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Washington State House Democrats

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Monday, November 17

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Associated Press
Washington state health exchange up and down
Washington settles with in-house judge for $450K
$15,000 reward for Kittitas County wolf killer
Washington’s first pot auction brings in $600,000
New report: 1 child in every 30 is homeless in U.S.
Death by dirty water: Storm runoff a risk for fish

Aberdeen Daily World
What’s next for the pontoon site?

Columbian
Crowded classrooms in growing Battle Ground district
Zarelli sees the light on marijuana

The Daily News
Editorial: Why you’ll soon see marijuana ads in The Daily News

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Mudslide panel to update Legislature on findings
Guest commentary: A partial solution to funding schools
Guest commentary: Marshland project unlikely to improve fish habitat
Guest commentary: State should follow U.S. military’s lead on clean fuels
Editorial: Logging rules timely and just

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Nov. 4 election results: final count—almost (Lytton)

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Health exchange now open to Kitsap employers

News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Back to the vision: Light rail throughout the region, including Tacoma and Everett
Op-Ed: Secure Communities costs taxpayers, hurts families
Op-Ed: State Supreme Court does an injustice to rape victims

Olympian (subscription required)
Tax-exempt status of Olympia-based think tank under challenge by channeler JZ Knight
Washington’s first pot auction brings $600,000
Q&A: Youngest state legislator ready to represent Puyallup’s values in Olympia
State to pay former insurance commissioner’s judge $450,000 to settle job claims
Editorial: Olympia leads state on LGBT civil rights
Editorial: 1351: voter ed needed

Seattle Times (subscription required)
City says private traffic flaggers a ‘gray area’
Washington Healthplanfinder back up after on-and-off service
State’s colleges see 11% rise in students from abroad
I-594 protesters, low turnout, and lots of birthday candles: your political week in review
‘Millionaires tax’ possible in Seattle? Council asks city’s lawyers
State Patrol: We won’t arrest people at anti-I-594 rally for exchanging guns
Lessons learned: Some common themes to improving schools 
Congress forces Legislature to wait on online sales-tax revenue (Hunter)
Blog: Stop saying Washington ranks 47th for class size
Editorial:  U.S. economy calls for end of port slowdown
Editorial: Voters have returned a delicate balancing act to Olympia
Editorial: Count leaders are getting creative to find public-health funding

Seattle Weekly
Hanford Whistleblower Gets His Day in Court
Council Casts 9-0 Vote to Give City Workers $15 Min. Wage; Rejects Mayor’s Call for Phase-In

Skagit Valley Herald
County comprehensive plan update likely to be limited

Spokesman Review
Health exchange back up
Reward posted in shooting death of wolf
Spokane County school districts solicit $410 million in bonds
County takes public input on pot zoning
Washington state high court intervenes in shooter’s 82-year sentence
Washington’s proposed Game Management Plan available online
Spin Control: Slim majorities require focus on party discipline
Sunday Spin2: Did the Ayes have too much of it?
Sunday Spin3: More on the gun initiatives
Shawn Vestal: Spokane police reform to get federal report card
Smart Bombs: Have a party — for the kids
Editorial: Slowdown at ports needs quick solution
Editorial: Marijuana legalization still needs fine-tuning

Tri-City Herald
Comcast to take over Tri-City cable operations from Charter
Editorial: Our voice: Imagined threats should not slow vit plant progress (Hanford)

Yakima Herald Republic
Prosser farm holds state’s first pot auction
Proposed food safety regulations put water quality responsibility on growers
Legislature must wait on online sales tax revenue (Hunter)

Broadcast

 
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
State’s health exchange site has another outage

KPLU FM
Report: Wash. Schools Must Overhaul How They Serve Students With Disabilities
On First Day Of Enrollment, Wash. Health Exchange Shuts Down
In Round Two Of Obamacare, Recruiting Washington’s Uninsured Gets A Little Tougher

NW Public Radio
Heavily Hunted Wolves Stressed Out And Having Lots Of Sex
Luxury Car Part Factory Shut Down 3 Days As Materials Stalled In Tacoma
How Northwest Cities Are Reducing The Impacts Of Food Waste
GMO Food Labeling Measure 92 Supporters Still Haven’t Conceded

Q13 TV (FOX)
Lakewood Police: When we wear body cams, you are much nicer to us

Web

 
Crosscut
Judge gives state final order to complete Braam reforms
Rep. Hunter post: State faces historic budget challenges

HDC Advance
The issue isn’t jobs, it’s wages (Farrell)
It’s the American way!

Seattle P.I.
What subspecies of Republican will run the Washington state Senate?

Slog
A Millionaire’s Tax in Seattle?

The Stand     
How Walmart destroyed U.S. manufacturing

Washington State Wire
The Week Ahead in Climate Policy (Ranker, Fitzgibbon)