Associated Press
GOP takes charge in Congress, runs into swift veto threat
FAA grants permits for agriculture, real estate drones
Record production in 2014 from Northwest nuclear power plant
Washington voters say education top issue for Legislature
Boeing reports record orders, deliveries to airlines in 2014
Poll: Voters say education top issue for Legislature
Key lawmaker’s proposal: medical pot shops without dried pot (Hatfield, Kohl-Welles)
Aberdeen Daily World
Commissioners declare state of emergency
Pacific County flood waters receding after area hit hard
Amidst flood chaos, residents doing what they can
Beacon Hill, above and below
Hoquiam residents lose their houses, business owners struggle to keep stores dry after flooding
Bothell Reporter
New legislative session means more laws | Cornfield
Local gun rights group files suit against I-594
Columbian
Camden: Predicting the predictable: Legislators won’t heed Inslee
In Our View: It Falls on the Just, Unjust
Everett Herald (subscription required)
How traffic is hurting Snohomish County businesses (Hobbs)
Op-ed by Rep. Reykdal: Less support for higher-ed hurts students
Kirkland Reporter
New legislative session means more laws
Local gun rights group files suit against I-594
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
New ferries director shaking up management
Kitsap Transit considers foot ferry run for Seahawk game
News Tribune (subscription required)
Medical pot patients urge Tacoma council to keep marijuana shops open
Median home prices jump nearly 10 percent in 2014 in Pierce County; 7 percent in Thurston
UW Tacoma names next chancellor
Editorial: It’s vital to take steps against future wildfire threat
Peninsula Daily News
Port of Port Angeles plans to sue insurance carriers over environmental projects
Two major proposals surface in state Legislature to rein in medical marijuana shops (Kohl-Welles)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle is best city in the U.S. to find a job, according to new report
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Low mountain snowpack raises water-supply fears in Washington
Pursuing death penalty boosts public’s costs, Seattle U study says
Poll: voters open to Inslee’s taxes on carbon and capital gains
Guest Opinion: No more excuses, the state must spend more on public education (Rolfes)
Seattle Weekly
Opponents of New Background-Check Law File Lawsuit, Argue Semantics
Skagit Valley Herald
‘A long way to go’ (Mental Health Funding)
Federal court weighing in on wait times for inmates’ mental health care
Spokesman Review
Pot sellers report December sales increase in Spokane County
Education tops voters’ list for legislative session
New Fish-Wildlife director to be named Saturday
Editorial: Keep Spokane’s law giving immigrants sanctuary
Tri-City Herald
Avian flu found in second Benton County backyard flock
Walla Walla County sees whooping cough epidemic
Editorial: Police body camera not necessarily the answer
Yakima Herald Republic
Newhouse lands House ag, natural resources, science committee assignments
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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Grandmother rescued from landslide says she feels blessed
Officers say cameras helped lower crime on Metro buses
I-90 WB on Snoqualmie Pass reopens after rockslide
Family fighting Everett pot shop gets partial victory
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Residents escape mudslide: ‘It wasn’t my time to go’
KPLU FM
More Restrictions May Be Coming For ‘Vape Shops’ In 2015
Elway Poll Suggests Washington Voters Open To Higher Taxes
KUOW FM
Washington Tribe Wants Feds To Halt Coal Project
Rising Rents In 2014 Led By Small Cities
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Sloppy, lazy push for alternative form of rent control (Kohl-Welles)
NW Public Radio
Elway Poll Suggests Washington Voters Open To Higher Taxes
Northwestern Washington Tribe Calls On Feds To Halt Coal Terminal Permit Review
WEB
Crosscut
How Seattle-area students would remake their schools
Seattle process: Does working together make us dumber?
The Daily Troll: New bill takes aim at unions. Washingtonian optimism. Turtles hit Long Beach.
Publicola
Mayor Murray and the Other Tunnel
Slog
Would Bertha’s Failure Doom Transit Tunnels in Downtown Seattle?
The Stand
Public has Inslee’s back, Seattle is #1, magical mystery math
Washington State Wire
The 42 Twitter Accounts to Understand the 2015 Legislative Session
Elway Poll Finds Washington Voters In Upbeat Mood With Education on Their Minds