Associated Press
Budget office: Caveats to government-run health system
Forecast calls for busy wildfire season along West Coast
Many college grads feel their grip on middle class loosening
Pro-vaccine lawmaker reports online threat to her children
Affirmative action initiative passes Legislature (Nguyen)
Aberdeen Daily World
Drug court hits 1-year anniversary
Former OS fire chief Bathke files federal lawsuit against city
Bainbridge Island Review
Remand issued on ethics complaint: Ethics Board does not waver from decision on Councilman Peltier’s conflict of interest
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
New $9.8 billion transportation budget includes some major projects for Whatcom County (Hobbs, Fey)
New data reveals troubling mental health trend among Whatcom County teenagers
Columbian
State budgets $4.7M for Terminal 1 improvements (Cleveland, Stonier)
In Our View: Boeing’s woes could ground state’s economy
The Daily News
Local school chiefs concerned with lawmakers’ decision to raise levy lid
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Bloomberg: Boeing wants to move crash lawsuits from Chicago to Indonesia
WaPo: Rep. Larsen’s subcommittee plans hearing on Boeing 737 MAX
Milbank: ‘Infrastructure Week’ now a metaphor for failure
Editorial: Progress, but work ahead on school funding issues
Goldendale Sentinel
Bill signed to help Native women (Lekanoff)
Inlander
Washington is going to try supervising thieves (Billig)
Capital gains tax fails to pass in Washington (Jinkins)
Affirmative Action makes a comeback in Washington (Jinkins)
Peninsula Daily News
Lawmakers adjourn 105-day legislative session (Rolfes)
Puget Sound Biz
California’s elite on edge as admissions scandal widens
Fed leaves interest rates unchanged amid low inflation
With new state law, builder is ‘going back to building condos’ (Pedersen)
Washington Legislature overhauls real estate tax rates, condo rules (Tarleton)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Forecast calls for busy wildfire season along West Coast
New York Times
Facebook Set to Create Privacy Positions as Part of F.T.C. Settlement
San Juan Islander
Lovelett calls on British Columbia to stop mining in headwaters of Skagit River (Lovelett, Van De Wege, Palumbo, Salomon, Wilson, McCoy, Das, Saldana, Kuderer, Keiser, Rolfes, Wellman, Carlyle, Randall, Nguyen)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
The Daily News: AAA: Gas prices rise along West Coast, with future fluctuations likely
King County homeless count drops for the first time since 2012, but officials aren’t celebrating yet
Transportation scorecard: What won, lost in this year’s Washington legislative session (Nguyen, Hobbs, Randall, Fitzgibbon)
Boeing appoints legal czar to oversee fallout from fatal 737 MAX crashes
Opinion: Some kids need a little lift to see aviation as a career path
Editorial: Repealing ban on affirmative action a milestone achievement
Skagit Valley Herald
Nonprofit buys land for Hamilton relocation
Cooke Aquaculture to pay $332,000 for salmon release
Affirmative action opponents seek to force popular vote
Spokesman Review
Trump, Dems agree infrastructure crumbling, but lack of details leave local officials uncertain (Riccelli)
Tiny house notion: Legislators, advocates for affordable housing see benefits of growing market
Central Valley, Ferris and North Central among top local schools in annual U.S. News and World Report rankings
Spokane Public Schools’ use of restraints, isolation rooms increased again, but officials claim reporting error
Washington hunting, angling fee increase fails; WDFW faces $7 million deficit
Tri-City Herald
Tri-Cities gets $27M WSU tech building and black hole education center in state budget (Tharinger)
The ABCs of Washington state’s government
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Boosting local school levy collections is wrong approach
Washington Post
Mortgage rates pull back on weak inflation data
Trump administration pushed to strip mention of climate change from Arctic policy statement
Whidbey News-Times
‘Wandering bear’ spotted on Whidbey
Yakima Herald Republic
May Day march in Yakima encourages civil participation among all local immigrants
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Hundreds stuck in Washington hospitals without a medical need to be there
Construction on SR 167, SR 509 could end 3 years early
Delivery robot rules become law in Washington state
The Hand Up Project offers path out of homelessness and addiction in Snohomish County
Seattle tunnel drivers can get a free ‘Good To Go!’ pass before tolling begins
Forecast calls for busy wildfire season along West Coast
Oil spill cleanup trudges on near old Olympia Brewery
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
What’s Pierce County’s share of the $4.9 billion state capital budget? Here’s a list. (Frockt, Tharinger)
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Reports of sexual misconduct on Metro buses tripled, officials say it’s a good thing
Hospitals required to pay debt relief as part of settlement
Blocked by bikes: People with disabilities frustrated by bike share hazards
Seattle ranked least distracted driving city, but it’s getting worse
KNKX FM
Delivery robots are now cleared to drive on Washington sidewalks (Kloba)
KUOW FM
What The Fallout From William Barr’s Testimony Means For The Russia Investigation
House Judiciary Panel Convenes, Then Adjourns — With No Attorney General
READ: Mueller’s Letter Expressing Concern About Barr’s Summary Of His Report
New one-night tally counts fewer homeless people in Seattle area than last year
Delivery robots are now cleared to drive on Washington sidewalks (Kloba)
Washington passes ‘model bill’ on missing indigenous women (Lekanoff)
NW Public Broadcasting
As nuclear waste piles up, private companies pitch new ways to store it
Snow melts, anxiety rises: wildfire season is here
Free play space in Yakima helps families in crisis relax, settle, smile
Q13 TV (Fox)
Experts: Missing pins possibly caused Seattle crane collapse
Boeing relied on single sensor for 737 Max that had been flagged 216 times to FAA
Washington state jail to give addiction meds after lawsuit
‘Moderate’ drought could mean early fire season in Washington, center says
Web
Crosscut
‘This is a civil rights moment’: Behind the Legislature’s decision to reverse WA’s affirmative action ban (Nguyen, Saldana, Liias, Jinkins, Santos, Valdez)
From dust to dirt: Human composting is coming to WA (Pederson)
MyNorthwest.com
Could affirmative action initiative be headed to November ballot?
Tacoma homeless ‘stability site’ could lose funding despite promising results
Slog
Washington State Passed a Bunch of Good Health Care Bills This Year. Here’s a Look. (Macri, Robinson, Liias)
Tacoma Ledger
Pre-Law Society to host first ever Immigration Conference at UWT (Wilson)