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Tuesday, Feb. 6
Associated Press
California legislative staff get whistleblower protections
Attorneys general in several states oppose federal tips plan
Washington AG threatens suit over offshore drilling plans
Seattle says Facebook is violating law about election ads
Trump administration open to moving public land bosses west
White House chief: Dreamers not priority for deportation
Democratic memo on Russia probe under White House review
$300M health care system cost to protect religious rights
Aberdeen Daily World
Editorial: Hospital needs all the friends it can get (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Chapman, Takko, Blake)
Cantwell on the coast to fight offshore oil plan
Bainbridge Island Review
Program before lawmakers could strengthen mental health crisis response | 2018 Legislative Session (Lovick, Goodman)
Centralia Chronicle
Proposed law would make tampons and pads free for community college students (Hansen)
Columbian
In Our View: Let Voters Decide Death
The Daily Evergreen
WSU medical school tries to join state health network (Riccelli)
The Daily News
Editorial: Collaboration is critical as state faces new water issues
Jaime Herrera Beutler attempting to make individual tax cuts permanent
Everett Herald (subscription required)
State officials are looking for ways to unclog carpool lanes
Editorial: An opioid settlement presents some concerns
Island’s Weekly
San Juan employers learn how to apply new paid sick leave law
Public Health gives update on drug take-back plan
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Governor lauds green energy development in Issaquah
Journal of the San Juan Islands
3.1-magnitude earthquake hits San Juan Islands
Mainland transformer failure causes San Juan Islands power outage
San Juan Islanders reflect on Joyce Sobel’s life of community service (Ranker)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
New fees, regulations for drinking wells
Letter: Will lawmakers ever try to decrease taxes?
Lockport Press
Republicans and Democrats workforce up for web neutrality in Washington state (Hansen, Carlyle)
News Tribune (subscription required)
After approving Medicaid work requirements, Trump’s HHS aims for lifetime coverage limits
New York Times
Stock Markets Unsettled as Global Rout Persists
FEMA Contract Called for 30 Million Meals for Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered.
House Pushes Another Stopgap Bill as Government Shutdown Looms
Puget Sound Business Journal
Stock market downturn: ‘An accident waiting to happen’
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Washington Legislature tackles opioid crisis with bills to expand treatment, fight stigma (Cody)
It’s worse than you think: Everett leads the nation in traffic congestion, report says
Brain-implanted devices could lead to UW medical breakthroughs
King County housing market kicks off 2018 even hotter than before, as Seattle breaks price record
With no progress on contract negotiations, Seattle school-bus driver strike continues
Lawmakers back ‘Breakfast After the Bell’ to feed more hungry students (Stonier)
College Republicans threaten to sue UW over $17,000 security fee for Saturday rally
Opinion: It’s up to Western states to rescue our democracy
Opinion: Renewable energy is green in more ways than one
Editorial: Lawmakers should push forward on carbon-tax plan (Carlyle, Palumbo)
Spokesman Review
Washington will fight offshore drilling, Inslee says
Letter: Inslee’s ironic carbon tax
USA Today
New short-term spending bill: Defense is in, DREAMers are out
OnPolitics Today: Trump’s Dow fall
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: State lawmakers should rethink pesticide proposal
Letter to the Editor: Actions of Democratic senators embarrassing
Washington Post
Dow climbs in early trading despite ‘genuine carnage’ in Asia, Europe
House Republicans eye defense spending boost, complicating plan to avoid second shutdown
Whidbey News-Times
Officials consider islandwide high-speed internet
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Seattle, Tacoma among worst traffic congestion in U.S., INRIX reports
Tacoma Narrows tolls could freeze under new bill
5 workers at Hanford Site report suspicious smell
New fees, regulations for drinking wells in Kitsap County
KUOW FM
Seattle siblings stake their future in pot despite barriers
As mobile homes disappear in the region, some owners want to stay put
NPR
How Trump’s Funding Cuts Threaten ‘Basic Health Program’ Plans
NW Public Radio
Back In Control, Democrats Fast Track Priorities In Olympia (Hobbs)
Young People Delayed In Federal Climate Suit, But They’d Rather Be In Court
Washington State Terminates Lease For Atlantic Salmon Farm In Puget Sound
Q13 TV (FOX)
Agreement reached to speed Point Ruston development, end annexation proposal (Fey, Jinkins, Darneille)
Bethel School District: State’s new formula to fund public schools ‘flawed’ on teacher salaries
Web
Crosscut
As the oceans change, can oysters adapt?
Truck drivers vow to ‘shut down’ ports over emissions rules
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Long-stymied carbon tax takes step forward
Slog
Bob Ferguson and 16 other AGs: Your boss shouldn’t get to keep your tips
Monday, Feb. 5
Associated Press
Inslee, tribal groups object to offshore drilling plans
Flooding leads to road closures in Washington state
State cancels lease at site of salmon net-pen collapse
State bills tackle threats to endangered Puget Sound orcas (Ranker)
Trump attacks Democrats over health care
Northwest tribes ask Gov. Inslee to halt Tacoma plant construction
UN agency: US tax reform could cut investment elsewhere
Aberdeen Daily World
Hospital looking at losses exceeding $8 million for last year
Auburn Reporter
Republican lawmakers call for further action on car tabs (Hobbs)
Proposed law would make tampons free for some college students (Hansen)
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate (Carlyle, Ranker, Hobbs, Nelson)
A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry on private property (Hunt, Palumbo)
Bainbridge Island Review
Washington health insurance market in flux | 2018 Legislative Session (Cleveland)
Republican lawmakers call for further car tab tax reductions, transit authority accountability | 2018 Legislative Session
Proposed law would make tampons and pads free for community college students | 2018 Legislative Session
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate | 2018 Legislative Session (Dhingra, Carlyle, Ranker)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
No car, no care? Medicaid transportation at risk in some states
Northwest tribes ask Gov. Inslee to halt construction of Tacoma LNG plant
‘We shouldn’t have to legislate doing what’s right’ in finding gifted students
Suspected DUI driver hits state trooper in Sequim
Bothell Reporter
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate (Carlyle, Ranker, Nelson, Hobbs)
Proposed law would make tampons free for some college students (Hansen)
Republican lawmakers call for further action on car tabs (Hobbs)
A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry on private property (Hunt, Palumbo)
Centralia Chronicle
Washington’s Health Insurance Market in Flux (Cleveland)
Columbian
Rep. Stonier sponsors ‘Breakfast after the bell,’ to feed more hungry kids (Stonier)
In Our View: EFSEC Needs Fixes
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (public records)
The Daily News
‘An issue that needs to matter’: Republicans and Democrats team up for net neutrality in Washington state
Consulate brings citizenship services to Cowlitz County
OPINION: Congrats, Measure 101 supporters. Now it’s time for a real fix
State bills tackle threats to endangered Puget Sound orcas
Everett Herald (subscription required)
UW Bothell plan: New student housing, academic buildings
Lawmakers get ready to abide by public record law (Sells, Kagi, Kloba, Robinson, Ryu, McCoy, Palumbo, Liias)
Legislature roll call
McCusker: Letting the US dollar ‘float’ is the nation’s best policy
Commentary: Fossil fuel-free future for state is within sight
Commentary: Handcuffs and jail cells won’t solve opioid crisis
Letter: Bills provide cost-of-living raise for education pensions
Federal Way Mirror
Growing pains have always been a challenge for Federal Way schools
Downtown FW development still dominates discussions more than 20 years later
Future leaders writing new chapter for Black History Month in Federal Way
Island’s Weekly
Elusive state capital budget passes, county funds secured
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate (Carlyle, Ranker, Nelson, Hobbs)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Belfair bypass planning process in sight
Op-ed: Death penalty’s inability to stop violence
Legal Reader
Washington Lawmakers Sponsor Bills to Take Sexual Harassment Out of the Workplace (Keiser, Frockt, Cleveland)
New York Times
With a Monday Vote Expected, Democrats Press to Release Their Own Memo
No Children Because of Climate Change? Some People Are Considering It
Olympian (subscription required)
The robots are coming. Can job retraining and internet access help people stay employed? (Carlyle)
Editorial: Salmon farms wasted chance in Puget Sound
Peninsula Daily News
Mix of net pen bills takes aim at non-native salmon (Van De Wege, Chapman, Tharinger, Blake)
Renton Reporter
A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry on private property (Hunt, Palumbo)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Contractor files $12.5M lawsuit over work on Sound Transit’s Capitol Hill light-rail station
To study ‘atmospheric rivers,’ scientists take lab into skies off Washington coast
U.S. Rep. Denny Heck blasts GOP Russia-probe memo as ‘full of inaccuracies,’ warns of ‘constitutional crisis’
‘An issue that needs to matter’: Republicans and Democrats team up for net neutrality in Washington state (Hansen)
Seattle school-bus driver strike will likely continue into next week
Insurers in Kansas asking mental-health providers for notes from patient sessions
What you need to know as tax filing season begins
Westneat: In Seattle, teachers are going rogue just to take kids on a field trip
FYI Guy: As cost of living soars, half of Seattle-area tax filers earn under $50K, IRS data show
Editorial: End death penalty in Washington
Opinion: A future free of congestion thanks to driverless vans can be ours
Opinion: Tit-for-tat cycle with China will hurt U.S. economy
Opinion: Let technology take the wheel for safer, less-congested roads
Editorial: Don’t be fooled by reckless attempt to discredit FBI
Skagit Valley Herald
State legislative action so far this year on abortion policy
Snoqualmie-Valley Record
Proposed law would make tampons free for some college students (Hansen)
Spokesman Review
Washington nurses, health care workers, are dying of opioid overdoses
Spin Control: Legislature taking aim at the initiative process
Bill intended to get testing info to rape survivors faster
‘I just want out’: Large carnivore conservation lab director opens up about relationship with WSU
Op-ed: It’s time ‘that every man be armed’
Op-ed: Washington should end the health insurance bait-and-switch
Letter: Conscience rights of medical providers
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Limiting voter choice not the way to go
Pro-Con: High stakes graduation tests should be eliminated
Pro-Con: Don’t scrap competency-based graduation requirements
USA Today
How can Democrats win on DACA and shutdowns? Remind America GOP is in control.
Opinion: Texas Attorney General: Under Trump, Congress can reclaim its legislative authority
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
With 2018 budget, park district moves on from difficult financial times
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Collaboration critical as state faces new water issues
Letter to the Editor: Why no coverage of contaminated site?
Washington Post
New bipartisan immigration plan to be introduced in the Senate
Republican lawmakers distance themselves from Trump on memo
Opinion: Making Medicaid a pathway out of poverty
Whidbey News-Times
Oak Harbor asks residents to reduce water use after sewage overflow
State may build roundabout at Banta Road
Oak Harbor High School Transitioning to trimester
Yakima Herald Republic
‘An issue that needs to matter’: Washington legislators team up for net neutrality in state (Hansen, Carlyle, Ranker)
Commentary: State needs automatic voter registration
Editorial: College-age suicide is past due for serious talk
Editorial: Bump stock ban is a sensible step in wake of mass shootings (Van De Wege)
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
NHL executives rave about Seattle
State terminates Cooke Aquaculture lease after net pen failure
KNKX FM
The Overcast: Property Tax Hike Is ‘Punitive’ Says One Democratic Lawmaker (Carlyle)
KUOW FM
Washington State Terminates Lease For Atlantic Salmon Farm In Puget Sound
Carbon Tax Clears Washington Senate Committee (Carlyle)
Back In Control, Democrats Fast Track Priorities In Olympia (Hobbs)
NW Public Radio
In The Fire-Prone West, Differing Views Of What Forest Health Really Means
Lyft, Uber Drivers In Washington May Face Fingerprint Background Checks
New Portland Lead Dust Rules Could Pave Way For Safer Demolitions Statewide
Q13 TV (FOX)
Flooding leads to road closures in Western Washington
Web
MyNorthwest.com
Cities and states take the lead on banning bump stocks
Publicola
Durkan Forms Her Small Business Advisory Council
A Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty Garners Support in Washington
Top 10 Stories: More Murray, the GOP Memo, and Criminal Charges Against an Ex-Council Candidate
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Sec. Zinke — no oil drilling off our coast
State AG files suit over plan to rescue coal plants
Slog
Op-ed: It’s time for Washington state to pass automatic voter registration
Friday, Feb. 2
Associated Press
Washington carbon tax measure clears Senate committee (Carlyle)
Tacoma Fire giving out free Narcan kits, recovery info
State agency: Sumas farm not at fault in farmworker’s death
Comey: Defends FBI, takes aim at ‘weasels and liars’
Oregon’s top prosecutor convenes marijuana summit
Report: Rattlesnake Ridge landslide could last years
Bainbridge Island Review
Shaking future for fish pens
Bothell Reporter
Washington health insurance market in flux (Cleveland)
A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry on private property (Hunt, Palumbo)
Centralia Chronicle
Bill That Would Require Health Plans to Cover Abortion, Contraception Advances (Cleveland)
Capital Press
Washington legislator: At least study moving wolves (Blake)
Columbia Basin Herald
Warnick honored for police, sheriffs advocacy (Van De Wege, Orwall)
The Daily News
Mobile Mexican Consulate comes to Longview
Sixteen Northwest Congress members oppose offshore drilling
Everett Herald (subscription required)
GOP renews push to reform ‘out of control’ Sound Transit (Hobbs)
County population expected to surpass 800,000 this year
Boeing’s fading 747 program gets lifeline as UPS buys 14 more
Editorial: No need to conceal state employees’ birthdates
Federal Way Mirror
Washington health insurance market in flux (Cleveland)
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Washington health insurance market in flux (Cleveland)
A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry on private property (Hunt, Palumbo)
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Cooke Aquaculture fined $332,000 for Cypress Island farmed salmon escape (Ranker)
Department of social and health services truck returns
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Letter: How do we know the state’s tax breaks are working?
New York Times
U.S. Added 200,000 Jobs in January; Unemployment at 4.1%
Why Pay Has Been Lagging as Job Growth Continues
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Oil dock rejection sends message to ‘big oil’
Peninsula Daily News
State Senate approves abortion insurance bill (Van De Wege, Hobbs)
Portland Mercury
Washington State Took A Big Step Toward Comprehensive Reproductive Health Coverage This Week (Cleveland, Hobbs)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Opinion: Washington device repair bill opens up cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Observations: Money won’t fix our state’s education system. Reform is the only way
After record-breaking traffic in 2017, Sea-Tac Airport set to begin $17M Central Terminal renovation
San Juan Islander
State agencies release report on cause and cover-up of Cooke net-pen collapse (Ranker, Chase, Van De Wege, Rolfes)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Trump will clear way for release of classified memo about FBI
Washington state $10-a-ton carbon-tax proposal takes key step in Legislature (Carlyle)
‘They’ve been invisible’: Seattle professor studies role of black grandmothers in society
Hope Hicks shoves President Trump’s State of the Union address off center stage
Podcast: state Sen. Reuven Carlyle on ‘punitive’ property tax boost about to hit Seattle (Carlyle)
Washington state lawmakers consider universal screening to find gifted students
King County Assessor’s Office corrects expected tax increase for Federal Way
Republicans in Olympia continue their push to cut Sound Transit car-tab taxes (Hobbs)
Editorial: Seattle City Council should butt out of Tacoma’s proposed natural-gas depot
Opinion: It’s up to Congress, not the president, to fix DACA
Editorial: Legislators shouldn’t try so hard to keep public information secret
Opinion: FBI is right to fight Trump’s efforts to politicize it
Seattle Weekly
Washington Lawmakers Seek to Increase Nuclear Attack Preparations
Spokesman Review
Proposed bill would raise age for tobacco, vaping sales to 21 in Washington
Washington House committee passes bill to change Appleway Trail to Sen. Bob McCaslin Trail (Kagi)
Washington State University newspaper’s future is in the students’ hands
Tacoma Weekly
Op-ed by Rep. Jinkins: Long-Term Care Trust Act puts families first
Tri-City Herald
It got personal. Benton official calls out Richland lawmaker over nepotism bill
USA Today
Trump says GOP may have to compromise on immigration — unless it wins seats in November
House Republicans are retiring in droves. What’s pushing them out?
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
New ferry report: Economists analyze data, suggest change
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Changes to Open Records Act misguided
Washington Post
Cities, states work to clear marijuana convictions, calling it a states’ rights issue
Analysis: Trump says community colleges should be called ‘vocational’ schools. Um, they aren’t the same thing.
Trump administration tears down regulations to speed drilling on public land
Vancouver Business Journal
Economy could see benefits if school bonds pass
Governor decides to reject Vancouver Energy application
New bipartisan bill would limit noncompete terms
The Vidette
Hospital financial troubles grow more serious (Blake)
Yakima Herald Republic
All clear? Officials say it’s OK to go back to homes at the base of Rattlesnake Ridge
Yakima County launches legal fight to shut down pot businesses
Washington state lawmakers consider universal screening to find gifted students
Bump stock ban is a sensible step in wake of mass shootings
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Parents hope tragedies can change state law
Rattlesnake Ridge evacuation lifted after new analysis
Seattle school bus strike now into day two
Zombie campaign coffers live on after campaigns end
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Fear and determination as immigrants win small victory in Olympia
GOP senators promise 55 percent cut in car tabs if Democrats help (Hobbs)
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
State lawmakers clash on competing bills to lower car tabs (Hobbs)
KNKX FM
Where’s The Wheat? Farmers, Foodies Want To Bring Grains Back To The West Side
KUOW FM
Getting carbon out of the cloud: No small task for Amazon, Microsoft
ICYMI: Listen in on this panel from Women’s March Seattle
NW Public Radio
UPDATE: Residents Near Rattlesnake Ridge Can Return Home; Threat Level Downgraded
Washington Bill Aims To Clarify Sex Offender Restrictions At Community Colleges
Q13 TV (FOX)
School bus drivers’ strike in Seattle enters second day on Friday
Web
Publicola
A Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty Garners Support in Washington (Pedersen)
Slog
State fines Sarbanand Farms $150,000 for failing to give workers breaks
Thursday, Feb. 1
Associated Press
Camas paper mill to cut 243 jobs starting in May
Washington Senate approves abortion insurance bill (Hobbs)
FBI in public fight with Trump over releasing Russia memo
Health agency concerned about Hanford contamination spread
Aberdeen Daily World
Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding (Billig, Sullivan, Rolfes)
How did my state lawmakers vote in Olympia?
Auburn Reporter
Students lobby for state funded tuition grants
Washington lawmakers seek to increase nuclear attack preparations
Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding (Billig, Sullivan, Rolfes)
Agency projects in Auburn to benefit from 2018 capital budget
Income tax on the horizon, warns Fortunato
State’s cancer research fund named after the late Sen. Andy Hill
Bainbridge Island Review
Bipartisan bills target Cold War-era prohibition on nuclear attack preparations
State lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding (Billig, Rolfes)
A bill before lawmakers would outlaw concealed carry on private property (Palumbo)
Students lobby for state funded tuition grants
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Department of Health concerned about Hanford radioactive contamination spread
Rattlesnake Ridge landslide could last years, report says
The emotional support peacock didn’t fly, now Washington could follow suit with fines
Bigfoot sighting: Sasquatch might be headed to Washington license plates
Bothell Reporter
Washington lawmakers seek to increase nuclear attack preparations (Billig, Rolfes, Sullivan)
Capital Press
250000 Farmed Salmon Escaped Because Of Company’s Neglect: Investigators (Van De Wege)
The Daily News
Boeing profit tops expectations; gives strong 2018 outlook
Corps seeks comments on Columbia dredge disposal plan
KapStone to merge with nation’s second-largest packaging company
Port of Kalama to conduct broad environmental review of $1.8B methanol plant
Washington Fish and Wildlife predicts smaller smelt run for 2018
Everett Herald (subscription required)
5 counties warned state about salmon-farming back in 2012
Senate approves abortion coverage bill (Hobbs)
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding (Billig, Sullivan, Rolfes)
Journal of the San Juan Islands
State senate committee hears Sen. Ranker’s bill to protect orcas (Ranker)
Kirkland Reporter
Local gymnastics community calls for change in sport culture
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Foundation to offer a free year at Olympic College for all local high school grads
News Tribune (subscription required)
You’re getting nickel and dimed for low-value medical tests in Washington, report says
New York Times
Amazon Wants to Disrupt Health Care in America. In China, Tech Giants Already Have.
Opinion: Trump Has Got Democrats Right Where He Wants Them
On Twitter, Trump Pressures Democrats to Bargain on DACA
Olympian (subscription required)
The emotional support peacock didn’t fly, now Washington could follow suit with fines
Peninsula Daily News
Affirmative action could make a comeback in Washington state (Chase, Hasegawa)
Bipartisan bills target Cold War-era prohibition on nuclear attack preparations
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington’s 50 largest family-owned companies employ nearly 32,000 people
Seattle Times (subscription required)
In Seattle, some homeless people find help via crowdsourcing. How do you know how to give?
Microsoft’s benefit from long-term tax bet? $27 billion
Seattle school-bus driver strike could last for days, union says
Texts and emails reveal behind-the-scenes battles as Ed Murray tried to save his career
Questions swirl around state’s school-funding fix as lawmakers weigh $1B for teacher salaries (Sullivan, Rolfes)
Washington state Health Department raises alarm on spread of radioactive particles at Hanford
Clark County Council OKs measures to spur housing options
A town of 3,200 was flooded with nearly 21 million pain pills as addiction crisis worsened, lawmakers say
Opinion: State Sen. Doug Ericksen: Trump’s first year has been a resounding success
Opinion: An effective speech does not equal effective policy
Editorial: Work to ensure Boeing builds its next jet in the Puget Sound region
Seattle Weekly
Lawmakers still grappling with court mandated education funding (Billig, Sullivan, Rolfes)
Spokesman Review
Democrats push Reproductive Parity Act through state Senate (Hobbs, Cleveland)
House panel votes for aid to homeless college students (Sells)
USA Today
Opinion: More animals on airplanes are good
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
With 2018 budget, park district moves on from difficult financial times
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Inslee’s decision to block river oil terminal is sound
Letter to the Editor: Exactly what maintenance does Dayton levy fund?
Washington Post
Trump’s optimism faces reality check in divided Congress and GOP
Analysis: The Finance 202: Here’s one unhappy side effect of the Republican tax bill
Trump accuses Democrats of obstructing immigration deal. But GOP also not fully on board.
Wenatchee World
December jobless rate falls as construction hiring builds and tourism rebounds
West Seattle Herald
Councilmember O’Brien: Burke-Gilman Trail Ruling Paves the Way to Complete Ballard’s ‘Missing Link’
Yakima Herald Republic
Washington state Health Department raises alarm on spread of radioactive particles at Hanford
Update: Legislature looking at public records bills affecting body cams, lawmakers’ documents
Students did right thing and averted tragedy in the making
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Skagit officials hope birds will help economy take flight
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Washington state senate approves bill mandating abortion coverage (Hobbs, Cody)
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Amtrak derailment first responders, good Samaritans honored at state capitol
Picket lines up and running as Seattle school bus drivers begin strike
State lawmakers debate bill that would crack down on fake service animals
Geologists: Slow-moving landslide could take years to fall
Health agency concerned about Hanford contamination spread
KNKX FM
State Investigation Finds Company Negligence Caused Summer Net Pen Collapse
Washington Senate Votes To Expand Coverage For Contraception, Abortion (Hobbs)
Washington Health Officials Detail Concern Over Spread Of Contamination At Hanford
New Report Says Massive, Sudden Landslide At Rattlesnake Ridge Unlikely
Community Groups Push To Have UW Include Affordable Housing In Its Master Plan
KUOW FM
That fake emotional support peacock might cost you $250
Amazon warehouses aren’t a good investment, study says
NW Public Radio
Jay Inslee Calls On Lawmakers To ‘Step-Up’ And Pass Carbon Tax (Nelson)
Washington Says Farmed Atlantic Salmon Escaped Because Of Company’s Neglect
Q13 TV (FOX)
Pierce County sues ‘Big Pharma’ over opioid prescriptions, alleges ‘deceptive practices’
Are your kids gambling on video games? State senators look to study ‘loot boxes’ (Hasegawa)
Report shows Tacoma rental housing prices soaring, outpacing Seattle
‘Something needs to be done about this racist stuff’: Prosecutors allege race-motivated vicious assault
Web
Crosscut
Harassment complaints could lead to a new office in City Hall
Fishers are back in Washington — but can they survive?
Lynnwood Today
South County Politics: Three legislators’ priorities for 2018 session (Kagi, Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Ryu, Chase)
MyNorthwest.com
Washington state senate approves bill mandating abortion coverage (Hobbs, Cody)
North Coast News
Legislature: Bill to outlaw concealed carry on private property (Hunt, Palumbo)
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Demonizing Seattle — the GOP’s dog that don’t hunt
Undercurrent News
Cooke hopes ‘compromise bill’ can keep West Coast US salmon farming ops going (Blake)
Wednesday, Jan. 31
Associated Press
Another Washington county sues drugmakers over opioid crisis
Health care’s Three Amigos? The big names behind a new push
Company: Rejection of oil-by-rail project ‘anti-development’
Cooke Aquaculture fined $332K for farmed fish escape (Ranker)
In response to Trump, Democrats argue for middle class
Trump warns of immigration dangers in State of the Union
Fact-checking President Trump’s State of the Union speech
Federal judge wants opioid lawsuits to end in settlement
Aberdeen Daily World
Revival of Grays Harbor opens daytime refuge in Aberdeen
Ocean Shores gets a ballot drop box
Arlington Times
Haller Park splash park project on tap again with state capital budget passage
Auburn Reporter
Cooke Aquaculture fined $332,000 for Cypress Island farmed salmon escape (Ranker)
Bill that would reduce car tab rates passes the state House (Pellicciotti, Kilduff, Clibborn, Fey)
Affirmative action could make a comeback in Washington State (Chase, Hasegawa)
Vetoed tax cut for manufacturers again pushed in bipartisan effort (Mullet, Billig, Frockt)
State House speaker talks taxes, death penalty, and harassment (Chopp)
Orca Protection Act aims to protect Pacific Northwest’s iconic whales (Ranker)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
This agency spends the most to help Northwest salmon. But cuts are coming.
A heroin addict’s tale: ‘Noah… I told you were going to die’
Cascadia Weekly
New report condemns farmed fish escape (Van De Wege, Ranker, Chase, Rolfes)
Columbian
Ferguson visits Vancouver, blasts Trump over Dreamers
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing is booming: Profit soars with help from US tax cut
Bill would boost protections for state’s orca population
Singletary: Medicare costs take big bite out of Social Security income
The Island Guardian
$332K Fine For Cooke Pen Collapse
Island’s Weekly
To protect orca and salmon, you need to protect beaches and forage fish | Guest column
Journal of the San Juan Islands
San Juan County addiction recovery house may be funded
San Juan Islands gain USDA Grant support for new farmers
Take WDFW survey on supporting sustainable fish populations
Cooke’s negligence was primary cause of Atlantic Salmon net pen collapse
Kirkland Reporter
Cooke Aquaculture fined $332,000 for Cypress Island farmed salmon escape
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Letter: WSF still costs us too much
News Tribune (subscription required)
Rob a pot shop, serve more time. A bill in the state Legislature could make it happen (Ormsby)
Editorial: WSU’s strong voice against college suicide
New York Times
As Deficit Soars Toward $1 Trillion, Congress Shrugs and Keeps Spending
Federal Reserve Expected to Leave Rates Unchanged
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Protect workers, but don’t lose accountability (Kuderer, Hunt)
Oregon Public Broadcasting
250000 Farmed Salmon Escaped Because Of Company’s Neglect: Investigators (Van De Wege)
Peninsula Daily News
NEW BRIEFS: State lawmakers to hold telephone town hall Thursday … and other items (Chapman, Tharinger, Van De Wege)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Prep for disruption: What Amazon’s Berkshire, JP Morgan deal means for health care
Redmond Reporter
Be prepared to pay even more for a house in Redmond
Students lobby for state funded tuition grants
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Trump’s plans for immigration, infrastructure meet swift resistance in Congress
Soaring address rife with disproved, deceptive figures
#MeToo in the Legislature: Harassment complaint process ‘is not reflecting women’s experiences’ in Olympia (Jinkins, Sullivan)
NTSB says undetected metal flaw led to dangerous Boeing 767 engine failure and fire
African-American man fighting for his life after unprovoked racist ‘rage’ attack in Auburn
Rattlesnake Ridge likely to creep, not collapse, independent expert says
Seattle City Light opens 2 electric-car-charging stations on Beacon Hill
Cure for parking overload? Shuttle experiment begins from Des Moines to Angle Lake light-rail station
Editorial: Hirst deal is only the beginning of state’s work on water-rights issues
Opinion: Phase out Atlantic fish farming in Washington waters
Seattle Weekly
Ferry Inefficiency, Pool Renovation, and a Centenarian Buzzfeed Sensation
Skagit Valley Herald
Another Washington county sues drugmakers over opioid crisis
Salmon farm fined $332,000, blamed for negligence in pen collapse (Ranker)
Snoqualmie-Valley Record
Cooke Aquaculture fined $332,000 for Cypress Island farmed salmon escape (Ranker)
Spokesman Review
Lawmakers asked to back Dreamers (Ortiz-Self)
Spokane lawmakers propose expanding county commission, electing by district (Riccelli)
Washington bill would require concealed weapon carriers to seek permission to bring guns into others’ homes (Hunt)
Four topics President Trump tackled in the State of the Union and how they affect Spokane
USA Today
Unity, fear and the anthem: Top takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union address
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Annual homeless count complete, island’s final numbers to be determined
Climate change: Islanders engage, recommend action
New ferry report: Economists analyze data, suggest change
Washington Post
Trump’s plans for immigration, infrastructure meet swift resistance in Congress
Trump’s call for unity slams into reality of Washington’s political divisions
Analysis: The Health 202: Trump seems to see opioid crisis as primarily a law enforcement problem
West Seattle Herald
Business owners on city’s border say they’re suffering the most from the Sugar Tax
Whidbey News-Times
Officials consider islandwide high-speed internet
Yakima Herald Republic
Legislature considering restricting public access to police body camera footage
Yakima’s East-West Corridor project getting $700,000 jumpstart
Fish farm caused Atlantic salmon spill, state says, then tried to hide how bad it was
Editorial: Legislature should resist more limits on public records (Kuderer)
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Pretending your dog’s a service animal? WA bill would make that a $250 fine
Rattlesnake Ridge landslide could take decades to completely fail, new analysis finds
Sasquatch may become specialty Washington license plate
Diverse KING 5 focus group weighs in on State of the Union
Seattle school bus drivers to strike Thursday
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Department of Ecology fines salmon producer $332K for farmed fish escape
KIRO FM
Dori vs. Rep. Pollet: Why Washington property taxes are higher (Pollet)
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Boeing profit soars amid strong demand, increased production
Seattle crime report shows more homicides, fewer property crimes in 2017
Health care is just the latest industry Amazon seeks to upend
Health advocates, leaders urging state lawmakers to raise legal smoking age to 21 (Kuderer)
Groups want changes to UW expansion plan
Seattle offers new incentives to urge residents to buy electric cars
KNKX FM
Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris Explains How Childhood Trauma Leaves Lasting Health Impacts
Inslee Calls On Lawmakers To ‘Step-Up’ And Pass Carbon Tax (Nelson)
KUOW FM
#MeToo has us asking: What’s next?
City of Seattle workers speak out about harassment in the workplace
Q13 TV (FOX)
What’s killing the salmon? Long Live the Kings investigates decline in iconic fish
School bus drivers in Seattle to strike on Thursday, say it will ‘last until deal is reached’
Seattle police report overall crime decrease in 2017
Nearly 1/3 of Washington students struggle with depression; resource group meets at UW
Clallam County sues drugmakers over opioid crisis
Web
Crosscut
State: Escape of 250,000 salmon was ‘entirely preventable’ (Van De Wege)
Opinion: Olympia’s indifference to earthquake prep could kill us all
MyNorthwest.com
State legislators express themselves with … socks (Jinkins)
Publicola
Jayapal on the State of the Union: We’re the Reason It’s Strong
Sawant’s Resolution to Oppose Tacoma LNG Plant Heads to Juarez’s Committee
Seattle P.I.
State: Negligence caused huge Atlantic salmon breakout
Slog
Slog AM: Seattleites flock to White Center for tax-free soda, Olympia working on sexual harassment policies
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