A new roadmap to speed the spread of electric vehicles in Washington state
When it comes to meeting Washington’s ambitious electric vehicle goals, bolder cash incentives and charging outlets in thousands more locations are needed now. Rules pushing drivers to forgo cars and trucks that run on gas for ones powered by batteries are needed soon. Continue reading at Everett Herald. (Olivia Vanni/The Herald)
Women workers could bear economic brunt as federal child care funding ends
A huge chunk of pandemic relief funding that kept child care programs afloat for the past few years is set to run out Saturday, and policy advocates say the economic impact will be profound, with the ripple effect hurting labor force participation and consumer spending at a time when the country is still trying to avoid a recession. Parents struggled to pay for child care and child care centers strained to retain workers well before 2020, but the pandemic accelerated many of the industry’s struggles and without the federal money many would have shut their doors. Continue reading at Washington State Standard. (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent)
Washington is failing to aid child sex-trafficking victims
Washington state’s “Safe Harbor” law was supposed to address child sex trafficking in two ways. First, it would ensure that kids who are commercially sexually exploited are not charged as criminals. Second, it would create two receiving centers, one on the west side and one on the east side of the Cascade Mountains, where kids could get the treatment they need. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Moriah Ratner/InvestigateWest)
Aberdeen Daily World
Federal officials, VIPs visit for port expansion project
Auburn Reporter
Dept of Health launches dashboard to track overdose death data
Bainbridge Island Review
Work continues on Hwy 305 fish passage on BI
Bellevue Reporter
Dept. of Commerce awards $35.4 million for solar power projects across the state
Columbian
As mediation program for tenants and landlords ends, evictions surge in Clark County (Cleveland)
C-Tran’s new ‘Red Vine’ service opens early and under budget
Editorial: Don’t spend money just because you have it (Robinson)
Everett Herald
A new roadmap to speed the spread of electric vehicles in Washington state
At Boeing’s Everett plant, new lawsuits allege further birth defects
Millions of dollars for ‘tree equity’ head to Snohomish County
Starting Sunday, ferry passengers will pay 4.25% more
Editorial: Pledge to honor treaties can save Columbia’s salmon
Federal Way Mirror
Opinion: Dear Government: Hold your horses when regulating trucks
Islands’ Weekly
State invests more than $81 million in salmon recovery
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Local pharmacy partners with WA Health Care Authority to address opioid misuse
News Tribune
She took a school district ‘in crisis’ from $5 million to $50 million. How did she do it?
Olympian
Op-Ed: Olympia’s police work must be fully transparent to rebuild community’s trust
WA Department of Health now tracking unintentional drug overdoses. Here’s how it works
Seattle Times
Iranian American lawmaker in WA says disinformation led to death threat (Farivar)
King County needs thousands of new homes. Where will they go?
Feds find flaws in how WA oversaw more than $1B in pandemic aid for schools
Many WA residents to get a raise as minimum wage increases
WA unemployment system still suffering from COVID-era problems
For WA music venues, carrying a lifesaving drug comes with concerns
Lessons from George Floyd’s death prepare WA court for police murder trial
Editorial: Growing pains: The geography of King County felony convictions
Editorial: The effort to end downtown Seattle homelessness ended — now what?
Opinion: West Coast cities start to confront the limits of the liberal dream
Opinion: A ‘thank you’ from a tribal citizen
Opinion: Here’s one of the most effective ways to prevent overdoses
Washington Post
Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to pair who laid foundation for covid-19 vaccines
Pediatricians and parents struggle to get updated covid vaccine for kids
4 million have enrolled in Biden’s new student loan repayment plan
WA State Standard
Women workers could bear economic brunt as federal child care funding ends
A new roadmap to speed the spread of electric vehicles in Washington state
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
‘Disheartening and scary’: Student loan payments resume this week, how Washington’s tab ranks
Fire retardant has killed thousands of fish in the Pacific Northwest, including endangered salmon species
Federal student loan payments are starting again. Here’s what you need to know
Threat of government shutdown ends as Congress passes a temporary funding plan and sends it to Biden
‘She’ll forever be in our heart’: Mother of victim killed in shooting clamors against gun violence at Annual CeaseFire 5K
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Trial to begin for Tacoma officers charged in 2020 death of Manny Ellis
Millions of Americans brace for return of student loan payments in October
KNKX Public Radio
Dept. of Interior launches boarding school oral history project
Federal officials want your thoughts on grizzly reintroduction plans
Understaffed jails, treatment centers complicate Seattle’s plan to reduce public drug use
Seattle cop who made callous remarks after woman’s death has been administratively reassigned
While this year’s lamprey numbers look good, tribes say more needs to be done
Biden calls for ‘abundant’ salmon populations, directs agencies to honor tribal treaty rights
KUOW Public Radio
Japanese American survivors revisit a troubling past and vow to protect the Idaho prison camp where they were held
Washington Supreme Court says pandemic eviction ban was legal. Landlords beg to differ
Northwest’s pond turtles to get federal protection
KXLY (ABC)
Thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers could walk off the job this week
Web
Cascadia Daily News
Frustration with PeaceHealth has become a political issue
Crosscut
Republicans push for bipartisan commission to redraw WA Latino district (Jinkins, Billig)
Washington is failing to aid child sex-trafficking victims (Orwall)
The Stranger
Seattle Does Not Have a Spending Problem, Big Business Has a Greed Problem
Bad Apples: Response Delays, No-Shows, and a Questionable Use of Force