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Thursday, March 21

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Associated Press
Pentagon to probe if Shanahan used office to help Boeing
Federal Reserve foresees no interest rate hikes in 2019
US experts: Medicines for opioid addiction vastly underused
Washington state deputy shot and killed by road rage suspect
Revenue forecast brings good news for Washington lawmakers (Ormsby)
Mississippi governor set to sign ‘heartbeat’ abortion law
Burn bans issued in Western Washington, Oregon
23-car derailment by Ritzville shuts down Union Pacific line
Anti-vaccine activists have doctors ‘terrorized into silence’ with online harassment
Death penalty opponents gain unlikely allies: Republicans
US Supreme Court ruling exempts Yakama Nation from fuel tax
The Latest: Slain Washington state deputy had wife, 3 kids

Aberdeen Daily World
Project manager updates Gateway Center’s future
Lawmakers consider extending eviction process timeline (Kuderer)

Auburn Examiner
Wilson: Mosque shootings ‘a crime against all of us’ (Wilson) 

Auburn Reporter
Sound Transit Board member to seek removal of Kent site for light rail facility
State lawmakers consider eviction reform legislation (Kuderer)

The Battle Ground Reflector
Measles outbreak: 72 confirmed cases total (Cleveland)
I-5 bridge replacement funding found in Senate transportation budget (Cleveland) 

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Area grocer getting rid of plastic bags at checkout 

Columbian
Clark County grocers prep for plastic bag ban (Cleveland) 

The Daily News
Heat, dry weather spark another round of wildfires 

Everett Herald (subscription required)
‘Hidden homelessness’ surprises Edmonds council members
What tax raising idea will win out in March budget madness?
WaPo: New Zealand will ban military-style rifles, prime minister says
Editorial: Utility of internet still not available to all

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Prevention Coalition’s youth team travels to Olympia (Kuderer, Lovelett, Lekanoff) 

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Survey finds sharp rise in vaping among Kitsap youth
Opinion: Our empty streets and expensive rents may share a solution

New York Times
Trump Says Mueller Report Should Be Made Public: ‘Let People See It’
New Zealand to Ban Military-Style Semiautomatic Guns, Jacinda Ardern

Puget Sound Business Journal
Facebook fixed major security flaw related to user password storage
Boeing flew 737 Max test flights over Puget Sound to verify system upgrades
US business confidence recedes from post-tax cut high

Renton Reporter
State lawmakers consider eviction reform legislation (Kuderer) 

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Washington’s teacher diversity numbers for 2019 are in — and they haven’t changed much
A hot economy continues to bring in new revenue — but Democratic lawmakers say new taxes still needed (Ormsby)
After infighting at Seattle’s tiny-house villages, activist leaders get the boot
Editorial: Override Trump’s wall emergency
Opinion: Here’s how Microsoft and UW leaders want to better fund higher education

Skagit Valley Herald
Man fleeing from police hit by vehicle, dies 

Spokesman Review
Could hemp be Washington’s next cash crop? Lawmakers eye new system amid CBD boom, marijuana expansion
Trump signs Cantwell bill requiring new wildfire technology, smoke forecasts
Opinion: Time to come together for WSU Health Sciences

Tri-City Herald
Editorial: Republican or Democrat? Washington’s voters shouldn’t have to tell  

USA Today
Firearm deaths of US school-age children at ‘epidemic’ levels, study says
‘We just want the guns back’: New Zealand announces immediate ban of assault rifles

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
King County awards grants to island organizations
Fires, floods, destruction: Washington copes with worsening climate
Islander proposes shellfish operation in Tramp Harbor

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Electoral College needs reform, not abolishment 

Washington Post
New Zealand bans military-style rifles, prime minister says days after mosque attacks that left 50 dead
Trump attacks McCain again, saying he didn’t get a ‘thank you’ for approving late senator’s funeral
Fentanyl drug overdose deaths rising most sharply among African Americans
Federal Reserve cuts growth forecast, signals no more rate hikes in 2019
Trump says he won’t immediately lift tariffs on China even if trade deal is reached

Yakima Herald Republic
A conversation with interim Yakima Police Chief Gary Jones
Ellensburg, Kittitas mourning death of sheriff’s deputy in shootout
Yakima council sets new rules for shipping containers
Editorial: Officials dragging their feet on Valley flooding fix

 

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
What do early fires west of the Cascades mean for the upcoming fire season?
Rep. Pramila Jayapal explains her ‘Medicare for All’ bill
Washington AG seeks to join lawsuit against Navy for Puget Sound pollution
Funding to update Washington school map database could be restored (Dolan)

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell to announce new volcano warning system
Mental health crisis teaching hospital could be created in Seattle (Cleveland)

KNKX FM
Sen. Patty Murray says she’ll push for daylight saving time year-round (Riccelli)

KUOW FM
This young Seattle man, whose life inspired a movement, has died. He was 23 (Jinkins)
King County’s landfill wants to expand, but neighbors are saying no 

NW Public Radio
Sen. Patty Murray says she’ll push Washington state’s bid for year-round daylight saving time (Riccelli)
Kittitas County Sheriff’s Deputy killed, 2nd officer wounded after responding to ‘road rage’ call
Conservative Justice Gorsuch joins Suprme Court liberals in deciding Yakama Nation treaty case

Q13 TV (Fox)
More than 24 wildfires reported in western Washington this week
Top Seattle leaders largely silent on report on violent repeat offenders
How would permanent daylight saving time impact health, safety of Washington residents?
Sound Transit hosts open house on facility that could threaten Dick’s Drive-In in Kent

 

Web

Crosscut
WA is trying to safeguard your data — will it work? 

Seattle P.I.
AG Ferguson to Navy: Don’t scrape your ships’ hulls in our waters
Washington will sue if Trump raids military construction projects for border wall