Associated Press
Tests expected to determine BC avian flu strain
$15 minimum wage strikes planned in Washington
7 Washington colleges at White House summit
Study: Killing wolves means more livestock attacks
3 nurses at state psychiatric hospital assaulted
Washington has 946 new board certified teachers
Final pontoons arriving for Lake Washington bridge
Aberdeen Daily World
Quinaults undertake plan to move Taholah to higher ground
Bainbridge Island Review
Op-Ed: Contributions continue to flow after the final ballots have been counted
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
This year’s flu shots look like poor match for circulating viruses
Bothell Reporter
Bothell 1st District Rep. Luis Moscoso joins AG Ferguson in consumer alert (Moscoso)
Jackson, Inslee address crowd at Washington STEM Summit
Columbian
Judge upholds ban on marijuana in Clark County
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Schwab: Look at facts of immigration might surprise
Editorial: How to make oil trains safer
Maple Valley Reporter
Washington tops nation again in new board-certified teachers
Mercer Island Reporter
Councilmember Tana Senn to step down in January (Senn)
Olympian (subscription required)
Inslee touts stormwater treatment plant at port (Fraser)
State tops nation in new board-certified teachers; 37 hail from Thurston County schools
Defense budget steers billions to Puget Sound for Boeing jets and Navy bases, but much less for JBLM
U.S. House vote extends state sales-tax deduction for 2014 IRS returns
New appointees to PDC include John Bridges, who decided governor’s election challenge in 2005, and Anne Levinson
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington State University establishes first U.S. bioplastics research center
Renton Reporter
State resources board begins planning next decade of timber harvests on state trust lands
Seattle Times (subscription required)
VA delay triggers $6K bill for dying vet
Mayor Murray pushes medical-marijuana regulation to next year
Killing wolves to protect livestock doesn’t work in long run, WSU study says
Odds grow in Congress to enlarge Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Jerry Large: Deaf ears lead to sound of protests
Editorial: Education funding needs to be for more than K-12
Guest Opinion: Why the EPA’s plan is the best way forward for the Duwamish River
Spokesman Review
Wolf kills increase livestock deaths, WSU study says
Human rights group asks police for transparency on military equipment
Stevens Elementary teacher gives STEM subjects a musical remix
State gets grade adjustment of voter guide
Editorial: Children enslaved by sex trafficking deserve help
Vancouver Business Journal
“Erroneous cancellation” nixes 6,000 state health exchange accounts
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima Valley sees reduction in gang crime
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Tighter gun restrictions take effect Thursday
$15 minimum wage strikes planned in Washington
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Washington State’s new gun background check law goes into effect
Fast-food workers in local cities participating in nationwide strikes
Councilmember Kshama Sawant charged with disorderly conduct
Boeing on track to deliver planned quota of 787 Dreamliners
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
I-594 passage leads to wave of gun sales
Body cameras to debut with Seattle police
KPLU FM
Study: Offshore Fault Where The ‘Big One’ Originates Eerily Quiet
Gun Store Owner Wary Of Participating In Wash. Background Check Law
KUOW FM
How Killing Wolves Might Be Leading To More Livestock Attacks
NW Tribes Bring Coal Concerns To National Conference
Commission Urges Mapping Of All Washington Landslide Zones
Washington Prisons Aim To Learn From Inmate Suicides
NW Public Radio
Draft Report On Oil Transportation Delivered To Lawmakers
Congress Set to Pass Public Lands Bills
Q13 TV (FOX)
Think health care costs are soaring?
Kshama Sawant charged with disorderly conduct, could face jail time
Capitol Record (TVW)
Senate, House leaders talk about priorities for session (Sullivan)
WEB
Crosscut
Legislators are pursuing answers about small nuclear reactors’ value (Wylie, McCoy, Fey)
HDC Advance
KIRO investigators: Confusing state law allows violent felons to get guns (Kagi)
Publicola
City and County Priorities in Olympia
West Seattle Blog
When will Highway 99 tunneling resume? That question & more addressed as stakeholders’ group meets