Associated Press
Senate OKs bill paving way for WSU medical school in Spokane
Washington Senate passes bill to revamp payday loan industry (Liias)
Senate OKs PTSD as qualifying condition for medical pot
State Senate passes oil train safety bill (Conway, Ranker)
State Senate OKs watered-down language on climate change
Senate votes to ban smartphone use behind the wheel (Liias)
Businesses seek to block portion of Seattle minimum wage law
Senate votes to lower age to 40 for work injury settlements
Aberdeen Daily World
2014 a record revenue year for the Port
Jobless rates increase on the Twin Harbors in January
Bainbridge Island Review
23rd District lawmakers to host town halls (Rolfes, Appleton, Hansen)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Blog: Climate change human caused? Wash. Senate says maybe (Frockt, Habib, Ranker, Chase, Hargrove, Hatfield)
Columbian
Local middle school students spend week at the Capitol (Wylie)
In Our View: Two-Thirds is Voters’ Will
The Daily News
Officials try to remain optimistic in wake of failed bid at gas export site
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Washington gains 100,000 new jobs
Lawmakers seek your views at town halls (Liias, McCoy, McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford, Peterson, Ortiz-Self, Chase, Ryu, Sells, Robinson)
Burbank: Paid sick leave helps workers and businesses
Editorial: Work first, then we’ll talk pay (Pay raise for legislators)
Letter: Silly citizens, liberty is for the rich
Islands’ Sounder
Senate Democrats: Oil train bill lacks key safety provisions (Ranker, Rolfes, McCoy)
News Tribune (subscription required)
WA cigarette smuggling could increase under Inslee tax (Carlyle, Habib)
Washington Senate passes bill to revamp payday loan industry (Liias, Jayapal, Habib)
Under the Dome: Wednesday, March 11, the 59th day of the 105-day legislative session
Negotiated body-cams bill would let police withhold footage to protect privacy (Hansen)
Olympian (subscription required)
Voting Rights Act deserves a vote (Moscoso, Habib)
Peninsula Daily News
It’s official: Olympic Mountains — source of our water supply — in a state of drought
Puget Sound Business Journal
Senate approves law change that paves way for WSU medical school
Uber wants to put 1 million women worldwide at the wheel
Queen Anne News
State Teacher of the Year visits Capitol with students (Kohl-Welles, Carlyle)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
State Senate passes expanded limits on using cellphone while driving (Eide, Hargrove)
Franchises: Seattle’s minimum wage discriminates
Bill would mandate larger crew on oil trains (Conway)
Bill to change payday lending rules wins approval, 30-18, in the state Senate (Liias, Jayapal)
How the federal medical-marijuana bill could affect Washington
Student group seeks end to UW coal investments
WSU wins House and Senate approval for medical school
Danny Westneat: State Senate’s collision with science and climate change
Guest Opinion: Reform school finance and education accountability
Editorial: Seattle’s minimum-wage law unfairly discriminates against franchise owners
Spokesman Review
Senate passage puts WSU step closer to medical school (Billig, Frockt, Riccelli, Pedersen)
Bill to revise wolf plan passes Washington House
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Senate plan to fund Highway 12 worthy of support
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: It’s now time for serious negotiation on transportation
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Lawmakers could link teacher pay to location (Hunter)
Gov. Inslee’s personal emails range from trivial to political
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Historic bill would allow Wash. marijuana businesses to use traditional banking services
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State 911 system wasting time, money on bogus calls
KPLU FM
Deaths, Lawsuits Spur Mental Health Bills In Washington Legislature
KUOW FM
Attorneys Debate Constitutionality of Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Law
NW Public Radio
Juvenile Killer Barry Massey Gets Hearing In Advance Of Presumed Release
Q13 TV (FOX)
‘I was mortified’: Parents say district not addressing kindergarten bully problem
WEB
Capitol Record
Nurses would receive meal, rest breaks under bill (Reykdal, Sells)
Abortion insurance bill passes state House (Cody)
WSU could open new medical school under bills approved in both chambers (Riccelli, Pedersen)
Distracted driving law update passes in state Senate (Hargrove)
Crosscut
Initiatives costing at least $25 million must be noted (Pedersen, Liias)
Lynnwood Today
21st District legislators hosting telephone town hall on Wednesday (Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Liias)
My Edmonds News
21st District legislators hosting telephone town hall on Wednesday (Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Liias)
Publicola
Tenants Union Leader Challenges Tim Burgess (Habib, Liias)
Schmudget
Invest in TANF to Help Strengthen Families
Seattle P.I.
A WSU medical school in Spokane gets thumbs up from Legislature (Hargrove, Riccelli)