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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

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Associated Press 
Senate votes to extend flood insurance program
Promoting voter ID, Trump says ID needed to buy groceries 
Camps, trails closed as wildfire burns in Washington forests
Auditors: 30M taxpayers will owe more due to low withholding
Washington governor declares wildfire state of emergency

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Our distracted driving law has a commercial driver exception – here’s what it means 
Senate wrestles with response to foreign influence campaigns 
Opinion: Summer time-out: Is everything really as bad as it seems? 

Bothell Reporter 
A look back at first year of E-DUI
Pacific Wellness and Lactation clinic opens to serve mothers and infants
Sowing the seeds of mental health
AG Ferguson sues Trump administration for giving dangerous people access to 3-D printed firearms

Columbian 
Inslee weighs in on 1-5, I-205 tolls proposed by Oregon 
Port, pols celebrate West Vancouver Freight Access project
Innovative Services NW positive behavior project receives grant
New behavioral health hospital will strive for comfort

The Daily News 
Inslee declares state of emergency for wildfire threats statewide
“The frequency is definitely increasing:“ A hotshot’s take on fire season safety

Everett Herald (subscription required)
New deal sets starting pay for Edmonds teachers at $62,688
Facebook finds ‘sophisticated’ efforts to disrupt elections
Microsoft wants to add 72 generators at data center
Concerns about farmworker shortage grow
WaPo: Washington joins states opposing change to family planning
WaPo: Alaska Airlines accused of forcing gay couple to sit apart

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Woman ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’ in the death of her son, 9-year-old Ryan Rosales
Courts in three states bar release of 3D-printable gun blueprints
 
New York Times 
Trump Calls on Sessions to End Russia Inquiry ‘Right Now’
Trump May Slash Number of Refugees U.S. Accepts by 40%
Facebook Discovers Coordinated Effort to Disrupt 2018 Election
‘Short-Term’ Health Insurance to Trump. ‘Junk’ to Democrats.
Editorial: Russia Attacks America’s Election System. Trump Shrugs.
Editorial: Trump’s Crony Capitalists Plot a New Heist
Op-ed: Liberals, Don’t Lose Faith in the First Amendment
Column: Climate Change’s Raging Wildfires
Column: Waiting for Caesar: Will the Trump White House start testing the limits of its power?

Peninsula Daily News 
Parking variance for Salish Coast Elementary School based on action in four weeks

Puget Sound Business Journal 
Amazon’s global workforce has changed the genetic makeup of Seattle’s blood supply
Oak View Group updates plan for $700 million KeyArena renovation
Seattle Children’s plans $40 million clinic in Rainier Valley as surging rents push families south
National security agencies want FCC to wait on Sprint/T-Mobile merger
Facebook has identified ongoing political influence campaign

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Why there aren’t any Native American charter schools in Washington state
Bellevue builds its first downtown bike lane. But there’s a catch
King County Council member abruptly pulls support for $180 million in public funding for Safeco Field
‘He was the best of us’: Police and community honor fallen Kent Police Officer Diego Moreno
Researchers searched all day for the grieving orca mother. Then they found her, still clinging to her calf.
Column: Taking out our failures on things down the food chain

Seattle Weekly 
Border Patrol Begins Barring Canadians Working in Legal Cannabis
King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles Reverses Course on Safeco Field Funding

Tri-City Herald 
Tariffs likely targeted to inflict pain on the Mid-Columbia 
  
USA Today 
Donald Trump tells Attorney General Sessions to shut down the Mueller probe, calls investigation “terrible” and a “stain”
GOP senator: Russia cyber threat as serious as terrorism

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: The signature gathering for gun initiative seems to have been flawed

Washington Post 
Trump administration widens availability of skimpy, short-term health plans
Should parents be prosecuted for failing to lock up guns used in school shootings?
Opinion: Our nation is too strapped to focus on making the rich richer
  
Whidbey News-Times 
Supporters push for teacher pay raises
Island Transit gathering public comments on 2018-23 development plan
Cantwell seeks $70 million to help areas with contaminated water
Letter: Why do teachers beg, bargain, hold signs?

Yakima Herald Republic 
About 400 children and employees evacuating summer camps due to Miriam fire
State grant will allow Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic to open three new after-hours learning centers at local schools
Editorial: City, county should embrace guest-worker housing while protecting existing apartments

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KING5 TV (NBC) 
Seattle to improve security near tiny house village after complaints
Washington governor declares wildfire state of emergency
Washington scientists use new funding to track earthquake fault lines
  
KOMO4 TV (ABC) 
Bellevue debuts new bike lanes and bike share pilot program
Controversial website offline after Seattle judge blocks release of 3D-printed gun plans
Goat roundup planned for Olympic National Park
 
KNKX FM 
There Will Be A Right To Abortion In Washington State Even If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
Senate Bill To Require Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Data By 2030 Census
Gulf Of Alaska Cod Are Disappearing. Blame ‘The Blob’ 

KUOW FM 
Wildfire Risk Prompts Emergency Declaration For Washington State
Congress Voting To Let More Sea Lions Be Killed To Protect Salmon
Judge in Seattle halts release of 3D-printed gun blueprints
A glimmer of hope in Snohomish County’s opioid epidemic 

NW Public Radio 
Should We Kill Sea Lions To Save Northwest Salmon? Congress Is About To Decide 
Wildfire Risk Prompts State Of Emergency Declaration For Washington 
Forest Service Chief Talks Need For New Fire Management, Fuel Treatments 
Military Reconnaissance Plane Enlisted In Northwest Wildfire Fight 

Q13 TV (Fox) 
WSP: 21 dangerous sexual predators arrested in Pierce County Net Nanny Operation
Inslee declares emergency in all Washington counties as wildfire threat intensifies
UW wants 6 million square feet of new space up for its 10-year growth plan

Web

Crosscut 
Is landmarking a building all a facade?

MyNorthwest.com 
The health consequences of the family separation policy
State National Guard activated to fight wildfires
Federal judge blocks 3D-printed guns from going online

Seattle P.I. 
Kent cop killed in line of duty remembered at memorial

Slog 
The Heat Wave Is Over, A Wildfire State of Emergency, Facebook Detects More Election Meddling
Judge Temporarily Blocks the Release of 3D Gun Design Plans
A Report Finds CBD Is More Effective for Epilepsy When Paired with THC

West Seattle Blog 
City Council committee to consider Orchard Street Ravine expansion purchase Wednesday

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

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Associated Press 
Trump threatens shutdown over border security, including wall
Report shows detailed projections for Washington rising seas
Seattle deciding whether to make bike-share program official
World stocks slip as trade fears set in 
Trump administration considering tax break on capital gains
Study: ‘Medicare for all’ projected to cost $32.6 trillion
Washington joins 7 states and DC in lawsuit over 3D guns
Accusations fly as firms seek to avoid Trump’s steel tariff
Global warming: Report shows detailed projections for Washington rising seas
Orca carries dead calf for week during ‘deep grieving’
Trump ‘looking into’ 3D guns issue

Bothell Reporter 
AG Ferguson sues Trump administration for giving dangerous people access to 3-D printed firearms

Columbian 
Vancouver farmer’s crops damaged from heat, drought
Groups: Endangered Species Act rollback a bad idea

The Daily News 
Editorial: Unite against harassment (via Columbian, Walla Walla Union Bulletin)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Report lost, stolen guns within 24 hours or face $250 fine
Homeless EdCC students hope for more stable temporary housing
A ‘nuisance’ property affects the whole neighborhood
Rampell: Good economic report not thanks to tax cuts, tariffs
Cleanup of toxins from Everett smelter to begin next month
Robinson: Trauma inflicted on kids to make a political point
WaPo: Air marshals secretly monitored US passengers for years
WaPo: Trump steps up war on journalists

The Inlander 
California fire grows, so does caseload for Spokane public defenders and other headlines

Journal of the San Juan Islands 
New Washington State Ferries vessel Suquamish joins fleet this fall
Editorial: Don’t give up on orcas

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Spring Chinook return to the Skokomish River to start a new salmon run

News Tribune (subscription required)
Rising seas and falling land: Tacoma needs to prepare for the impacts of climate change
Editorial: Orca mom holds on to dead calf for days. Humans should hold on to this picture of grief
  
New York Times
Trump Judicial Picks Ensure a Conservative Tilt for Decades
Census Question May Change How Power Is Divided in U.S. 
Facebook Identifies Efforts to Influence Midterm Elections
Treasury Chief Weighs $100 Billion Tax Cut for Wealthy
A Federal Shutdown? ‘I Would Have No Problem,’ Trump Says
Op-ed: Investing in Local Business to Get an Even Break
Op-ed: The Politics of ‘White Threat’
Op-ed: In My Iowa Town, We Need Immigrants

Peninsula Daily News 
State loan, grant to boost PA port facility
Requirements loom for Clallam juvenile facility grant

Puget Sound Business Journal 
Europe’s Value Added Tax will make e-commerce businesses shudder
‘What does a trucker look like?’ It’s changing, amid a big shortage
For sale: Survey data on millions of high school students
Cannabis industry helped Arlington bounce back from recession
Big deals are coming as Washington state’s marijuana industry matures
Marijuana jobs surpass the sawmill as an old timber town pivots to cannabis
Washington banks are capitalizing on the sale of SBA loan guarantees
How companies are making customers pay for Trump’s trade war
Treasury weighs $100 billion cut in taxes for rich
Public companies are disclosing new worker and CEO pay details, but critics say it’s mostly pointless

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Will Seattle penalize homeless shelters struggling to meet targets?
Memorial Tuesday for Kent police officer killed in line of duty
Grieving mother orca falling behind family as she carries dead calf for a seventh day
AG Bob Ferguson sues Trump administration over decision to allow public access to 3D-printed guns
Surplus City Light properties could be sold below market value for low-income housing
School Stats: Do charter schools in Washington actually serve students with disabilities?
Opinion: End of ‘no poaching’ clause is a good first step for the future of the American worker

Seattle Weekly 
Advocates Call on King County to Fund Affordable Housing Instead of Safeco Field
Washington Leads Legal Challenge Banning Access to 3D Printed Guns

Spokesman Review 
Inslee talks trade, Trump at town hall in Spokane

Tri-City Herald 
Hanford plan will leave land so clean you could put a house on it, feds say 
A Congressman was denied entrance to a child detention facility. Now he’s praising it 
Franklin PUD stops accepting applications for cryptocurrency mining 
Editorial: Ozone pollution is dangerous. Make some changes, Tri-Cities 
Op-ed: Salmon and dams can co-exist 
  
USA Today 
Donald Trump says collusion “is not a crime”
Trump tweets skepticism about 3D-printable guns. But his administration cleared the way for them.
Supreme Court: What’s next after Justice Anthony Kennedy leaves the court?
Senate digs through record 1 million pages of documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
Longshot: Why the GOP plan to permanently cap the SALT deduction may never become law

West Seattle Herald 
Land use application on two four story rowhouses gets conditional go ahead
Highland Park Action Committee sends formal request for roundabout to Mayor Durkan

Whidbey News-Times 
Navy asks for cost quote for connecting to city sewage plant
Town council fills vacant position

Yakima Herald Republic 
A summer of sadness for Puget Sound’s orca clan
The state of income inequality: Yakima County’s top 1% makes 20.3 times more than the other 99%
Her 8-year-old son committed suicide and she says the Yakima Valley desperately needs treatment options for children
College credit for IB program: Students caught in middle of confusion over new Washington law
Washington state’s colleges lead the nation in training more teachers of color, study finds
Editorial: Solar farms 
could heat up
 economy in the Yakima Valley
Editorial: PNWU program for native teens deserves more funding

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KING5 TV (NBC) 
Kent police chief: Community support was ‘immeasurable’ after officer’s death
How changing sea levels could affect 171 Washington sites

KIRO7 TV (CBS) 
PUD stops accepting applications for cryptocurrency mining 
WSU study: Cannabis legalization leads to positive policing changes 
Aging sex offenders on McNeil Island needed 557 medical trips last year 
City of Lynnwood considering tiny homes to ease homeless crisis 
Sound Transit expanding permit parking at busiest stations 
Activists call for diverting money for Safeco Field to affordable housing

KOMO4 TV (ABC) 
New designs for KeyArena to be unveiled Tuesday
Everett gun law goes into effect Saturday
Seattle to launch new way for neighbors to track tiny house villages

KNKX FM 
Green River And Seattle Colleges Say Visas For International Students Are More Unpredictable
Sen. Murray Slams Proposed Rule From Education Secretary DeVos On Student Loan Debt Relief
When Online Speech About Homelessness Manifests In The Real World
Wash. Schools May Get A Boost In Federal Funding For Career And Technical Education
Wash. Attorney General Files Lawsuit Blocking 3D Printed Firearms

KUOW FM 
Donald Trump could veto the Canadian oil sands pipeline project
Your Uber ride is partly why Seattle traffic got so bad
How many separated immigrant children are in Washington? The state wants to know
Mariners, housing advocates spar over who gets tax revenue
For Many College Students, Hunger ‘Makes It Hard To Focus’
Mariners, housing advocates spar over who gets tax revenue
 
Q13 TV (Fox) 
Washington, 7 other states file suit to block 3D printing of firearms
Safeco Field improvements or affordable housing? Public weighs in for first time

Web

Civic Skunkworks
By 2025, the Trump Tax Cuts Could Raise Your Take-Home Pay By a Whopping 1%

Crosscut 
As Seattle’s Black community is pushed south, a children’s clinic follows
Can Seattle finally make good on downtown bike lanes?
Baseball or affordable housing? It’s up to King County Council
Seattle P.I. 
Connelly: Seattle’s 3rd Ave will be permanently closed to cars 13 hours a day

Slog 
Attorney General Bob Ferguson Sues to Stop Spread of 3D-Printed Gun Design Plans

Monday, July 30, 2018

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Associated Press 
Report shows detailed projections for Washington rising seas

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Our distracted driving law has a commercial driver exception – here’s what it means
Watch smoke from wildfires in California, Oregon drift to Washington and Idaho

Columbian 
In Our View: Unite Against Harassment
In Our View: Charitable, This Isn’t
In Our View: Let’s Talk About School

The Daily News 
Editorial via Tacoma News Tribune: Holding sex offenders on McNeil Island wastes public money

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
A new Agate Pass Bridge? WSDOT takes an early look
Western Washington University exposes kids, teachers to cybersecurity through camp
Kilmer-backed legislation would let servicemembers out of contracts before deployment
Editorial: A not-quite modern class for WSF

News Tribune (subscription required)
Lakebay Marina’s future in doubt as owner wrestles with multiple investigations
Editorial: Holding sex offenders on McNeil Island wastes public money

New York Times 
Trump Rattles Republicans With Threat of a Shutdown
Krugman: Trump’s Supreme Betrayal
Column: How the Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women
Op-ed: Automakers Must Deliver on the Promise of Self-Driving Car Technology
Op-ed: How to Talk to a Racist
Op-ed: Think Summer Child Care Is Tough? Low-Income Families Deal With That All Year
Op-ed: Why Trump Can’t Quit Tariffs

Peninsula Daily News 
Traffic navigates around work on Eighth Street bridges in Port Angeles  (Chapman, Tharinger, Van De Wege)

Renton Reporter 
A look back at first year of E-DUI law
Legislation introduced honoring James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Two years later, homeless shelter in Seattle’s Harborview Hall expected to open in fall
College credit for IB program: Students caught in middle of confusion over new Washington law (Dolan, Pollet, Mullet)
Orca whale continued grieving ritual for a sixth day on Sunday
U.S. pot companies are going public in Canada because legality here is uncertain
Editorial: Accountability crucial for Seattle homelessness spending
Column: With gun-storage law, Seattle’s gone too far again — and at just the wrong moment
Opinion: Don’t allow cuts to women’s health services
Opinion: Early-childhood development offers a brighter future to entire nations

Seattle Weekly 
Future Remains Uncertain for Separated Immigrant Children as the Federal Reunification Deadline Passes

Snoqualmie-Valley Record 
King County Rolls on With Its Electric Bus Fleet Plans

Spokesman Review 
Amazon roll-out in Spokane follows growth in Prime subscriptions; among 7 fulfillment centers announced this year
Column: Gun violence’s toll on one family

USA Today 
How hospitals are failing new moms, in graphics (infographic)
Family files $100M wrongful death lawsuit in Branson duck boat accident; ‘duck boats are death traps’

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: When it comes to donating, use your heart and your head
Editorial: Sexual predators must remain on McNeil Island

Washington Post 
Opinion: Nearly a year into #MeToo, it is time to discuss bad guys who think they are good guys

Vancouver Business Journal 
Will trade war with China disrupt U.S. economy, markets?

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC) 
Washington to sue over 3D printed gun plans
Wildfire forces evacuation of state park on Lake Chelan

NW Public Radio
Washington 5th District Race Draws Criticism For McMorris Rodgers Ads 
Bitter Brew: Northwest Craft Beer Industry Feeling Bite From Metals Tariffs 

Q13 TV (Fox) 
Wildfire smoke and your health: Do you need to worry?
Car fire on I-90 sparks brush fire near Cle Elum; WB lanes affected
Washington AG to sue over 3D-printed guns

Web

Crosscut
Conservative activists find fuel for anti-union campaign in Seattle
Washington lawmakers hope to fight forest fires with fire
 
MyNorthwest.com 
State AG to file lawsuit over 3D guns
Evacuations remain after rain slows Chelan wildfire
Could we learn from Spokane’s homeless program?

Seattle P.I. 
Long-awaited homeless shelter expected to open in fall
On the streets for years: Chronic homelessness in Seattle, everywhere, hard to escape
NRA sues to block vote on Washington’s gun safety initiative

 Slog 
“This Is Not Rocket Science,” Seattle Judge Orders Feds to Hand Over Information About Separated Families
Do the Mariners Need $180 Million in Public Funds?
Canadians in the Cannabis Biz Could Get Banned from Entering the US

Friday, July 27

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Associated Press
Beach closed over sewage pollution in Lake Washington
State highways chief blames ‘impossible’ traffic on housing
Jefferson County joins lawsuit against opioid companies
State justices clarify when felons can regain gun rights
US economy surges to 4.1 percent growth rate in Q2

Aberdeen Daily World
Overnight detox facility coming to Aberdeen

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Gun-control advocates ask judge to block downloadable 3D guns
Work to demolish nuke weapons plant to resume in September

The Daily News
Editorial via Walla Walla Union Bulletin and Tri-Cities Herald: Public officials shouldn’t conceal email and texts

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Lynnwood ponders tiny houses for homeless college students
Everett council to consider $600K for flooding problems

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Southern resident orca loses calf shortly after birth (Ranker)
San Juan County’s fire risk increases to high on July 24 | Update

New York Times
Federal Authorities Say They Have Met Deadline to Reunite Migrant Families
Top Trump Officials Clash Over Plan to Let Cars Pollute More
Oregon Judge Rules in Favor of Transgender Students in Bathroom Case
DeVos to Eliminate Rules Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: TCD is acronym for very dysfunctional agency
Olympia wants to open 2 homeless camps, but $1.4M price tag gives City Council pause

Puget Sound Business Journal
Big deals are coming as the marijuana industry matures
Microsoft employees question CEO over company’s contract with ICE

Seattle Times (subscription required)
How you can help students with special needs find a place in college
He’s Mexican. She’s American. A deportation order left this Washington state family with a difficult choice.
Travel ban ruling leaves Seattle woman wondering when she will see her husband again
Some migrant parents detained in Seattle area still separated from children despite deadline
Soaring land and construction costs push light-rail line to Federal Way over $2.5 billion
Column: Why do we make reporting rape so difficult?

Spokesman Review
Inslee meets with Yakima Valley tree fruit growers, says Trump’s aid program won’t do much for local industry
Owner of former Hemingway property in Asotin County ordered to pay for restoration after illegal dam breaks, killing endangered steelhead trout
State officials say it would cost millions to keep the Naches fish hatchery open. The hatchery manager say that’s “bogus.

Tri-City Herald
Bill would make Hanford contractors regret whistleblower retaliation
Editorial: Ozone pollution is dangerous. Make some changes, Tri-Cities

USA Today
Opinion: Disrupt the cycle of recidivism. Training prisoners keeps many from returning to prison.

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Farm subsidy isn’t answer to trade war

Washington Post
Trump desperately needs a science adviser, experts say. He just doubled the record for time without one.
Opinion: The economy’s great. That doesn’t mean Trumponomics is.

Yakima Herald Republic
State officials say it would cost millions to keep the Naches fish hatchery open. The hatchery manager say that’s “bogus.”
Editorial: Hey, lead-foot drivers, state troopers are waiting

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
‘We can’t let this continue’: Kent mayor alarmed by increasing gun violence
Experts worry about dangers of Mount Rainier eruption despite no signs of activity
Seattle Center arena project to cost $700 million
Toxic chemicals burned underground in Renton pilot study

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Millions spent on one-time payment to prevent homelessness, but is it effective?
Suspect armed with AR-15 killed by King Co. deputy at Kent Station, deputies say
Dozens protest outside Seattle ICE office as deadline passes to reunite immigrant families

KNKX FM
Separated Immigrant Youth At Seattle Shelter Face Uncertainty With Latest Deadline
Green River And Seattle Colleges Say Visas For International Students Are More Unpredictable

KUOW FM
This firm built its Seattle headquarters without air conditioning to prove a point
Orca deaths: ‘Something is really wrong with our ecosystem’
‘Critical’ Shortage Of Blood At Northwest Blood Banks
Now Hiring: A Company Offers Drug Treatment And A Job To Addicted Applicants
Some Doctors, Patients Balk At Medicare’s ‘Flat Fee’ Payment Proposal
Facial Recognition Software Wrongly Identifies 28 Lawmakers As Crime Suspects

NW Public Radio
‘Critical’ Shortage Of Blood At Northwest Blood Banks
Efforts To Reduce Wildfire Risk Fall Short, Buck Science

Q13 TV (Fox)
Inslee voices support for short-term action on orcas as long-term decisions loom

Web

Crosscut
As federal deadline arrives, families in WA remain separated
Why don’t Seattle renters know their rights?

Seattle P.I.
Sprawling algae bloom spotted near Lummi Island
Costs of Federal Way light rail link soar by $460 million

Slog
Slog AM: Nine Parents Still Detained in Washington After Reunification Deadline, Sewage Contamination in Lake Washington
Light Rail to Federal Way Will Be Over Budget by Nearly Half a Billion Dollars

Thursday, July 26

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Associated Press
New endangered Puget Sound orca dies soon after birth
Outside report into lawmaker complete, investigation ongoing
Farmers prefer trade deals but yes, they’ll take the cash
Clock ticks toward reuniting families separated at border
12 cases linked to Puyallup hospital’s hepatitis C outbreak
6 states hit with drug crisis get labor department grants

Aberdeen Daily World
Just in case: oiled wildlife exercise held at Satsop Business Park

Arlington Times
New state law puts financial disorder in Marysville court

Bothell Reporter
King County council members push safe storage gun regulation
State health officials urge residents to stay healthy in hot weather

Columbian
Murray wants GOP help in blocking Supreme Court pick

The Daily News
Herrera Beutler co-sponsors bipartisan kids’ health care bill

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Will: Protectionism shows how unpersuasive evidence is
Murray wants GOP help in blocking Supreme Court pick
Air quality is worse in the west due to bigger wildfires

The Inlander
New study suggests police are more effective in states with legal marijuana
The state is rewriting rules to slash student suspensions and expulsions. But Spokane is wary
Will a plan to combine all the 911 dispatch agencies in the county save lives or cost them?

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Bike safety tips for summer in the San Juans

Kirkland Reporter
King County council members push safe storage gun regulation

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Kitsap County files lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors
Chronic pain patients feel sting of opioid crackdown

News Tribune (subscription required)
Matt Driscoll: Citing a moral obligation, Tacoma faith community wades into affordable housing policy

New York Times
U.S. and Europe Outline Deal to Ease Trade Feud
In Ruling Against Trump, Judge Defines Anticorruption Clauses in Constitution for First Time
Opinion: Trump Has No Idea What His Tariffs Have Unleashed for Farmers

Peninsula Daily News
County joins federal lawsuits against opioid manufacturers

Puget Sound Business Journal
Boeing says 777X factory robots could help build the new 797 airplane
How the Trump tax cut is helping to push the federal deficit to $1 trillion
Washington cherry, apple growers to receive little help from Trump’s $12 billion farm bailout

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Photo of security guard with ICE card at Seattle light-rail station baffles Sound Transit, immigration agency
Opioid overdoses jump in Snohomish County after tightening of prescription rules
New contract improves conditions for more than 800 Sea-Tac airport workers
Opinion: We the people will not let net neutrality die

Seattle Weekly
King County Councilmembers Push Safe Storage Gun Regulation

Spokesman Review
In less than six years, Border Patrol made nearly 200 arrests at the Spokane Intermodal Center
Treaty negotiator: Canada could revisit salmon restoration to British Columbia spawning grounds

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: State Presidential Primary must allow all to participate

Washington Post
House passes annual defense bill, avoiding big policy clashes with Trump
House Speaker Ryan says he opposes conservative effort to impeach Rod Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel probe on Russia
The Daily 202: Trump moves to punt three political problems until after the midterms
The Energy 202: Trump team stops asking drillers and miners to pay for damage to federal lands
Killings of black people lead to arrests less often than when victims are white
Trump, E.U. announce deal to avert escalation of trade tensions

Yakima Herald Republic
Inslee meets with Yakima Valley tree fruit growers, says Trump’s aid program won’t do much for local industry
Wildlife Department eyes increasing cost of hunting, fishing licenses
Rising minimum wage has Yakima Parks and Recreation Department ready to propose fee increase
Editorial: Despite concerns, bring back ‘the great bear’

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Protesters gather outside ICE office in downtown Seattle
Snohomish County reports 57 opioid overdoses in one week
Amazon’s facial recognition falsely matches 28 Congress members with mugshots

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Survey: 57 opioid overdoses in one week recorded in Snohomish County

KNKX FM
Separated Immigrant Youth At Seattle Shelter Face Uncertainty With Latest Deadline
Columbia River Treaty Negotiators Ask For Patience Ahead Of Further Talks
Northern Border Crossing Hours To Be Shortened In Rural Northeast Washington

KUOW FM
A tale of an artist, a pot grower, and Seattle’s wild real estate market
No Teen Lifeguard On Duty: Summer Jobs Are No Longer An Attraction
With Spanish Classes, Vet Schools Aim To Break Down Barriers With Farmworkers
Under Deadline, Government Scrambles To Reunite Migrant Families
How Fast Did The Economy Grow? Forecasts Are All Over The Place
Sharp Increase In Gun Suicides Signals Growing Public Health Crisis
Kids most vulnerable to chemicals in food, packaging
Cougars In The News: Shift In Range Brings More Reported Encounters

NW Public Radio
Border Crossing Hours To Be Shortened In Northeast Washington (But Not As Much As Proposed)
Columbia River Treaty Negotiators Ask For Patience Ahead Of Further Talks

Q13 TV (Fox)
Orca task force promises bold actions to save dying species, but will it deliver?

Web

Seattle P.I.
Trump base in E. Washington may suffer trade war casualties
AG Ferguson faces down Facebook, triggers national policy change

Slog
Does Legalized Weed Lead to Increased Use Among Youth?