WASHINGTON STATE

Washington State House Democrats

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Tuesday, June 17

WEB

Associated Press
Coaches best-paid state employees in Washington
Marijuana tests take longer, cost more at state crime labs
Unions join fight over fish consumption
Tech giants want overseas snooping stopped
Starbucks clears college degree path for workers
States concerned about proposed Coast Guard rules
Unions push legislatures for labor history courses
State health insurance rates to increase in 2015, but at a slower pace than before federal reform
State Supreme Court: No blanket exemption for withholding police dashboard camera footage 
2 more workers say vapors made them ill
Newest Washington ferry Tokitae to run June 24
Higher education faces budget cuts

Bellingham Herald
Government numbers on crude-oil train safety don’t add up
State’s high court gets tough on education funding

Bothell Reporter
The governor’s preferred route for oil trains | Cartoon
Statewide law enforcement agencies to conduct BUI patrols

Everett Herald
Boeing public image plays a big role in interest in aerospace training
Unions denounce water quality regulations that don’t exist yet
Device on Washington ferry monitors water quality
Editorial: The pain that is Paine Field

Highline Times
(Non) Attack of the Drones yields unusual views

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Ferry Tokitae arrival delayed nine days

News Tribune (subscription required)
Pot tests take more time at Washington crime labs
Editorial: Immigration reform: Still urgent, still impossible

Olympian (subscription required)
State opts to curtail recreational, commercial fishing for smelt in Puget Sound
Spurred by an insurance commissioner case, Legislature starts its examination of the independence of hearings judges (Kline)
Editorial: Opening up jail negotiations would inform public

Puget Sound Business Journal
Alaskan Way viaduct contractor releases plan to get Bertha drilling again
Hospitals win: Judge throws out state’s tougher rules on mergers

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Bertha to beef up by 86 tons, resume drilling in March
Whistleblower testifies before state senators on fairness of OIC (Kline)
Editorial: Supreme Court menaces lawmakers on McCleary, education funding

Skagit Valley Herald
State tightens rules on Puget Sound smelt fisheries
Op-Ed: TURN networking can help schools implement Common Core

Spokesman Review
College coaches state’s highest-paid employees
Spokane losing 20 percent of water deliveries
Spokane City Council aims to protect honeybees
Suit filed over red-light camera refunds
Editorial: Let science, pragmatism decide water standards
Union leaders worry about new fish consumption standards

Tri-City Herald
Fewer dropouts, more degrees: How Walla Walla Community College does it
Our Voice: Armed school employees right move for Toppenish

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Legislature, not high court, makes school funding decisions

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: A critical time for hatcheries, fish runs

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Hanford worker: ‘When you’re dead, they have nobody to fight’add to reading list

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Policing food trucks a challenge for health inspectors

KPLU FM
Wash. state, feds set new deadline for Hanford cleanup

KUOW FM
Washington state, energy department continue talks over Hanford tank cleanup

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Seattle tunnel contractor releases detailed plan for repairing Bertha
Mom, I’m going into the pot business – UW students take advantage of new industry

Q13 TV (FOX)
Police: UW student planned mass killings, promised to ‘only kill women’

WEB

Crosscut
New rideshare plan removes driver caps, relaxes taxi regs

HDC Advance
Motorcyclists take note: new left turn law
Good news for Washington’s adoptees coming next month (Orwall)

Seattle P.I.
Unions join fight over Washington fish consumption