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Thursday, April 14

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Associated Press
Prosecution rests in trial of State Auditor Troy Kelley
Washington Capitol soon to be home to 30,000 honeybees
State considers 75 mph speed limit on part of I-90
Washington charter school system gets back to work
Washington jobless rate holds steady at 5.8 percent
Inslee visits Sikh temple that was vandalized
Hundreds voice concerns over Vancouver oil terminal lease

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Washington Gambling Commission reconsiders new ‘skill’ games   (Sullivan, Hurst)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
A consensus is growing that Boeing tax breaks need teeth
Milbank: Fixing pay gap as easy as selling lemonade in the rain
Editorial: Celebrate, support our National Parks

News Tribune (subscription required)
Case against Kelley strong enough to go to jury, judge rules
Editorial: State must quit dawdling on Homeland Security law (Chopp)

Olympian (subscription required)
Police, Olympia School District investigating data breach

Puget Sound Business Journal
From data centers to sugar cubes: How UW, Microsoft are shrinking data storage space through DNA
6 ways the IRS is trying to help small businesses

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Family tries to overcome past, and prison, after DOC release error
Amazon to set up temporary homeless haven on downtown campus
Illegal pot grow discovered in Ballard burglary investigation
Sen. Patty Murray meets with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland
Last year’s heat wave doomed nearly all Okanogan sockeye salmon
Tukwila’s homeless students graduate at much higher rate than statewide average
FDA to allow folic acid in corn masa to stop birth defects
Was alert about Mukilteo mosque driven by anti-Muslim bias?
Microsoft is sharpening its tools for the classroom
After 3 anti-Semitic incidents, Western Washington University forms task force

Seattle Weekly
A $611M Question: Why Parking’s Such a Big Deal in the ST3 Debate
Seattle Will Have Shut Down About 100 MMJ Dispensaries By July. Are We Better For It?
Aiming for Crime, Hitting the Homeless

Spokesman Review
Inslee visits Sikh temple in wake of vandalism
McMorris Rodgers’ Glamour op-ed contradicts voting record on equal pay
Garland qualified for Supreme Court, Murray says after meeting
Two students may have been drugged at WSU fraternity house, officials say
Editorial: State needs quick driver’s license fix

Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Thumbs up, Thumbs down (Parent to Parent and Equal Pay)

Vancouver Business Journal
State unemployment rate remains at 5.8 percent

Yakima Herald Republic
FDA to allow folic acid in corn masa to stop birth defects

Broadcast

KING 5 TV (NBC)
Amazon offers Seattle property for family homeless shelter
Northwest Hospital under investigation for possible state law violations

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State hopes to change some ‘Coon,’ ‘Crow,’ and ‘Squaw’ named spots by end of ’16 (Jayapal)

KPLU FM
Dramatic Moment As Prosecution Rests Its Case In Troy Kelley Trial
Adapting To A More Extreme Climate, Coastal Cities Get Creative

KUOW FM
Governor’s Signature Next Week Sets Off McCleary Deadlines
Solar Energy Surge In Washington Leads To Reduced Incentives
Washington Jobless Rate Unchanged In March, But Steady Job Gains Continue

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
King County’s quietly successful program to combat addiction, and change lives

NW Public Radio
Solar Energy Surge In Washington Leads To Reduced Incentives
Washington Jobless Rate Unchanged In March, But Steady Job Gains Continue
Dramatic Moment As Prosecution Rests Its Case In Troy Kelley Trial

Q13 TV (FOX)
Report: Amazon offers one of its Seattle buildings to house more than 200 homeless for a year

Web

Capitol Record
Gov. Jay Inslee fires Western State Hospital CEO in wake of escape

Crosscut
The most threatened waterway in Washington?
Two major Murray promises still on the hunt for funding
Op-Ed: Seattle politicians should curb their arena enthusiasm

Seattle P.I.
Want to lay off marijuana, cigs and make cash doing it? UW has a plan
Attorneys: Seattle foster parents abused kids on state’s watch

Slog
Bertha Is About to Drill Under the Viaduct—Here Are Five Questions That Still Haven’t Been Answered