Associated Press
Feds: Grand jury in Russia probe is ‘continuing robustly’
US trade gap falls 15 percent to $51.1 billion in January
Raising smoking age to 21 passes Washington Legislature
Kids get measles vaccine after county declares emergency
Amazon update: adding 800 high-tech jobs in Central Texas
Western State Hospital fined by state for assault of nurses
(Montana) Senate endorses bill to allow coal power purchase
Critics seek to block easing of oil and gas rules in West
Vancouver dentists to pay $1 million to Medicaid
Aberdeen Daily World
Monte student serves as Senate page (Takko)
Ocean Shores restores Dunes Act policies
Auburn Reporter
State smoking age rising to 21 in 2020 (Kuderer)
State House proposes to invest $26 million to widen section of Highway 18 (Ramos, Callan, Das, Entenman)
Opinion: Democrats are in charge, but GOP is helping steer the debate (Sullivan)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Education funding continues to bedevil state lawmakers. Proposed fixes have problems (Wellman)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Legal age to buy smokes soon to be 21 — except on tribal lands (Kuderer)
Democrats are in charge but GOP is helping steer the debate (Sullivan)
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Customs and Border Protection K-9 officer charged with child molestation
Island’s Weekly
Guest Column: 30 years; remembering the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Kirkland Reporter
48th District town hall focuses on education, housing and gun control (Slatter, Walen, Kuderer)
Montesano Vidette
East County kids work at Legislature (Takko, Chapman)
New York Times
Trump Owns the Economy Now, for Better or Worse
Facebook Engages in Housing Discrimination With Its Ad Practices, U.S. Says
Puget Sound Business Journal
Facebook announces new policy to ban white nationalist content
Trump eschews unilateral action on Fannie and Freddie
US homebuilder stocks near 7-month high as outlook improves
Redmond Reporter
48th District town hall focuses on education, housing and gun control (Kuderer, Slatter, Walen)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
FAA chief stands behind Boeing 737 MAX certification, confirms it delegated part of review to the planemaker
Boeing details its fix for the 737 MAX, but defends the original design
The aim was to create affordable housing on the Eastside. But some owners have violated the rules.
City of Seattle threatens to fine cancer nonprofit for out-of-control graffiti. Nice.
Washington state poised to raise age for buying tobacco and vaping products (Hasegawa)=
Opinion: Salmon and dams can coexist
Stokesbary: Four reforms to rein in state spending, avoid higher taxes
Editorial: School districts must fund lead testing if Washington legislators won’t (Pollet)
Skagit Valley Herald
Man hit by car after fleeing from police identified
Spokesman Review
Senate votes to raise legal age to purchase tobacco, vaping products to 21 (Kuderer, Hobbs, Salomon, Hasegawa)
Senate Democrats vote to make ACA consumer protections state law (Cleveland, Conway, Liias)
School board’s ‘procedural step’ lays groundwork for staff reductions under looming budget cuts
Sequim Gazette
Malicious harassment renamed hate crime in proposed legislation (Salomon, Valdez)
Tri-City Herald
Trump team is misguided in its plans for Hanford cleanup, Sen. Murray tells Energy secretary
Benton, Franklin counties are far from the healthiest in Washington, study finds. Here’s why
USA Today
Measles outbreak reported in 5 states as total cases in U.S. near all of 2018
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
State announces another delay in Certificate of Need decision
Washington Post
Boeing, initially defensive, now ‘humbled’ by 737 Max crisis
Boeing sees ‘no reason to overhaul’ its airplane development process as aviation industry converges on Renton, Wash.
HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination
Wenatchee World
House budget proposal includes $54 million in NCW projects
Yakima Herald Republic
Memorial for fallen Kittitas County sheriff’s deputy is Thursday
Wapato’s lack of prosecuting attorney results in dismissal of 33 criminal cases
Editorial: Convention Center needs to expand to keep pace with rival cities
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Raising smoking age to 21 passes Washington Legislature
Earthquake survey finds thousands of buildings of concern across Washington
LGBTQ leaders in Tacoma push for Google to remove ‘conversion therapy’ app
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
State Senate votes to raise age limit for tobacco to 21
KNKX FM
Western State Hospital cited and fined for failing to protect assaulted nurses
South Seattle College offers two quarters of tuition for former Art Institute students
KUOW FM
We Need A Clear Replacement To Obamacare, Sen. Braun Says
Tobacco age will rise to 21 in Washington state
Fuel Producers, Consumers Take Sides On Washington’s Debate Over Lower-Carbon Transportation (Fitzgibbon)
‘We get it wrong when we say the point is to be happy.’ A mother reflects after her son dies (Jinkins)
NW Public Radio
Washington Legislature votes to raise smoking and vaping age to 21 (Kuderer)
Washington’s largest psychiatric hospital cited and fined for failing to protect assaulted nurses
Fuel producers, consumers take sides on Washington’s debate over lower-carbon transportation (Fitzgibbon)
Q13 TV (Fox)
Washington lawmakers pass bipartisan bill to raise tobacco sales age to 21 (Kuderer)
Seattle drivers report homeless people walking across Highway 509
Web
Crosscut
Man used as proof that ‘Seattle Is Dying’ tells his story
In Seattle, school segregation is actually getting worse
Schmudget
Three takeaways from the House budget proposal
Slog
A House Democrat Is Trying to Kill a Comprehensive Sex Ed Bill For No Damn Reason (Chopp, Santos)