Associated Press
Washington governor signs update to deadly force initiative (Goodman)
19,400 gallons of wastewater spill into Puget Sound
Northwest measles outbreak revives debate over vaccine laws (Stonier)
Grant County sheriff says he will not enforce gun initiative
Washington could be first state to allow human composting
Grant County sheriff says he will not enforce gun initiative
Measles case in Pacific Northwest outbreak at 49
Aberdeen Daily World
Blind Justice escorted out of meeting by police in latest free speech test
Quinault Nation hosting meeting to talk about the upper Quinault River
Washington’s original constitution is stored in building that keeps flooding (Tharinger)
Lawmaker proposes tax reform task force (Hasegawa)
Bainbridge Island Review
Lawmakers propose limits on scope of Public Records Act for Legislature | 2019 Legislative Session (Pedersen)
Battle Ground Reflector
49 measles cases now confirmed as local legislators hope to tighten exemption laws (Cleveland)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
State’s top elected officials to get pay raises after commission vote. Eyman vows to fight
Capital Press
Bills would provide FFA membership to all Washington ag students (Blake, Takko)
Columbian
Standardized tests and graduation: ‘Delinking’ push on (Stonier)
Tolling opponents gathering signatures to put it to vote
Small schools face big challenges in Clark County
In Our View: Earlier primary good; now nix party preference (Cleveland, Wylie)
Kraft introduces bill aimed at cracking down on massage parlors (Cleveland)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Passengers and workers await first Paine Field boarding call
State panel bumps up pay for lawmakers, governor and judges (Habib)
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Eastside mayors look at potential projects for Microsoft investment
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Chamber luncheon focuses on county and town updates
Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula legislators comment on public disclosure, suicide bills (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Cost overruns weren’t part of the script at the Highway 99 tunnel opening
Seattle Times (subscription required)
More snow! Another weather system could hit Seattle on Friday and Saturday
Seattle’s first snow of the season sticks around, closing schools again
Washington governor signs update to deadly force initiative
New legislative proposal would set strict limits on lead in Washington’s public schools (Pollet)
After long delays, Seattle mayor will advance $90 million plan for low-income housing at Fort Lawton
Commission approves pay raises for Washington judges, governor, lawmakers and others
Editorial: A thoughtful, not reactive, approach to school safety
Spokesman Review
Ag Expo to open as Washington farmers continue to face economic uncertainty
Three more Eastern Washington sheriffs say they won’t enforce gun control initiative
Many state elected officials in line for double-digit raises
Washington, like all states, can replace its two statues at the U.S. Capitol every 10 years. (Carlyle)
With plastic bag recycling difficult, Washington ponders ban at stores – and fees for paper bags (Billig)
Washington could demand tax returns from presidential candidates (Kuderer)
Opinion: How do you get there from here? Career Connect Washington
Tri-City Herald
State’s top elected officials to get pay raises after commission vote. Eyman vows to fight
Guest Opinion: It’s time to bring hope to those hurt by domestic violence
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Rising costs of nuclear cleanup can’t slow progress
Op-Ed: When Walla Walla Valley students succeed, our whole region succeeds
Washington Post
Federal prosecutors issue sweeping subpoena for documents from Trump inaugural committee, a sign of a deepening criminal probe
State of the Union address: Trump to pitch bipartisanship amid rancor with Democrats
Europeans fear Trump may threaten not just the transatlantic bond, but the state of their union
Trump is planning campaign to halt transmission of HIV in U.S. by 2030
13 million people in poverty are disconnected from the social safety net. Most of them are white.
WSU Insider
Bill driven by health sciences students would boost interprofessional education (Riccelli)
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Yakima’s austerity plan: painful but prudent
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Extra shelter beds available in King County during snow storm
KNKX FM
State lawmakers aim to improve public-school interpretation services for parents (Orwall)
KUOW FM
Beyond Rash And Fever: How Measles Kills 100,000 Children A Year
NW Public Radio
As grizzlies come back across the west, frustration builds over continued protections
Most inmates with mental illness still wait for decent care
Q13 TV (Fox)
Inslee signs update to deadly force initiative
NTSB: stop extending deadline for train safety system
Web
Crosscut
Seattle could get a new psychiatric teaching hospital (Cleveland, Chopp)
MyNorthwest.com
19K gallons of wastewater spill into Puget Sound
Inslee signs fix to amend, clarify I-940 (Frockt, Goodman)
35 plows and 10,000 pounds of salt: Seattle’s snow response
Thurston Sheriff on 1639: ‘Am I supportive of it? No. Am I going to enforce it? Yes’
Seattle P.I.
Where there’s snow, there’s black ice: Slippery roads cause crashes; schools closed again Tuesday
RIP — one more controversial Northwest coal export port
Slog
Huge Majority of Americans Want New Taxes on the Super-Rich