Associated Press
Contract for engaged gay worker at Catholic school
Court: Lawmakers must expedite education funding (Frockt)
State Liquor Board Seeking Formal Opinion On Whether Pot Moratoriums Are Legal
Senator: Seattle should pay for extra tunnel costs (Nelson)
Washington ferries start winter schedule Sunday
520, tunnel problems vex transpo tax talks (Eide, Clibborn)
Inslee says lawmakers must deal with transportation tax
Inslee wishes state subsidy competitions were illegal
Boeing Machinists get $10,000 bonus this month
Ballard News Tribune
Council members and citizens ask tough questions
Bellingham Herald
State and Lummi tribe crack down on illegal crab sales
Bothell Reporter
Legislature taking up transportation – again (Clibborn, Mullet)
The Daily News
Longview approves Mint Farm for pot
Boeing machinists’ signing bonuses to add millions to state’s economy
Everett Herald
County Council could appoint Shin’s replacement Jan. 21 (Liias)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Sheldon fears mega-project overruns (Seaquist)
Appeal request delays $8 million in aid to Central Kitsap School District
Maple Valley Reporter
Representative Pat Sullivan wants to talk issues at community meetings | Sullivan (Sullivan)
News Tribune (subscription required)
McCleary: State Supreme Court wants speedier action on school funding
WA schools chief wants sequester-like deadlines for school funding
Gov. Jay Inslee unveils health-care agenda
Editorial: A welcome emphasis on elder abuse
Olympian (subscription required)
McCleary: State Supreme Court wants speedier action on school funding (Frockt)
WA schools chief wants sequester-like deadlines for school funding
Letter: Pot law is spreading police officers too thin
Editorial: Oil train safety regulations falling behind industry
Editorial: Will state lawmakers find the courage to act on guns?
Letter: The for-profit mind arson makes a totalitarian state
Blog: Republican Party announces nominees for 2nd District seat
Blog: Gov. Jay Inslee unveils health-care agenda
Peninsula Daily News
Governor picks Port Angeles woman to be chief of state arts commission
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington state law schools look for students
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Bertha, 520 troubles complicate tax deal for transportation (Clibborn)
777X vote spurs Machinist to challenge IAM’s top brass
State’s law schools court dwindling number of students
What you need to know about health-care deadlines
Poll: Inslee job approval at 45 percent
GOP lawmaker: Seattle should pay for any tunnel overruns
Seattle Weekly
Poll: Americans Want Minimum Wage Hike — But Not $15
Spokesman Review
Undocumented students work to pass financial aid act (Riccelli, Hudgins)
Editorial: Eyman’s tax initiative looking for a problem
Blog: Problems with mega projects could doom transportation package (Eide)
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Boeing machinists vote for Washington
Vancouver Business Journal
Battle Ground receives application for marijuana processing facility
New laws affecting business in 2014
West Seattle Herald
West Seattle Chamber of Commerce hires new CEO and announces 2014 Board of Directors
Whidbey News-Times
Defense Act funds allots millions for NAS Whidbey
Yakima Herald Republic
State transportation talks dogged by ‘megaproject’ problems (Clibborn, Eide)
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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Transportation funding will keep state lawmakers busy
Rep. Chris Reykdal calls Boeing deal “extortion” (Reykdal)
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
520, tunnel problems vex transportation tax talks (Clibborn, Eide)
KUOW FM
Thousands Of Medicaid Recipients Lose Health Coverage
Machinists To Labor Board: Boeing Vote Was Unfair
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
If he was ‘Czar Inslee’ he would have handled Boeing differently
We should be focusing on Washington’s ‘Bridgegate’
Who will get stuck with cost overruns on Seattle tunnel? (Nelson, Clibborn)
NW Public Radio
Oregon Lawmakers Could Reconsider Background Checks For Gun Purchases
Oregon Contracts With First Data To Examine Cover Oregon Roll-Out
Inslee’s Optimism May Not Be Enough For Gas Tax Package
Immigrant Investors Could Finance Green Trucks For Green Cards
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Capitol Record
State Supreme Court orders Legislature to ‘quicken’ progress on K-12 funding
Gas tax could be hard sell after 520, Bertha snafus, lawmakers say (Clibborn)
Crosscut
Transportation deal: Don’t count on it (Clibborn, Eide)
The Daily Troll: 520, A bridge too far (over budget). Port eyes $15 wage. Police chief bureaucracy.
HDC Advance
Rumbling tummies make learning harder
A couple neighborhood town hall meetings on tap for Saturday (Moeller, Pollet, Wylie, Cleveland)
Horsesass.org
Paramount (McCleary)
Publicola
Jolt: State Supreme Court sends legislature back to drawing board on K-12 funding; demands revised plan this session (Nelson)
Climate change debate heats up in Olympia (Ranker, Fitzgibbon)
SDC Hopper
Response to McCleary statement from Supreme Court (Nelson)
Senate losing an “honorable statesman” in Sen. Shin (Nelson)
Seattle PI
Blog: Earth to Legislature: Don’t mess with Seattle (Clibborn)
Blog: Court: State ‘not on target’ to fund schools
Slog
Washington State Is Still Not Adequately Funding Its Schools
State House Transportation Chair: “Seattle Is Not on the Hook for Cost Overruns on the Tunnel”