Associated Press
Washington officials prepare for massive earthquake drill
Senate Oks budget that funds mental health, charter schools (Liias)
Plans for Capitol Lake to open up for public comment
State considers nation’s first carbon emissions tax (Fitzgibbon)
Bill would prevent sponsor testimony in civil cases for addicts
Regulators withdraw proposed carbon-cap rule, plan changes (Ranker, Morris)
Aberdeen Daily World
Emergency temporary erosion fix approved for Westport by the Sea
Quinault Nation gets $22 million settlement from federal government
Flood Authority approves funding for new North Shore Levee project
The Daily News
Ecology to revise proposed carbon cap rule
Voter initiative seeks to puts price on carbon
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Briefs: Poll shows small business owners more as optimistic as before recession
Lawmakers opt to pursue study of public records requests (McBride, Liias)
Guest commentary: New child welfare agency is needed, but don’t stop there
Guest commentary: More women needed in office
Guest commentary: Students in 21st century need portfolio more than diploma
Guest commentary: Along with funding education, state has to be accountable for it
Editorial: Make rare disease rare
Editorial: Accountability and remedy (Prisoner early release report)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Busy Tenino mom is Ms. Veteran America, representing generations of women soldiers
Difficulty siting schools sets off debate on state’s Growth Management Act (Appleton, Conway)
No, men can’t enter women’s locker rooms, state agency behind transgender rule says
Show and Tell: Schools and youths in the news (Sullivan, Kirby, Jinkins)
Op-Ed: We must protect rights of society’s marginalized
Editorial: Impeach Auditor Troy Kelley, don’t punish his staff
Olympian (subscription required)
Bill to study deadly force statute clears key Senate committee (Ryu)
Editorial: Charter schools fix deserves action; Pollution affecting more Puget Sound fish; Tobacco sales to minors needs curbing (Springer)
Editorial: Corrections has far to go in fixing its problems
Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: State Legislature to start supplemental budget negotiations this week (Hargrove, Van De Wege, Tharinger
Puget Sound Business Journal
Who’s Hiring: STEM workers in high demand as cloud companies, hospitals hire
Boeing plans cuts of airplane engineers: Report
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Emails suggest UW regents decided on new president days before public vote
Half of Seattle’s female homicide victims last year were homeless
Bill would allow permanent protection orders for sexual assault victims
Nearly 6,000 emergency, military personnel to conduct PNW megaquake exercise
Would out-of-state money help or hurt Washington pot industry?
West Coast sardine populations, long sinking, look even worse in forecast
Editorial: Don’t act yet on Public records Act
Editorial: Lessons learned from state’s deadly jails scandal
Editorial: A simple solution to prevent birth defects and save lives
Editorial: Time for drama to end: House should vote on charter schools
Op-Ed: The strong arm of constitutional law should prevail in Supreme Court nomination
Op-Ed: Property taxes — is there no limit?
Spokesman Review
Mother of slain Spokane teenager files $5 million claim against state
Senate passes budget update
Spin Control: Budget debates bring out more than dollars and cents
Tri-City Herald
How Mid-Columbia lawmakers voted this week
Our Voice: Washington’s lack of tourism funding is embarrassing
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Distracted drivers need wake-up call from local police
Effort to curb gerrymandering worth support
Yakima Herald Republic
Thousands of emergency and military personnel to conduct megaquake exercise
Voting rights bill gains support in state Senate (Moscoso)
Editorial: Charter school fix must keep current ones and allow more
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Highway 167: How to fix one the biggest choke points
Viaduct to close for two weeks during Bertha dig
New 520 floating bridge, longest in the world, near completion
KPLU FM
Investigation Studies Performance Of Northwest’s Only Commercial Nuclear Reactor
Prescription Drug Sticker Shock Has Washington State Looking For Relief (Ranker)
KUOW FM
Washington Puts Gov. Inslee’s Carbon Rules On Hold
NW Public Radio
Prescription Drug Sticker Shock Has Washington State Looking For Relief
Investigation Studies Performance Of Northwest’s Only Commercial Nuclear Reactor
Q13 TV (FOX)
Sawant, Jayapal call for $10M in emergency funds to address Seattle’s homelessness emergency
Web
Capital Record
Negotiations set to begin as House, Senate pass supplemental budget proposals (Sullivan, McAuliffe)
Crosscut
Tax break for gun stores left out of suicide prevention bill (Reykdal, Orwall, Lytton)
Surprise amendment stirs up body-camera debate (Hansen, Jayapal)
We must civilize the tech bros, for the good of humanity
Trish Dziko is fighting inequality in tech, one student at a time
Slog
State Senators Want to Spend $1 Million to “Clean Up” and Build a Fence Around the Jungle (Carlyle)
Human Rights Commission: Guy Entering Women’s Bathroom in Seattle Was “Absolutely Not Protected Under the Law”
The Stand
Study: Prevailing wages don’t increase costs
Washington State Wire
The Green Sheet– February 29, 2016 (Santos, Ranker)