Associated Press
Confusion, concern in Olympia about health-exchange budget (Hunter)
Port shutdown looms as talks stall
Boeing announces new work in S. Carolina
State commission starts second probe of first charter school
Supplemental budget passes Washington Senate
House panel hears Jay Inslee plan to fight property crime (Goodman)
Environmentalists warn EPA of lawsuit over salmon
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Feb. 15 deadline nears for enrolling in health insurance through state exchange
Government wonders: What’s in your old emails?
Editorial reprint: State needs control over pay for K-12 districts
Blog: Once bullish on coal’s prospects, research firm now sees signs of trouble
Bothell Reporter
Rep. Luis Moscoso, helps unveil bipartisan medical cannabis bill (Moscoso, Appleton)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
GOP readies transportation plan with no climate-change initiatives (Chopp)
Ortiz-Self bill on children’s remote testimony to get Wednesday hearing in legislature (Ortiz-Self)
Editorial: Getting the jobs we paid for (Robinson)
The Inlander
State of Play (Riccelli, Billig)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Suquamish back tribal pot bills (Hurst)
Poor-selling Discover Pass gets new design, marketing strategy
Lawmakers look at punishing revenge porn, other invasions of privacy (Orwall, Wylie)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Spooking lawmakers with guns isn’t political genius
Between presidential holidays, labor disagreements little work scheduled on Tacoma waterfront
Under the Dome: Thursday, February 12, the 32nd day of the 105-day legislative session (Hargrove)
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: State needs control over pay for K-12 districts
Oregonian
John Kitzhaber planned to resign, changed mind Wednesday, sources say
Peninsula Daily News
State legislators look to reduce threshold for passage of school bond measures; simple majority targeted (Van De Wege, Tharinger)
Puget Sound Business Journal
South Carolina to get even more work as Boeing shifts 777X, 737 Max production there
Washington wine grape harvest crushes last year’s numbers, grows to more than $250M
Why the West Coast port slowdowns are cracks in the foundation of the U.S. economy
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Promising new hepatitis C drugs come at high cost to state
Senate bill would ban money for tunnel cost overruns
Navy crew that rushed to Oso landslide honored in Olympia
Study: Washington teachers rank high in commitment to their work
Editorial: Do not change ethics process to benefit some lawmakers
Seattle Weekly
Pro-Vaccine Parents Get Tough With the Anti-Vaxxer Crowd. But Will It Help?
Bills Would Dramatically Limit Access to Police Videos (Jayapal)
Spokesman Review
Spokane teen’s 1987 cold case finally closed after DNA test
Local schools gain bond support
Tempers flare as repeal of ‘instant racing’ law passes to Idaho Senate
Spokane Falls Community College to offer bachelor’s degree
Oil cars found leaking along rail route to West Side
Editorial: Crack down on state’s labor, wage scofflaws
The Suburban Times
Sen. Steve Conway to host telephone town hall Feb. 12 (Conway)
Tri-City Herald
Under the Dome: Thursday, February 12, the 32nd day of the 105-day legislative session (Hargrove)
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Editorial: Now is the time to address our low vaccination rates
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Legislation aiming to show cost of initiatives makes sense
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Port contract stalemate is one that finds nobody winning
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Measles discussion: State lawmakers on vaccine exemption bill (Robinson)
Bill to stiffen WA distracted driving law gets bipartisan support
Doctors say more kids using drugs since marijuana legalized
Vashon Island at center of measles debate
Witnesses: Man killed by Pasco police running from officers
Toll hike proposed on Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Washington has more pot than it can smoke
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Bill would make banning certain dog breeds illegal (Appleton)
Congestion relief may be added to Wash. transportation goals (Clibborn)
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Deadly police shooting sparks protests in Eastern Wash.
Partial West Coast port shutdown looms; contract talks stall
KPLU FM
Life As A Foster Runaway: Drugs, Danger And Pregnancy
Wash. Attorney General Wants To Limit Access To Tobacco To 21 And Over
Analyst: Boeing Needs To Improve Labor Relations To Bring Down 787 Costs
Wash. State Senators Receive Higher Per Diem After Blasting 2014 Hike
How South King County’s Schools Are Doing: Report Highlights Highs And Lows
House Sends Keystone XL Pipeline Measure To Obama Despite Veto Threat
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Growing tension at West Coast ports amid partial shutdown
NW Public Radio
Wash. State Senators Receive Higher Per Diem After Blasting 2014 Hike
Q13 TV (FOX)
Fatal Pasco police shooting sparks protests, comparisons to Ferguson
Washington could be first state to raise smoking age to 21
Vaccinations? Opposing sides express their views
Sports Network
Bill aims to help WHL teams deke child labour laws (Sells)
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
‘Revenge porn’ bills get hearings
Crosscut
‘Revenge porn’ could face new legal retaliation (Orwall, Wylie)
State’s funding of long-term care: Neglectful (Hunter)
Senator takes a new shot at Bertha tunnel work (Hobbs)
Opinion: Field Notes from Olympia: An anthropologist in the state capital
Publicola
Council Committee Approves Hundreds of Thousands of New Bus Hours (Habib)
Op-ed: LawNerd: Washington State Should Not Back Down on National ID Mandate
Real Change News
Putting justice to the test (Orwall)
Seattle P.I.
Deep bore tunnel project IS 70 percent complete, WSDOT insists
The Stand
Opinion: Bipartisan bill puts payday loan industry before people (Springer, Liias)
Washington State Wire
In Aiming to Reinvent I-937, Critics Question Environmental Benefits of Renewable Energy (Hatfield, Chase, Nelson)
Tribal Cannabis Conference. With State Contract In Legislature And Possible On-Site Tribal Retail And Consumptive Venues This Should Be Informative.
West Seattle Blog
34th District Democrats hear about housing, & hear from six District 1 candidates