding and equal pay
SDC Hopper
Democratic lawmakers host retirement insecurity work session (Reykdal, Chase, Conway, Fraser, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kohl-Welles)
Seattle PI
Obama visit to Oso mudslide will strengthen recovery, Gov. Inslee says
Slog
Why Is Today “Equal Pay Day”?
Seattle Youth Commission Reminds Us How Bus Cuts Will Affect Seattle’s High-Schoolers
Leaked E-Mail Shows Big Business Trying to Use Small Businesses to Weaken $15 Minimum Wage
Study Says American Corporations, Including Microsoft, Are Keeping More Than $2 Trillion Overseas
The Stand
Labor laws set and ‘The Sky Remains Aloft’
Senate work session tackles issue of retirement insecurity (Reykdal, Conway, Chase, Fraser, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kohl-Welles)