Associated Press
Opposition to studded tires gaining traction in Washington
Obama proposing $478 billion public works program in budget
Sporting Seahawks gear, lawmakers root for legalizing fantasy football (Conway)
State may bring back the cigar bar, smoking rooms (Cody)
Bainbridge Island Review
Heart-stopping tragedy becomes political tour-de-force (McAuliffe)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Early House budget vote is good sign
Op-Ed: Tunnel debacle bodes ill for safety, future projects
Blog: Whatcom County legislators take on marijuana, oil safety, gas tax in first weeks of session (Lytton, Morris, Ranker)
Bothell Reporter
Sen. McAuliffe helps turn heart-stopping tragedy becomes political tour-de-force (McAuliffe)
Central Kitsap Reporter
Law aims to reduce copper in brakes, improve water quality
Columbian
Pike at odds with Inslee over cap and trade
In our view: Raise skills, not base pay
The Daily Beast
The Millionaire Who Wants to Control Washington’s Weed (Kohl-Welles)
The Daily News
Capitol Dispatch: Legislators focus on wages, union labor contracts (Takko)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Close call spurs sudden cardiac arrest action in Olympia (McAuliffe)
Date set for immigrants to avoid deportation
Singletary: Obama was smart to keep tax breaks for 529 plans
Guest column: Obama’s community college proposal could help small business
Op-ed: Can taxing the rich save America’s middle class?
Guest column: Nothing funny in mental illness for those who must cope with it
Guest column: Transportation planning crucial to meet county growth
Editorial: Setting goals for prosperity (Opportunity Washington)
Kirkland Reporter
Kirkland representative introduces bill to eliminate payday lending (Springer)
Sen. McAuliffe helps turn heart-stopping tragedy becomes political tour-de-force (McAuliffe)
Senate passes Sen. Hill’s budget-writing measure
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State parks leaders optimistic about funding boost in 2015
Siblings, separated by adoption, reunite (Orwall)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Bills would allow voters to vote through email, fax, and without postage (Hasegawa)
Editorial: State needs well-aimed gun protection-order bill (Jinkins)
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Early House budget vote is good sign
Editorial: Office of Homeless Youth can fill gap (Kagi)
Editorial: Texting ban for drivers needs update
Peninsula Daily News
Rep. Tharinger hopes to end decay of dental care with new legislation (Tharinger, Cody, Van De Wege, Hargrove)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seahawks may have lost the Super Bowl but Seattle businesses still win
Health care transparency bill – opposed last year by Premera – gets second chance
Real estate, education cross paths as Chinese enrollment at UW jumps 856 percent in 10 years
Redmond Reporter
Opinion: Taxes a big factor in Legislature’s agenda
Editorial Paying for schools is not the only job of the Legislature
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle eyes proposed statewide rules on Uber, Lyft (Habib)
Crotch grabs, earthlings, minimum wage, sex workers: your political week in review
Sex-worker activists frustrated they couldn’t testify in Olympia (Kohl-Welles)
Lawmakers want guidelines for social, emotional skills
Danny Westneat: 520 toll payers’ lawsuit not exactly a surprise
Ron Judd: Hey, Eastern Washington: Don’t give us any (divorce) ideas
Editorial: Washington schools should teach Native American history
Editorial: Legislature is at a crossroads for mental-health reform (Jinkins)
Editorial: Senate’s Majority Coalition Caucus needs to be renamed
Editorial: State Senate is sensible in banning openly carried firearms (Billig)
Guest Opinion: The fight over funding for a new medical school doesn’t serve medical students
Skagit Valley Herald
State DOT plans bridge inspection
Teen wage bills to get new examination (Farrell)
Spokesman Review
Ban on studded tires getting more support
WALeg Day 19: Welcome to Hawkington? (Hargrove, Kohl-Wells)
Let’s define government’s ‘openness’
Lake Roosevelt bighorns to be collared for research
Bills suggest raising child porn fines for offenders
Editorial: Geographic range would improve Washington high court
Editorial: State cost of pursuing death penalty too high (Carlyle, Orwall)
Tri-City Herald
Put the public back in ‘public hearings’ (Habib, Riccelli)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Proposal to split Washington is petty — and unrealistic
Editorial – School Board’s Adopt-a-School program could work with proper understanding
Yakima Herald Republic
H-2A guest worker lawsuit to proceed
Bill would ease path to aquifer storage
Editorial: Testing is key part of marijuana industry
Editorial: New bill is better way to flag cost of initiatives
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Mayor opposes splitting Seattle School District (Santos, Pettigrew)
Digging finished on Bertha excavation pit
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Lawmaker proposes statewide standard for ride share companies
State committee passes bill legalizing cigar bars
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Opposition to studded tires gaining traction in state
KPLU FM
Washington Lawmakers Consider Legalizing Fantasy Sports (Conway)
Washington Senator: It’s Not Just Lobbyist-Paid Meals But ‘Free Cigars, Free Booze’ (Pedersen)
True Or False? Free And Reduced-Price Lunch = Poor
Lawmakers To Discuss Giving Seattle Mayor Power To Appoint School Board Members (Pettigrew)
KUOW FM
How Much Would You Pay To Avoid I-405 Traffic?
Complaints From Detained Immigrants Shock Federal Commission
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Lawmaker wants warning labels posted on cars driven by teens
NW Public Radio
Washington Lawmakers Consider Legalizing Fantasy Sports (Conway)
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Bill would eliminate payday loans, create new lending system (Springer)
‘Alicia’s Law’ would fund child exploitation task force in Washington state (Sawyer)
Crosscut
South Seattle lawmakers want to split Seattle Public Schools (Santos, Pettigrew)
Olympia: An extra long time for pot (Hurst, Kohl-Welles)
Teen wage bills to get new examination (Farrell)
Publicola
Friday LIKES & DISLIKES: Light Rail as Dog Poop? (Hasegawa)
Friday Jolt: Licata on the Seahawks; and SDOT Numbers on Parking (Hasegawa)
Seattle P.I.
A bold proposal: Break up Seattle School District (Santos, Pettigrew)
Slog
The Bertha Rescue Operation Has Finally Hit Bottom
Washington State Wire
The Green Sheet for Feb. 2 – Battle over Mitt Romney’s Donors, 520 Tolling, and More (Springer, McBride, Fey, Kohl-Welles)
Climate Activists Expand Grassroots Efforts While CarbonWA Prepares to Collect Initiative Signatures