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Friday, December 20th

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Associated Press
Last day to apply for pot business licenses
Boeing books Cathay Pacific order for 21 777Xs
Lawmakers report Boeing money arrived after vote
Students protest gay vice principal’s departure
Seattle’s new mayor makes move toward $15 wage
Cheap alcohol sales ban in downtown Olympia
Options set for those lacking new health coverage
BNSF can require coal-dust suppression, federal board says

Ballard News Tribune
Ballard naturopathic clinic receives grant to help treat cancer

Bellingham Herald
Politics Blog:  Washington AG Ferguson wants stiff penalty in anti-522 contribution case

Columbian
Oil trains raise concerns in small towns, cities
Editorial: In Our View: A Waste of Our (federal) Money

The Daily News
More prison space needed in state, Gov. Inslee says (Hunter)
Seeking vote on Boeing 777X contract, Machinists take it outside
Liquor Control Board bans marijuana from Washington bars
No special session on transportation package

Everett Herald
Rep. Sells clarifies his position on a vote on Boeing offer (Sells)
Applause: Lake Stickney park’s opening celebrated (Roberts)
Editorial: On scuttling transportation

Highline Times
Burien City Council Appoints Lance McIntosh to Vacant Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Position

News Tribune
(subscription required)
Tacoma has more than its share of aspiring pot shops
Gov. Inslee looking for a ‘Teddy Roosevelt’ in GOP to help break climate deadlock (Fitzgibbon)
Editorial: Resolve crisis in South Sound shellfish industry

Olympian (subscription required)
Gov. Inslee looking for a ‘Teddy Roosevelt’ in GOP to help break climate deadlock (Fitzgibbon)
Unemployment rates fall in nearly all US states
Pot shop license applications exceed area cities’ allotments

Puget Sound Business Journal
New deadline for some Washington health care applicants
HHS exempts people with canceled health insurance plans from Obamacare’s individual mandate

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Utah trumpets ‘can-do’ composite crew in bid for 777X
Boeing books Cathay Pacific order for 21 777Xs
Navigators offer alternative route to health-insurance finish line
Abused children file $54 million claim against DSHS
Mayor-elect Murray seeks wage-issue consensus
Insurance exchange eliminates backlog of paper applications
DSHS sends personal info to wrong households
Pacific Science Center wins $800,000 grant from NASA
Editorial: Legislature needs to comply with the Public Records Act (Chopp)

Spokesman Review
Editorial: Mental health reform must keep focus on needy

Vancouver Business Journal
Business recruitment up, unemployment down
Clark County pulls funding for area chambers of commerce

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
State welfare reform seems to be working

West Seattle Herald
Information gathering meeting draws public ire on ‘No Parking’ apartments project

Yakima Herald Republic
Measuring gains in learning, not final scores
Inslee budget proposal begins buildup to 2015 debate

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KING 5 TV (NBC)

Would 747 remain in Everett if 777X is built in another state?
Lawmakers listen to tenants’ concerns over rising rents   (Frockt)

KPLU FM
Governor Inslee Says It’s Time For Statewide Minimum Wage Discussion
Inslee On Boeing’s Demands: ‘No, It Is Not Fair, But It is Real’
Lawmakers: Boeing’s Campaign Contributions Came After Incentives Vote  (Upthegrove)
Why Washington State Was Named #1 Most Innovative State By Bloomberg

KUOW FM
Arsenic Was Toxin In Washington Geoduck Shipment To China
State Deal To Give Seattle Times Student Data Alarms Privacy Experts
Boeing Machinists Rally To Vote On Latest Contract Offer

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Protest over gay principal’s departure goes global
Seattle’s new mayor makes move toward $15 wage, addresses inequality (Murray)

Q13 TV (FOX)
DSHS mistakenly sends personal information of up to 7,000 to old addresses

 

WEB

Crosscut
Coal ports: Trains’ dust problems swept up?
Murray’s big tent solution for the $15 minimum wage fight

HDC Advance
Tax season is prime time for numbers folks (Kirby)

Horsesass.org
$15 (minimum wage)
Drug Law Reform Denialism (marijuana)

Seattle PI
Seattle’s new mayor makes move toward $15 wage
Build pipeline, bring on tankers, says Canadian review panel
Eastside Catholic students protest diocese-ordered resignation
New Mexico becomes 17th state with gay marriage