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

USA Today
Trump asserts executive privilege to keep census documents secret as House considers contempt for Barr, Ross

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

Tuesday, June 11

Print

Associated Press
AP: 3 million US students don’t have home internet
Legislature’s practice of withholding documents from public gets court challenge (Morris)
Washington attorney general sues Wapato city administrator
Records fight before Washington state Supreme Court

Aberdeen Daily World
Grays Harbor economy trending upward, according to report
Oped: Margaret Wurth: What life is like when abortion is banned

Daily World
Local Business Briefs (Chapman, Tharinger, Van De Wege)

The Daily News
Timeline: A history of grizzly bear recovery in the lower 48 states
Cracking the tab on summer: Northwest wine brands increasingly pour into cans

Island’s Weekly
Opinion: Long term health care needed

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Supreme Court to hear lawmakers’ records case

News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Suffragette spirit still needed today. Tacoma woman helped show the way (Jinkins)

New York Times
With Most States Under One Party’s Control, America Grows More Divided
Canada Plans to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Joining Growing Global Movement
Justice Breyer Raises Specter of Perpetual Detention Without Trial at Guantánamo
White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony, Documents Show
Trump Says Mexico Tariffs Worked, Emboldening Trade Fight With China

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Trump’s tariffs have already wiped out tax-bill savings for average Americans
Washington’s homeless count outside of King County goes up, but changing methodology may be a factor
Plan for affordable housing at Fort Lawton in Magnolia cleared by Seattle City Council
Canada bans captivity and breeding of orcas and dolphins

Spokesman Review
Court to hear arguments on whether lawmakers can deny public records requests

USA Today
Mike Pence says banning pride flags at US embassies is ‘the right decision’

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Year-round Daylight Savings Time on the horizon

Washington Post
How Mexico talked Trump out of tariff threat with immigration crackdown pact
China hints it will choke off U.S. ‘rare earths’ access. But it’s not that easy.

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Amazon will donate $8 million to housing, homeless nonprofits in HQ regions
Poop from thousands of nesting birds damaging bridge from Washington to Oregon

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Wash. state has nation’s 2nd-biggest influx of rich millennials, study finds

KUOW FM
Trump Wants To Limit Aid For Low-Income Americans. A Look At His Proposals

Web

Crosscut
After a 13-year delay, Seattle votes to build hundreds of affordable homes at Fort Lawton

Seattle P.I.
Washington Supreme Court to hear legislative records case
Trump administration tramples Clean Water Act, Washington state sues

Monday, June 10

Print

Associated Press
Records fight before Washington state Supreme Court
AG sues Trump administration over water quality standards
Judge rules Comcast charges violated Washington state law

Aberdeen Daily World
Museum board interested in Boeing Building for new Aberdeen Museum of History

Arlington Times
Opinion: How can anyone be against having clean water?

Auburn Reporter
City Council delays action on racial equity training
Opinion: Max fix critical to Washington
Opinion: Governor’s watch: timing is everything
No good solution to the plastics problem
Light rail extension to Kent, Federal Way on target for 2024

Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge Councilman Peltier accused of insensitivity after proposing city proclaim ‘I Didn’t Reproduce Day’ be held on Father’s Day
Manager moved to director’s job in Bainbridge planning department

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
‘There’s a good chance an underground pipeline is near your home.’ How do you check?

Bothell Reporter
No good solution to the plastics problem

Columbian
State grants green light for milfoil herbicide in Vancouver Lake
In Our View: Shortcut on nuke waste cleanup shortsighted
Cheers & Jeers: Ridgefield Raptors a home run (DUI legislation)

Covington-Maple Valley Reporter
No good solution to the plastics problem
Black Diamond back in court

The Daily News
Growing crowd for Longview’s “United in Pride”
Longview schools anticipate $4M spike in cost for bond projects

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Bothell state rep gets Democrats’ nod for Senate appointment (Stanford)
Letter: We’ve lost a good legislator — Palumbo — to Amazon

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