AP
Legislature passes ‘sustainable’ state budget, adjourns (Hargrove, Hunter, Liias)
Bill retaining fee for homeless goes to Inslee
Workers flock to marijuana job fair
FBI balks at pot background checks
Medical marijuana dies in Legislature
Washington grads improve their college chances
Aberdeen Daily World
BHR, union unable to reach a deal
Bellingham Herald
Teacher evaluation process unchanged (Santos)
Veteran in-state tuition bill clears Legislature, heads to Inslee (Appleton)
Everett Herald
Gavel comes down on the 2014 legislative session
March 31 deadline looms to sign up for health coverage
SAT changes should now show what students know, not how they’ll do
Editorial: Get spying under control
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Good for You: Feb. 23, 2014 (Appleton, Hansen)
News Tribune (subscription required)
There’s no swag like Daffodil Festival swag | The Nose (Kirby)
Olympian (subscription required)
Veteran in-state tuition bill clears Legislature, heads to Inslee (Hudgins, Appleton)
Lawmakers OK 24-credit diploma, bill now heads to Inslee (Santos)
Editorial: Support ban on dumping raw sewage into Sound
Letter (by S. Hunt) The state lottery was not created to fund education (Hunt)
Blog: Homeless, vets wait, but bills get passed (Darneille, Appleton)
Blog: Teacher evaluation change to keep No Child waiver dies in Legislature (Santos)
Blog: Oil-by-rail bills die for lack of support by Senate majority (Ranker, Farrell)
Blog: State budget includes money for Tacoma law school (Darneille)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Legislators heading home without tackling some major issues (Sells, Hunter, Farrell, Keiser)
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Legal scare highlights importance of rail-trails
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Lawmakers approve audit of DSHS fraud unit
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Bertha site to be checked for Native American artifacts
KPLU FM
Washington Legislature Adjourns Without Action On Medical Marijuana, Gas Tax
MultiCare Settles Suit With Nurses, Agrees To Shell Out Back Pay For Overtime
Seattle Teachers Vote Down School Building Budgets In Protest Of Looming Staff Cuts
Budget Deal Struck In Washington Legislature
KUOW FM
Health Exchange Open Enrollment Deadline Looms
Some States Working To Negate Federal Food Stamp Cutbacks
Q13 TV (FOX)
Inslee ‘disappointed’ in lack of transportation, education legislation
Crosscut
Rushing to the doors, lawmakers help homeless, take chance on losing school aid (Nelson, Darneille, McAuliffe, Liias, Cody, Roberts)
Budget deal: Any winners? (Hunter, Carlyle)
The Daily Troll: Budget deal reached in Olympia. Digging history with Bertha. A bit Prime-r in price at Amazon.
Seattle PI
Blog: No medical marijuana overhaul in Washington — will feds storm collectives?
Blog: State won’t count on marijuana income until ’15; why?
Slog
After Worthless Regular Session, Legislature Unlikely to Hold Even More Worthless Special Session
Higher Minimum Wage Wasn’t a Job Killer
Most Seattle Pot Shop Applicants Won’t Reach the Lottery
Dominic Holden Is Being Promoted to Associate Editor of The Stranger