Associated Press
Seattle mayor offers smaller business head-tax plan
State Licensing Director Pat Kohler stepping down
Trump taps former deputy attorney general for US attorney
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Should kids be banned from buying cigarettes until they’re 21?
“We’ve brought Lindsey home.” Missing McCleary girl found dead by hunters
Capital Press
Washington ranching rivals agree on one thing: wolves (Blake)
The Daily News
Norpac and Nippon Dynawave executives fiercely against potential landfill privatization
Columbia County patrol sergeant placed on administrative leave
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: Senate vote first step to protect an open internet
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way mother wants to walk at graduation for slain son
King County adopts prepaid ballot postage
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Washington State Ferries summer reservations increase
Recreational shrimp fishery is open in the San Juan Islands
Kirkland Reporter
King County adopts prepaid ballot postage
Kirkland starts community dialogue on gun safety
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Kitsap Transit, Washington State Ferries win federal grants
News Tribune (subscription required)
NC cop choked black man at Waffle House. Release the video now, NAACP LDF says
Tacoma LNG plant has ‘potentially significant’ permitting issues. Opening could be delayed
Crab season has been canceled for South Sound waters this summer
Opinion: Nurses need our support to keep oath, do no harm
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: State should pay counties’ ballot postage costs
Puget Sound Business Journal
Opinion: Infrastructure should be top of Seattle-area’s to-do list
Seattle Mayor Durkan proposes smaller head tax
Donald Trump set to unveil measures to bring down drug prices
Observations: Council wants to trash our economy in pursuit of a political fad
Rob McKenna on head tax opposition: ‘Keep doing what you’re doing and more of it’
Redmond Reporter
Construction kicks off in Bellevue for $25oM Overlake expansion
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Washington Department of Licensing director resigns after controversy over info-sharing with immigration officials
Grad students who teach, do research plan 1-day strike, but UW says it has no money
Mayor Durkan offers her own, smaller Seattle head-tax plan
UW offers coding camp for people looking to shift careers
Behind Seattle’s rising pension costs: Past mismanagement adds to taxpayers’ burden (Carlyle)
Farmworkers need to be paid for more than just picking the crops, says Washington Supreme Court
Trump nominates ex-deputy Washington state AG Brian Moran for U.S. attorney
Opinion: Council should partner on job growth, not a job-killing head tax
Opinion: Unlike Bezos, I’m a business owner who supports the head tax
Spokesman Review
Gonzaga trustee leads company building Trump’s border wall in New Mexico
Farmworkers entitled to minimum wage for some tasks, high court says
King County needs to spend $400 million a year to solve homeless crisis, new report says
Wenatchee World
Eightmile Dam overflowing but breach not imminent, official says
Farmworkers need to be paid for more than just picking the crops, says Washington Supreme Court
DSHS to pay $2.5 million settlement to abuse survivors
Yakima Herald Republic
Court rules piece-rate pickers must be paid for down time
Editorial: Screaming in Seattle: Chop off head tax that would hurt businesses
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
New Seattle head tax proposal sets up potential clash in council meeting today
Race & Parenting: How we talk to our kids about race, racism and identity
DOL director resigns after statewide protests
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
I-5 lane closures expected to cause huge backups this weekend
Seattle mayor proposes smaller head tax alternative
Seattle’s growing homeless population could impact tourism as season gets underway
KNKX FM
UW Teaching Assistants And Other Academic Student Employees Plan A One-Day Strike
Starbucks: No Need To Purchase To Use The Potty
How Luck, Curiosity And Teamwork Led To The Rediscovery Of Washington’s Rare Island Marble Butterfly
When Cancer Patients Ask About Weed, Many Doctors Say Go For It
KUOW FM
Seattle mayor proposes alternative head tax plan
Canadian Runoff Floods Northeastern Washington Rivers
Bellevue school donates leftovers; now a food bank doesn’t have to ration milk
Developers are building affordable housing in Seattle – very, very slowly
NW Public Radio
Threatened By Rising Housing Prices, Some SeaTac Homeowners Fight Back
Flooding Hits Okanogan And Ferry Counties As Melting Canadian Snowpack Fills Rivers
Top Washington Prosecutors Call For New Strategy To Address Drug Addiction
Q13 TV (FOX)
Durkan offers Seattle employee tax plan that would halve the current proposed levy
State senator says Seattle’s head tax would hurt his Issaquah business, others outside city (Mullet)
Another push to lower car tab fees to $30
Bridging the Divide: Can the next generation save politics?
Getting ready for the Big One: Washington working to identify vulnerable buildings
State Licensing Director Pat Kohler stepping down
Web
Crosscut
Durkan backs business tax, but at a smaller size
Seattle without Amazon: Who cares? Let’s start planning
Seattle’s new tiny house village for the homeless — women only
Publicola
Head Tax Debate Heats Up
Slog
UW Medical Center Describes “Extraordinarily Difficult Time” Amid Potential Cuts and Closures