Associated Press
Inslee, tribal groups object to offshore drilling plans
Flooding leads to road closures in Washington state
State cancels lease at site of salmon net-pen collapse
State bills tackle threats to endangered Puget Sound orcas (Ranker)
Trump attacks Democrats over health care
Northwest tribes ask Gov. Inslee to halt Tacoma plant construction
UN agency: US tax reform could cut investment elsewhere
Aberdeen Daily World
Hospital looking at losses exceeding $8 million for last year
Auburn Reporter
Republican lawmakers call for further action on car tabs (Hobbs)
Proposed law would make tampons free for some college students (Hansen)
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate (Carlyle, Ranker, Hobbs, Nelson)
A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry on private property (Hunt, Palumbo)
Bainbridge Island Review
Washington health insurance market in flux | 2018 Legislative Session (Cleveland)
Republican lawmakers call for further car tab tax reductions, transit authority accountability | 2018 Legislative Session
Proposed law would make tampons and pads free for community college students | 2018 Legislative Session
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate | 2018 Legislative Session (Dhingra, Carlyle, Ranker)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
No car, no care? Medicaid transportation at risk in some states
Northwest tribes ask Gov. Inslee to halt construction of Tacoma LNG plant
‘We shouldn’t have to legislate doing what’s right’ in finding gifted students
Suspected DUI driver hits state trooper in Sequim
Bothell Reporter
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate (Carlyle, Ranker, Nelson, Hobbs)
Proposed law would make tampons free for some college students (Hansen)
Republican lawmakers call for further action on car tabs (Hobbs)
A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry on private property (Hunt, Palumbo)
Centralia Chronicle
Washington’s Health Insurance Market in Flux (Cleveland)
Columbian
Rep. Stonier sponsors ‘Breakfast after the bell,’ to feed more hungry kids (Stonier)
In Our View: EFSEC Needs Fixes
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (public records)
The Daily News
‘An issue that needs to matter’: Republicans and Democrats team up for net neutrality in Washington state
Consulate brings citizenship services to Cowlitz County
OPINION: Congrats, Measure 101 supporters. Now it’s time for a real fix
State bills tackle threats to endangered Puget Sound orcas
Everett Herald (subscription required)
UW Bothell plan: New student housing, academic buildings
Lawmakers get ready to abide by public record law (Sells, Kagi, Kloba, Robinson, Ryu, McCoy, Palumbo, Liias)
Legislature roll call
McCusker: Letting the US dollar ‘float’ is the nation’s best policy
Commentary: Fossil fuel-free future for state is within sight
Commentary: Handcuffs and jail cells won’t solve opioid crisis
Letter: Bills provide cost-of-living raise for education pensions
Federal Way Mirror
Growing pains have always been a challenge for Federal Way schools
Downtown FW development still dominates discussions more than 20 years later
Future leaders writing new chapter for Black History Month in Federal Way
Island’s Weekly
Elusive state capital budget passes, county funds secured
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate (Carlyle, Ranker, Nelson, Hobbs)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Belfair bypass planning process in sight
Op-ed: Death penalty’s inability to stop violence
Legal Reader
Washington Lawmakers Sponsor Bills to Take Sexual Harassment Out of the Workplace (Keiser, Frockt, Cleveland)
New York Times
With a Monday Vote Expected, Democrats Press to Release Their Own Memo
No Children Because of Climate Change? Some People Are Considering It
Olympian (subscription required)
The robots are coming. Can job retraining and internet access help people stay employed? (Carlyle)
Editorial: Salmon farms wasted chance in Puget Sound
Peninsula Daily News
Mix of net pen bills takes aim at non-native salmon (Van De Wege, Chapman, Tharinger, Blake)
Renton Reporter
A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry on private property (Hunt, Palumbo)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Contractor files $12.5M lawsuit over work on Sound Transit’s Capitol Hill light-rail station
To study ‘atmospheric rivers,’ scientists take lab into skies off Washington coast
U.S. Rep. Denny Heck blasts GOP Russia-probe memo as ‘full of inaccuracies,’ warns of ‘constitutional crisis’
‘An issue that needs to matter’: Republicans and Democrats team up for net neutrality in Washington state (Hansen)
Seattle school-bus driver strike will likely continue into next week
Insurers in Kansas asking mental-health providers for notes from patient sessions
What you need to know as tax filing season begins
Westneat: In Seattle, teachers are going rogue just to take kids on a field trip
FYI Guy: As cost of living soars, half of Seattle-area tax filers earn under $50K, IRS data show
Editorial: End death penalty in Washington
Opinion: A future free of congestion thanks to driverless vans can be ours
Opinion: Tit-for-tat cycle with China will hurt U.S. economy
Opinion: Let technology take the wheel for safer, less-congested roads
Editorial: Don’t be fooled by reckless attempt to discredit FBI
Skagit Valley Herald
State legislative action so far this year on abortion policy
Snoqualmie-Valley Record
Proposed law would make tampons free for some college students (Hansen)
Spokesman Review
Washington nurses, health care workers, are dying of opioid overdoses
Spin Control: Legislature taking aim at the initiative process
Bill intended to get testing info to rape survivors faster
‘I just want out’: Large carnivore conservation lab director opens up about relationship with WSU
Op-ed: It’s time ‘that every man be armed’
Op-ed: Washington should end the health insurance bait-and-switch
Letter: Conscience rights of medical providers
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Limiting voter choice not the way to go
Pro-Con: High stakes graduation tests should be eliminated
Pro-Con: Don’t scrap competency-based graduation requirements
USA Today
How can Democrats win on DACA and shutdowns? Remind America GOP is in control.
Opinion: Texas Attorney General: Under Trump, Congress can reclaim its legislative authority
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
With 2018 budget, park district moves on from difficult financial times
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Collaboration critical as state faces new water issues
Letter to the Editor: Why no coverage of contaminated site?
Washington Post
New bipartisan immigration plan to be introduced in the Senate
Republican lawmakers distance themselves from Trump on memo
Opinion: Making Medicaid a pathway out of poverty
Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor asks residents to reduce water use after sewage overflow
State may build roundabout at Banta Road
Oak Harbor High School Transitioning to trimester
Yakima Herald Republic
‘An issue that needs to matter’: Washington legislators team up for net neutrality in state (Hansen, Carlyle, Ranker)
Commentary: State needs automatic voter registration
Editorial: College-age suicide is past due for serious talk
Editorial: Bump stock ban is a sensible step in wake of mass shootings (Van De Wege)
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
NHL executives rave about Seattle
State terminates Cooke Aquaculture lease after net pen failure
KNKX FM
The Overcast: Property Tax Hike Is ‘Punitive’ Says One Democratic Lawmaker (Carlyle)
KUOW FM
Washington State Terminates Lease For Atlantic Salmon Farm In Puget Sound
Carbon Tax Clears Washington Senate Committee (Carlyle)
Back In Control, Democrats Fast Track Priorities In Olympia (Hobbs)
NW Public Radio
In The Fire-Prone West, Differing Views Of What Forest Health Really Means
Lyft, Uber Drivers In Washington May Face Fingerprint Background Checks
New Portland Lead Dust Rules Could Pave Way For Safer Demolitions Statewide
Q13 TV (FOX)
Flooding leads to road closures in Western Washington
Web
MyNorthwest.com
Cities and states take the lead on banning bump stocks
Publicola
Durkan Forms Her Small Business Advisory Council
A Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty Garners Support in Washington
Top 10 Stories: More Murray, the GOP Memo, and Criminal Charges Against an Ex-Council Candidate
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Sec. Zinke — no oil drilling off our coast
State AG files suit over plan to rescue coal plants
Slog
Op-ed: It’s time for Washington state to pass automatic voter registration