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Washington State House Democrats

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Wednesday, Dec 3

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Aberdeen Daily World
State DOE releases draft report on oil shipments

Associated Press
Agency staff recommends $2.9M fines in 911 outage case
Health Exchange error cancels 6,000 accounts
EPA releases cleanup plan for Seattle’s only river
Tacoma: ‘Dropout factories’ to record graduation
Study: more to do as oil trains pose new risks
CWU leaving 57 positions unfilled
32 States Haven’t Tried To Establish an Exchange. Are They Making a Huge Mistake?
Inslee backs EPA plan to cut emissions

Bellingham Herald
(subscription required)
Oil trains report is packed with recommendations for reducing public risks
Whatcom County councilors like Facebook; public-records rules remain fuzzy

Columbian
Ethics panel eyes lawmakers’ meals (Pedersen)
Lawmakers announce WSU medical school bill   (Riccelli)

The Daily News
Local residents spend an eye-opening hour in CAP simulation of being poor

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Forest funding in doubt
Inslee names Bridges, Levinson to Public Disclosure Commission
Jesse Jackson joins Gov. Inslee urging STEM diversity at Microsoft talk
Burbank: We would do well to live by Advent’s four ethics
Editorial: Basing policy on evidence in Congress
Blog: PDC gaining two well-known members

The Island Guardian
Pro & Con Of Land Use Regs On Marijuana Grow
Guest column: Moratorium On Marijuana Growing Facilities

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Divide surfaces over pot farms
Next stop for lawsuit over long-gone council subcommittees? State supreme court

News Tribune (subscription required)
Tacoma to tell unlicensed pot shops to close by summer
Oil trains report is packed with recommendations for reducing public risks
Editorial: Vaping’s a threat to kids – especially little ones

Olympian (subscription required)
Body cameras for Olympia police? City wants clarification in state law first
Oil trains report is packed with recommendations for reducing public risks
Editorial: Will Congress choose cleaner air, again?

Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle workers saving more away for retirement, says survey

Redmond Reporter
Jackson, Inslee address crowd at Washington STEM Summit

Renton Reporter
EPA’s cleanup plan will remove 90 percent of Duwamish pollution, at $342 million cost

Seattle Times (subscription required)
CenturyLink fine up to $2.9M suggested for big 911 failure
Another glitch afflicts an estimated 6,000 health exchange customers
Tacoma to shut down medical marijuana businesses by summer
Hanford’s B Reactor closer to becoming national park
Report: How fast teacher pay rises is as important as top salary
Round-up: Lawmakers unveil bills for WSU med school, LAUSD shelves contract with Apple
Report: Just 9 of 100 kids born in Washington will get a STEM job here
Danny Westneat: At local motels, no room for the homeless, paid or not

Seattle Weekly
The Decade-Long Dance Between Alaska Airlines and Minimum-Wage Activists
Seattleland: The Columbia City Police Shooting Was Our Ferguson

Skagit Valley Herald
State’s E-Cycle program hits 250 million pounds

Spokesman Review
State legislators support new medical education model (Riccelli)
O holiday tree. O holiday tree.
Editorial: Top priority at Hanford: setting priorities

Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Double testing students not necessary for high standards

Yakima Herald Republic
Inslee talks up kids’ health at Yakima YMCA
Pot shops hard-pressed to match black market prices
Editorial: Legislature should allow testimony by remote video

KING 5 TV (NBC)
6,000 state health care plans accidentally canceled
Seattle-area officers experience ‘anti-police’ backlash
Effort to save Alaskan Way Viaduct could head to ballot

BROADCAST

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Protesters to swarm Seattle City Council chambers

KPLU FM
Washington DOC Will Try To Learn From Recent Suicides

KUOW FM
The Boy In Cell No. 7 At King County Juvenile Jail
Pilots In Northwest Reporting More ‘Near Misses’ With Drones

NW Public Radio
Report: Idaho and Oregon Have Most Unauthorized Immigrants Who Stand To Benefit From Obama Action
Gonzaga and Legislature Enter Medical School Conversation  (Riccelli)

WEB

Capitol Record (TVW)
Mark Schoesler elected Senate majority leader (Chopp, Sullivan, Pettigrew)

Crosscut
Can decentralization improve Seattle schools?
Should we monitor the results of Boeing tax breaks?

HDC Advance
Workers’ comp rate increase is way below expectations

Publicola
“It Has Yet to Attract Any Firms.”

Seattle P.I.
The Duwamish: EPA cleanup plan ‘huge day’ for Seattle’s river
Republicans go rural in Washington State Senate leadership

Washington State Wire
‘Creating a Win-Win’: Washington Business Alliance Pitches Climate Plan
Lawmakers Are Limited To 12 Free Meal A Year, But Is Another Step Needed? (Pedersen)