Federal Way Mirror
Opinion: Legislature: History, investigations and new laws (Pellicciotti, Chopp, Robinson, Jinkins, Stonier, Tarleton, Lovick, Morris, Wilson, Kuderer, Morgan, Davis, Entenman, Walen, Randall, Nguyen, Salomon)

The Inlander
Washington AG files suit to stop EPA from rolling back state’s water protections

Islands’ Weekly
How Are We Doing? – A Storm is Coming – Maybe: A quarterly review of County Finances
Tourism to San Juan Island NHP creates $19.3 million dollars Economic Benefits

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Ferries talks fares in Friday Harbor
Guest Column: Long term health care needed
Guest Column: A definitive fork in the road

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Opinion: Why Bremerton’s vast parking lots matter to more than just cars (Randall)

News Tribune (subscription required)
New leader for Puyallup Tribal Council
In Washington state, stronger regulation has led to fewer pipeline problems

New York Times
World Economic Leaders Warn of Fallout From Trade War Between U.S. and China

Olympian (subscription required)
Washington’s roads are becoming increasingly deadly for people who walk or bike, data show

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Opinion: If salaried employees work overtime, compensate them fairly (Keiser, Sells)
‘It was hush money’: College students got settlements that required silence (Keiser)
Legislature’s practice of withholding documents from public gets challenge this week before Washington Supreme Court
In Seattle, fast-paced redevelopment displaces the safe spaces for homeless young adults
New payroll tax is pioneering experiment to help Washington state seniors age at home

Skagit Valley Herald
Timeline changed for oil refinery safety update|
Letter: A local example of solar investment numbers

Tri-City Herald
Editorial: State needs to listen to Tri-Citians on new nuclear waste plan at Hanford
Guest Opinion: Teacher pay raises led to school budget woes, lawmaker says (Sullivan)

USA Today
Homeless in College: Students sleep in cars, on couches when they have nowhere else to go

Vancouver Business Journal
Port of Vancouver USA keeps diversification going

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: State Ecology right to fight for Hanford cleanup funding

Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor elementary students bring zoo to Regency
Pending developments would bring 520 homes to Oak Harbor
Hospital may end agreements with local fire districts
Island County commissioners cut ties with hearing examiner
Letter: Letter writer remark ‘sexist,’ but services are necessary

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Controversial Fort Lawton plan gets Seattle City Council vote on Monday
Western Washington should prepare for potentially busy fire season
Seattle mural sparks conversation about gun violence

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Deadly crash on SR18 prompts new shuttle service for Snoqualmie Casino employees
Evergreen State? How about Ever’fun’ state? Washington ranks 4th-most fun state in U.S.

KUOW FM
WHAT ARE THAT NEW BABY ORCA’S CHANCES OF SURVIVING?

NW Public Radio
Oregon approves new plan for managing gray wolves
West Coast rockfish populations rebound faster than expected
Oregon joins Washington in passing bill for permanent daylight saving time
Organic farming has a plastic problem. One solution is controversial
Western forest fires release less carbon than thought, study shows

Q13 TV (Fox)
The Divide: Media Bias?
Bremerton bans disposable plastic bags
Local outreach program helps homeless people with pets

Web

Crosscut
WA’s endangered pygmy rabbits bounce back from the brink
5 types of records WA lawmakers don’t think you should see
The embattled life and untimely death of an asylum seeker

MyNorthwest.com
Incoming heat wave set to shatter records across Puget Sound
Conditions in Washington nursing homes rank among worst in nation

Slog
Washington Hemp Industry More Than Doubles in Size after Statewide Legal Changes

Friday, June 7

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Associated Press
No animus found in court case of flowers for gay wedding
Correction: Washington-Overtime Rules story

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
In Washington state, stronger regulation has led to fewer pipeline problems
Women prison inmates readying for release get entrepeneurship skills
Op-Ed: Americans are real victims of our trade war with Mexico and China | Opinion

The Daily News
Small Cowlitz fire agency’s mental health campaign goes national
Hitler quote ‘slips past’ Kelso High School yearbook staff

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Representatives chosen for Everett’s districting commission
Rick Steves to give $1 million yearly to stop climate change

Journal of the San Juan Islands
OPALCO awarded $5.8 million to fund energy efficiency projects

News Tribune (subscription required)
In Washington state, stronger regulation has led to fewer pipeline problems
Editorial: Remembering D-Day through Tacoma’s eyes. Its impact hit hard here

New York Times
Automakers Tell Trump His Pollution Rules Could Mean ‘Untenable’ Instability and Lower Profits
83 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump
Mexico and the U.S. Have Made Progress Toward Averting Tariffs

Olympian (subscription required)
Arlene’s Flowers owner vows to fight on after justices say she discriminated against gay couple
Teen barred from graduation after accusing school of ignoring bullying, sexual assault

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Boeing didn’t plan to fix 737 MAX warning light until 2020
Oregon joins Washington, moves toward permanent daylight saving time (Riccelli)
Free fun! No admission charge this weekend at Washington State Parks
Podcast: State Sen. Joe Nguyen says incrementalism is ‘killing the Democratic Party’ (Nguyen)
Washington’s homeless count outside of King County goes up, but changing methodology may be a factor
Judge rules Comcast violated state Consumer Protection Act in partial win for Attorney General Bob Ferguson
Schools reckon with social stress: ‘I’m on my phone so much’
Opinion: Holding accountable fiscally rogue local governments
Editorial: U.S. immigration reform, not Mexico tariffs

Washington Post
The fate of Trump’s economy now hinges on the Federal Reserve, the agency the president called ‘crazy’
Job growth sputters in May, but Wall Street rallies as investors bank on Fed rescue
The FCC allows AT&T, Verizon and other carriers to block more suspected robocalls
Opinion: Tariffs are about to do something remarkable. And awful.

Yakima Herald Republic
Junior water rights holders will get less water in latest forecast
Homeowners in the path of East-West Corridor worry about eminent domain

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Comcast fined $9 million for violating Washington’s Consumer Protection Act
‘Ready for Release’ program aspires to turn Washington inmates into entrepreneurs

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Opioid blocking medications have tougher restrictions than opioids for prescribers
Everett launching new addiction assistance program as fentanyl cases spike
Wash. home buyers rank 8th in nation for paying above budget, study says

KNKX FM
Film examines impact of gentrification on African-Americans in Seattle’s Central District
Deal for Columbia River hydropower clears path for diamond making in Wenatchee
Washington Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Against Florist Who Declined To Serve Same-Sex Wedding

KUOW FM
In Rainier Beach, neighbors have a dream, but developers are holding cards close to their chests.
Seattle’s rent bidding moratorium expired in April. But it could still be prohibited.
Organic Farming Has A Plastic Problem. One Solution Is Controversial

NW Public Radio
Apple capital and jewel of Columbia? Hydropower deal clears way for Wenatchee diamond making
Washington Supreme Court upholds ruling against florist who declined to serve same-sex wedding
Washington may extend overtime rules to thousands of previously exempt workers

Q13 TV (Fox)
Oregon moves toward permanent daylight saving time
Comcast ordered to pay back WA customers after judge rules extra charges unlawful

Web

Crosscut
Why WA’s gay-wedding case is turning out differently than Colorado’s
Seattle’s fight to tax the rich returns to court

MyNorthwest.com
Oregon votes to make daylight saving time permanent
Comcast ordered to pay $9.1M for charging Washington customers without consent
State Supreme Court upholds ruling against florist who wouldn’t serve gay wedding

Seattle P.I.
Evacuations lifted near 20,000-acre Grant County wildfire; now 65% contained
Comcast hit with $9.1 million in penalties over consumer service plan

Thursday, June 6

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Associated Press
More Washington state workers could see overtime pay under proposed rule
Lawsuit: Drugmaker improperly used charity to pay kickbacks
State believes feds unlikely to meet nuke cleanup deadlines
Nuclear waste will be downgraded for easier disposal under a controversial Trump administration change
Cannabis banking bill may falter again despite state support

Aberdeen Daily World
Weather delays US12 Wynoochee River Bridge work to next week
Comment on Twin Harbors State Park campsite proposal at June 12 meeting

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Trade war complicates a Boeing mega-deal worth $30 billion
Letter: Division between parties seems worse now than before

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Gov Inslee visits the San Juans
School district honors retirees
Editorial: Springtime sadness

News Tribune (subscription required)
Puyallup’s rules for where homeless centers can operate are unacceptable, board rules
Tacoma medical cannabis registry firm joins forces with California tech company
Unearthed 1969 essays show Tacoma kids hoped for a future better than the one they got

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle considering what to do with 4 public golf courses and 528 acres of green space they cover
Oh, deer: Documents reveal FBI once tested hair an Oregon man thought was from Bigfoot
Selective high schools, barriers to success, broken stereotypes: What Education Lab is reading this week
Bloomberg: Amazon unveils helicopter-plane hybrid drone for deliveries
Editorial: Bring back our Seattle summers — invest in forest health

Spokesman Review
Guest opinion: Legislature’s support of medical education sets a visionary course for better health care access in Washington (Riccelli)

USA Today
Judge delays action on new claim Trump administration sought 2020 census citizenship question to boost GOP

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)

Editorial: Effort to approve capital-gains tax should be ended (Stanford)

Washington Post
Trump’s parade of false claims overseas
Trump reports headway in U.S.-Mexico talks on migrants but renews tariff threat
SEC adopts rules requiring brokers to put customers’ interests above their own. Advocates say it won’t protect consumers.
ADP: U.S. added 27,000 private-sector jobs in May, the lowest number since 2010

Whidbey News-Times
Roaming bear is returned to wild
County weighs requests for infrastructure investment dollars
State Parks to host new events, programs throughout summer
Coupeville’s new water filtration system set to go online in July

Yakima Herald Republic
Grant County wildfire now 50% contained
Council: Wapato’s Juan Orozco looking at a $498,747 severance pay cut if fired
Participants in decades-long water rights case celebrate adjudication with upbeat comments, cupcakes
The Vanished: Central Washington’s missing and murdered indigenous women

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KING5 TV (NBC)
More Washington workers could see overtime pay under new proposal (note: original TV report with AP story text online)
Western Washington should prepare for potentially busy fire season
Washington state alters approach to finding 56 missing indigenous women
How trade war with China may impact Pacific Northwest

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
New push for justice for missing Native American women
Olympia receives $600,000 grant to combat contamination

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Major changes are coming to I-5 in Pierce County
‘There needs to be enforcement’: Seattle sidewalks clogged by improperly-parked Bikeshares
Yakima County prosecutor to launch criminal investigation into city of Wapato

KNKX FM
Suicide in Northwest Jail highlights risk for Native American inmates
Rules for de-escalation training for Washington law enforcement to be adopted this week
‘It’s all about being prepared’: Navy hovercraft could be hulking lifesavers after The Big One
Statewide pedestrian and bicyclist deaths and injuries continue to grow

KUOW FM
Microplastics Have Invaded The Deep Ocean — And The Food Chain
Early Abortion Bans: Which States Have Passed Them?

NPR
Desperation And Broken Trust When Schools Restrain Students Or Lock Them In Rooms

NW Public Radio
D-Day: Allies commemorate pivotal World War II invasion, 75 years later
Suicides in Northwest jails highlights risk for Native American Inmates
1 billion acres risk for catastrophic wildfires, U.S. Forest Service warns
Federal judge blocks grazing permits to Oregon family at heart of Malheur occupation

Q13 TV (Fox)
Report says Seattle has highest number of murdered Native American women
Pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities up year-to-year in Washington
Behavior health teams roam Olympia offering help, services

Web

Crosscut
Feds’ ‘Plan B’ for Hanford waste cleanup draws state officials’ ire

MyNorthwest.com
Controversial Seattle income tax heads to appeals court
Former Seattleites braving commute to buy in nation’s hottest housing market
State promises end to I-5 Tacoma lane construction
UW study: Heat deaths will rise with climate change

Seattle P.I.
State ‘overtime threshold’ rule would boost pay for thousands
Trump’s tariff on Mexico goods ‘rash, thoughtless’ — Rep. Schrier

Wednesday, June 5

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Associated Press
World Bank downgrades its forecast for global economy
White House ends fetal tissue research by federal scientists
New report finds 56 missing Indian women in Washington
Spokane County sheriff won’t follow new immigration law

Aberdeen Daily World
PUD board passes resolution supporting lower Snake River hydroelectric dams
Weeklong closure of US 101 at Cosi Hill begins June 17
Oped: Virginia Heffernan: Justin Amash’s town hall revealed the cure for right-wing lunacy: right-wing common sense

Arlington Times
Arlington schools earn clean audit from state

Auburn Reporter
Funding now available to public agencies for drought relief
King County homelessness count shows 17 percent decrease overall

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Report reveals 56 missing Native American women across state, 5 from Whatcom County
Washington’s roads are becoming increasingly deadly for people who walk or bike, data show (Randall)

Columbian
State health insurers’ proposed rate increase minor |
In Our View: Lawmaker-to-lobbyist pivot needs addressing (Palumbo)

The Daily News
Longview LGBTQ groups to celebrate Pride Saturday with march, festival

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Port condemns Kimberly-Clark site, edging out fish companies
Settlement is ‘an elegant solution to a 100-year-old problem’

Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
The co-responder way: mental health professionals and officers team up

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Peninsula Community Health Services bus hits the road to bring mental health care
New principal hired for South Kitsap High School

Maple Valley Reporter
Housing for Renton, Kent educators just became more accessible
King County homelessness count shows 17 percent decrease overall

News Tribune (subscription required)
Washington’s roads are becoming increasingly deadly for people who walk or bike, data show (Randall)
Rep. Dan Newhouse splits with GOP on Dream Act, predicts Senate will reject it
Editorial: Tacoma educator Willie Stewart worthy recipient of Peace Prize

New York Times
House Votes to Give ‘Dreamers’ a Path to Citizenship
Senate Republicans Warn White House Against Mexico Tariffs

Olympian (subscription required)
Work to clean Hanford waste and protect Columbia River is behind schedule. Is court action next?
Washington’s roads are becoming increasingly deadly for people who walk or bike, data show (Randall)
Rep. Dan Newhouse splits with GOP on Dream Act, predicts Senate will reject it

Peninsula Daily News
Legislators tell of reduced college tuition program (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)

Seattle Times (subscription required)
‘They feel that no one cares’: Washington State Patrol report outlines missteps in reporting, tracking missing Native women
Boeing drone unit Insitu cuts workforce, dealing a blow to Columbia Gorge community
Can light rail be built faster? Join us and transit experts to discuss this and other questions on June 26
FYI Guy: Who bikes in Seattle? Bicycling gender gap one of the biggest in the U.S.
Opinion: The lessons of Bellingham’s Olympic Pipeline explosion
Editorial: Mining Skagit River headwaters invites disaster

Spokesman Review
Washington’s first major wildfire of 2019 grows to 5,000 acres in Grant County; wind-borne smoke briefly made Spokane’s air quality worst in country
Grant County’s 243 Command Fire sees little growth despite strong overnight winds; air returns to ‘moderate’ in Spokane
Spokane school board punts on issue of arming school officers

Washington Post
Trump, pressed on the environment in U.K. visit, says climate change goes ‘both ways’
Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in U.S. shelters
Brooklyn anti-vaccine event attracts pro-vaccine protests amid measles outbreak
Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer’s. Why didn’t it tell the world?
The Health 202: Health-care worker shortages would be even worse without immigrants

Yakima Herald Republic
Forestry and wildfire training resume as freeze lifted on millions in Job Corps funds
Grant County wildfire triples in size overnight, leading to more evacuations
Newhouse, 3 Oregon lawmakers lead bipartisan effort to halt Job Corps closings
Yakima City Council gets rid of E-Verify requirement

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Seattle high school’s suicide prevention team helps save lives
Sen. Cantwell wants to double funds for affordable housing in Washington
New report finds 56 missing Native American women in Washington

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Experts say decades of fighting wildfires has actually made them worse

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
‘Not what we’re seeing downtown’: Study’s homelessness improvement results questioned
Seattle’s mobile injection site projects remain stalled a year later
Recover Northwest: Tackling the opioid crisis

KNKX FM
Statewide pedestrian and bicyclist deaths and injuries continue to grow
Firefighters Tackle Central Washington Fire As Winds Cause Fast Spread, Force Evacuations

NW Public Radio
Navy hovercrafts could be hulking lifesavers after ‘the big one’ hits Northwest
Firefighters tackle Central Washington fire near Wanapum Dam, expecting growth overnight
Clean fuels proponents move forward with plans in Washington state despite legislative setback (Fitzgibbon)

Q13 TV (Fox)
Wildfire prompts mandatory evacuations near town of Smyrna
Board to consider action that would save Showbox music venue from redevelopment
Businesses sue City of Olympia for how it handles homeless problem
Ferry never got warning of whale sighting before strike

Web

Crosscut
WA’s top lawyer took a rare step to affirm tribal sovereignty — here’s why that’s a big deal
WA’s Ecology director on Native knowledge and fighting for forgotten communities

DSNews.com
Tiny Homes and Affordability Struggles (Gregerson)

MyNorthwest.com
5,000 acre wildfire still burns in Grant County
Aftermath of Harborview radiation leak continues
Report ranks Seattle traffic as fifth worst in nation
More gray whales wash up dead, but is this different than orca crisis?
Dave Ross: Another climate change report says we’re doomed

Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Stantec to study airport impacts (Orwall)

Seattle P.I.
Crews face ‘difficult’ conditions against 5,000-acre Grant County wildfire
How ’bout them apples: Trump tariff threatens Mexico trade
Spokane air quality decreases to ‘moderate’ as wildfire burns in Grant County

Slog
A Fight Is Brewing Over West Seattle’s Dreams for a Pricey Light Rail Tunnel

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