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Tuesday, November 5

Wildland firefighters fight fire

U.S. formally begins to leave the Paris Climate Agreement
The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. The withdrawal will be complete this time next year, after a one-year waiting period has elapsed. Continue reading at KUOW.org. (AP)

VA Inspector General Michael J. Missal

VA struggles to fill hospital jobs. It has 49,000 openings across the country.
Three numbers indicate just how bad staffing shortages are at the Department of Veterans Affairs — even as the problem in some ways is getting better. The number of vacant positions across the department: 49,000. Continue reading in The Washington Post. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Seattle man dies on his honeymoon; family blames vaping
A 23-year-old man from the Tacoma area died of a vape-related illness October 30 at the Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls OR, according to his family. “He was on his honeymoon,“ said Robin Hurt of Tacoma, Outcalt-Arends‘ grandmother, who told KIRO 7 she, along with his grandfather, Lewis, raised him from the age of seven. Continue reading at KIRO7.com.

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Associated Press
US tells UN it is pulling out of Paris climate deal
$30 car tabs? Washington voters to decide
Washington state to decide affirmative action referendum
Snohomish County sheriff fires deputies after investigation
Google employees call for corporate climate change action
Washington state voters alerted to registration error

Bothell Reporter
Kenmore approves 2020 state legislative agenda

Chinook Observer
Guest Column: State constitutional amendment would prepare state for natural catastrophes (Takko)

Columbian
In Our View: Management of public lands can be win-win
In Our View: Education must challenge, prepare students
In Our View: Affordable Care Act must be bolstered, protected
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: Farmers markets, B.G. schools (daylight saving time)

The Daily Chronicle
County’s Struggles to Recover Court Costs Highlight Legislative Roundtable (Takko)

The Daily News
Property values in Longview expected to increase 10% in 2020
County blasts Ecology over methanol plant permit

Everett Herald (subscription required)
With Sea-Tac nearly maxed out, where to land a new airport? (Keiser)
Washington trade delegation to China includes county reps

Kent Reporter
State’s congressional delegation pushes to approve funds for Federal Way light rail extension

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Central Kitsap offers families a ‘jump start on kindergarten
Port Orchard forges $12 million agreement with public facilities district for event center
Kitsap jammed: interference fouls garage door openser, key fobs

News Tribune (subscription required)
What to do about trash, litter in downtown Tacoma? City has $400,000 plan for it
Just a girl? Not Fife QB Brynna Nixon, who throws TD pass in playoff win
Sumner will spend big to control White River flooding. New wetlands part of project

Paducah (KY) Sun
New Kentucky legislation proposes staying on daylight saving time all year

Peninsula Daily News
Federal agency doubles slashing of Medicare reimbursements despite ruling
Washington State Ferries plans for an electric-hybrid fleet

Puget Sound Business Journal
Big Tech has moved from offering utopia to selling dystopia
Decline of motor industry drives global economic slowdown
Companies cut back, but consumers party on, driving the economy
Seattle remains among US News rankings of best places to live

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Sheriff says SeaTac Bob’s Burgers takeover-robbery was a ‘hoax’ in attempt to qualify for visa for crime victims
Better food and health care needed at Washington state prisons, new report finds
Microsoft women greeted by skeptical court in unequal-pay case
P-Patch atop Mercer Street Garage evicted to make way for hockey fans
‘It took our breath away’: New drone, underwater footage of orcas stuns researchers
Washington state prisons should improve health care and food quality, report recommends
Boeing chairman says CEO to forgo bonus as 737 MAX fallout grows

Seattle Weekly
Puget Sound Fire pays $100,000 to grandmother to settle arson arrest lawsuit
Washington State Ferries plans for an electric-hybrid fleet

Skagit Valley Herald
Sedro-Woolley School District asks for guidance on facilities projects

Tri-City Herald
Editorial: Getting young girls interested in STEM at school isn’t “rocket science”

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required
Editorial: Court ruling upholds access to public information

Washington Post
Transcripts show Republicans’ scattershot strategy in early days of impeachment inquiry
VA struggles to fill hospital jobs. It has 49,000 openings across the country.
Opinon: Trump’s corruption is mind-boggling. New developments show how.
Editorial: The Internet gets less free — for the ninth year in a row
More than 11,000 scientists from around the world declare a ‘climate emergency’
Trump called woman who says he sexually assaulted her, phone records show

Yakima Herald Republic
Sustainable farming focus of Tilth Conference in Yakima this weekend
Letter: We need to put an end to the wage gap

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KING5 TV (NBC)
Thurston County elections office follows security measures from Homeland Security

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Seattle man dies on his honeymoon; family blames vaping

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
County worker is the latest assaulted outside courthouse in Seattle
Mental Health Summit exposes greatest need and solutions to statewide crisis care

KNKX FM
As Navy grows fleet, Puget Sound shipyard sends some work to Seattle

KUOW FM
One-tenth of Seattle students could be kept home for missing vaccination records
Can a partnership with landlords get homeless into housing?
U.S. Formally Begins To Leave The Paris Climate Agreement
Former Ukraine Ambassador Says She Was Told To ‘Watch Her Back’

NW Public Radio
5 Years After Lawsuit, Votes Of Latinx Residents Are At Issue In Yakima Government Change Debate
Oh, Deer! Washington Wildlife Officials Warn Of Increased Vehicle Collisions During Mating Season

Q13 TV (Fox)
Boeing CEO won’t get most of his 2019 pay
Controversial Tacoma energy project set to open in 2021
‘It was all a lie’: Alleged takeover robbery, sexual assault at SeaTac restaurant was a hoax, sheriff says

Web

Seattle P.I.
McMorris Rodgers backs Paris Climate Accord pullout; Wash. Democrats dissent

Slog
Seattle man dies suddenly after vaping E-Cigarettes

Monday, November 4

Child playing on slide with teacher watching. — Courtney Talak, The Daily News

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.

Cars travel south as they exit the Highway 99 tunnel along the Seattle waterfront last month. Tolls will range from $1 overnight and weekends to $2.25 during peak afternoon hours. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) — Ellen M. Banner/ The Seattle Times

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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Associated Press
Snoqualmie Tribe buys Salish Lodge, land for $125M
Appeals court agrees Trump tax returns can be turned over
Seattle plans to cut funding to tiny house village
Company seeks to farm steelhead after Atlantic salmon escape
US judge blocks Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants
Pentagon awaits possible Amazon challenge over cloud deal
Demolition of former plutonium plant could resume next week
Ryanair dampens expectations on Boeing Max deliveries

Aberdeen Daily World
Captivating art: Stafford Creek puts inmates’ talents on display
Chances are, legislators did something last session that effects you

Auburn Reporter
Muckleshoot Casino joins NHL Seattle as official partner; tribe blesses land of remodeled aren
Letter: Class act: city buys historic theater

Bainbridge Island Review
Washington State Ferries plans for an electric-hybrid fleet

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Health department rolls out this program to help drug users in rural parts of Whatcom

The Daily News
Child care ‘crisis’ causes missed work, turnover; costs employers $2B a year

Everett Herald (subscription required)
With Sea-Tac nearly maxed out, where to land a new airport?
Washington State Ferries plans for an electric-hybrid flee
WaPo: Boeing calls spacecraft abort test a success; 1 chute failed

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Three ferries to turn hybrid
Representatives Larsen and Wagner raise awareness of domestic violence

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Kitsap County, cities of Bremerton and Port Orchard team up for climate change impact study
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
Later high school start times in Tacoma are a no-brainer. So what’s taking so long?

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
In FBI’s sights: Stolen research flowing to China
Planning for the future amid a restroom revolution
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?
Seattle’s next traffic challenge: Thousands of tunnel drivers will switch to city streets when tolls start Nov. 9
Buffalo Wild Wings staffers near Chicago fired for telling group to move because customer didn’t ‘want black people sitting near him’
Why are birds and seals starving in a Bering Sea full of fish?
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
FYI Guy: Seattle’s rate of car ownership saw the biggest drop among big U.S. cities — by far | FYI Guy

Seattle Weekly
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

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Islanders fear “canary in the coal mine” as climate warms
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
Opinion: I worked on political ads at Facebook. They profit by manipulating us.
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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KING5 TV (NBC)
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

KNKX FM
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

KUOW FM
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?
Prisoners went on food strike. Were thrown in solitary. And now they’re suing
White House Policy Official Corroborates Ukraine Narrative — But Saw Nothing Illegal
Measles Virus May Wipe Out Immune Protection For Other Diseases

NW Public Radio
Seasonal Ranch Workers Worry About Montana’s Medicaid Work Requirement
Analysis: Big Fall Wildfires Signal Arrival Of A Planetary Fire Age
Two Grand Coulee-Area Men Are Finalists For National Native American Music Award
Snoqualmie Tribe Buys Land Around Snoqualmie Falls For $125 Million

Q13 TV (Fox)
E-cigarettes aren’t a ‘gateway’ to teen smoking, study says
The Divide: Money & Politics

Web

Crosscut
Washington’s latest plan to save its endangered orcas: hatch more salmon

Friday, November 1

Travelers wait in lines at Sea-Tac International Airport before going through security last November. — (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

The search for a second airport to ease crowds at Sea-Tac has kicked off — again. What do you want to know?
Sea-Tac’s growing pains are clear to anyone who’s recently traveled through the airport. Standstill freeway traffic. Backups at security. Gate shortages. Lines of planes stalled on the tarmac. This spring, state lawmakers decreed that enough is enough. Continue reading in The Seattle Times.

Governor Inslee testifies before House — (Energy and Commerce Committee)

Washington Supreme Court rules effort to recall Gov. Inslee won’t fly legally
A Thurston County effort to recall Washington Gov. Jay Inslee from office is legally insufficient, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday. The unanimous decision upheld a Thurston County Superior Court ruling. Continue reading in The News Tribune.

Workers demolish plutonium plant — (Department of Energy)

Workers ready to restart high-risk demolition at Hanford halted after 2017 contamination spread
High risk demolition of a radioactively contaminated plant at Hanford could restart in a week, nearly two years after a stop-work order was issued. It will be the first work on the most contaminated portions remaining of the Plutonium Finishing Plant since particles of plutonium became airborne in December 2017, contaminating workers and the environment. Continue reading in the Tri-City Herald.

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Associated Press
Court: State not at fault for Skagit River bridge collapse
Stable costs but more uninsured as ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups open
US sued over health insurance rule for immigrant families
How daylight saving time affects your health
Demolition of former plutonium plant could resume next week
Inmates file lawsuit alleging poor treatment at Washington State Penitentiary
UW College Republicans deemed ‘inappropriate,’ unrecognized
Supreme Court rules no “vested right” to public records

Auburn Reporter
City to set hearing on proposal to assume the powers of its independent TBD

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Schools to bar hundreds of unvaccinated students from class
Singletary: Cost of in-home care is getting more expensive

Islands’ Weekly
Event to launch Fossil Fuel Free by ’33 campaign
Three ferries to turn hybrid

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Neighboring oil refineries eyeing expansions

Kent Reporter
King County seeks to reach 65,000 uninsured eligible for health insurance plans

News Tribune (subscription required)
Washington Supreme Court says effort to recall Gov. Inslee won’t fly legally
Density is coming, no matter who wins Tuesday. Can Tacoma neighborhoods keep their charm?
We in Washington pay highest estate tax in the nation. There’s a reason, officials say
Tacoma labor fight persists as grocery distributor appeals ruling that went workers’ way

Olympian (subscription required)
St. Peter nurses join other Providence bargaining groups in authorizing strike
First flu death in Tri-Cities — and the first for Washington state this season

Puget Sound Business Journal
Google wants safeguards for information in antitrust fight

Seattle Times (subscription required)
The search for a second airport to ease crowds at Sea-Tac has kicked off — again. What do you want to know? (Keiser)

Skagit Valley Herald
Mount Vernon preliminary budget shows need for more revenue
EDASC merger to help with grant opportunities
Comment deadline for steelhead farm proposal extended
Burlington-Edison School District cuts Camp Orkila

Spokesman Review
Inslee can’t be recalled for travel, response to homelessness, court says

Tri-City Herald
Workers ready to restart high-risk demolition at Hanford halted after 2017 contamination spread

Yakima Herald Republic
County on track to complete flooding project by 2021 in Shaw Creek area

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
American Airlines flight attendants won’t step foot on Boeing 737 MAX
Aurora Bridge repair work causes major delays during first morning commute
College Republicans boot UW chapter
What would it take to repeal I-1639?
EPA provides $27.5 million to Puget Sound region to fund conservation efforts
Seattle leaders warn city council about public safety, homeless response cutbacks
Look out apples, Washington may become a grape state

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Tweet on repeat offenders speaks to broader frustration in Seattle

Q13 TV (Fox)
Washington state reports first flu death of the season
Dramatic decline in SPD use of force since consent decree

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B-Town Blog
Talk with local representatives at Community Coffee on Tuesday, Nov. 12 (Keiser, Orwall, Gegerson)
Public meeting about study of impacts of Sea-Tac Airport will be Wed. Nov. 6

Thursday, October 31

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before a Senate committee last year. — (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Twitter to ban all political ads amid 2020 election uproar
Twitter on Wednesday said it would ban all advertisements about political candidates, elections and hot-button policy issues such as abortion and immigration, a significant shift that comes in response to growing concerns that politicians are seizing on the vast reach of social media to deceive voters ahead of the 2020 election. Continue reading in The Washington Post.

House passes resolution formalizing impeachment inquiry
The House of Representatives voted Thursday 232-196 to pass a resolution formalizing its impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Amid the debate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called it a “sad day.” Continue reading at KUOW.org.

Boeing Company President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg testifies during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. — (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Newly public Boeing documents cite ‘catastrophic’ 737 scenario
In a tense and revelatory hearing Wednesday, a U.S. House committee presented startling new evidence from internal Boeing documents showing that, before the first 737 Max crash in 2018, some company engineers had discovered that a failure in a new flight-control system could be “potentially catastrophic” — information that was dismissed and never communicated to regulators. Continue reading in the Everett Herald.

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Associated Press
Public comment on gray wolf management plan extended
Justice Department changed hiring to promote restrictive immigration judges
Australian airline rejects calls to ground Boeing 737s on crack reports

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Exclusive: Veterans want answers as new data shows rise in cancers over two decades of war

Columbian
Tribe, states ask feds to list Bradford Island as Superfund site

The Daily News
Herrera Beutler votes ‘No’ on impeachment resolution

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Newly public Boeing documents cite ‘catastrophic’ 737 scenario
Providence workers organize a strike over wages, sick leave

The Inlander
Hanford: The big, expensive, environmental dilemma plaguing the Pacific Northwest
In local hospitals, patients linger for months with nowhere else to go (Riccelli)

Journal of the San Juan Islands
County considers alternate radio upgrade funds

News Tribune (subscription required)
Tacoma’s affordability crisis plays out in results of sad lottery at Housing Authority
Changes afoot for proposed guns-and-ammo tax? Tacoma leaders postpone vote on new law
Editorial: Washington wants to stop resetting clocks twice a year. Congress must wake up and act

New York Times
A Divided House Endorses Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump
Twitter Will Ban All Political Ads, C.E.O. Jack Dorsey Says
E.P.A. to Roll Back Rules to Control Toxic Metals from Coal Plants

Olympian (subscription required)
Tumwater police to residents: Don’t leave unsecured guns in vehicles
Olympia stands behind its ‘Vote NO’ mailer — ‘although minds may differ’

Peninsula Daily News
Clallam Bay Corrections Center inmates sue Department of Corrections

Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle property owners sue to block waterfront funding mechanism
Seattle area construction starts plummeted in September

Seattle Times (subscription required)
House justified in impeaching Trump, says former Sen. Slade Gorton
Performance gap among Washington students widens on national test as gifted education faces scrutiny
‘Ground zero’ for whistleblowing? Not D.C., but a hazardous waste site in Washington state.
Inmates sue Washington corrections officials after being put in solitary confinement over food strike
Doubts about chocolate: U.S. officials investigate whether to block critical cocoa imports
In five-hour grilling over 737 MAX crashes, House panel reveals Boeing memos and calls on CEO Muilenburg to resign
Trump tweets photo of Medal of Honor recipient who was edited out and replaced by dog
What questions do you have about tolling in the Highway 99 tunnel?
After two-hour standoff at Yesler Terrace encampment, Seattle police arrest suspect in fatal weekend shooting
Seattle joins in suing Trump administration over new rules for citizenship application fees
Twitter bans political ads ahead of 2020 election
Lyft is taking the human judgment out of some critical safety decisions

Seattle Weekly
King County parents are still struggling with child care
King County studies broadband access
Fake noise complaints inundate Everett’s Paine Field airport
Luxury apartments: Who’s buying King County?
West Point Treatment Plant report due in January

Skagit Valley Herald
Anacortes considers sales tax increase for affordable housing
Burlington-Edison School District taking second shot at middle school
Work begins on new gateway to downtown Mount Vernon
Counties talk about legislative priorities (Lekanoff)

Spokesman Review
Nurses, Providence unable to agree on new contract at 1st bargaining session since strike authorization

Tri-City Herald
Hanford tax payments for schools and roads questioned. It receives the most in the nation
Republicans, outraged by no dam-breaching session in Tri-Cities, get their way

USA Today
House adopts rules for impeachment investigation, setting stage for public hearings about Trump

Washington Post
White House official expected to confirm diplomat’s account that Trump appeared to seek quid pro quo
Twitter to ban all political ads amid 2020 election uproar
A California utility that cut off power to curb wildfires may have caused them
Downturns in these four counties have foreshadowed past recessions. What are they doing now?
Opinion: The treatment of women in childbirth is a scandal. We must change it together.
LTE: Recycling isn’t as green as it seems
LTE: Vaping companies like mint, but not for the flavor
LTE: What it will take to reverse rampant doctor burnout
The full Trump-Ukraine timeline
The Technology 202: Twitter placed the political ad ball in Facebook’s court

Yakima Herald Republic
Farmworker advocates, employers hope compromise will lead to passage of immigration bill
Appeals court rejects Yakimas’ objection to gravel mine expansion
Health insurance open enrollment begins Friday, continues through December 15

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KING5 TV (NBC)
Emergency 10-day lane closures on Seattle’s Aurora Bridge start Thursday
‘Rollercoaster of emotions’: Boeing worker pens open letter about the company
Seattle lawmaker wants to limit influence from big companies on city elections
UW researchers warn online DNA database is vulnerable to genetic data breaches
Tacoma’s Click! Network one step closer to becoming a private-public partnership

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Boeing CEO grilled by Congress for second day about 737 Max

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Seattle to shut down homeless village amid rift with residents
Boeing employee raised concern about design of Max system
Wash. state awarded millions to help reduce rape kit backlog
Large fire burns Olympia homeless encampment
‘An epidemic of big money in our elections’: Seattle bill would limit corporate donors
Why is Washington still using Daylight Saving Time? (Riccelli)
Seattle gets new housing for Native Americans exiting homelessness

KNKX FM
WATCH: House votes on next steps in impeachment inquiry
Victim’s Family Responds To Boeing CEO’s Testimony

KUOW FM
House Passes Resolution Formalizing Impeachment Inquiry
As Impeachment Inquiry Moves Into Open Phase, Here’s What To Expect Next
Congress to Boeing CEO: Name your mistakes

NW Public Radio
U.S. House Passes Resolution Formalizing Impeachment Inquiry
Welcome To…Tac-Oly? Hunt Is On For Additional Commercial Airport To Serve Puget Sound Region (Keiser)
Experts Warn: Threats To 2020 U.S. Election Not Limited To Russia

Oregon Public Broadcasting
Abrupt Retirement Of African American Captain Highlights Washington State Patrol’s Diversity Issue (Orwall)

Q13 TV (Fox)
New security measures in place to prevent ballot tampering at South Sound facility

Web

Crosscut
How to die a good, green death
Seattle is suing the Trump administration over an alleged immigration ‘wealth test’

SeaTac Blog

Students steal the show at Glacier Middle School Grand Opening (Orwall)
Thousands of rape kits still wait to be tested in Washington. New grants will help reduce backlog.

Seattle P.I.
Pacific coast tsunami-risk maps: Building codes tweaked so we’ll survive

Wednesday, October 30

Immigrant victimized by ICE forgery doesn’t have to pay fees
A federal judge on Tuesday criticized the Justice Department for seeking legal fees from a Mexican immigrant who was the victim of a forgery by a government lawyer. Continue reading in the Bellingham Herald.

Senators grill Boeing CEO over plane involved in 2 crashes
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg faced withering questions from senators Tuesday about two crashes of 737 Max jets and whether the company concealed information about a critical flight system. Continue reading in the News Tribune.