Child care ‘crisis’ causes missed work, turnover; costs employers $2 B a year
After struggling to find an open child care center for her daughter, Leah Scouller realized she should have started looking “as soon as we conceived” if she wanted to return to work. The Kalama mother and her husband encountered what many child care professionals are calling a statewide child care crisis. Continue reading in The Daily News.
Seattle’s nest traffic challenge: Thousands of tunnel drivers will switch to city streets when tolls start Nov. 9
Whether you drive Highway 99 or not, the tunnel tolls starting Nov. 9 will disrupt your travel in downtown Seattle through higher costs, slower trips or more aggravation. That’s because thousands of toll-dodging motorists will crowd city streets, rather than pay for a 2-mile tunnel drive between Sodo and South Lake Union. Continue reading in The Seattle Times.
New study mean Olympia can keep dreaming about ferry service to Tacoma or Seattle
The dream of a ferry ride from Olympia to Tacoma or Seattle isn’t dead — but it also isn’t coming true any time soon. In 2018, a Port of Olympia sub-committee looking into passenger-only ferry service for the area found a high degree of interest. That same year, State Sen. Sam Hunt, D-Olympia, proposed a bill to study the prospect of adding a ferry route here. Continue reading in The Olympian.
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Washington State Ferries plans for an electric-hybrid fleet
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The Daily News
Child care ‘crisis’ causes missed work, turnover; costs employers $2B a year
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Washington State Ferries plans for an electric-hybrid flee
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Three ferries to turn hybrid
Representatives Larsen and Wagner raise awareness of domestic violence
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
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Host homes make homeless youth ‘part of the family’
News Tribune (subscription required)
Tacoma bridges need hundreds of millions in repairs. Where will the money come from?
Thousands of Washingtonians drive cars that get this tax break. It’s under siege in D.C.
Company seeks to farm steelhead after Atlantic salmon escape
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Olympian (subscription required)
The search for a second airport to ease crowds at Sea-Tac has kicked off — again (Keiser)
New study means Olympia can keep dreaming about ferry service to Tacoma or Seattle (Hunt)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Push to raise minimum wage goes local, at airports and hotels
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Opinion: We have more to fear from big tech than big government
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Duwamish people get a little overdue respect from Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board | Naomi Ishisaka
Norway arrests Seattle-based white supremacist, seeks deportation
November, typically Seattle’s wettest month, starts off dry and sunny. How long will that last?
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Boeing declares spacecraft abort system test a success, despite the failure of one parachute
When you take a great photo, thank the algorithm in your phone
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Racist graffiti on Starbucks sign in Federal Way stirs outrage
Professionals in a second language | Windows and Mirrors
Skagit Valley Herald
Cypress Island eyed as potential site for whale sanctuary
Changes proposed for state forest land in Skagit County
Tri-City Herald
Battle brewing over controversial needle exchange. The city wants to change some rules
We in Washington pay highest estate tax in the nation. There’s a reason, officials say
Editorial: Hanford tax payments are essential — and a moral obligation
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Cuts, challenges for school district prompt discussion
Washington Post
NRA Foundation is raising money by auctioning off guns in schools — to the dismay of some parents
A troubled teen hoped to start over in college. Instead he died ‘in the drunk tank.’
House investigators release transcripts of closed-door depositions taken as part of impeachment inquiry
Satellite images show the horrifying extent of China’s cultural genocide of Uighurs
Court blocks Trump effort to withhold tax returns from N.Y. prosecutor
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New York writer who accused Trump of sexual assault sues him for defamation
Whidbey News-Times
State lawmakers eye island transportation (Fey, Paul)
County might increase septage treatment rate
Hospital changes ER management contract
Al Koetje remembered as city leader, Navy supporter, loyal friend
Yakima Herald Republic
Appeals court rejects Yakamas’ opposition to gravel mine expansion
Three Yakima-area school boards honored by state group
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Search for new Puget Sound airport location begins
Paid solo parking permits go on sale at 9 King County park and rides
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Federal Way police investigating racist tagging of Starbucks sign
Federal hearing could pave way for tribal whale hunt
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Snoqualmie Tribe acquires land surrounding waterfall, lodge from Muckleshoot
Clocks change again Sunday. But hey, didn’t our lawmakers vote for year-round daylight time?
U.S. Representatives from Washington state weigh in on impeachment inquiry vote
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Administration Insiders Who Waved A Red Flag In The Ukraine Affair
Snoqualmie Tribe buys land around Snoqualmie Falls for $125M
Clocks change again Sunday. But hey, didn’t our lawmakers vote for year-round daylight time?
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White House Policy Official Corroborates Ukraine Narrative — But Saw Nothing Illegal
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Seasonal Ranch Workers Worry About Montana’s Medicaid Work Requirement
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Snoqualmie Tribe Buys Land Around Snoqualmie Falls For $125 Million
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Washington’s latest plan to save its endangered orcas: hatch more salmon