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Friday, June 22

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Associated Press
Washington, other states plan to sue over family separations
High Court: Online shoppers can be forced to pay sales tax
Canada’s legalization to offer pot by mail, better banking
Nevada pot regulators get more money to deal with demand
Washington tribe seeking recognition advances with lawsuit
At Mexico border, US mayors say humanitarian crisis persists

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Supreme Court online sales tax ruling pleases politicians. Consumers? Maybe not. (Carlyle, Rolfes)

The Daily News
Montana attorney general blasts Inslee over Millenium project in NYT editorial
Editorial: Shine light on political ads (Via Walla Walla Union Bulletin)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Commentary: Equal access to public space issue of free speech
Editorial: Gun locks and new city ordinances wins for safety

Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Bob Ferguson launches website for human trafficking victims

Journal of the San Juan Islands
San Juan County launches Whale Warning flags to protect local whales

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Op-ed: Another reminder that it’s not about the kids

Maple Valley Reporter
County executive proposes $100 million affordable housing bond

New York Times
In Major Ruling, Supreme Court Upholds Privacy of Phone Data
Europe Strikes Back With Tariffs on $3.2 Billion of U.S. Goods
California Today: Recalling Japanese Internment in the Era of Trump
Trump’s Overhaul Plan for Government Targets Safety Net

Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia’s sales tax will go up July 1 to fund affordable housing
Supreme Court online sales tax ruling pleases politicians. Consumers? Maybe not.
Editorial: Agency transition to e-cars stuck in low gear

Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington state public companies compare CEO pay to median worker’s wages
Supreme Court sales tax ruling could be $450M-a-year windfall for Washington state
Supreme Court rules that warrants generally are required to collect cellphone data
US banks clear first round of Fed stress tests

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Meet Benny, Washington’s newest weapon in the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking
Hundreds march in Seattle to protest separation of immigrant families
GE’s fall illuminates bigger problems facing the American economy
Infant removed from Seattle homeless encampment now in CPS custody
In opioid crisis, schools are on the front lines but slow to get help
Impact of high court’s online sales-tax ruling might be modest in Washington state (Carlyle)
AG Ferguson: Washington, other states to sue Trump administration over separating immigrant families at border
Editorial: City of Seattle cannot abandon critical Magnolia Bridge
Opinion: A crisis like Seattle’s cries out for a homelessness summit

Spokesman Review
Supreme Court’s sales tax ruling could boost Washington budget
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife names Kelly Susewind new director
Washington among states to sue over ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy

Tri-City Herald
The Tri-Cities water supply for some lawns and crops is tightening
Here’s why the school board wants teacher contract negotiations public — and why the union doesn’t

USA Today
Supreme Court protects cellphone data from government without warrant

Washington Post
The chaotic effort to reunite immigrant parents with their separated kids
Pentagon will make room for up to 20,000 migrant children on military bases

Whidbey News-Times
Letter: Moratorium on vacation rentals is ‘anti-tourist’

Yakima Herald Republic
Dry weather means water rationing, complete shut off for some in Yakima Valley

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
‘We’re people too’: Seattle domestic workers praise proposed bill of rights
Outraged by family separations at border, protesters march through Seattle
Washington AG: ‘We’re going to put a stop’ to family separations

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
How Washington is impacted by SCOTUS online sales tax ruling (Carlyle)

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Many questions, few answers after executive order on immigrant families

KNKX FM
Seattle Educators Call For A Two-Year Moratorium On Standardized Testing
Washington, Other States To Sue Trump Administration Over Family Separation
Muckleshoot Teen Graduates As Valedictorian After Growing Up In Foster Care
Supreme Court Ruling Means Some Online Purchases Will Cost More

KUOW FM
The U.S. government has forcibly separated families before. Here are 4 other times
Making Schools Safer: Harsh Consequences, Or Second Chances?
The Pot Farmers Next Door: Chinese Immigrants Drawn To Illicit Indoor Grows
Chinook Tribe A Step Closer To Recognition As Judge Advances Claims

NW Public Radio
Another Illicit Western Washington Pot Bust Suggests Connections To China, Forced Labor
Washington And Oregon Plan To Sue Over Family Separation

Q13 TV (Fox)
Despite an end to family separation policy, attorneys say it’s unclear when families will be reunited
Seattle mayor joins family separation protest at US-Mexico border
WSDOT: New Highway 99 tunnel could open around Thanksgiving

Web

Crosscut
Turning beer and food waste into electricity
Opinion: Incarcerating families is the American way

MyNorthwest.com
WSDOT is finally shutting down Highway 2
Washington leads lawsuit against Trump over family separation policy

Seattle P.I.
States sue Trump on immigration: ‘Where is the decency?’
Why Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct will have to close for three weeks before tunnel opens
How Washington ranks in human trafficking cases

Slog
A Seattle Weekend-Traffic Hellscape, Washington Children Impacted By Opioid Crisis
Washington AG Announces Lawsuit Over Family Separation

The Verge
How the economy of Blaine, WA, a town Canadians from Vancouver region visit to pick up their Amazon.com US packages, is being threatened by Amazon.ca’s growth

Thursday, June 21

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Associated Press
Trump’s migrant policy: First blowback, then about-face
Now what? Immigration order sparks confusion, deep concern
Inslee announces boost to immigrant legal aid funding
High Court: Online shoppers can be forced to pay sales tax
Canadian company ready to start process for silicon smelter
Trudeau: Canada to legalize marijuana on Oct. 17
Audit faults detention facility management on overtime use

Aberdeen Daily World
Saving history, one photo at a time

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
State patrol will be on lookout for drivers who don’t move over for emergency lights
To help rid the oceans of plastic, this Seattle ban begins July 1

Columbian
In Our View: Shine Light on Political Ads

The Daily News
Cowlitz jobs report spotlights employment gains

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Everett Transit proposes doubling adult fare to $2
More than 1,300 Everett students face school change
WaPo: Supreme Court: Online sales tax collection can be required
WaPo: White House to propose merging Labor, Education departments
Editorial: Trump decision doesn’t end the crisis at border

Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way Public Schools challenges students to read this summer

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Supreme Court allows states to collect sales taxes on more online transactions
Trump signs executive order to end immigrant family separations: What we know

News Tribune (subscription required)
Hundreds of yards polluted by Asarco smelter still need cleanup. Here’s this year’s plan
Tacoma students soon will be able to kick-start a career in medicine while still in high school
Voting machine vendor treated election officials to trips to Vegas, elsewhere

New York Times
Trump Returns to Tough Talk on Immigration, a Day After Retreating on Family Separation
Trump to Propose Government Reorganization, Targeting Safety Net Programs
Supreme Court Clears Way for Sales Taxes on Internet Merchants
Republicans Dislike Separating Families. But They Like ‘Zero Tolerance’ More.

Olympian (subscription required)
Pastor who shot Walmart gunman calls the event ‘tragic and shocking’
Vigil to be held outside Olympia City Hall in response to ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy
Will the same budtender be there next time? New cannabis jobs report says maybe not

Puget Sound Business Journal
Alaska Air tells Trump it doesn’t want to fly migrant children who have been split from families
Restaurants be ready: Seattle’s plastic straw and utensil ban goes into effect soon

Seattle Times (subscription required)
NYT: Trump to propose reorganizing the government, targeting safety net programs
Inslee slams Trump White House as ‘den of deceit’; Republicans quieter in criticism of border separations
Federal study lays out risk levels for firefighting-foam chemicals in drinking water
What do you want to understand about homelessness? Ask Project Homeless
Principals in Washington can’t hire enough special-education teachers. Here’s one reason why.
Editorial: Jailing families together is not immigration reform
Opinion: Our outpouring of compassion will vanquish moral bankruptcy

Seattle Weekly
How Title X Cuts Impact UW Women’s Health

Spokesman Review
Company prepares to move on Newport smelter’s environmental study

Tri-City Herald
Trios bankruptcy approved, saving 1,000 jobs. You’ll still be taxed
Our Voice: Popular, no-tax conservation fund needs saving

USA Today
Supreme Court allows states to collect sales taxes on more online transactions

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
How Title X Cuts Impact UW Women’s Health
Editorial: UW decision to settle free speech case was wise

Washington Post
Trump’s tweet on immigration could undermine House Republicans as they try to pass a bill today
Supreme Court rules that states may require online retailers to collect sales taxes

Wenatchee World
Wenatchee Valley Federal Credit Union members vote for merger
Replacement of WVC’s Wells Hall in progress

Whidbey News-Times
Naval search and rescue team rescues two people from Cascade Mountains

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
9 children in Washington following family separations at border
‘We have to do something.’ Hundreds in Seattle moved to action by immigration policy
Could ping pong, food trucks improve safety around King County Courthouse?
Seattle’s ‘Safe Place’ helps victims of hate crimes, discrimination
Refugees make a new home in the U.S.
Growing wildfire near Vantage at least 800 acres

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Separated families await outcome of President’s executive order on immigration
Gov. Inslee attacks Trump, signs executive order for legal aid to immigrant families
Immigrant advocates fighting for separated families being held in Washington state
Everett considers fine for gun owners who don’t report lost or stolen guns quickly

KNKX FM
Your Washington Doctor May Soon Ask If You Own A Gun
‘Wildfire’ Author Embedded With Elite Firefighters, Remains Optimistic Despite Challenges
ICE Temporarily Shutters Portland Facility Due To ‘Occupy’ Protest
Seattle Educators Call For A Two-Year Moratorium On Standardized Testing
Archivists Continue Rush To Save Surviving Photos, Records From Aberdeen Museum

KUOW FM
How much of ‘the 1 percent’ lives in Seattle?
With Billions At Stake, Supreme Court Rules States May Tax Online Retailers
The murky future of our Southern resident orcas
‘I Fired To Stop The Shooter.’ Pastor Tells Of Shooting Walmart Gunman
Rep. Derek Kilmer on the Democrats’ bill to stop family separations
13 Kids Separated From Parents At Border Show Up In NW Shelters
Water fuels Seattle’s growth. But in North Bend, activists say water could be running out

Q13 TV (Fox)
Border Divide: Immigration policy and separated immigrant children
Inslee announces funding to help separated immigrant children in Washington
Owner of Ballard restaurant moved to US from Honduras: ‘It’s really bad people there’
Immigrant activists fight for the rights of detainees in SeaTac federal prison

Web

Crosscut
Domestic workers: ‘We’re like the garbage they ask us to clean up’
Where to put affordable housing? On top of a light rail station
Opinion: ICE agents and the ethics of following orders

My Ballard
Ballard’s fear of crime ranks higher than most Seattle neighborhoods

MyNorthwest.com
Gov. Inslee to give $1.2M to immigration rights services

Queen Anne & Magnolia News
Magnolia preschool wraps up four-decade run

Slog
Trump’s Family Separation Policy Was Cruelty Incarnate. Why Didn’t Democrats Shout About It Sooner?
Emergency Money From Inslee Will Fund Desperately Needed Legal Aid for Detained Immigrants
Canada Puff Puff Passes Legal Weed
ICE Temporarily Shutters Portland Facility Due to Occupy Protest

Wednesday, June 20

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Associated Press
EU to tax Harleys, peanut butter and more starting Friday
House GOP gets little direction from Trump on immigration
No clear plan yet on how to reunite parents with children
US poised to announce exit from UN human rights council
Seattle’s ban on plastic straws, utensils begins in July
Forecast shows millions more in state revenues
‘Don’t leave me, Mom’: Detainee tells of separation from son
Trump says he’ll be ‘signing something’ on detained children
Spokane politician contends Greyhound may be violating law
Washington AG seeks information on separated children
APNewsBreak: Youngest migrants held in ‘tender age’ shelters
Smoking hits new low; about 14 percent of U.S. adults light up

Bainbridge Island Review
New Virginia Mason medical center is open for business
Change of value notices mailed

Columbian
Murray, Cantwell speak in support of immigration bill
In Our View: Good News on Marijuana

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Everett board votes to redraw elementary school boundaries
WaPo: CEOs call the breakup of families at the border ‘inhumane’
Commentary: Taking kids from parents has dire health effects

Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way Police issue positive tickets for good behavior
Federal Way High School students chat with Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson
Legislators and activists seek solutions to farmer suicides

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Orca death leads to lowest Southern resident killer whale population in 30 years
San Juan County joins national opioid lawsuit

Kirkland Reporter
CitySurf pop-up pool could open this summer on Eastside
Lakeview elementary hosts its annual egg drop

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Seattle’s ban on plastic straws, utensils begins in July
Fact check: What’s really going on with immigrant children being detained at the border?

Mountlake Terrace News
Council hears girl’s plea to ban single-use plastics, honors legislators, approves critical areas ordinance (Palumbo, Stanford, Kloba)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Pope criticizes family-separation policy on migrants: ‘Populism is not the solution’
Trump planned to erect tent cities to house immigrants since the start of his presidency

New York Times
Pope Francis Criticizes Trump Administration on Family Separations
Canada Vote on Marijuana Paves the Way for Legalization
Trump’s Trade War Spooks Markets as White House Waits for China to Blink
Microsoft Employees Protest Work With ICE, as Tech Industry Mobilizes Over Immigration
G.O.P. Moves to End Trump’s Family Separation Policy, but Can’t Agree How

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: We are better than this cruelty at the border

Peninsula Daily News
Olympic National Park to start capturing mountain goats this summer

Puget Sound Business Journal
Disability applications plunge as the economy strengthens
Microsoft CEO blasts Trump border policy while downplaying tech giant’s role with ICE
GOP moves to end Trump’s family separation policy, but can’t agree how
US businesses speak out against Trump border policy

Redmond Reporter
Report shows Redmond’s drinking water was safe in 2017
Foundation invests more than $350,000 in schools
Olympic National Park to start capturing mountain goats this summer

Renton Reporter
Fire Training recruit class 5 graduation
Vision House installs new playground for children

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan will travel to Mexican border to join protest against family separations
Local religious community comes together to bring awareness to family separations (Gregerson, Orwall)
Microsoft employees call on company to cancel contract with ICE
Boeing wins big freighter jet order as FedEx bets on continued air cargo recovery
No third trial for former state Auditor Troy Kelley, who faces sentencing on theft charges
FYI Guy: What’s the region’s second-fastest growing neighborhood? Hint: It’s not in Seattle.
Westneat: Breaking up immigrant families is ‘not who we are’? Oh yes it is
Editorial: Congress should leave food-stamps program alone
Opinion: Separating families is a humanitarian and health crisis

Seattle Weekly
The Growing Power of Seattle YIMBYs

Spokesman Review
Davidson urging Congress to let pot businesses use banks
Strong economic forecast signals extra tax money
New Planned Parenthood health center dedicated in Spokane
Letter: Free ballots are secure

Tri-City Herald
Former Idaho governor says don’t bring Washington state nuclear waste over here
Bumblebee blues: Pacific Northwest pollinator in trouble

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Arts center answers a $6 million question

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Local man honored for leadership
Free breakfast, lunch offered to youths
Letter: Stand against separation of children from parents
Letter: Keeping quality ambulance service running must be goal

Washington Post
Trump urges House GOP to fix immigration system, expresses no strong preference on rival bills amid uproar over family separations
‘The good times for illegals are over’: Trump finds allies in Europe’s anti-immigration movement

Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor grads show ‘inspirational ambition’
Expert: Chief followed protocol
Town places moratorium on short-term vacation rentals
Power outage planned for Thursday in Coupeville
Sound Off: Proposed Island Transit fares don’t add up

Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima Valley not spared as Central Washington suicide rate rises 23 percent
Editorial: Mosquito advice as inconvenience of summer now buzzes among us
Parker: Children at the border: How do you convince Trump he’s wrong?

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Deadly school bus crash renews Washington push for seat belts
Kent reverend leads effort to bring church charges against Jeff Sessions
New website launched to help Washington sex trafficking victims
Seattle mayor going to US-Mexico border to protest family separation policy

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Everett considering new rules for gun owners

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Homeless man arrested for attacking father, daughter; 3rd attack in Seattle in a month

KNKX FM
Your Washington Doctor May Soon Ask If You Own A Gun
Portland Demonstrators Protest Child Separations By ‘Occupying’ ICE
Family Separation Is Trump’s Immigration Policy. Here’s Why He Won’t Own It
Civil Liberties Groups Petition Amazon To Stop Selling Facial Recognition Product To Police

KUOW FM
King County Executive Dow Constantine believes we can get by without a head tax

NW Public Radio
Crowded Western Washington Trails Crowding Out Tribal Culture

Q13 TV (Fox)
Durkan to travel to border to join other mayors protesting family separations
About 50 immigrants in SeaTac federal detention center separated from children
Feds to begin relocating hundreds of mountain goats from Olympics this summer, killing others

Web

MyNorthwest.com
Fake opioid pills flooding illicit market, laced with fentanyl

Seattle P.I.
Microsoft under fire for bragging about helping ICE
Connelly: 600 fellow Methodists charge AG Sessions over family separation

Slog
Mayor Durkan Heads to Texas to Protest Family Separation, Microsoft Employees Are Anti-ICE, The Last (Plastic) Straw for Seattle

Tuesday, June 19

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Associated Press
Experts say auto tariffs would raise prices, cost jobs
2,000 children seized and without parents: How we got here
‘Papa! Papa!’ Audio of children stokes rage over separation
In tit-for-tat, Trump threatens more tariffs against China
Washington AG seeks information on separated children
UW to pay $123K to settle Republicans’ free-speech lawsuit
Idaho lawmakers search for ways to reduce prison population

Aberdeen Daily World
New drug court aims to put offenders on a new path
Local commitment urged at tsunami refuge forum
Bishop Curry speaks at Aberdeen affordable-housing rally

Bothell Reporter
New report calls for increased transparency from King County Sheriff’s Office
It’s time to make Western Washington coal-free | Guest Column

Columbian
In Our View: We Need Places to Live
In Our View: Heed Toll Concerns

The Daily News
Some forest trails remain closed long after 2017 wildfire
Editorial: The McCleary of culverts (Via the Yakima Herald)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Everett fire chief: 911 calls ‘burning through human capital’
More middle-schoolers are earning high school credits
Gerson: Poor reading of Bible can’t defend cruelty at border
Editorial: State jobs a battlefield in Trump’s trade wars

Federal Way Mirror
Students’ voices heard at youth forum

The Inlander
Washington state maintains net neutrality after FCC rollback

Journal of the San Juan Islands
New Compass Health program serves Medicaid-eligible youth on island

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
So your assessed property value soared. Will your property taxes follow suit?
Facebook bans ads on gun holsters and weapon accessories to minors

Mountlake Terrace News
Public hearing on city’s critical areas ordinance, including fines for tree cutting, before MLT council June 18 (Palumbo, Stanford, Kloba)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Supreme Court gerrymandering decision signals more legal challenges to come

New York Times
Trump to Issue Rule That Weakens Affordable Care Act
Trump Threatens Tariffs on $200 Billion in China Goods, Escalating Fight
A Troubling Prognosis for Migrant Children in Detention: ‘The Earlier They’re Out, the Better’
Trump Resisting a Growing Wrath for Separating Migrant Families

Olympian (subscription required)
Lacey settles dispute over police guild’s records requests with payment, public admission

Peninsula Daily News
Agreement step in bringing high-speed internet to La Push
Study looks at maritime trades impacts on Jefferson economy

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Washington AG wants to hear from families hosting children separated from their immigrant parents
ARTIFACTS OF INJUSTICE
Would the Golden Gate’s ‘Road Zipper’ make Seattle’s Aurora Bridge safer?
Local religious community comes together to bring awareness to family separations (Orwall, Gregerson)
UW to pay $122,500 in legal fees in settlement with College Republicans over free speech
Large: Seattle collection of rare artifacts reveals America’s past and present, and how little we know
Opinion: Let’s break with the past and charge ahead with clean energy
Editorial: Affordable Care Act is worth saving

Seattle Weekly
Sowing the Seeds of Mental Health

Spokesman Review
Inslee, Ferguson call separation policy cruel, accuse Trump of lying about it
Just north of Richland is one of state’s most endangered historic places
Column: Leach launches air raid on truth with Trumpian Twitter post
Op-ed: Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’
Letter: Inslee’s smelter contradiction

USA Today
Trump says Democrats want illegal immigrants to ‘infest’ US: What we know now

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Pride on Parade

Washington Post
Trump is defiant as border crisis escalates, prepares to lobby House GOP on immigration bills
In Trump’s efficient U.S. family separation system, reunions take far longer
Md.’s Republican governor pulls Guard troops off border to protest separations
The facts about Trump’s policy of separating families at the border
Trump escalates China trade war, threatens tariffs on $200 billion in products

Wenatchee World
Alcoa pays $62 million, permanently closes one potline
Officials across the Northwest prepare for what could be a busy wildfire season

Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima County commissioners face lawsuit, accusation of violating public meetings law
Editorial: Seattle head tax: Public holds officials accountable — in a lesson for all

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Snohomish County has the tightest housing market in Western Washington
Washington driver’s licenses change July 1 to comply with REAL ID
Starbucks to hold summit on homelessness
Washington lawmaker leads national protest of family separation policy

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Microsoft facing outrage over ICE deal amid family separations at border
Mayor says Seattle is safe after homeless man’s attack, city approves $13M shelter plan

KNKX FM
Pierce County, Latest To Seek Ban On Safe Injection Sites, Was Once A Pioneer Of ‘Harm Reduction’
UW Study Shows How Quickly Kids’ Brains Change As They’re Learning To Read

KUOW FM
After An Overdose, Patients Aren’t Getting Treatments That Could Prevent The Next One
How The Opioid Crisis Is Depressing America’s Labor Force

NW Public Radio
Today’s Northwest Wolves Have Roots In Coastal Rainforests And Rocky Mountains

Q13 TV (Fox)
Starting July 1 Washington driver’s licenses will look different
Local immigrants, lawmaker blast Trump administration over new asylum rules
More than 300 gather to show support for immigrant detainees held at federal prison in SeaTac
Recording reveals sounds of children crying for their parents at the border

Web

Crosscut
Tribes see return of long lost fish
‘Charleena Lyles’ — still saying her name a year after fatal shooting

MyNorthwest.com
Mayor Durkan’s new homeless plan approved by Seattle council
Congressmember DelBene speaks against Trump’s family separation policy

Seattle P.I.
Where in Washington will be under water by 2045?
Connelly: Big $636 million property tax levy approved for Seattle ballot
Connelly: More in U.S. approve of Trudeau on trade than Trump

Slog
Listen: This Is What the Trump Administration Is Doing to Children in Your Name
Microsoft Faces Backlash for Working with ICE
Settlement Blocks UW from Charging Security Fees to Student Groups. For Now.

Monday, June 18

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Associated Press
Family separation policy starts dividing Republicans
Builder optimism fades with potential trade war looming
Lawmaker resigns chairmanship following investigation (Sawyer, Sullivan, Stonier)
Why many Americans aren’t benefiting from robust US economy
‘A nation of second chances’: Former convict is now a lawyer
Bumblebee blues: Pacific Northwest pollinator in trouble
Sound Transit expects contracts by fall for rail extension north of Seattle

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Even $15 an hour won’t be enough when it comes to paying rent in Whatcom County
After sex harassment reports, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has a new director

The Daily News
More businesses are mellowing out over hiring pot smokers
Lawsuit over jail deaths will get another chance in federal court

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Island County prepares to join opioid lawsuit
Light rail loses some bells and whistles as it inches north
Everett police: Get to high-risk kids before the gangs do
Agencies join for 3 days of active shooter training
Researchers hope to reduce eagle deaths caused by turbines
McCusker: On presidential legacies and the economy
Saunders: Two words you didn’t hear: verifiable, irreversible
Commentary: Charter schools debate about impact, not funding
Commentary: How poverty is being fought in Snohomish County
Parker: There has to be a better way at the border
Robinson: Taking children from parents is what dictators do
WaPo: US and China announce new tariffs in escalation of trade war
Editorial: High school diploma just not enough for a good job

Federal Way Mirror
Guest column: Significant changes to education funding model impacts Federal Way Public Schools

Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Seattle and King County officials want a safe injection van

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Skagit Valley College graduation on San Juan | Photos
Government officials try voluntary vessel-free zone before federal mandate
San Juan Island Community Foundation awards college scholarships

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
More school resource officers coming to Central, North Kitsap
What Melania Trump, past first ladies have to say on ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy
Secret VA nursing home ratings hide poor quality care from the public
Op-ed: Ask, listen and act to prevent suicide among your family or friends

Maple Valley Reporter
Washington Department of Licensing takes steps to comply with Real ID Act

News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Washington school funding plan finally wins favor, but not in Tacoma (Nelson)

New York Times
Leading Republicans Join Democrats in Pushing Trump to Halt Family Separations
Safety Concerns Grow as Inmates Are Guarded by Teachers and Secretaries
Supreme Court Avoids an Answer on Partisan Gerrymandering

Olympian (subscription required)
Chehalis Tribe, Herrera Beutler working to repeal native distilling ban
There has been a statewide increase in bicyclist and pedestrian deaths. Why?
After sex harassment reports, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has a new director
Editorial: Where is leadership on salmon, culverts?

Puget Sound Business Journal
Millennials are the key to success for Washington’s largest employers
Pregnancy discrimination is rampant inside America’s biggest companies
Leadership wanted as Seattle recovers from head tax debacle
Opinion: Lawmakers should realign tax code in light of federal changes

Seattle Times (subscription required)
WaPo: ‘Unfair and unconstitutional’: Outrage over detained migrant children intensifies
FYI Guy: Washington warmed slowest of all states over past 30 years — but what does it mean for climate change?
After shootings, South Park teens plant seeds for a safer future
Evergreen State College is updating after protests, decline in enrollment
Task force on homelessness looks to restart after Seattle head-tax debate
No lawsuit yet, but apartment building owners’ challenge could delay KeyArena renovation
Lawsuit alleges blacklisting of Mexican farmworkers who joined 2017 orchard strike
Editorial: Teacher pay and school outcomes don’t have to compete for state dollars
Opinion: Health-care system needs reboot to solve pain and opioid crises
Opinion: A reality check for politicians
Editorial: 10 take-aways from the head-tax debacle
Opinion: Israel has no choice but to defend itself against Hamas attacks
Opinion: Separating families is a humanitarian and health crisis

Spokesman Review
Washington driver’s licenses, ID cards to change on July 1
Safety top issue at Spokane School Board meeting
New Planned Parenthood health center dedicated in Spokane

USA Today
Supreme Court punts on two cases regarding partisan election districts
Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen denies policy separates families at border
Trump’s insults, tariffs inspire Canadians to organize boycott of U.S. goods

Washington Post
Supreme Court sidesteps decision on partisan gerrymandering in rulings on Wisconsin, Maryland cases
White House insists Democrats to blame for family separations, even as some in GOP urge Trump to reverse course
Opinion: Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’

Whidbey News-Times
County poised to join opioid lawsuit
Oak Harbor grad earns state Principal of the Year honor
Planning halts for Freeland sewer
Letter: Speak up, speak out against administration
Editorial: Planning commissioners’ remarks reflect lack of empathy

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: McCleary of culverts: Once again, court forces action by Legislature

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on education levy, homelessness crisis
King County deputies to carry opioid overdose reversal drug

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
After head tax repealed, source of funding unclear for homeless housing

KNKX FM
Explaining Washington’s Open Public Meetings Act
Walking The Red Line: A Tour Of Seattle’s Discriminatory Housing Practices

KUOW FM
What Teens Really Say About Sex, Drugs And Sadness

Q13 TV (Fox)
Worries mount for immigrants as Trump administration plans cuts temporary protection status

Web

Crosscut
On grizzlies, Washington can learn from Montana

MyNorthwest.com
Separated from children, SeaTac asylum seekers face legal limbo
I-1639: Washington state’s latest gun control initiative
After head tax repealed, source of funding unclear for homeless housing

Seattle P.I.
‘Hero’ customer kills gunman during wild rampage at Tumwater Walmart
Connelly: Bishop Curry on taking children from parents: ‘This is not America’

Slog
Washington Warming Slower Than Rest Of U.S., Tumwater Shooting, Family Separation Causes “Toxic Stress”