Associated Press
House passes measure to great long-term care program
State Senate panel advances bill limiting vaccine exemptions (Cleveland)
Cost of Washington’s measles outbreak tops $1M
3 who sued over Aberdeen homeless policy get $18,000
Federal judge blocks Washington state cyberstalking law
Permanent daylight savings time proposals advance
State Audit: More than $300K missing from city of Wapato
Lawmakers propose carbon fee as part of $17 billion package (Hobbs)
Bellingham could lose longtime ferry route
Lawsuits against fruit companies challenge piece rate pay
Washington state measles outbreak now at 65 confirmed cases
Cost of Washington’s measles outbreak tops $1M
Senate committee advances bill limiting vaccine exemptions
Aberdeen Daily World
Legislators aim to fix school funding for struggling districts (Dolan)
Arlington Times
In response to civil-rights suit, Arlington Police say multi-agency probe cleared officers in 2017 shooting
Auburn Reporter
Entenman passes bill to crack down on sex traffickers (Entenman)
Truth in government bill seeks to change state agency name
Opinion: What a surprise: Democrats eyeing the need for higher taxes (Billig, Frame)
Bainbridge Island Review
Legislature ‘prays’ for Congress to curb Trump’s ability to launch a nuke (Hasegawa, Keiser, Frackt, Hunt, Kuderer, Pedersen, Saldaña, Tarleton, Tharinger, Sequim, Pollet)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Fifth possible measles case reported in Oregon
Bothell Reporter
Law would prohibit eye tattoos in Washington state (Tharinger)
Split Washington in two? 51st state movement highlights cultural divide
Repercussions could come to law enforcement who refuse I-1639, AG says
Capital Press
Bill would require Washington farmers to report slaves (Saldaña)
Columbian
Nurse-family partnership takes on intangible costs of measles outbreak
In Our View: Trans Mountain pipeline bad deal for our state
Cheers & Jeers: Waterfront wows; public wins (Tharinger, PRA)
The Daily News
More syringe exchange clients seeking treatment
Capitol Dispatch: Orcutt aims to ease rental squeeze for some in mobile homes
Pro-second amendment groups encourage adoption of ‘sanctuary ordinances’
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Renaming ensures drivers know what happened on Highway 530
Is state ready for another massive transportation package? (Hobbs)
Medical air transport problems persist in San Juan Islands
State moving quickly on plan to buy up banned bump stocks (Rolfes)
No more plastic bags in Snohomish after the holidays
Snohomish County makes clean energy pledge
H-1B spouse work ban pushed by Homeland Security
Lawsuits against fruit companies challenge piece rate pay
WaPo: Supreme Court: Judges ‘appointed for life, not for eternity’
Editorial: Career Link seeks to pair students, employers
Editorial: Problem is Electoral College, not ‘faithless electors’
The Inlander
It’s make-or-break time in Olympia (Billig)
Island’s Weekly
Lawmakers propose new watercraft restrictions to save southern resident orcas
Continued resistance against gun control initiative; Attorney General defends law
Proposed legislation would make tiny-home zoning easier
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Medical air transport problems persist
Creative solution to creating stability in schools
San Juan County Superior Court implements pilot drug court | Guest column
UW Medicine error exposes nearly 1 million patient records
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
A cure for the Gorst gridlock? Inside lawmakers’ $335 million plan (Randall, Hobbs)
Kitsap County considering 75-bed homeless shelter
Despite the state’s $9 billion more for schools, your taxes could still rise (Rolfes)
Enjoy that state school tax break while it lasts
Inslee asks feds for disaster declaration for December storm
WIC clients will say so long to paper checks
News Tribune (subscription required)
Pre-packaged salads, other lunch options cut for Tacoma students as budget deficits loom
‘A totally different world’: As the party lurches left, can Sanders still stand out?
US-China battle over Huawei comes to head at tech show
New York Times
Drafting Only Men for the Military Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
Trump Delays a Tariff Deadline, Citing Progress in China Trade Talks
Olympian (subscription required)
Tenants would have more time to pay late rent under Senate bill. Landlords want fairness
Cost of Washington’s measles outbreak tops $1M
Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula’s state legislators differ on gun bill (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)
Senate, House Democrats sign on to joint memorials seeking to avert nuclear war (Tharinger, Tarleton, Pollet, Hasegawa, Keiser, Frockt, Hunt, Kuderer, Pedersen, Saldaña)
Puget Sound Business Journal
HQ, too: Amazon’s future in Bellevue could rival Washington, D.C., plans
Tax the rich? Here’s how.
Slow-inflation conundrum prompts rethink at the Federal Reserve
Opinion: Get ready for more litigation as biometric privacy laws are passed
Opinion: Equality at work is not personal, it’s systemic
Renton Reporter
Split Washington in two? 51st state movement highlights cultural divide
Law would prohibit eye tattoos in Washington state (Tharinger)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Fired Amazon employee with Crohn’s disease files lawsuit over lack of bathroom access
HUNGER: The decline of salmon adds to the struggle of Puget Sound’s orcas
As Washington state lawmakers consider sex-ed mandate, some have concerns over parental and local control
Rape kit tested 12 years after Seattle girl’s assault leads to arrest in Florida
Amid skyrocketing rents and evictions, Oregon may impose rent control
$738 million King County levy aimed at renovating, expanding parks and trails
Washington lawmakers wrestle with how to purge greenhouse gases from state power supply
Washington lawmakers consider bill that would provide the homeless with a free ID card
In first round of voluntary lead testing, Washington state found the toxin at almost every school (Santos, Pollet)
What people said at Seattle’s public hearing on neighborhood upzones
Podcast: State Rep. Nicole Macri on the push for new eviction protections for renters (Macri)
Talton: Instead of fearing a Green New Deal, we need to embrace it
Editorial: Legislature right to kill bad records bill (Pedersen)
Editorial: Stop the local tax grab and increase state dollars for education
Opinion: Protect the public from bias in automated decision systems
Opinion: The state must reject new gas and oil projects to save the planet
Daylight saving time: Washington state moving toward an end to the clock change (Hunt)
Seattle Weekly
Split Washington In Two? 51st State Movement Highlights Cultural Divide
Proposal Calls For Banning Eye Tattoos in Washington State (Tharinger)
Repercussions Could Come To Law Enforcement Who Refuse I-1639
Spokesman Review
Wage hikes, access put squeeze on child care
Sometimes, but not always, the Legislature is a funny place (Tharinger)
All ayes on eyeball tattoo ban (Tharinger)
Free college in Washington not likely, but many plans would help with the cost (Palumbo, Billig)
Senate panel votes to narrow vaccine exemptions (Cleveland)
Opinion: Drug pricing transparency is vital to addressing costs
Opinion: Eliminating the death penalty makes us all less safe
Tri-City Herald
Lawsuits against fruit companies challenge piece rate pay
Editorial: Inslee’s proposed Snake River dam task force will be a waste of money
USA Today
With women in combat roles, a federal court rules male-only draft unconstitutional
President Trump announces delay in tariff hikes against China, plans summit at Mar-a-Lago
Trump announces Kelly Knight Craft as UN ambassador pick
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Legislature should make Presidential Primary relevant
Editorial: Opioid crisis expands to our highways
Editorial: Yes, Daylight Saving Time should be 12 months a year
Washington Post
Trump and Kim shower praise, stroke egos on path to nuclear negotiations
Trump Organization asks House committee to cease investigations, citing alleged conflict of interest
House Democrats will subpoena Mueller if report is not made public, Schiff says
One dead, multiple injured after Venezuelan soldiers open fire on opposition supporters
Coast Guard lieutenant used work computers in alleged planning of widespread domestic terrorist attack, prosecutors say
The wave of teacher protests lands in Oakland, Calif.
With fewer undocumented workers to hire, U.S. farmers are fueling a surge in the number of legal guest workers
ACLU asks judge to order Trump administration to determine how many children were separated from their parents at border
Trump says he wants ‘5G, and even 6G’ wireless tech. But what is 6G?
Whidbey News-Times
Federal agency sends historic preservation recommendations to Navy
Lawmakers seek to regulate homeless camps on church property (Darnielle)
Proposed Public Records bill is dead (Pedersen, Billig)
Law would eliminate personal objection to vaccines in Washington state (Cleveland)
Yakima Herald Republic
Bills and business: In Olympia, legislators have waded into several issues that affect business and housing
State audit uncovers more than $300,000 missing from city of Wapato
Newhouse: Yakima Basin water effort a national model
Dufault proposes bill to protect landlords, new tenants from past tenants’ unpaid utility bills
Editorial: Legislature must pass bills to protect the transgender community (Salomon, Liias)
Letter: Sheriffs should enforce gun law and let courts decide
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KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington lawmakers propose carbon fee as part of $17 billion package (Hobbs)
Viral Facebook post raises questions about behavior on King County Metro
Stealing chair from Lacey Office Depot was ‘an honest mistake,’ Tim Eyman says
Seattle’s affordable housing plan draws strong reactions during public hearing
Landslide at Yakima’s Rattlesnake Ridge still slowly moving
Report: Inslee eyes presidential run focused on climate change
Washington bill to create registry of domestic violence offenders dies
Records show hundreds of assaults inside Washington juvenile lockup
Cost of measles outbreak tops $1 million in Washington
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Early release a possibility for inmates in Washington Senate bill (Dhingra, Darneille)
Public hearing shows strong divisions over Seattle’s upzone plans
Seattle mulls ‘safe parking lots’ for those living in cars to sleep overnight, but where?
Washington legislature considers ‘secure scheduling’ for employees
KNKX FM
Canada’s energy regulator again approves Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion
As brain injury patients struggle to find basic services, families look to Olympia for help
KUOW FM
Bricks could rain down on your head during the next major quake. These proposals want to fix that (Liias)
Trans Mountain expansion all but approved, despite indigenous opposition
‘My Plan Is Not To Enforce It.’ Washington Gun Law Highlights Constitutional Sheriffs Movement
NW Public Radio
Washington anti-tax activist Tim Eyman tries to return the office chair he is accused of stealing
Bricks could rain down on your head during the next major quake. These proposals want to fix that.
As brain injury paitients struggle to find basic services, Washington families look to Olympia for help
Q13 TV (Fox)
Report suggests lead in drinking water at unsafe levels in most state public schools
WSDOT fails to meet speed metric on 405 toll lanes as new bill looks to authorize its expansion
Could rent control solve the housing crisis in western Washington?
Bold proposals to save southern resident whales lose teeth in Legislature
Neighbors rally against hate after racist graffiti spray-painted around Sammamish
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Crosscut
Could WA drivers finally learn the zipper merge? (Fey)
Supreme Court’s fuel tax ruling will be a big deal for WA tribes
Daily UW
Cut off week: Which bills are staying alive in this legislative session (Chopp, Palumbo, Sullivan)
The best doggone research legislation (Palumbo)
The Hill
Washington state mulls bill to provide homeless with free ID cards (Cleveland)
iFIBER One News
Washington State lawmakers introduce bill to end daylight savings time (Hunt, Van De Wege)
My Edmonds News
Edmonds-Woodway HS student serves as state legislative page (Ortiz-Self)
MyNorthwest.com
State bill aims to keep homeless camps 1,000 feet from schools
Lawmakers want to stop you from tattooing your eyeballs (Tharinger)
New climate change super PAC announces support for Gov. Inslee
Cost of Washington state’s measles outbreak jumps over $1 million
Snohomish City Council passes plastic bag ban
Seattle P.I.
$655 million in the form of a polar icebreaker for a changing Arctic
Over half of Seattle homeowners couldn’t afford their homes now
Slog
The Young Turks Come to Washington State on a Quest to Overturn Citizens United