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Washington State House Democrats

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Thursday, June 13

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Associated Press
Idaho governor creates panel to help fight opioid abuse
Florida law lets autonomous vehicles drive without humans

Aberdeen Daily World
Transit board denies lease proposal for Aberdeen homeless mitigation site
Bid for potash facility at Port of Grays Harbor takes another step forward Tuesday

Bothell Reporter
Bothell state rep gets Democrats’ nod for Senate appointment (Stanford, Palumbo)

Columbian
In Our View: Protecting our oceans protects our futures

Everett Herald (subscription required)
FAA official: Boeing’s Max should be flying again by December
Citing whales, Seattle mayor protests Navy training plans
Editorial: Don’t excuse state lawmakers from transparency law

The Inlander
In accounting for missing and murdered Native Americans, a new report says Washington state has more work to do

News Tribune (subscription required)
Illegal South Hill-area grow operations had more than 2,000 pot plants, charges say
Federal grants may fund researchers with histories of sexual harassment, report finds
Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide
Editorial: Washingtonians have spoken on keeping government open. Supreme Court must listen

New York Times
Social Security Is Staring at Its First Real Shortfall in Decades
Taking the Future of Manufacturing Into High Schools

Olympian (subscription required)
Federal grants may fund researchers with histories of sexual harassment, report finds

Peninsula Daily News
State looks to replace Fort Worden pier, boat launch
Dungeness River Audubon Center gets $1.5M state capital budget grant (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)

Puget Sound Business Journal
Social Security faces a shortfall in six months

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Editorial: Washington Legislature not exempt from records law
Citing possible harm to orcas, Seattle Mayor Durkan protests U.S. Navy training exercises

Sequim Gazette
Dungeness River Audubon Center gets $1.5M state capital budget grant (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)

Tri-City Herald
Washington is one of the five most fun states in the country, new ranking says

Washington Post
Tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman, U.S. Navy say
The new plan to remove a trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: Bury it
The Energy 202: Trump administration seeks to ease way for logging, fire prevention in national forests

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Congress needs a field trip to the Yakama Nation

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Advocates claim Navy jet noise disrupts serenity of Olympic National Park
Seattle cracks down on vagrant RVs and vehicles returning to city streets
Pierce County drainage district has refused state audit for 16 years
Tolling for Seattle tunnel delayed until fall

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Seattle launches new crackdown on junk RVs, predatory sellers
SR 99 tunnel tolling delayed until fall, WSDOT says

KUOW FM
Trade war with China is hurting our regional economy, Ports say

Web

Crosscut
How Seattle’s growing vacant-building problem is helping nonprofits house people
Why it wasn’t enough to just leave the pinto abalone alone

Seattle P.I.
Heat wave causes road to buckle in South Seattle
A big coal shutdown — plants part-owned by Puget Sound Energy