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Tuesday, June 18
Associated Press
Trump threatens to deport millions beginning next week
Lawmaker fined after assistant books campaign-related event (Hunt)
As inmate suicides spike, troubling questions raised about handling of mentally ill in nation’s local jails
Boeing signs first deal for 737 Max jet since deadly crashes
Aberdeen Daily World
Aberdeen train derailment still under investigation
Coastal recreational salmon season opens June 22 with higher coho quota
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
State Sen. Sam Hunt fined $1,000 for violating state ethics law (Hunt, Wilson)
Olympia senator fined after assistant books campaign-related event (Hunt)
Bothell Reporter
What’s next for Washington’s 2045 green energy goal?
Covington-Maple Valley Reporter
What’s next for Washington’s 2045 green energy goal?
The Daily News
Podcast: Listen to Republican legislators talk about this year’s session
Permitting process could get more difficult with update to air pollution limits
Citing fire risks, Cowlitz County starts burn ban early on June 21
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Waterfront disconnect; Edmonds roadway stirs online outrage
Infusion of federal money propels Meadowdale Beach project
PUD customers buy up all those tiny solar energy investments
Boeing open to changing the name of grounded 737 Max
Editorial: Heed south county fire officials on fireworks ban
Islands’ Weekly
Gov. Inslee meets with OPALCO to talk broadband, clean energy and electric ferries
Kaiser calls it quits in San Juan County
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Task force teams up with Canada for orca solutions
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Opioid treatment clinic to open in E. Bremerton in August
News Tribune (subscription required)
State Sen. Sam Hunt fined $1,000 for violating state ethics law (Hunt, Hudgins)
New York Times
Facebook Plans Global Financial System Based on Cryptocurrency
Vaccine Injury Claims Are Few and Far Between
Trump and Xi to Meet at G-20 After Stalled Trade Talks
Businesses Plead to Stop More China Tariffs. They Expect to Be Ignored.
Olympian (subscription required)
State Sen. Sam Hunt fined $1,000 for violating state ethics law (Hunt, Wilson)
‘Boycott that question.’ Citizen query unnecessary, says chair of state Census committee (Santos)
Olympia senator fined after assistant books campaign-related event (Hunt)
Editorial: Schools make progress, but achievement gaps by race, resources slow to close
Peninsula Daily News
State representative tours food bank gardens (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Boeing nets deal to sell 200 737 Max jets
The U.S. has its eye on Big Tech. Will criminal inquiries result?
Landlords oppose Trump plan to evict unauthorized immigrants
Businesses plead to stop more China tariffs. They expect to be ignored
Renton Reporter
What’s next for Washington’s 2045 green energy goal?
Renton schools awarded for improvements
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Washington lawmaker fined after political programs booked on Capitol campus (Hunt, Wilson)
Meth is back in King County, bigger than it’s been for decades
How the 2020 Census could miss 4 million people living in America, and 1% of Washington’s population }
Op-ed: A travesty then and now: Don’t reopen Japanese American internment camps to hold Central American refugees
Seattle Weekly
What’s next for Washington’s 2045 green energy goal?
Skagit Valley Herald
Unions issue ‘no confidence’ votes against La Conner superintendent
Spokesman Review
Editorial: Special representation for tribes on transit commission isn’t warranted (Riccelli)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
State commission will discuss Willow charter school this week
City hosts public Sleep Center discussion
Here’s how new study rates Washington on well-being of our state’s children
Editorial: Paper ballots make Washington state elections secure
Washington Post
Trump vows mass immigrations arrests, removals of ‘millions of illegal aliens’ starting next week
Trump may be about to face his biggest test yet on the economy
Iran threatens to surpass uranium limits as tensions with the U.S. continue to grow
Whidbey News-Times
Medicare money and swing beds to help WhidbeyHealth’s financial woes
Coupeville ferry temporarily at one boat later this month
Yakima Herald Republic
In White Swan, even job opportunities close by can be hard to reach
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington Rep. Kim Schrier pitching vaccine education bill
Most young Washington kids not in preschool, report finds
New law lets Seattle workers take paid leave after death of a child
Most young Washington kids not in preschool, report finds
Historic building in Seattle’s International District reopens as affordable housing
Generator failure that killed millions of Chinook salmon was preventable, state finds
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Controversial Edmonds bridge project goes to important vote Tuesday
Homelessness on the rise in Cowlitz County; some say they feel unsafe
KUOW FM
Supreme Court Justices Split Along Unexpected Lines In 3 Cases
Q13 TV (Fox)
Doctors pen letter insisting legal marijuana harms young adults
Boeing finds the first buyer for a 737 Max since its grounding
Web
Crosscut
Volkswagen to pay for WA’s new fleet of electric buses
‘It could be me, it could be us’: Why this researcher wants accessible cervical cancer screening
Opinion: Corporate philanthropy won’t solve Seattle’s housing crisis
MyNorthwest.com
UW professor explains why future heatwaves could kill
Ocean viruses threaten loss of species in the Pacific Northwest
With $5.7M extra from Seattle tax, are poor people funding government?
Queen Anne & Magnolia News
WSDOT pushes SR-99 Tunnel tolling start to fall
Schmudget
Washington needs to ensure child population grows up strong
Seattle P.I.
Canada approval imminent: Pipeline will bring tankers to Washington waters
Monday, June 17
Associated Press
Lummi Tribe launches effort to save southern resident orcas
CEO: Boeing made mistake in handling warning-system problem
High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding cake
Governor to test drive first all-electric school bus today in Tacoma
Spokane leaders say state rent control law should be changed (Ormsby)
Yakima City Council to consider solar energy agreement
North Dakota: Feds should stop Washington state’s rail rules
Aberdeen Daily World
Train derails Saturday in Aberdeen
Lincoln Elementary overhaul pushed back a year
Arlington Times
Lakewood goes to Snohomish for new superintendent
Columbian
Consensus on replacing the I-5 Bridge? (Cleveland)
In Our View: Port, proceed with caution in fossil-fuel debate
In Our View: Lawmakers have duty to heed will of the people (public records lawsuit)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
First flight of Boeing 777X delayed at least until fall
Infusion of federal money propels Meadowdale Beach project
Biggest state delegation ever is in Paris for air show (Habib)
Hanford could be resting place for carrier’s nuclear reactors
Commentary: Washington a world leader in aviation, aerospace
Commentary: Congress, take surprise out of high medical bills
Editorial: Use 6-month review to strengthen housing efforts
The Inlander
In accounting for missing and murdered Native Americans, a new report says Washington state has more work to do
The Island Guardian
OPALCO Manager Paid Over $33,000.00 A MONTH
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Niran Al-Agba: Our new vaccine law doesn’t work
Your turn: Is higher pay helping education?
News Tribune (subscription required)
Salvaging Tacoma’s recycling program to require fees and changes to what goes in the bin
When it comes to school-lunch debt in Tacoma, we’ve got to do better than GoFundMe’s
‘I can’t stay here forever.’ Disabled by a stroke, Tacoma man now lives in his Bronco
Editorial: It’s time to stop the bucket brigade. State needs funding source to prevent and fight wildfires
New York Times
The Trade War is Taking Money From Your Wallet, and Returning Some, Too
Iran Threatens to Violate Nuclear Deal’s Limits on Uranium Enrichment
Supreme Court Won’t Rule on Clash Between Another Bakery and a Gay Couple
Can Marijuana Help Cure the Opioid Crisis?
Peninsula Daily News
State representative tours food bank gardens (Chapman, Tharinger, Van De Wege)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Groundwork is laid for opioids settlement that would touch every corner of U.S.
Desperation in the food delivery gig economy
Strong economic data eases fears of US slowdown
Opinion: Seattle homelessness crisis requires a stable solution
Seattle Times (subscription required)
‘Boycott that question’: Citizen query unnecessary, says chair of Washington state census committee
Washington lags the country in preschool and child poverty is growing, new study says
Westneat: Remember the travel ban? Nobody protests it anymore, but it’s still ripping families apart
Skagit Valley Herald
New scholarship aims to help students pursue two-year degrees
Researchers test ice probe on Mount Baker
Firefighters train to respond to wildfires
Spokesman Review
Hanford could be resting place for vessel’s nuclear reactors
Christi Armstrong: Refugees are good for our community and our economy
Tri-City Herald
Opinion: An education road trip around Washington state
Washington Post
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to findings of racial gerrymandering in Virginia districts
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Federal government must hasten Hanford cleanup
Broadcast
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Opioid response plan approved in Thurston County
Booming anchovy population helps salmon, orcas
KUOW FM
6 THEMES TO PAY ATTENTION TO IN UPCOMING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Q13 TV (Fox)
Boeing CEO concedes ‘mistake’ with planes in 2 fatal crashes
Lummi Nation launches new campaign to save dwindling orca population
The Divide: Straight Pride Parade?
Measles cases in United States rise to 1,044
Web
ClarkCountyToday.com
Vancouver Public Schools officials mull supplemental local funding levy (Cleveland)
Crosscut
This three-decade mission to catalog local fish turned into a literary work of art
While airlines rake it in, catering staff at Sea-Tac airport threaten to strike
Schmudget
Low Blow: Trump proposal would increase economic hardship
Seattle P.I.
Lummi Tribe launches effort to save southern resident orcas
Friday, June 14
Associated Press
Judge rejects federal challenge to Hanford workers comp law
Businesses showing discontent with Trump’s trade policies
Aberdeen Daily World
Transit board denies lease proposal for Aberdeen homeless mitigation site
Auburn Reporter
District on the move
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Emergency moratorium stalls project for homeless students
Lawmakers say doctored videos pose national security threat
Local tech companies give tens of millions for homeless housing
Editorial: Air Force One can’t be improved with new paint job
Island’s Weekly
Fish and Wildlife Commission lists pinto abalone as endangered
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Letter: Not giving up on the effort to keep a hospital in Bremerton (Randall)
News Tribune (subscription required)
How will light rail reach Tacoma Dome from Federal Way? City Council recommends route
Editorial: Washingtonians have spoken on keeping government open. Supreme Court must listen
New York Times
Tankers Are Attacked in Mideast, and U.S. Says Video Shows Iran Was Involved
Puget Sound Business Journal
Growth in factory jobs skips traditional hubs
Puget Sound region needs more tools for housing, experts say
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Eight U.S. senators ratchet up pressure on B.C. over mining’s effects on American rivers
Seattle unprepared for deadly heat waves made worse by global warming, researchers say
Seattle Weekly
WSF cancels ferry sailings this week and next for repairs
Skagit Valley Herald
Port completes cleanup, monitoring of airport site
Employment, hiring increases in Skagit County
Tri-City Herald
Judge rules for ill Hanford workers. State’s new worker compensation law is fair
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Letter: Make sure we all get counted in Walla Walla County
Yakima Herald Republic
DNR declares high fire danger in Yakima Valley
Editorial: Hailing a holistic approach to school truancy
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
RV campers worried by Seattle’s push to remove hazardous vehicles from city streets
Cantwell: ‘We want to use every resource that we can’ to fight wildfires
Renovated lab screens newborns for deadly disorders in Washington state
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
7 Seattle hotels sued for alleged violations of Americans With Disabilities Act
Pacific Raceways plans innovation center for electric and driverless car companies
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Former homeless drug addict helps curb opioid crisis in Snohomish Co.
Lacey bans homeless camping but enforcement uncertain
KUOW FM
Cormorants are protected. But their poop is corroding a bridge across the Columbia River
Q13 TV (Fox)
Construction, UW graduation could cause major traffic delays this weekend
Lacey approves ban on homeless camping, but can police enforce it?
Wildfire danger unusually high for Western Washington
Web
Crosscut
Why is Seattle Public Schools canceling a successful program for Native students?
Opinion: Trump’s trade deal is good for WA farmers. Here’s why
Schmudget
Low Blow: Trump proposal would increase economic hardship
Thursday, June 13
Associated Press
Idaho governor creates panel to help fight opioid abuse
Florida law lets autonomous vehicles drive without humans
Aberdeen Daily World
Transit board denies lease proposal for Aberdeen homeless mitigation site
Bid for potash facility at Port of Grays Harbor takes another step forward Tuesday
Bothell Reporter
Bothell state rep gets Democrats’ nod for Senate appointment (Stanford, Palumbo)
Columbian
In Our View: Protecting our oceans protects our futures
Everett Herald (subscription required)
FAA official: Boeing’s Max should be flying again by December
Citing whales, Seattle mayor protests Navy training plans
Editorial: Don’t excuse state lawmakers from transparency law
The Inlander
In accounting for missing and murdered Native Americans, a new report says Washington state has more work to do
News Tribune (subscription required)
Illegal South Hill-area grow operations had more than 2,000 pot plants, charges say
Federal grants may fund researchers with histories of sexual harassment, report finds
Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide
Editorial: Washingtonians have spoken on keeping government open. Supreme Court must listen
New York Times
Social Security Is Staring at Its First Real Shortfall in Decades
Taking the Future of Manufacturing Into High Schools
Olympian (subscription required)
Federal grants may fund researchers with histories of sexual harassment, report finds
Peninsula Daily News
State looks to replace Fort Worden pier, boat launch
Dungeness River Audubon Center gets $1.5M state capital budget grant (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Social Security faces a shortfall in six months
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Editorial: Washington Legislature not exempt from records law
Citing possible harm to orcas, Seattle Mayor Durkan protests U.S. Navy training exercises
Sequim Gazette
Dungeness River Audubon Center gets $1.5M state capital budget grant (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)
Tri-City Herald
Washington is one of the five most fun states in the country, new ranking says
Washington Post
Tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman, U.S. Navy say
The new plan to remove a trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: Bury it
The Energy 202: Trump administration seeks to ease way for logging, fire prevention in national forests
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Congress needs a field trip to the Yakama Nation
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Advocates claim Navy jet noise disrupts serenity of Olympic National Park
Seattle cracks down on vagrant RVs and vehicles returning to city streets
Pierce County drainage district has refused state audit for 16 years
Tolling for Seattle tunnel delayed until fall
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Seattle launches new crackdown on junk RVs, predatory sellers
SR 99 tunnel tolling delayed until fall, WSDOT says
KUOW FM
Trade war with China is hurting our regional economy, Ports say
Web
Crosscut
How Seattle’s growing vacant-building problem is helping nonprofits house people
Why it wasn’t enough to just leave the pinto abalone alone
Seattle P.I.
Heat wave causes road to buckle in South Seattle
A big coal shutdown — plants part-owned by Puget Sound Energy
Wednesday, June 12
Associated Press
State Supreme Court hears arguments over Legislature records
U.S. to use Army base in Oklahoma to shelter migrant children
U.S. Catholic bishops convene to confront sex-abuse crisis
Media, Legislature to argue before state Supreme Court
Suquamish Tribe intends to sue Navy over sewage spills
White House asserts executive privilege in census fight
Aberdeen Daily World
Aberdeen mayor proposes acquiring property for homeless-mitigation site
Bid for potash facility at Port of Grays Harbor takes another step forward Tuesday
Oped: Sarah Menkedick: Men can’t hear it, women don’t say it: the everyday importance of ‘no’
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
White House calls out Hanford cleanup spending. Trump may veto House budget bill
Washington lawmakers press case that public records law doesn’t apply to them (Pedersen)
Bothell Reporter
Legislature: History, investigations and new laws (Pellicciotti, Chopp, Robinson, Jinkins, Stonier, Tarleton, Lovick, Morris, Wilson, Kuderer, Morgan, Davis, Entenman, Walan, Randall, Nguyen, Salomon)
Columbian
Port of Vancouver weighs scope of clean energy policy
In Our View: Native American women deserve action, justice
The Daily News
State legislators workshop legal guardian bill in Longview (Pedersen)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
With money raised, uniforms are a go at Everett elementary
PUD: Fishing, mining are preventing winter steelhead recovery
Everett’s dead gray whale was skinny and undernourished
Annual disclosure: Tax breaks saved Boeing $230M in 2018
Cascadia College may no longer make you pay just to apply
Bremerton council bans single-use plastic bags by 2020
Muhlstein: ‘You did it’: WorkSource grads encouraged to take next step
Editorial: Google, Facebook should pay for news they use
The Inlander
Why applications for Washington state schools can no longer ask teachers if they were on administrative leave (Billig, Santos)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Lakewood City Council: Keep your Amtrak trains out of our town until safety fixes made
Washington lawmakers press case that public records law doesn’t apply to them
Editorial: Tacoma kids are prey for online drug dealers. Who can save them? Look in the mirror
New York Times
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege on Census Documents Ahead of House Committee Contempt Vote
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question
Climate Change Poses Major Risks to Financial Markets, Regulator Warns
Olympian (subscription required)
Washington lawmakers press case that public records law doesn’t apply to them
White House calls out Hanford cleanup spending. Trump may veto House budget bill
Peninsula Daily News
House OKs bill to fight ocean acidification
Puget Sound Business Journal
Digital health breakthrough as US insurers agree to pay for insomnia app
Risky borrowing is making a comeback, but banks are on the sideline
9 states, D.C. file antitrust suit to block Sprint/T-Mobile merger
Senate talks on US data privacy law grind to a halt
Paralysis on America’s rivers: There’s too much water
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Amazon, Microsoft and others give tens of millions for homeless housing
Amazon speaks out in favor of regulating facial-recognition technology
Washington Supreme Court hears arguments on Legislature’s practice of withholding documents from public
Skagit Valley Herald
Anacortes OKs Swinomish wellness center expansion
Spokesman Review
High court to decide if secret legislative records are a ‘black hole’ or a needed balance
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: State lawmakers must follow same laws as local officials
Washington Post
The Energy 202: ‘Just do your jobs’: Ex-EPA chiefs go off on Trump administration
The Health 202: Blue states move to expand abortion access in rebuttal to bans in Republican-led states
EPA chief will focus on ocean trash, not climate change, at upcoming global summit
No charges for personal drug possession: Seattle’s bold gamble to bring ‘peace’ after the war on drugs
Whidbey News-Times
Sound Off: Affordable housing: Alleviating financial burden
Yakima Herald Republic
Junior water rights holders will get less water in latest forecast
Congressman requests field hearing in Central Washington on missing and murdered indigenous women
A change in culture reduces chronic absenteeism in Grandview schools
Editorial: Phone scams won’t easily go away, so be vigilant
Letter: Don’t change classification of Hanford waste
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Everett family hauls away 5-gallon bucket of used needles from homeless camp
Federal Way may get re-do vote on allowing marijuana stores
Increased recycling fee recommended for Tacoma residents
State may order clean-up at Bainbridge Island’s Blakely Harbor
Tacoma City Council passes resolution suggesting route, stations for light rail expansion
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Hate crimes in Seattle rise by 400%, largest clusters in Capitol Hill, U-District
Changes to Seattle’s backyard cottage zoning advance with public hearing
Hundreds of fender benders happening on ferry terminals, workers blaming cellphones
Businesses pledge millions for new affordable housing project
Racially charged graffiti found at Lakewood business and elementary school
KUOW FM
Two Puget Sound Energy coal plants closing earlier than expected
Reports Find Health Workers Still Aren’t Alerting Police Regarding Likely Elder Abuse
NW Public Radio
Legal marijuana for all takes a toll on medical users, analysis shows
Federal judge to hear arguments over admission delays at Oregon state psychiatric hospital
Q13 TV (Fox)
Washington state clears 1 company in fatal crane collapse
Students who face environmental hardships could get a boost in getting into college
Viaduct demolition hits the halfway mark, officials say
Web
Crosscut
Nonprofit to build 800 apartments for Seattle homeless; $48.8M raised so far
My Ballard
City Council passes Fort Lawton affordable housing plan
MyNorthwest.com
Washington state could soon see 40-cent dip in gas prices
Queen Anne & Magnolia News
Seattle City Council clears Fort Lawton Redevelopment Plan
Slog
Don’t Forget About Social Equity in Cannabis
Snohomish Tribune
Meeting about fixing 522 may discuss “what’s next” as design work funded