Trump administration ends emergency abortion requirement for hospitals
The Trump administration has rescinded Biden-era guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions when necessary to stabilize a patient’s health — even in states that ban the procedure. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the change Tuesday, saying the now-defunct guidance did not “reflect the policy of this Administration.” Continue reading at Washington Post. (AP)
International students add nearly $1B to Washington state’s economy
Washington is home to nearly 24,000 international college students, who contribute an estimated $918 million to the state’s economy, per data from NAFSA, an international education nonprofit. The big picture: The Trump administration is halting student visa interviews and revoking visas for Chinese students amid a political pressure campaign against colleges and universities and a broader immigration crackdown. Continue reading at Axios. (Alex Fitzpatrick)
FBI arrests suspects tied to military base assault, Nazi efforts
Law enforcement discovered a cache of weaponry and armor, including a machine gun and grenade launchers, along with Nazi paraphernalia during a raid of a home in Washington state, authorities said Tuesday. Derek Sanders, the elected sheriff of Thurston County, said in a Facebook post that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division asked his office for assistance Monday as an FBI special weapons and tactics team executed a search warrant in Lacey, near the state capitol of Olympia, “as a result of a violent robbery and theft of military weaponry/armor.” Continue reading at King 5. (King 5)
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Axios
Sea-Tac expands global reach with nonstop flight to Rome
International students add nearly $1B to Washington state’s economy
Trump asks Congress to pull $9B in funding for NPR, PBS, foreign aid
Bellingham Herald
West Coast AGs blast Trump’s ‘brazen disregard for truth’ in joint town hall
Capital Press
Stars aligning for another large Northwest blueberry crop
Judge sets hearing on determining foreign farmworker wages
Columbian
21 Clark County schools honored for student growth and academic achievement
Everett Herald
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Kitsap Sun
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News Tribune
West Coast attorneys general deliver town hall in Seattle
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Pierce County yard-work scammer stole over $200K. He’s now off to prison
Olympian
West Coast AGs blast Trump’s ‘brazen disregard for truth’ in joint town hall
Port Townsend Leader
State awards $1.9M to heritage projects
Peninsula College will close Fort Worden campus
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Puget Sound Business Journal
Listing battle brews in housing market
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Seattle Times
Editorial: Trees and middle housing? Seattle can have both
Opinion: Sen. Patty Murray: Shut up and be quiet? No thanks
Spokesman Review
White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency
Campus services disrupted as 1,200 WWU student employees walk off the job
Lincoln County Commissioners declares it’s not a ‘sanctuary county’ following inclusion on Homeland Security list
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Washington Post
A salt crisis is looming for U.S. rivers
Trump administration ends emergency abortion requirement for hospitals
Businesses brace for impact of steel and aluminum tariffs, which double today
Trump’s big bill projected to add $2.4 trillion to national debt over coming decade, CBO says
WA State Standard
Trump doubles tariffs on steel and aluminum
Replacement chosen for Washington state senator who died (Hunt, Callan)
Long-thwarted efforts to sell public lands see new life under Trump
$20 million expansion of Tacoma’s largest homeless shelter in the works
Court fight pits religious group that doesn’t want LGBTQ+ employees against WA law
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Assessor defies calls for resignation amid stalking allegations
FBI arrests suspects tied to military base assault, Nazi efforts
Trump cuts to Job Corps put Skagit County youth at risk of homelessness
Concerns were raised over mental state of father of slain Wenatchee sisters
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
WA now at center of national debate after transgender athlete’s victory in track event
KUOW Public Radio
11 arrested in Seattle drug trafficking ring that preyed on CID homeless encampments
How the black market is cashing in on the state’s inability to track weed “from seed to sale.”
KXLY (ABC)
Investigators reveal cause of death for murdered Wenatchee sisters
New Washington law waives utility fees for affordable housing projects (Riccelli)
City of Spokane agrees to settlement with woman raped by former police officer
Web
Cascadia Daily News
Rob Fix ousted as Port of Bellingham executive director
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The Urbanist
Op-Ed: Building Code Changes to Promote Better Multifamily Housing in Seattle
West Seattle Blog
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