Want to make streets safer? Listen to those who have left crime behind
On Jan. 22, eight people were hit as 20 bullets flew from three gunmen in an armed dispute during rush hour on one of Seattle’s busiest intersections. Tanya Jackson, a woman who was called a “protector” of others and who had finally gotten some stability in her life, was shot and killed; a 9-year-old boy was injured. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
New Privacy Legislation Introduced in Washington State
A series of privacy bills have been introduced in Washington state, but they present conflicting regulatory visions and their sponsors don’t necessarily see eye-to-eye. After what was designed to be the state’s landmark privacy law failed to materialize last year, its primary sponsor, Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, has introduced Senate Bill 6281, which he hopes will be able to appeal to a diversity of stakeholders in its pursuit of an overarching policy framework. Continue reading at Government Technology. (Shutterstock/Alphaspirit)
Washington’s natural disaster rate has increased, but here’s a way to help prepare
The frequency of FEMA-reported natural disasters within the state of Washington has nearly tripled since 2000, according to a recent study. Between 2000 and 2017, Washington saw 61 natural disasters, according to an analysis by insurance comparison website QuoteWizard, which looked at FEMA natural disaster data for the report. That tied with New Mexico for the fifth-highest number of natural disasters during the time, the study found, behind Texas (172), California (153), Oklahoma (122) and Florida (66). Continue reading at The News Tribune. (The Bellingham Herald)
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Washington Senate passes death penalty repeal bill (Jinkins, Carlyle)
Federal complaint: Pot farm used in Ponzi scheme
Bill seeks special guardian pilot program in three counties
Navy to test drinking water near base for contamination
Senate approves fix to new business tax to fund college aid
Aberdeen Daily World
City Council considers homeless camp alternatives
Washington House passes Blake bill on drought response
Auburn Reporter
Recredentialed: Hundreds of WA doctors are stuck working survival jobs
Lawmakers back timber industry to help reduce WA’s carbon emissions
Opinion: As session moves along, lawmakers sharpen their focus
Capital Press
Washington lawmaker prods WDFW to collar more wolves
Centralia Chronicle
State Senate Votes Again to Strike Death Penalty Statute (Pedersen, Carlyle, Keiser)
Columbian
Is Washington ready for a plastic bag ban? (Das)
Washington Senate passes ‘Tiffany Hill Act’ (Pedersen)
The Daily News
Capitol Dispatch: Local lawmakers oppose clean fuel standard (Blake, Takko)
Plan for homeless campsites worth the cost, officials say
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Inundation: Flood water ‘higher than we’ve seen in years’
New study pulls back veil on Everett’s coronavirus patient
Strike at Swedish is over, but contract dispute is not
Boundaries a big question mark in Marysville schools
2nd nuclear reactor being studied for eastern Washington
WaPo: Viewpoints: The homeless that aren’t being counted
Commentary: What’s at play in drop in timber harvests
Glad to see state make animal cruelty a felony
New ferry terminal is making noise again; work on pier begun
448 housing units planned on 20 acres near Arlington Airport
Cornfield Report: Deadline pressure is growing to get bills out of committees
Burke: How did we get here, and how to we get out?
Islands’ Weekly
Funding for studying harmful algal blooms
Issaquah Reporter
Recredentialed: Hundreds of WA doctors are stuck working survival jobs (Saldaña, Stanford)
Swedish nurses, caregivers return to work
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State’s levy lid lift for schools leads to large tax increase in South Kitsap
For those who are homeless, recovering from surgery isn’t easy
‘A very bad example’: China accuses US of spreading fear about coronavirus after travel advisory
Melding new ideas into old traditions surrounding death
News Tribune (subscription required)
Washington’s natural disaster rate has increased, but here’s a way to help prepare
Olympian (subscription required)
Congressman hopes to collect thousands of valentines for veterans one last time
Benton County Republicans decry report labeling state lawmaker a domestic terrorist
How to help people with mental illness who refuse care? Sen. O’Ban has a plan
Peninsula Daily News
Opinion: What lawmakers want to do isn’t always what needs to be done
Legislation to discard Discover Pass ‘dead’ (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)
Puget Sound Business Journal
How chaos at chain pharmacies is putting patients at risk
DSA CEO: Burden of crime prevention has fallen on community, retailers
Opinion: Crime in Seattle can no longer go unchecked
King County’s $130M electric bus purchase called ‘one of the leading moves in zero emissions for transit’
Analysts fear the market is hooked on Fed support
SARS stung the global economy. The coronavirus is a greater menace.
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Heavy rain headed to Seattle area; higher elevations see snowflakes Monday morning
Seattle unprepared to deliver promised Madison bus line, expert review says
Many are interested in Washington state’s hardest-to-fill teacher jobs. They just need support to get there, survey finds
Opinion: Shift policies to treat trafficked girls as victims (Orwall, Dhingra)
Washington lawmakers in both parties push to open the cannabis industry to out-of-state investors (Pettigrew, Saldaña)
‘Incredibly disappointing’: Fred Hutch, feds end HIV vaccine trial after data shows no benefit
Want to make streets safer? Listen to those who have left crime behind
FYI Guy: The most and least diverse places in King County
Olympia made homeless camping legal in one parking lot. A year later, did it work?
Cannabis farm near Anacortes was center of alleged $4.85 million Ponzi scheme
Clues hint at direction of federal probe into Seattle transportation projects
Talks underway in Olympia on allowing King County to tax big businesses with high salaries (Macri, Tarleton, Springer, Rolfes)
Editorial: Regulate ballot collection in Washington elections
Editoral: Don’t send Seattle’s federal archives across the country
Washington state senator unveils bill to aid people who refuse treatment for drug addiction or mental-health issues (Dhingra)
Skagit Valley Herald
Fight re-emerges over protecting wolverines
Skagit County agriculture industry hosts annual summit
Inslee joins local leaders for housing roundtable
Spokesman Review
Getting There: With City Line coming, STA plans expanded service elsewhere; plus, double-decker buses to Cheney?
Spin Control: Will state really study removing Ballard Locks and raising Lake Washington? No dam way (Carlyle)
Shea’s absence, prohibition on questions raise concerns at Valley GOP meeting
State Patrol under pressure to examine bias in traffic stops following investigation (Goodman, Lekanoff, Ormsby, Senn)
Sequim Gazette
Senate moves to eliminate death penalty (Carlyle, Van De Wege)
Tri-City Herald
Is cannabis increasing traffic fatalities in Washington? Here’s what AAA found
Letters to the Editor: Arts center, dams, Starbucks protest and more
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Study of Washington’s Death with Dignity Act is needed
Editorial: Lawmakers’ transparency effort limits paper documents (Dolan)
Washington Post
Senate hears closing arguments
China’s stock markets plunge as coronavirus nears pandemic status
Stephen King deletes Facebook account over ‘flood of false information’ and privacy concerns
Trial of promising HIV vaccine fails in South Africa
Second man with ties to Mexico’s largest monarch butterfly reserve found dead
Groundhog Day 2020: Punxsutawney Phil sees no shadow, predicts early spring
Republican Sen. Susan Collins finds it’s lonely in the middle
The Big Number: 300,000 break their hips each year. Calcium and vitamin D could cut that number, research says.
Wenatchee World
Armed 2nd Amendment supporters rallied in resistance at Capitol
Yakima Herald Republic
Transitional kindergartens prepare students for success in K-12. Now they’re spreading throughout Washington
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy seeking to secure land to protect trails
Immigration law workers carry burden of others’ lives
Letter: Rollback in nutritional school lunch standards is horrifying
Column: Give families with special needs children up to $15,000 to pay for education
Employers locally — and across the state — eager to recruit former Astria Regional employee
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KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington senator ‘shocked’ by prison body scanner policy (Darneille)
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
New travel restrictions now in effect to help stop spread of coronavirus
North Sound city underwater after Nooksack River floods
Impeachment Trial Day 12: What time does it start, how to watch, livestream
Proposed House bill could cause liquor store locations to multiply (Kirby)
O’Ban proposal bridges mental health gap
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
U.S.-Canada border crossings closed at Sumas, Lynden due to flooding
With downtown Seattle shooting suspects in custody, residents speak out
KNKX FM
Democratic lawmakers want to create a loan program for undocumented students
NW Public Radio
Clean Water Protection Businesses Could Dry Up As Trump Administration Rolls Back Regulations
FCC Proposes $13M Fine For Idaho White Supremacist Over Racist Robocalls
WSU Sues Yakima Grower Over Alleged Apple Patent Infringement
Q13 TV (Fox)
9-year-old Bellevue boy stuck in China amid coronavirus outbreak
Brandi Kruse: Seattle pushes crime data – but none of us can access it
CAPTURED: Coordinated effort leads to arrest of downtown Seattle shooting suspects in Las Vegas
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Crosscut
King County’s largest businesses weigh support for proposed payroll tax (Macri)
New hydroelectric turbine designs are safer for fish and improve energy efficiency
Government Technolgy
New Privacy Legislation Introduced in Washington State (Carlyle)
MyNorthwest.com
Heavy rain brings flooding, landslides to Western Washington
Dori: It’s time for Washington to legalize sports gambling
Will the proposed King County head tax hurt the local economy?
Slog
The Craziest Cover-Up in American History
Legalizing Pot Lounges Could Make Washington’s Weed Industry More Equitable (Kirby)
Washington State Wire
House passes bill to help fund projects in distressed communities (Ortiz-Self)
Sports Handle
Sports Betting Showdown In Washington State: Tribes Vs. Commercial Interests (Keiser)
Yelmonline.com
Armed 2nd Amendment Supporters Rally in Resistance at State Capitol