Bainbridge Island Review
Legislature ‘prays’ for Congress to curb Trump’s ability to launch a nuke (Hasegawa, Keiser, Frackt, Hunt, Kuderer, Pedersen, Saldaña, Tarleton, Tharinger, Sequim, Pollet)

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Fifth possible measles case reported in Oregon

Bothell Reporter
Law would prohibit eye tattoos in Washington state (Tharinger)
Split Washington in two? 51st state movement highlights cultural divide
Repercussions could come to law enforcement who refuse I-1639, AG says

Capital Press
Bill would require Washington farmers to report slaves (Saldaña)

Columbian
Nurse-family partnership takes on intangible costs of measles outbreak
In Our View: Trans Mountain pipeline bad deal for our state
Cheers & Jeers: Waterfront wows; public wins (Tharinger, PRA)

The Daily News
More syringe exchange clients seeking treatment
Capitol Dispatch: Orcutt aims to ease rental squeeze for some in mobile homes
Pro-second amendment groups encourage adoption of ‘sanctuary ordinances’

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Renaming ensures drivers know what happened on Highway 530
Is state ready for another massive transportation package? (Hobbs)
Medical air transport problems persist in San Juan Islands
State moving quickly on plan to buy up banned bump stocks (Rolfes)
No more plastic bags in Snohomish after the holidays
Snohomish County makes clean energy pledge
H-1B spouse work ban pushed by Homeland Security
Lawsuits against fruit companies challenge piece rate pay
WaPo: Supreme Court: Judges ‘appointed for life, not for eternity’
Editorial: Career Link seeks to pair students, employers
Editorial: Problem is Electoral College, not ‘faithless electors’

The Inlander
It’s make-or-break time in Olympia (Billig)

Island’s Weekly
Lawmakers propose new watercraft restrictions to save southern resident orcas
Continued resistance against gun control initiative; Attorney General defends law
Proposed legislation would make tiny-home zoning easier

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Medical air transport problems persist
Creative solution to creating stability in schools
San Juan County Superior Court implements pilot drug court | Guest column
UW Medicine error exposes nearly 1 million patient records

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
A cure for the Gorst gridlock? Inside lawmakers’ $335 million plan (Randall, Hobbs)
Kitsap County considering 75-bed homeless shelter
Despite the state’s $9 billion more for schools, your taxes could still rise (Rolfes)
Enjoy that state school tax break while it lasts
Inslee asks feds for disaster declaration for December storm
WIC clients will say so long to paper checks

News Tribune (subscription required)
Pre-packaged salads, other lunch options cut for Tacoma students as budget deficits loom
‘A totally different world’: As the party lurches left, can Sanders still stand out?
US-China battle over Huawei comes to head at tech show

New York Times
Drafting Only Men for the Military Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
Trump Delays a Tariff Deadline, Citing Progress in China Trade Talks

Olympian (subscription required)
Tenants would have more time to pay late rent under Senate bill. Landlords want fairness
Cost of Washington’s measles outbreak tops $1M

Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula’s state legislators differ on gun bill (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)
Senate, House Democrats sign on to joint memorials seeking to avert nuclear war (Tharinger, Tarleton, Pollet, Hasegawa, Keiser, Frockt, Hunt, Kuderer, Pedersen, Saldaña)

Puget Sound Business Journal
HQ, too: Amazon’s future in Bellevue could rival Washington, D.C., plans
Tax the rich? Here’s how.
Slow-inflation conundrum prompts rethink at the Federal Reserve
Opinion: Get ready for more litigation as biometric privacy laws are passed
Opinion: Equality at work is not personal, it’s systemic

Renton Reporter
Split Washington in two? 51st state movement highlights cultural divide
Law would prohibit eye tattoos in Washington state (Tharinger)

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Fired Amazon employee with Crohn’s disease files lawsuit over lack of bathroom access
HUNGER: The decline of salmon adds to the struggle of Puget Sound’s orcas
As Washington state lawmakers consider sex-ed mandate, some have concerns over parental and local control
Rape kit tested 12 years after Seattle girl’s assault leads to arrest in Florida
Amid skyrocketing rents and evictions, Oregon may impose rent control
$738 million King County levy aimed at renovating, expanding parks and trails
Washington lawmakers wrestle with how to purge greenhouse gases from state power supply
Washington lawmakers consider bill that would provide the homeless with a free ID card
In first round of voluntary lead testing, Washington state found the toxin at almost every school (Santos, Pollet)
What people said at Seattle’s public hearing on neighborhood upzones
Podcast: State Rep. Nicole Macri on the push for new eviction protections for renters (Macri)
Talton: Instead of fearing a Green New Deal, we need to embrace it
Editorial: Legislature right to kill bad records bill (Pedersen)
Editorial: Stop the local tax grab and increase state dollars for education
Opinion: Protect the public from bias in automated decision systems
Opinion: The state must reject new gas and oil projects to save the planet
Daylight saving time: Washington state moving toward an end to the clock change (Hunt)

Seattle Weekly
Split Washington In Two? 51st State Movement Highlights Cultural Divide
Proposal Calls For Banning Eye Tattoos in Washington State (Tharinger)
Repercussions Could Come To Law Enforcement Who Refuse I-1639

Spokesman Review
Wage hikes, access put squeeze on child care
Sometimes, but not always, the Legislature is a funny place (Tharinger)
All ayes on eyeball tattoo ban (Tharinger)
Free college in Washington not likely, but many plans would help with the cost (Palumbo, Billig)
Senate panel votes to narrow vaccine exemptions (Cleveland)
Opinion: Drug pricing transparency is vital to addressing costs
Opinion: Eliminating the death penalty makes us all less safe

Tri-City Herald
Lawsuits against fruit companies challenge piece rate pay
Editorial: Inslee’s proposed Snake River dam task force will be a waste of money

USA Today
With women in combat roles, a federal court rules male-only draft unconstitutional
President Trump announces delay in tariff hikes against China, plans summit at Mar-a-Lago
Trump announces Kelly Knight Craft as UN ambassador pick

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Legislature should make Presidential Primary relevant
Editorial: Opioid crisis expands to our highways
Editorial: Yes, Daylight Saving Time should be 12 months a year

Washington Post
Trump and Kim shower praise, stroke egos on path to nuclear negotiations
Trump Organization asks House committee to cease investigations, citing alleged conflict of interest
House Democrats will subpoena Mueller if report is not made public, Schiff says
One dead, multiple injured after Venezuelan soldiers open fire on opposition supporters
Coast Guard lieutenant used work computers in alleged planning of widespread domestic terrorist attack, prosecutors say
The wave of teacher protests lands in Oakland, Calif.
With fewer undocumented workers to hire, U.S. farmers are fueling a surge in the number of legal guest workers
ACLU asks judge to order Trump administration to determine how many children were separated from their parents at border
Trump says he wants ‘5G, and even 6G’ wireless tech. But what is 6G?

Whidbey News-Times
Federal agency sends historic preservation recommendations to Navy
Lawmakers seek to regulate homeless camps on church property (Darnielle)
Proposed Public Records bill is dead (Pedersen, Billig)
Law would eliminate personal objection to vaccines in Washington state (Cleveland)

Yakima Herald Republic
Bills and business: In Olympia, legislators have waded into several issues that affect business and housing
State audit uncovers more than $300,000 missing from city of Wapato
Newhouse: Yakima Basin water effort a national model
Dufault proposes bill to protect landlords, new tenants from past tenants’ unpaid utility bills
Editorial: Legislature must pass bills to protect the transgender community (Salomon, Liias)
Letter: Sheriffs should enforce gun law and let courts decide

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KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington lawmakers propose carbon fee as part of $17 billion package (Hobbs)
Viral Facebook post raises questions about behavior on King County Metro
Stealing chair from Lacey Office Depot was ‘an honest mistake,’ Tim Eyman says
Seattle’s affordable housing plan draws strong reactions during public hearing
Landslide at Yakima’s Rattlesnake Ridge still slowly moving
Report: Inslee eyes presidential run focused on climate change
Washington bill to create registry of domestic violence offenders dies
Records show hundreds of assaults inside Washington juvenile lockup
Cost of measles outbreak tops $1 million in Washington

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Early release a possibility for inmates in Washington Senate bill (Dhingra, Darneille)
Public hearing shows strong divisions over Seattle’s upzone plans
Seattle mulls ‘safe parking lots’ for those living in cars to sleep overnight, but where?
Washington legislature considers ‘secure scheduling’ for employees

KNKX FM
Canada’s energy regulator again approves Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion
As brain injury patients struggle to find basic services, families look to Olympia for help

KUOW FM
Bricks could rain down on your head during the next major quake. These proposals want to fix that (Liias)
Trans Mountain expansion all but approved, despite indigenous opposition
‘My Plan Is Not To Enforce It.’ Washington Gun Law Highlights Constitutional Sheriffs Movement

NW Public Radio
Washington anti-tax activist Tim Eyman tries to return the office chair he is accused of stealing
Bricks could rain down on your head during the next major quake. These proposals want to fix that.
As brain injury paitients struggle to find basic services, Washington families look to Olympia for help

Q13 TV (Fox)
Report suggests lead in drinking water at unsafe levels in most state public schools
WSDOT fails to meet speed metric on 405 toll lanes as new bill looks to authorize its expansion
Could rent control solve the housing crisis in western Washington?
Bold proposals to save southern resident whales lose teeth in Legislature
Neighbors rally against hate after racist graffiti spray-painted around Sammamish

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Crosscut
Could WA drivers finally learn the zipper merge? (Fey)
Supreme Court’s fuel tax ruling will be a big deal for WA tribes

Daily UW
Cut off week: Which bills are staying alive in this legislative session (Chopp, Palumbo, Sullivan)
The best doggone research legislation (Palumbo)

The Hill
Washington state mulls bill to provide homeless with free ID cards (Cleveland)

iFIBER One News
Washington State lawmakers introduce bill to end daylight savings time (Hunt, Van De Wege)

My Edmonds News
Edmonds-Woodway HS student serves as state legislative page (Ortiz-Self)

MyNorthwest.com
State bill aims to keep homeless camps 1,000 feet from schools
Lawmakers want to stop you from tattooing your eyeballs (Tharinger)
New climate change super PAC announces support for Gov. Inslee
Cost of Washington state’s measles outbreak jumps over $1 million
Snohomish City Council passes plastic bag ban

Seattle P.I.
$655 million in the form of a polar icebreaker for a changing Arctic
Over half of Seattle homeowners couldn’t afford their homes now

Slog
The Young Turks Come to Washington State on a Quest to Overturn Citizens United

Thursday, February 21

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Associated Press
Feds: Coast Guard lieutenant compiled hit list of lawmakers
Proposal to raise smoking, vape age to 21 clears state House (Cody)
Washington lawmakers weigh 2 vaccine exemption bills
FAA approves start of commercial flights at Paine Field
State agency seeks support for removing contaminated logs
House committee advances domestic violence gun seizure bill
Senate approves bill seeking transparency in political ads
Washington lawmakers weigh 2 vaccine exemption bills
Bill would make dogfight thefts a felony crime

Aberdeen Daily World
1,100 acres of Grayland waterfowl habitat purchased by WDFW, Ducks Unlimited

Bainbridge Island Review
Proposed public records bill is dead; Senator withdraws bill exempting Legislature from public disclosure of some records | 2019 Legislative Session
Presidential candidate tax returns, felon voting, and campaign finance topic of proposed house legislation | 2019 Legislative Session
Senate passes bill to remove the death penalty | 2019 Legislative Session

Columbian
Cleveland’s vaccine bill gets Senate committee hearing (Cleveland, Stonier)
In Our View: Threshold for school bonds worth reconsidering

The Daily News
Lower Columbia College announces first four-year degree with new teacher education program

Daily World
Letter: Pass bills on climate change (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Paine Field is cleared for passenger takeoff, FAA says
What a surprise: Democrats eye the need for higher taxes (Billig, Frame)
Bothell neighbors irked by colleges’ parking garage plan
Editorial: Splitting state takes liberties with representation

Kirkland Reporter
Kirkland students travel to Olympia to support plastic straw ban (Kuderer, Palumbo, Carlyle)

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Scientists seek out the secret of salmon during ocean voyage
You’re likely to live the longest in these states

Maple Valley Reporter
Sen. Das pitches bill to do away with plastic bags (Das)
Rep. Entenman proposes sales tax break for low- and middle-income families (Entenman)

News Tribune (subscription required)
$2 million annual subsidy is one challenge of Tacoma-to-Seattle fast ferry (Hunt)

New York Times
A Green New Deal is Technologically Possible. Its Political Prospects Are Another Question.
How So Many Violent Felons Are Allowed to Keep Their Illegal Guns
Wait Times for Citizenship Have Doubled in the Last Two Years
Supreme Court Limits Police Powers to Seize Private Property
White House Climate Panel to Include a Climate Denialist

North Coast News
Immigration or citizenship status could be added to anti-discrimination law under proposed legislation (Saldaña)

Peninsula Daily News
Proposed public records bill dead in Legislature (Pederson, Billig)
Lawmakers seek to regulate homeless camps on church property (Darnielle)
State Senate bill would ban homeless camps near schools
Social media extortion could be a new crime in Washington state

Puget Sound Business Journal
Wall Street, seeking big tax breaks, sets sights on distressed main streets
This legislation could force stores to take your cash

Redmond Reporter
Repercussions could come to law enforcement who refuse I-1639, AG says

The Reflector
Immigration or citizenship status could soon be added to anti-discrimination law (Saldaña)

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Cost of Washington’s measles outbreak tops $1 million; expected to climb higher
Do you rely on a bus through downtown? Prepare for big changes
UW Medicine mistakenly exposed information on nearly 1 million patients
Renton School District construction bond falls short of required voter turnout
Man arrested for threatening county sheriffs over Washington’s new gun law
Residents facing gentrification could get priority for affordable housing under new Seattle plan
Citizen panel accuses Seattle police of backtracking on reforms, violating federal agreement
Nguyen & Senn: To break cycle of poverty, struggling families need the state to boost temporary lifeline
Editorial: Prioritize and fund the clearing of rape-kit backlog (Orwall, Ormsby)

Spokesman Review
House votes to raise smoking age to 21 (Chopp, Orwall)
Washington could ban eyeball tattoos (Cody, Tharinger)
Voting for more than one candidate in an election suggested
Opinion: Living wage and unions: A history easily forgotten, and a call to action

Tri-City Herald
Want an extra hour of daylight all year? Washington considers making the change

USA Today
Democrats prepare resolution to try to stop Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the border
The Trump administration keeps breaking up migrant families. Here’s how they do it

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Property taxes see small increase on Vashon

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Lawmakers must follow state’s Open Records Act (Pedersen)

Washington Post
Allies decline request to stay in Syria after U.S. troops withdraw
Supreme Court limits power of states and localities to impose fines, seize property
W.Va. teachers end strike after charter school measure expires
Some anti-vaccination parents cite religious exemptions. Measles outbreaks could change that.
Veterans groups ask VA secretary to keep GI benefits out of the hands of predatory colleges
Slight economic slowdown gives Fed reason to pause interest rate increases
Mortgage rates fall for the third week in a row

Wenatchee World
Want an extra hour of daylight all year? Washington considers making the change

Yakima Herald Republic
State provides $100,000 to remove cows killed in Sunnyside blizzard
Editorial: Up to courts, not law enforcement, to determine legality of gun law

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KEPR19
Vaccine exemption debate continues in Olympia (Cleveland)

KING5 TV (NBC)
Pacific Northwest in an earthquake lull, according to new study
Puget Sound toxic wood removal could take 10 years without more funding
King County neighborhood tagged with racist graffiti
Tacoma Public Schools seeks input on $30 million in cuts
I-405/SR-167 flyover ramp opens Thursday ahead of schedule

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
State Senate unanimously passes bill to help relocating military families (Randall)
Task force report outlines recommendations for pretrial reform
Matt Shea introduces bill to repeal I-1639 gun measure (Blake)
Bill to raise tobacco sales age to 21 passes Washington House
State considering feasibility study for potential Tacoma fast ferry (Fey)
Hundreds rally to fight for vaccine exemptions
Russian bots, social media spreading anti-vaccine fears

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Neighbors band together after racist graffiti turns up in Sammamish
State lawmakers weigh 2 vaccine exemption bills
Personal data of nearly 1 million UW Medicine patients exposed online
Measles vaccine opponents take fight to the state capital in wake of new bill (Cleveland)

KNKX FM
Oyster growers push for pesticide permits to control burrowing shrimp this summer

KPQ
Bill to Help Relocating Military Families Passes State Senate (Randall)

KUOW FM
New bill takes aim at state’s rape kit backlog (Orwall)
Clark County Measles Outbreak At 63 Confirmed Measles Cases, 1 Suspected
U.S. Hate Groups Rose 30 Percent In Recent Years, Watchdog Group Reports

NW Public Radio
Washington lawmakers weigh two vaccine exemption bills

Q13 TV (Fox)
Almost 1 million UW Medicine patients’ information exposed in data breach
Hundreds sign up to speak at hearing on vaccine exemptions (Cleveland)
‘Oso Slide Memorial Highway’ — Commission approves naming stretch of SR530 for landslide victims
State bill would require comprehensive sex education in public schools (Dhingra)

Web

Crosscut
How forecasting ‘underwater weather’ could save WA’s shellfish
Union contract is a ‘barrier’ to ending oversight of SPD, says commission
Public-records debate in Olympia may be decided in court (Pederson, Billig, Pellicciotti, Sullivan)

MyNorthwest.com
Daylight Saving Time bill: ‘Send it to the voters,’ says state senator (Mullet)
Bill passes raising tobacco sale age to 21
Tim Eyman breaks silence on alleged office chair theft
Study: 1 of 5 booked into jail are homeless, mostly for nonviolent crimes
Matt Shea introduces bill to repeal I-1639 gun measure

Schmudget
Punitive WorkFirst policies disproportionately harm families of color

Seattle P.I.
Legislation introduced to investigate UW Medicine data breach

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