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Wednesday, June 21

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Associated Press
Officers in Seattle fatal shooting had crisis training 
Seattle landlords must give voter-registration information 
Revenue projections for Washington are slightly up (Ormsby)
Study: Seattle’s $15 minimum wage law hasn’t cut jobs
Head of Evergreen college to seek more public safety help

Aberdeen Daily World  
Hospital board mum on Monte kerfuffle

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)  
Evergreen president wants more money for campus police 
Say ‘no’ to anti-transgender bathroom initiative, City Council asks Bellingham voters 

The Daily News 
County Commissioners divided on landfill’s future
County jobless rate falls to 1999 levels
Downtown Kelso opioid treatment center expected to open by end of year
OPINION: Opioid epidemic causes pharmaceutical uproar

Everett Herald (subscription required)  
With state budget impasse, countdown to shutdown is on (Ormsby, Robinson)

Federal Way Mirror 
Federal Way City Council expected to vote on new hotel in early July

Journal of the San Juan Islands 
Islanders request easier path to tiny home living

Kirkland Reporter 
Brewers Festival brings families out for brews, music and eats
Juanita graduates 298 seniors

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)  
Newest ferry practices how to fuel up in an emergency
Seattle’s high minimum wage hasn’t cost jobs, study finds
Legislators have a little more money to play with as possible shutdown looms (Ormsby)

News Tribune (subscription required)  
Here’s why transit won’t help you much on those I-5 apocalypse weekends
Editorial: Obamacare rewrite needs light of day in U.S. Senate

Olympian (subscription required)   
Evergreen president wants more money for campus police
Editorial: Fish culverts case emits another wake-up beep

Puget Sound Business Journal 
Ban the box initiatives gain momentum

Redmond Reporter 
U.S. Youth Soccer dribbles 2017 Region IV Championships to Redmond’s 60 Acres complex
Willows Run to host Special Olympics golf championship

Seattle Times (subscription required)  
Q&A: Mae Jemison, first woman of color in space, talks STEM gaps and science fiction
Police shooting energizes efforts to change Washington’s deadly-force law (Frockt, Goodman)
Latest study: Seattle’s wage law lifted restaurant pay without shrinking jobs
Seattle landlords must give voter-registration info to new renters, City Council decides
Editorial: Troubling questions surround the tragic death of Charleena Lyles
Opinion: Budget stalemate puts state’s financial reputation at risk

Seattle Weekly  
Police Reform Was Designed to Prevent Charleena Lyles From Dying. We Need to Know Why She Did Anyway.
Inside the Grassroots Effort to Give Seattle Renters More Political Clout
House, Senate Narrow Differences on Testing Requirements

Skagit Valley Herald  
Tour held at Fir Island restoration site
Ecology fines Tesoro, individual for pollution in 2016

Spokesman Review  
State coffers up $200 million over the next four years, but not much help for budget stalemate
1 Washington county still without individual medical insurance plans for 2018 
Compromise on high school biology test passes first committee 
Spokane County commissioners lift moratorium on outdoor pot grows
Columbia River shad run explodes in near-record burst over Bonneville Dam
Shawn Vestal: The current political zeal for cutting poverty programs will leave millions of vulnerable children and adults hungry
Editorial: Stealthy Senate undermines own health care bill

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)  
Editorial: End federal draft registration for nonexistent draft

Washington Post 
Russian government actors tried to hack election systems in 21 states, Homeland Security official says

Yakima Herald Republic  
Yakima’s youth programs shrivel as gang violence rises
Energy Secretary Perry says Hanford tunnel collapse “kind of came out of left field”, defends $200 million budget cut to PNNL
Editorial: State is still underachieving in measures of education

Broadcast

KING 5 TV (NBC)
Seattle’s high minimum wage hasn’t cost jobs, study finds
The Evergreen State College president defends actions, admits mistake
Students, teachers demand justice for Charleena Lyles

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Everett considering a second methadone clinic

KNKX FM  
After Seattle Police Shooting, Renewed Call For Change In Law (Frockt, Goodman)
Eastern Washington Braces For Dust Storms, Wildfire Warnings
Security Of State Election Systems The Focus Of Dueling Capitol Hill Hearings
Evergreen State College President Asks Legislators For More Campus Security
Government Shutdown Looms As Lawmakers Head For Third Special Session  (Ormsby)
Eastern Washington Braces For Dust Storms, Wildfire Warnings
A Pioneer In ‘Flat-Fee Primary Care’ Had To Close Its Clinics. What Went Wrong?

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio) 
Pierce County Sheriff discusses why black lives matter
Sen. McCain grills Boeing exec at confirmation hearing

NW Public Radio
After Seattle Police Shooting, Renewed Call For Change In Law (Frockt)
Eastern Washington Braces For Dust Storms, Wildfire Warnings
Evergreen State College President Asks Legislators For More Campus Security
Government Shutdown Looms As Washington Lawmakers Head For Third Special Session

Q13 TV (FOX)  
Hundreds march, attend vigil honoring Seattle mom fatally shot by police; officers’ names released

Web

Crosscut 
We pay taxes for better police training, but it’s not being spent

Publicola
“I Don’t Have a Taser,” Officer Says Before Shots Killed Charleena Lyles

Schmudget
State revenue forecast doesn’t change the facts: Washington State needs equitable new revenue

Seattle P.I. 
Connelly: Fate of Obamacare rests with GOP’s ‘drafted in darkness’ health bill

Slog 
Hundreds of supporters rally and march for Charleena Lyles