Thursday, May 31

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Associated Press
Annual homeless count shows more people living in vehicles
The Latest: US businesses in Europe upset by new US tariffs
US to push steel, aluminum tariffs on EU, Canada and Mexico
Thousands of crab pots are lost at the bottom of Puget Sound
Washington Supreme Court to decide legislative records case
CIA releases records after University of Washington lawsuit
In the red zone: WSU aims to pay off athletics debt
Neighboring states’ legal pot means bigger busts in Utah

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Got GET? Your account could be worth 38 percent more if you switch

Bothell Reporter
Bothell sees benefits of state budget investments (Palumbo)

Columbian
In Our View: Secure Your Guns

The Daily News
Judge allows federal lawsuit over Millennium coal terminal to proceed

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Media, lawmakers search for peace on public records
Youth court aims to educate teens about traffic violations
Bloomberg: Starbucks faces long road in racism fight after big training
Editorial: BPA power kept in public’s hands
Commentary: Update of Columbia River Treaty necessary

The Inlander
Leaders in Western Washington stand behind tribes as they advocate for better spawning conditions

Journal of the San Juan Islands
National EMS Week | Letter

Kirkland Reporter
Kirkland to host community parks workshops

News Tribune (subscription required)
Puyallup Herald: Opioid crisis topic of the day for Sen. Patty Murray’s visit to Puyallup

Puget Sound Business Journal
Data reveals thousands of Amazon workers received food stamps in Washington state
How a Pentagon contract became an identity crisis for Google
Walmart says it will pay for its workers to earn college degrees
As frustration over homelessness mounts, Durkan announces plans for new shelter beds

Seattle Times (subscription required)
New homeless count in King County shows spike in number of people sleeping outside
King County’s controversial youth jail scores a win in appeals court; state’s highest court may be next
Bellevue and other King County school-based clinics getting a boost to confront student mental health
Out of homelessness, into a hovel: Public money spent on Seattle houses with bugs, trash, no water
Governor Inslee: Opinion: Canada’s unneighborly pipeline deal threatens orcas and climate
Editorial: Congress should hold opioid manufacturers accountable in the drug epidemic

Spokesman Review
McMorris Rodgers tells local officials House-passed prison reform bill ‘a step’ to address overcrowding
Starbucks bathroom policy could set unrealistic standard for small businesses
Fear, frustration grip Lewis and Clark students after threats target school

Tri-City Herald
Billions of Hanford dollars will stay separate under defense bill

Washington Post
Trump imposes tariffs on closest allies, Mexico and Europe announce retaliation

Wenatchee World
State buys final 7,217 acres of 20,500-acre wildlife area in Douglas County
East Wenatchee reassesses Gateway Project after high bids

Yakima Herald Republic
Law firm: Yakima County ranks third in Washington for crashes involving teens
With the aquifer falling, central Washington farmers wonder where they’ll turn for water
Billions of Hanford dollars will stay separate under defense bill
Editorial: Once again, county faces challenges on STDs

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KING5 TV (NBC)
Bug infestation could worsen Washington forest fires
Seattle friend of Valerie Jarrett reflects on ‘teachable moment’ after Roseanne’s racist tweet
Mom cites safety concerns as reason for virtual schooling

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Toshiba to pay $1.3 million in price-fixing lawsuit affecting millions of Washingtonians
Volunteers collecting signatures to repeal head tax say they’re getting harassed

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Pierce County clears massive homeless camp, Puyallup businesses hope crime drops
Petition gains hundreds of signatures after boy pricked by needle at Port Angeles park

KNKX FM
Northwest Cherries Able To Move Into Chinese Markets

KUOW FM
6 pictures that show what homelessness looks like in 2018
Washington tribes vow to fight Canadian pipeline with ‘brothers and sisters in the north’
Domestic Violence’s Overlooked Damage: Concussion And Brain Injury

NW Public Radio
Washington Tribes Vow To Fight Canadian Pipeline With ‘Brothers And Sisters In The North’

Q13 TV (Fox)
Where are the workers? A farm crisis in Washington
Homeless problem, ‘street scene’ costing Seattle conventions and tourism dollars, expert says
Mayor Durkan admits city has not been tracking results and dollars going into homelessness as well as it should on the same day she launches a new plan

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Crosscut
Opinion: White Seattle needs a reality check on the city’s growth

Governing
Amid Opioid Crisis, Drug Take-Backs Gain Popularity (Peterson)

My Ballard
Mayor announces plans to fight homelessness in Ballard press conference

Publicola
Community Advocates Outraged Over Process, Urge Mayor to Consider Best for Police Chief

Slog
Slog AM: There Are 12,112 Homeless People In King County, UW PhD Student Arrested In Egypt
Canvassers Are Reportedly Spreading False Claims About the Head Tax
“Ambitious” Durkan Plan Would Add 500 New Shelter Beds to Address Homelessness

Wednesday, May 30

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Associated Press
Seattle pushes to house hundreds of homeless in 90 days
Democratic Rep. Ormsby pleads guilty to reckless driving (Ormsby)
Community members rally against Seattle police chief search
Judge blocks Trump administration from ending King County teen-pregnancy-prevention grant
Washington Supreme Court to decide legislative records case

Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge council approves new contract for Police Chief Hamner
Bainbridge offers more money in contract to keep police chief on island

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Here’s why Gov. Inslee fears the Trans Mountain Pipeline project could hurt the region

The Daily News
Herrera Beutler discusses her sea lion bill with local fishing guides, anglers

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Expanded program protects even more farmland from sprawl
Mukilteo teachers return to pack school board meeting
Bloomberg: Boeing 787 groundings to worsen as Rolls inspects engines
Editorial: Pulling Planned Parenthood funds could backfire
Commentary: Attack on Planned Parenthood an attack on women

Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way Public Schools honors BAG Program

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Blood donors needed in the San Juan Islands

Kirkland Reporter
Eastside groups discuss homelessness and affordable housing at community events

News Tribune (subscription required)
Teen sentenced for shooting near Graham-Kapowsin High School
Seattle Times: Here’s why Gov. Inslee fears the Trans Mountain Pipeline project could hurt the region
Opinion: More cougar attacks ahead? Or just cougar politics?

New York Times
Big Banks to Get Reprieve From Volcker Rule

Puget Sound Business Journal
Origins of an epidemic: Purdue Pharma knew its opioids were widely abused

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Inslee calls Canada pipeline ‘profoundly damaging,’ fears for orcas in surprise deal
Got GET? Your account could be worth 38 percent more if you switch
Editorial: Canceling ‘Roseanne’ the right thing to do
Opinion: Beyond grief and anger, a plea: Reclaim the NRA

Spokesman Review
Inslee calls Canada pipeline ‘profoundly damaging,’ fears for orcas in surprise deal
Tacoma’s population growing faster than Spokane’s; Spokane Valley nearing 100,000
Ormsby pleads guilty to reckless driving in rollover crash (Ormsby)

Tri-City Herald
‘Bargain now,’ Kennewick teachers demand. District says not so fast

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Decision not to sell off BPA assets sound

Washington Post
Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ at the border is causing child shelters to fill up fast

Whidbey News-Times
Island Transit starts Ridelink
Warehouse comes alive as art incubator
Battling opioid addiction takes innovative approaches

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KING5 TV (NBC)
Seattle mayor wants to expand tiny home villages, shelter space
What Seattle has spent on housing for the homeless
Tiny homes part of Seattle’s new homeless strategy?
Canada’s oil pipeline purchase sparks Seattle protest
Seattle Police union ‘angered’ by exclusion of internal candidate for police chief
Black-owned Seattle coffee shop reacts to Starbucks bias training

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Seattle mayor to unveil aggressive plan to increase temporary homeless housing, shelters

KUOW FM
Feds Accept Plan To Mitigate Suicide Risk At Western State Hospital

NW Public Radio
Feds Accept Plan To Mitigate Suicide Risk At Western State Hospital
Coastal Erosion Gnaws At One Of Northwest’s Most Popular State Parks

Q13 TV (Fox)
Seattle unveils plan to get 500+ homeless people off the streets in 90 days
Victim’s mom calls for closure of Palouse State Park
Sex trafficking of children, teens has been growing in Puget Sound area, experts say
‘Not … an honest process’: Community demands Carmen Best be added to finalist list for Seattle police chief

Web

Crosscut
To slow growth, some Washington cities halt development
Opinion: Make the Seattle City Council great again

Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Tankers coming our way; Canada’s government buys pipeline

Slog
Slog AM: Canadian Pipeline Deal Threatens Puget Sound Orcas, Secret Seattle Tunnels, Ambien Doesn’t Cause Racism
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Continues to Evade Town Hall Requests
Anti-Youth Jail Activists Lose Permit Fight in Court
Local Mom Starts Petition Against School Shooting Game

Tuesday, May 29

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Associated Press
Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers
Talks to revise the Columbia River Treaty to begin today
Trump renews plan to impose tariffs on $50B of Chinese goods
Scientists find opioids in Puget Sound mussels
Study: Deadly pesticide use increases at illegal pot farms
Court: Government violated privacy law for defrauded students
Families urge state on safety after deaths at waterfall icon
Spring chinook numbers on the rise
Teen daughters of man fatally shot by Pasco cops to receive $500,000

Aberdeen Daily World
GH Transit expands Sunday and other services
Quinaults will host timber conference

Bainbridge Island Review
Work to start on Station 22

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Here’s why you’re being asked to sign so many petitions in Washington state
New leader taking a hard look at Washington state’s $1.3 billion special-education system

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Tax lawsuit reveals Tulalips have $300 million in cash, bonds
Budget depleted by legal expenses in case against Tim Eyman
Families urge state on safety after deaths at waterfall icon
Commentary: Citizens must take the lead on curbing gun violence
Bloomberg: First line of defense in elections has critical weaknesses
WaPo: On Memorial Day, signs of respect, and echoes of what was lost

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Washington State Ferries sets sail on new summer service plan
San Juan Memorial Day celebration honors fallen soldiers today and beyond
Family Umbrella Group looks to re-expand reach

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Kitsap down to two carriers in health exchange
State updating rules on salaries for exempt employees (Keiser, Sells)
Editorial: Military strength and stability this Memorial Day

News Tribune (subscription required)
Opinion: New anthem policy perpetrates pseudo-patriotism

Renton Reporter
Trump’s Bonneville Power Administration selloff is in doubt

Seattle Times (subscription required)
WaPo: Top North Korean official believed to be on his way to the U.S. for meetings
Seattle-area rents for single-family homes stop their sharp climb, with potential ripple effects
This Washington school district aims to close its learning gaps early — and at night
‘Nature can do most of the work for you’: Once-flooded Elwha land becomes forest
TNT: Lakewood moves to stop release of some Western State Hospital psychiatric patients within its borders
Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ suck up electricity, stress power grids in Central Washington
Editorial: Time for Legislature to learn from public-records debacle
Opinion: Too many Americans fail to plan for end-of-life care
Editorial: On Memorial Day, celebrate the lives of the fallen
Opinion: Honoring the ultimate sacrifice
Opinion: Donald Trump’s magical fantasy world
Editorial: Congress must act — again — to save salmon from hungry sea lions

Spokesman Review
Aquifer falling, central Washington farmers ask: Where will the water come from?
Plan to combine Spokane’s regional 911 call response draws rebuke from police, fire and clerical workers
Sportsplex plans get OK from state regulators as legal wrangling plays out with property owner

Tri-City Herald
For Tri-Cities homeless, this new Pasco building will be more than a shelter
DHS secretary insists on funding sanctuary cities despite Trump promise to cut off grants
Seattle Times: New leader taking a hard look at Washington state’s $1.3 billion special-education system

USA Today
Supreme Court rules police need warrant to search vehicle on private property

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
King County considers buying 65,000 acres for conservation
King County leaders want to allocate $180 million to Safeco Field

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: More Washington state gun owners should secure their firearms

Washington Post
The U.S. lost track of 1,475 immigrant children last year. Here’s why people are outraged now.
One roadblock to arming teachers: Insurance companies

Whidbey News-Times
County launches new app to report service requests
Letter: No fares on Island Transit busses
Letter: Should be no bus fares

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: There’s a reason why today is called Memorial Day

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KING5 TV (NBC)
Boat-free zone to protect orcas expands near San Juan Island

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
State lawmaker proposes $275 tax break to counter Seattle $275 head tax

KNKX FM
Uncertainty For Local Tech Workers Over H1-B Visas And Green Card Backlog
Coastal Erosion Gnaws At One Of Northwest’s Most Popular State Parks
US, Canada To Open Renegotiations Of Columbia River Treaty Without Tribal Presence
How the President of UW Was Shaped By Her Brother’s Murder At The Hands Of The Klan

KUOW FM
How Seattle spent its boom money
To Lower Your Medicare Drug Costs, Ask Your Pharmacist For The Cash Price

NW Public Radio
Northwest Cherries Able To Move Into Chinese Markets
Suicide Risk Prompts Emergency Measures At Western State Hospital
Federal Government Says It Won’t Sell Off Bonneville Power Administration Transmission Lines

Q13 TV (Fox)
Anti-bias training: How Starbucks is tackling implicit bias
Mary’s Place buys former recovery center in Burien, to provide housing for up to 200 people a night

Web

Civic Skunkworks
Fake News comes to Seattle

Crosscut
Emails show uproar over Seattle police chief picks
Seattle’s next police chief won’t be from Seattle

Slog
Tonight: Join the Stranger for a Panel on Seattle’s Housing Crisis
Canada Buys Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Anger Over SPD Chief Finalists, A Glimmer Of Renter Hope
Search Committee Announces Three Finalists For Seattle Police Chief

Friday, May 25

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Associated Press
Officials: Efforts failing to save US West sagebrush land

Aberdeen Daily World
Council authorizes mayor to make deal for riverfront homeless camp land
Aberdeen finalizes ordinance to make sitting or lying down on sidewalk illegal

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Trump’s Bonneville Power Administration selloff is in doubt
Feeling dissed, Mukilteo teachers plan to pack board meeting
Report shows widespread abuse of immigrant children at border
Muhlstein: In Everett, hateful signs of the times
WaPo: CBO finds higher deficits than Trump administration projects
WaPo: Trump signs law rolling back post-financial crisis banking rules
Editorial: Increase state funding for police academy

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Slow start for San Juan’s summer ferry service
Friday Harbor High students excel at science fair

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State Supreme Court finds DNR not responsible for Port Gamble cleanup

News Tribune (subscription required)
Defiant Lakewood moves to block state from releasing dangerous psychiatric patients into city
Editorial: Keep pressure on rail safety deadline

Puget Sound Business Journal
Head tax sends waves down the West Coast as the fight continues in Seattle
Washington Secretary of State warns businesses of letters seeking payment

Renton Reporter
Plans to open King County coal mine later this year move forward

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Amazon closing 130-person Seattle delivery support unit, moving the jobs to Phoenix
Mayor proposes law requiring Seattle owners to lock up guns
Three finalists for Seattle police chief to be named Friday
‘Extreme Risk’: Seattle police have seized 43 guns from people deemed to be a danger under year-old law
Homeless man probably crushed to death after sleeping in recycling container
Construction cost increases create new risks for Northgate-Lynnwood light-rail line
Federal regulators issue new citation against Western State Hospital
Editorial: A missed opportunity for balance at Israel-Palestine forum in Seattle
Opinion: Guest opinion: With the passing of my father, the Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, who will carry the social-justice torch in Seattle?

Seattle Weekly
Plans to open King County coal mine later this year move forward

Spokesman Review
Local government officials may be barred from blocking Twitter critics
Homeless, aging and ill: Respite programs can be a lifesaver, but space is extremely limited

Tri-City Herald
Editorial: Pro-Con: Is it time to repeal the ‘preponderance of evidence’ rule for trying males accused of sex offenses?
Senate’s Hanford cleanup budget rejects Trump’s cuts
Tri-Cities won’t get to improve its shorelines this year
Kennewick just took a big step to make 4,000 kids safer

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Snap! Taking photos of public records makes sense

Washington Post
As Europe’s data law takes effect, watchdogs go after tech companies

Whidbey News-Times
Letter: Growler expansions have consequences

Yakima Herald Republic
Senate’s Hanford cleanup budget rejects Trump’s cuts
Editorial: South Korean sister city could work if done right

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
‘Seattle will not be a priority’ for some in business community if head tax remains
Family of WSU QB raises suicide awareness in Seattle

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Sound Transit’s Lynnwood expansion keeps getting pricier
Mayor Durkan proposes new Seattle gun control legislation

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Should King Co. taxpayer money be spent on Safeco Field maintenance or homeless services?

KNKX FM
New Forest Service App For Pacific Northwest Is ‘First of Its Kind’
Suicide Risk Prompts Emergency Measures At Western State Hospital

KUOW FM
Fatal gun violence looks different for Seattle kids, depending on where they live
Canada’s pipeline feud could drive up Washington gas prices, tanker traffic
Why Your Health Insurer Doesn’t Care About Your Big Bills
Should the Mariners get tax dollars from King County?

Q13 TV (Fox)
Durkan looks to increase penalties for people who don’t report stolen guns

Web

Crosscut
The NFL missed the whole meaning of protest

Slog
Trump’s Anti-Choice Title X Rule Could Affect 80,000 Women in Washington
Let Farmers Sell Their Own Pot

Thursday, May 24

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Associated Press
Amazon, Starbucks pledge money to repeal Seattle head tax
Taking on the system: ‘Dreamers’ are getting law degrees
Trump eager to sign bill rolling back Dodd-Frank regulations
Trump cancels summit, citing ‘open hostility’ by North Korea

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Federal agency to hold 2-day hearing on fatal DuPont Amtrak derailment
Editorial reprint: Special Washington legislative session for school safety? No thanks

Everett Herald (subscription required)
State will buy back bump stocks before they become illegal
More parents oppose changes to Everett school boundaries
Bloomberg: Survey: Bee death increase may be tied to climate change
Commentary: If a worker pays no dues, why get union benefits?

The Inlander
Why a tribal treaty rights case in Washington will likely end up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Bald Eagle and fox battle, midair, on San Juan Island | Update | Photos
Nonprofit provides food for students over the weekend
Thinking ahead about energy sources | Letter

Kirkland Reporter
Young environmentalists urge plastic straw ban

News Tribune (subscription required)
Border patrol agents threatened migrant children with death, sexual abuse, ACLU says
Federal agency to hold 2-day hearing on fatal DuPont Amtrak derailment
Editorial: Pierce County leaders put up a good show for jobs

Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula entities aim for alternate fuel usage

Puget Sound Business Journal
States are pushing to keep federal regulation out of sports gambling
New tax laws will hit companies that send workers overseas

Seattle Times (subscription required)
WaPo: Trump Twitter ruling: What a Washington woman did to get blocked by the president
UW Medical Center patient diagnosed with Legionnaires disease while receiving treatment
FYI Guy: 114,000 more people: Seattle now decade’s fastest-growing big city in all of U.S.
Editorial: Hone protest management to keep Seattle moving
Opinion: Why can’t gun apologists just say they’re wrong?

Spokesman Review
NC students teach survival and watching for signs of a school shooter
Spokane’s first black firefighter dealt with racist harassment for years on the force
Seattle’s head tax is bad for Washington business, panelists say
Colvilles say tribes are being excluded from Columbia River Treaty negotiations

Tri-City Herald
New Hanford cleanup deadlines proposed. Critics call the delay risky

Washington Post
‘Astounding ignorance of the law’: Civil rights groups slam DeVos for saying schools can report undocumented students

Wenatchee World
Public hearing set for cargo container moratorium

Yakima Herald Republic
Old, sick, and homeless: A few providers try and keep senior citizens from dying in the streets
Growing popularity of shed hunting brings problems that led to restrictions in other states
Editorial: Senate right to keep up pressure on net neutrality

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
WA senator takes shot at Seattle with ‘head tax credit’ bill
Seattle cemeteries hire guards after homeless camp complaints
Phoenix using head tax to recruit Seattle companies

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Scientists discover opioids in some Puget Sound mussels

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Armed guards watch over North Seattle cemetery after vandalism, homeless complaints
Aberdeen imposes new restrictions on begging, lying on sidewalks
Teachers make 24 percent less than the average American worker, report says

KNKX FM
Northwest Farmers Fret Over Farm Bill, Crop Insurance

KUOW FM
Seattle won’t ding homeless agencies that don’t make the grade — for now
A mosque and a land trust team up to save Tukwila’s minority businesses
A Warming Planet Could Turn Streams Into Carbon Polluters: Study
Would you foster a child? One parent: ‘It’s the best thing I’ve ever done’
Relaxed mussels? Opioids found in Puget Sound shellfish hint at crisis

NW Public Radio
Northwest Farmers Fret Over Farm Bill, Crop Insurance
Canada And U.S. To Open Renegotiations Of Columbia River Treaty
Paradise Lost? Cell Service Coming To Mount Rainier, Despite Pleas To Protect Solitude
New Hope To Stop Relentless Erosion Of Washington’s ‘Washaway Beach’ (Blake)

Q13 TV (Fox)
Amazon, Starbucks and 50+ businesses pledge money to repeal Seattle head tax

Web

Crosscut
Immigrant youth, refugees find support at this Seattle school
Honk if you hate Seattle’s new traffic culture

Edmonds Beacon
ECA to have ceremony for completed roof (Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Liias)

My Edmonds News
June 7 community meeting to discuss City of Edmonds Creative District application

Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Larsen breaks with fellow Dems, backs partial Dodd-Frank rollback
Connelly: Can a new SDOT director make a disaster start to deliver?
Connelly: Crack down on drug companies that wink at opioid abuses — 39 AGs

Shoreline Area News
Shoreline Schools awarded $55K grant for Computer Science Education

Slog
We Can Have Nicer Things: How Seattle Can Still Get Transit Right
Slog AM: Seattle Is The Fastest Growing City Of The Decade, Phoenix Poaches Business After Head Tax, A Sexier Space Needle
Lawsuit Claims Rent-Bidding Moratorium Violates Landlords’ Free Speech Rights