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Friday, May 31

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Associated Press
Stocks slump after US expands trade war to Mexico
Trump announces new Mexican tariffs in response to migrants
Why the US economy may have already peaked for the year
Study: Prescribed burns underused to reduce wildfire risks
Students sue Western Washington for sexual assault records
Smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts into 5 US states
King County reinstates police deadly-force inquests
Man accused of harassing people at mosque charged

Arlington Times
Tulalip hatchery to expand

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
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Everett Herald (subscription required)
Transit CEO promises Everett will get its light rail on time
Commentary: A system that’s not broken still might need to be changed
Editorial: Who should own K-C mill site? Port or private?

Islands’ Weekly
Whale watchers oppose distance initiative

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Council hears testimony on marijuana moratorium
Washington celebrates family reunification in June

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Opinion: A legislative session that invested in Olympic College (Hansen, Appleton, Randall, Rolfes)

News Tribune (subscription required)
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Editorial: Police shooting reform spreads to California, and Washington led the way

New York Times
Trump Administration Lifts Ethanol-Fuel Ban That Was Meant to Cut Smog

Peninsula Daily News
Joint Olympic Medical-Jefferson opioid clinic planned in Sequim
Opioid treatment center to open in Port Angeles this summer

Puget Sound Business Journal
Trump’s tariff threat on Mexico rattles global markets
Researcher’s Notebook: As Seattle grows, Sound Transit bets on infrastructure
Manufacturers adapt to trade war, but the cost could be steep

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Steep drop in King County’s homeless youth, annual homeless count shows
Disabilities, treatments and philosophies: Part two of Education Lab’s special-education glossary
New law bars local police in Washington from asking immigration status — unless directly connected to criminal investigation (Wellman)
Editorial: Americans need more from Mueller

Seattle Weekly
Northshore schools are told to stop being so nice to Muslims

Skagit Valley Herald
Anacortes Planning Commission signs off on Swinomish treatment clinic expansion
Inslee tours Port of Skagit’s fiber project

Spokesman Review
‘Gigantic expansion’ of Washington’s State Need Grant means free college for poorest students (Hansen)
Two mumps cases confirmed at Eastern Washington University in Cheney
Spokane high school sex offender’s sentence upheld
In Vancouver, Sen. Murray touts bill backing unions
Opinion: Want millennials to get married and have babies? Change policies that stop us.

Washington Post
Lawmakers express alarm as Trump forges ahead with Mexico tariffs
Despite Trump administration denials, new evidence suggests census citizenship question was crafted to benefit white Republicans
Hundreds of minors held at U.S. border facilities are there beyond legal time limits

Yakima Herald Republic
Families meet with congressman about missing, murdered Native women

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
4-day school week? This western Washington district is interested
Seattle School Board approves new controversial science curriculum
“Green Fleet” rolls out in Seattle
Rideshare driver revolt runs through downtown Seattle protesting low wages
Families get louder voice in King County officer-involved shooting investigations
Rookie Tacoma police officers run through active shooter training

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Pierce County councilmember wants unused portion of jail to house the homeless

KUOW FM
FEWER PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS IN SEATTLE, ANNUAL ONE-NIGHT COUNT FINDS
New U.S. Measles Cases Break 25-Year-Old Record, Health Officials Say

Q13 TV (Fox)
Local woman creates business to help pay off lunch debts
Students file lawsuit against Western Washington University for hiding names of sexual assault perpetrators

Web

Crosscut
Homelessness may be down, but more people in King County are living in tents
Who is responsible for WA’s homeless teens? Often, no one

Seattle P.I.
The bill to American taxpayers for Trump’s golf outings — $102 million

Slog
Landlords Are Already Scheming of Ways to Dodge New Eviction Laws