WASHINGTON STATE

Washington State House Democrats

HOUSE DEMOCRATS

Friday, Jan 30

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Associated Press
Washington lawmakers may legalize fantasy football gambling
Supplemental budget passes Washington House (Hunter)
House passes judicial review of mental health decisions (Walkinshaw)
Openly carried weapons barred from public hearings (Sullivan, Owen)
Governors announce Super Bowl food bank donations

Aberdeen Daily World
New bill suggest splitting Washington in half

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Bill would make teen drivers show their inexperience
Blog: Legislators say Eastern Washington should secede from state

Central Kitsap Reporter
Op-Ed: Let’s move beyond the gas tax
Editorial: A few tweaks to election laws

Columbian
Inslee visits Vancouver
In Our View: Raise the Bar on Education

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Schools add panic buttons to communicate during emergencies
Marijuana taxes net $22.5 million in 6 months
McCusker: Government spending, austerity? Both are risky
Editorial: Fantasyland so dangerous (Vaccinations)

Federal Way Mirror
State representatives playing politics (Gregory)

The Inlander
A Closer Look (Ormsby)

Islands’ Sounder
Orca survival depends on humans taking action

Issaquah Reporter
Time to get tougher on driving, cellphone use | Editorial

Kirkland Reporter
Statement from Rep. Ross Hunter on supplemental budget passage (Hunter)

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Letters warn shops not to sell pot to sailors

Maple Valley Reporter
Washington’s smoke signals: marijuana myths
Washington’s smoke signals: Pot convictions reconsidered (Fitzgibbon, Goodman)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Bill would make teen drivers show their inexperience
Lawmakers grouse about free meals rule (Liias, Pedersen, Habib, Hurst)
Under the Dome: Friday, January 30, the 19th day of the 105-day legislative session
Environmentalists pan microbead ban pushed by beauty industry
Editorial: Pierce County shouldn’t be destination No. 1 for sex predators

Olympian (subscription required)
Thurston County census relies on events where ‘the homeless come to us’
Under the Dome: Friday, January 30, the 19th day of the 105-day legislative session
Bill would make teen drivers show their inexperience

Puget Sound Business Journal
Olympia digs in on mental health upgrades and medical training
Uninsured Washingtonians — what a difference a year makes
Basic education’ includes some college

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Officer in golf-club arrest is reassigned
$12 minimum-wage bill advances after debate (Sells)
Shareholder meeting shows Costco bounty
Amazon gives prime gift to investors: nice profit
House supports judicial review of mental-health decisions (Walkinshaw)
Lawmakers want guidelines for social, emotional skills
Editorial: Decriminalize fantasy sports betting in Washington, for the little guys (Pettigrew)
Guest: We can do better, be smarter in how we help the homeless

Skagit Valley Herald
Overflow crowd packs Shell refinery permit hearing
Washington lawmakers may legalize fantasy football gambling

Spokesman Review
House collectively passes ‘Joel’s Law’
Lawmakers look at banning hazardous, yet popular microbeads
Spokane’s homeless polled in national point-in-time count
Plans for U.S. 2 roundabout near Mead scrapped by Washington
DNR response to Central WA fires blasted (Blake)
Obligatory Super Bowl bet story
Editorial: Prepaid postage for ballots would boost voter participation

Yakima Herald Republic
Newhouse: Congress should settle immigration law
Washington lawmakers may legalize fantasy football gambling
Editorial:New bill is better way to flag cost of initiatives

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Attorneys file class action suit over Good To Go billing process

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
SPD officer at center of golf club complaint reassigned
Hackers with ties to terror group target UW website
Lawmaker to NFL: Gonna fine Beast Mode? Keep it local

KPLU FM
Proposed Washington Law Would Ban Holding Phone While Driving
Proposed Oil-By-Rail Expansion At Shell’s Anacortes Refinery Drawing Crowds
Washington Lands Commissioner Loses PUD Right-Of-Way Battle
Researchers Looking At Ice To Answer Questions About Climate Change
Washington Lawmaker Proposes Ban On Whale, Dolphin Performances (Ranker)

KUOW FM
Republican Transportation Leader Eyeing 11.5 Cent Gas Tax Increase
Could Smart Technology Solve The Gun Debate?
Students Lobby Lawmakers: Junk The Science Test (Gregerson, Keiser)

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Should bicyclists have to pay toll on new 520 bridge?
Ben Shapiro challenges Gov. Jay Inslee’s tax plan

NW Public Radio
Washington Senator: It’s Not Just Lobbyist-Paid Meals But ‘Free Cigars, Free Booze’ (Pedersen)
Washington Lands Commissioner Loses PUD Right-Of-Way Battle

Q13 TV (FOX)
Seattle police chief yanks ‘golf club’ patrol officer off the street after troubling Facebook comments
Seattle man arrested over golf club speaks out: Officer ‘knows she was out of control’

WEB

 
Capitol Record (TVW)
Joel’s Law passes unanimously in the House (Walkinshaw, Cody)

Crosscut
House committee gives $12 minimum wage a lift (Farrell, Jinkins, Sells)

Publicola
Assessing the Comprehensive Plan and Advocating for Transit

Schmudget
Zombies? What Zombies? A Response to an Op-Ed That Itself Seems Lifeless

Seattle P.I.
Senate bill: Will touching our phones in the car become illegal?

Slog
The Morning News: Indoor Pot Grows Suck Up as Much Energy as Data Centers

The Stand
Rally Feb. 20 at Capitol for shared prosperity
Unfair taxes, PLU leads the way, union organizing
Some sick leave, GOP may deny raises, who says 1% can’t have it all

Washington State Wire
Renewable Energy Mandate Revisions Resurface in Olympia (McCoy
Gov. Inslee Talks Employee Pay, Collective Bargaining, Cap-and-Trade and the Super Bowl