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Washington State House Democrats

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Thursday, May 8

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Aberdeen Daily World
Commissioner Cormier pushes to create smaller hospital district

Associated Press
Colorado lawmakers approve plan for pot banking
Fear of economic blow as births drop around world
Feds issue emergency order on crude oil trains

Auburn Reporter
Auburn residents invited to I-502 discussion workshop

Bainbridge Island Review
More Kitsap residents living in poverty, report shows
Memorial service announced for Billy Frank Jr.

Bellingham Herald
Whatcom farmers face resistance on formation of taxing districts
JBLM headquarters needs more soldiers, audit says
Seattle credit union moves toward serving marijuana growers

Bothell Reporter
Rep. Moscoso, Rep. Stanford help secure funding for emergency food assistance program (Moscoso, Stanford)

Columbian
Transportation megaprojects add to political gridlock (Clibborn, Nelson, Hobbs)
Editorial: In Our View: Custodial Interference (school funding)
Letter to the editor: Letter: Volatile energy accelerates damage (oil trains)

The Daily News
Judge: Longview’s marijuana lottery results can be released

Everett Herald
State Sen. Liias, Rep. Ortiz-Self to hold telephone town hall Thursday (Ortiz-Self, Liias)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Pierce County schools face shortage of substitute teachers
Editorial: Case against executions doesn’t hinge on Lockett
Column: Callaghan: McCleary court is right both constitutionally and politically

Olympian (subscription required)
Seattle credit union moves toward serving marijuana growers

Seattle Times (subscription required)
$43M deal to move labs for light rail
Pot lottery winners already cashing in
Popular campground faces slide threat
Second Amendment in real time boils down to politics | Jerry Large
Wildfire season expected to be worse than last year, state says
Seattle firm wins $47 million grant for Oregon offshore wind farm
Editorial: Make refineries safer after Tesoro explosion

Spokesman Review
Editorial: Give citizens opportunity to be heard in Olympia
Selkirk caribou herd will continue to be protected

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Sadly, state of Washington led nation in college costs

Yakima Herald Republic
Alternative methods, same goal for Yakima Valley school districts
Editorial: Information is needed about fatal birth defect

BROADCAST

KING 5 TV (NBC)
WSU regents to freeze tuition again
Landslide victims frustrated with government funding
Group proposes recycling old 520 bridge into public marina

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Non-profits want more taxpayer money to pay $15 min. wage
Schools scramble to ban devices that give kids a secret high
Attorney: Downriver development should be stopped because of Oso landslide
Feds: Emergency responders must be alerted to oil trains

KPLU FM
More Washington Nuclear Weapons Workers To Be Screened For Cancer
Fewer Northwest Farms, But They’re Bigger And More Valuable
Would Seattle Transit Initiative Prompt State Lawmakers To Expand Bus Service?  (Fitzgibbon)

KUOW FM
States Don’t Limit Use Of Portable Classrooms

NW Public Radio
Inside The Box: School Districts Explore Solutions For Excessive Portable Classroom Use

WEB

HDC Advance
Crowdfunding: Legislature got there first

Horsesass.org
Protecting Port Wages
Shorter Slate: We Can’t Risk Raising the Minimum Wage to $15 Because Nobody Has Ever Done It Before!
A Seattle “Millionaires Tax” Would Give Supreme Court Opportunity to Send Message on McCleary

The Slog
Mayor Ed Murray Confirms He Asked State Legislator to Drop Endorsement of Metro-Saving “Plan C”
Mayor Murray Tells State Senator Jamie Pederson That Seattle Can’t Have a Metro-funding “Plan C” and Universal Pre-School (Pedersen, Kline, Cody)