WASHINGTON STATE

Washington State House Democrats

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Thursday, October 8

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Associated Press
Truant label more likely to go to poor, minority students
State says Seattle tunnel delays could cost $78 million
Washington state asks China to consider loaning pandas
Glitches as new community college computer system rolled out
Inslee to announce new approach to updating water quality

Bainbridge Island Review
Senate’s school funding forum is this Thursday in Bremerton (Rolfes, Hargrove)
Opinion: The Scandalous Suppression of Gun Violence Research

Columbian
No severance for many as Red Lion Hotel closes
$40,000 raised to buy, train new police dog

The Daily News
A parched peninsula has cranberry growers worried
U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposes to downlist Columbian white-tailed deer to threatened
Editorial: State Senate’s roadshow on education can’t ignore money (Dunshee)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Report: Washington 7th in math scores, 40th in high-school graduation
State lawmakers to China: Send pandas to Washington state (Hunt)
Op-Ed: Matt Driscoll: Must we have 10 more years of immigrant detention on the Tideflats?

Seattle Times (subscription required)
State says idled Bertha may add $78M to its cost for tunnel
Inslee asks for federal wildfire aid
Have ideas about school funding? You talk, senators say they’ll listen
Governor takes another swing at state standards for water quality
Editorial: Major League Baseball has a race problem
Op-Ed: Perils of a climate skeptic for president
Op-Ed: Shaping a low-carbon future for Washington includes putting a price on carbon

Seattle Weekly
The ACLU Says Benton County is Running a Modern Day Debtor’s Prison

Spokesman Review
Community Colleges of Spokane caught in computer system snarl
SCC lands $2 million grant to help students succeed in school
Riverkeeper sues over Hangman Creek cleanup
Our View: Broaden open meetings law

Tri-City Herald
Decades-long Hanford downwinder lawsuit settles

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Bill Gates calls for focus on teacher quality
What is Seattle doing to address homelessness?

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Teacher who tackled student with gun to be honored by governor

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Computer glitch causing financial aid crisis at Tacoma college

KUOW FM
Report: Poor, Minority Students In Washington More Likely To Be Labeled Truants
Smog Levels May Be Low In The Northwest But The Region Is Not In The Clear

NW Public Radio
ACLU Sues Benton County, Wash., For Operating ‘Modern-Day Debtors Prison’
Report: Poor, Minority Students In Washington More Likely To Be Labeled Truants

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Crosscut
Harry Belafonte on activism, unrest and the importance of making people squirm

Seattle P.I.
Cantwell: Public lands good for the body, the soul and the economy
Christianity as American’s official religion? Forty-four percent of Republicans say yes

The Stand
Teamsters reach tentative deal for Sysco drivers, warehouse workers
Op-Ed: Hard-earned trust for proposed port should pay off