WASHINGTON STATE

Washington State House Democrats

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Thursday, July 15, 2015

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AP
Gov. Inslee signs $16 billion transportation package
Crews recover bodies from 2 Washington state plane crashes
Oregon’s pot trade heading up
Bumblebee habitat shrinking
Special session costs top $440,000 for Washington lawmakers
Without key bill, Inslee to weigh next move on water quality
US House admits defeat, OKs road bill extension
Budget cuts lead to bad taxpayer service at IRS
Seattle may attempt to use taxes to combat gun violence

Bothell Reporter
Representatives speak about state budget at Bothell Chamber luncheon (McAuliffe, Stanford)

Columbian
Vancouver, developer seek tweaks to waterfront plan

Kirkland Reporter
Lake Washington School District receives clean audit

News Tribune (subscription required)
Legislature’s special session costs top $440,000

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: PDC’s lobbyist filings to get upgrade (Moeller)
Editorial: JBLM cuts won’t be quite so deep

Seattle Weekly
Three Things: Three Ways to Prepare for Seattle’s Impending Doom

Spokesman Review
Jail grapples with inmate deaths, staff shortage
WSU moves forward on medical school named in Floyd’s honor
Transportation package goes into effect
Steve Gleason Act passes House, heads to president’s desk

Vancouver Business Journal
State unemployment rate falls to 5.3 percent

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Nelson announces millions more for environmental conservation (Nelson)

Wahkiakum County Eagle
County loses $1 million in last minute legislation (Blake, Takko)

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Oregon plan for free community college tuition has real merit

Yakima Herald Republic
Medicare billing, hospital medications put patients in sticky situation

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Governor signs transportation bill, gas tax hike
Tacoma dreamer heads to White House

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Governor signs transportation bill

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
After nuke deal, Iran may splurge on new Boeing planes

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Fact Check: Are marijuana edibles really poisoning our kids?
Seattle’s minimum wage must not be that bad if McDonald’s is hiring
Stop throwing our kids in juvenile detention (Hargrove)

NW Public Radio
Northwest States In Top 10 Nationally For Job Growth Over Past Year
Washington Lawmaker Warns Of Noxious Weed After Death Of ‘One-In-A-Million’ Horse

Q13 TV (FOX)
Gas tax going up Aug. 1, as Inslee signs $16 billion transportation package

Capitol Record (TVW)
‘Legislative Year in Review’ recaps the extended 2015 session

WEB

Slog
The Morning News: A Call for Complete Light-Rail Package on the 2016 Ballot, Questions Raised About Amazon’s Affordable Housing Claims
If We Had $40 Million From the Feds, We Could Build That Cascadia Earthquake Early Warning System in Just a Few Years

The Stand
Star making: The Seattle Times shills for Hill, Republicans (Hargrove)
When scared legislators skimp on our schools, that’s on us