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Tuesday, Jan. 30
Associated Press
Washington governor rejects permit for oil-by-rail terminal
Longview paper mill to be acquired in merger
Tacoma newspaper publisher picked for UW Board of Regents
Experts pull prediction for looming Rattlesnake Ridge slide
Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire creating new health care company
EPA halts plans to lift proposed mine restrictions in Alaska
Families of those killed by police to get attorneys
Aberdeen Daily World
County takes preliminary steps to study options for new jail
Aberdeen strategic planning workshop set for Wednesday
Bainbridge Island Review
Commissioners look at land donation
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Is revealing a state worker’s birthdate invasive or necessary to a functioning democracy? (Kuderer)
The HOV lane isn’t the left lane, and you can pass on the right to get around someone using it
Op-Ed: Looming long-term care crisis threatens Whatcom families. This might be the solution.
Bothell Reporter
Affirmative action could make a comeback in Washington State (Chase, Hasegawa)
Bill that would reduce car tab rates passes the state House (Pellicciotti, Kilduff, Clibborn, Fey)
Columbian
In Our View: Inslee Got It Right
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: Reject Trump cuts of EPA programs in state
The Island Guardian
“State Adopts Washington’s First Reclaimed Water Rule”
Maple Valley Reporter
Bill that would reduce car tab rates passes the state House (Pellicciotti, Kilduff, Clibborn, Fey)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Democrats perilously divided as Trump takes momentum on immigration
Paperwork tangle nets visiting Korean student a 2-week stay at Northwest Detention Center
New York Times
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Team Up to Disrupt Health Care
New Jersey Embraces an Idea it Once Rejected: Make Utilities Pay to Emit Carbon
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: State House must pass the bump-stock ban (Hunt)
Peninsula Daily News
Clallam County to sue drug makers, distributors for damages in opioid crisis
North Olympic Library System approves $445,480 in capital expenditures for 2018
Jefferson County PUD considers rate hikes; hearing set today
Algae blooms continue but toxins decline in Jefferson County lakes
Puget Sound Business Journal
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan Chase team up on health care
Queen Anne & Magnolia News
Passage of state’s capital budget means key funds locally (Tarleton, Carlyle)
Redmond Reporter
DelBene holds roundtable on importance of nutrition assistance
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Amazon joins with Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan to form health-care company
Study: Nearly a third of Washington college students have experienced depression
Protests, schedule, etc.; What you need to know about Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night
‘Leveling of the playing field’: Families of those killed by police to get attorneys in King County inquests
Opinion: Give young journalists protections from school censorship
Editorial: Don’t gut Public Records Act in an attempt to protect public employees’ identities (Kuderer)
Seattle Weekly
Affirmative Action Could Make a Comeback in Washington (Chase, Hasegawa)
Skagit Valley Herald
Skagit County not included in new water legislation (Fitzgibbon, Van De Wege)
Tri-City Herald
More radioactive contamination triggers management change at Hanford
USA Today
TSA finds record 3,957 guns at airport checkpoints in 2017
States curb pain pill prescribing to try to prevent opioid addiction
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
State Senate sends right message on protecting Dreamers (Frockt)
Letter to the editor: State testing for graduation fails students
Washington Post
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase join forces to tackle employees’ health-care costs
Opinion: Trump’s immigration ‘compromise’ is a trick
Wenatchee World
Reichert talks about immigration, tax cuts, Trump – and his plans after leaving congress
Giga Watt settles suit over crypto investment
West Seattle Herald
Business owners on city’s border say they’re suffering the most from the Sugar Tax
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
AG warns Comcast customers to check bills for unwanted fees
King County property taxes up 17 percent this year
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
New bill would require seat belts, safety cameras on school buses
Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan to partner on employee healthcare
Two Washington cities make National Geographic’s ‘Best Cities’ list
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Immigration activist joins Sen. Cantwell for State of the Union
Seattle does it again: Home prices here rise at steepest rate in the nation
Radioactive contamination triggers Hanford management change
KNKX FM
Proposed State Reinsurance Program Could Stabilize Health Insurance Market
British Columbia Files Second Appeal Of Washington Man’s Tribal Sovereignty Case
Residents Displaced By Rattlesnake Ridge Landslide Struggle to Find New Homes
Landslide Experts Walk Back Time Estimate For Rattlesnake Ridge Slide
Washington Lawmakers Consider Decriminalizing Driving Without A License
Washington Hemp Growers In Limbo, Some Cast Eyes To Oregon
KUOW FM
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Chase Launch New Health Care Company
Can you eat fish if you care about climate change?
Is Smoking Pot While Pregnant Safe For The Baby?
Q13 TV (FOX)
Inslee rejects permit for oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver
Amtrak service suspended from Bellingham to Vancouver B.C. due to mudslide
Web
Crosscut
Trump’s new tariff: Making solar panels great again?
Research is mixed, but King County forges ahead on smoking ban in parks
MyNorthwest.com
Lawmakers want to keep owners of service animals honest (McBride)
Publicola
Inslee Sides with State Regulators, Opposes a Massive Oil Terminal in Southwest Washington
Seattle P.I.
Inslee rejects big oil-by-rail terminal along Columbia River
Slog
King County will start providing lawyers to families of police shooting victims
Even the Chamber of Commerce is calling out Democrats for caving on Sound Transit funding cuts
Washington immigration activist targeted by ICE will attend Trump’s State of the Union
Monday, Jan. 29
Associated Press
Ski resorts shut down as rain creates avalanche risk
Probe of farmed salmon collapse focuses on nets
Strong health sign-ups under Obamacare encourage Democrats
King County property owners to see higher tax bill
Aberdeen Daily World
Hospital financial troubles grow more serious
Lawmakers consider Discovery Pass changes (Fitzgibbon)
Bainbridge Island Review
Workplace bullying and sexual harassment bills go before lawmakers (Keiser,Cleveland)
Senate votes to extend college financial aid to state Dreamers (Frockt, Ranker)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Rivers expected to rise as warm rain falls across Whatcom County
Big project to start this spring in Bellingham’s Barkley district
These women were facing mental illness and jail time, and this program helped them heal
Bothell Reporter
Bill that would reduce car tab rates passes the state House (Pellicciotti, Kilduff, Clibborn, Fey)
Workplace bullying and sexual harassment bills go before lawmakers (Keiser, Frockt, Cleveland, Chase)
Citizen Tribune
Skagit County not included in new water legislation (Fitzgibbon, Van De Wege)
Columbian
In Our View: Inslee May Be Key on Bridge
License scofflaws could get lower fine
Bills would give property owners more say in how cities annex land
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers
Local View: Revive bistate I-5 Bridge deal, get to work on replacement
The Daily News
Inslee beats drum for Herrera Beutler bill
Legislators aim to pass flurry of bills in short session (Takko)
Sen. Braun’s proposed bill will lower community college tuition
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Edmonds a top route in record-breaking year for ferry riders
Questions about Everett schools’ $330 million bond vote?
30-year legislator Dick King dies at 83 (Sells)
Senate passes bill banning ‘bump stocks’
WaPo: Air Force One’s new Boeing refrigerators costs taxpayers $24M
The ups and downs of school enrollment
Schools get Gold Stars for helping students reach college
Editorial: Everett schools bond builds path toward careers
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way Senior Center to get much-needed kitchen remodel
Journal of the San Juan Islands
A ferry tale ending | The Hyak may be decommissioned in 2018
Legendary filmmaker and ski icon Warren Miller, 93, passes away at Orcas home
Lake Chelan Mirror
Workplace bullying and sexual harassment bills go before lawmakers (Keiser, Frockt, Cleveland, Chase)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Exonerated man urges end to death penalty in Bremerton speech (Pedersen)
Law enforcement makes overdose saves
Navy seeks to expand special operations training in region
Washington Senate passes bump stock ban (Van De Wege)
Maple Valley Reporter
Workplace bullying and sexual harassment bills go before lawmakers (Keiser, Cleveland, Chase)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Is revealing a state worker’s birthdate invasive or necessary to a functioning democracy? (Kuderer)
Not #MeToo: Senators reluctant to tackle harassment policy
Editorial: End gay conversion therapy in Washington
New York Times
Oil Boom Gives the U.S a New Edge in Energy and Diplomacy
Peninsula Daily News
Reps. Chapman, Tharinger sponsor small-business tax bill (Chapman, Tharinger, Van De Wege, Lytton)
Workplace bullying and sexual harassment bills go before lawmakers (Keiser, Frockt, Cleveland)
Renton Reporter
Workplace bullying and sexual harassment bills go before lawmakers (Keiser, Frockt, Cleveland, Chase)
Editorial cartoon: Who’s fault was it?
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Higher property-tax bills to hit King County next month (Carlyle, Pollet)
State investigators focus on nets plugged with mussels in Atlantic salmon net-pen failure (Ranker)
After 5 years, walk-bike bridge design for Northgate light-rail station still unfinished (Pollet, Valdez, Frockt)
Bill by bill, Democrats are trying to create a stable state health-insurance system (Cleveland, Keiser)
Editorial: Promising approach to school-funding order deserves attention (Mullet, Rolfes, Hobbs, Takko, Palumbo)
Opinion: Support education bill that targets opportunity and achievement gaps (Pettigrew)
Opinion: Fish farming done right can benefit all of us
Seattle Weekly
Car Tab Bill Could Slash Sound Transit Funding (Clibborn, Fey, Pelicciotti, Kilduff)
Spokesman Review
Spin Control: State looking at ways to increase voters and turnout
Weighing fate of anti-affirmative action initiative, Legislature debats equal vs. equitable (Hasegawa)
Senate votes to ban bump stock devices (Van De Wege, Pedersen)
Tri-City Herald
More Washington cities sue drugmakers over opioid crisis
USA Today
Opioid makers face hundreds of lawsuits for misleading doctors about drug’s addictive nature
Democrats send a message by bringing ‘Dreamers’ to State of the Union
With 175 Americans dying a day, what are the solutions to the opioid epidemic?
Washington Post
Lawmakers call on Trump to drop bid for legal immigration cuts
Wenatchee World
AgWatch | A TPP without Washington wheat?
Whidbey News-Times
Point in Time Count offers snapshot of homelessness in Island County
Unemployment numbers point to health economy
Navy to hold meeting on testing of polluted site
WhidbeyHealth looking for nurses ‘highly trained’ for SANE
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima Valley flu cases double last year as nation feels strain
Students living here illegally would be eligible for Washington state aid under new bill (Frockt, Hansen)
Latinos from across the state set for special day in Olympia
House bill aims to limit $30 Discover Pass to state park visits (Fitzgibbon)
Guest essay: ‘Until we address the teacher expectation gap, the student achievement gap will remain’
Commentary: 10th-grade tests must get chance to work
Editorial: Court is right: Public records law applies to our lawmakers
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
‘It’s the perfect time’ for NHL to Seattle, says team exec
WATCH: Video captures blizzard-like conditions at Hurricane Ridge
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
First person on Death Row exonerated by DNA calls on lawmakers to abolish death penalty in WA
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Incoming storm bringing elevated risk of landslides, flooding, avalanches
Puget Sound faith leaders pledge ‘no Muslim ban ever’ on travel ban anniversary
Washington state man fined $8,000 for killing wolves
KNKX FM
The Internet Was Ruining Their Lives; Now They’re Learning To Live Without It
A Youthful Approach To Hyper-Local Journalism
Pacific Northwest Olympians At The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games
Seattle Neurologists Find New Way To Detect And Monitor Concussions In Student Athletes
Ban On Bump Stocks Passes Washington Senate (Van De Wege)
KUOW FM
Volunteers count King County’s homeless population
Children Who Survive Congenital Heart Defects Can Face New Problems As Adults
Activists: Gang Database Disproportionately Targets Young Men Of Color
Washington’s Affirmative Action Ban Cost Minority-Owned Businesses Public Contract Dollars
Seattle region will grow by 1.8 million people by 2050
Pure, cheap, and abundant: Why meth use is spiking in Washington
NW Public Radio
Residents Displaced By Rattlesnake Ridge Slide Confront Yakima’s Tight Housing Market
Q&A: What Are The Chances Of Offshore Drilling In The Northwest?
Washington Farmworkers File Class Action Lawsuit After Death Of Coworker
Washington Lawmakers Consider Lifting Affirmative Action Ban
Web
Crosscut
Opinion: Where a divided Washington can find common ground: Health care
MyNorthwest.com
Lawmakers consider repealing state ban on affirmative action
Publicola
Top Stories: Aid for Dreamers, Rent Control Debate, and Another Letter from the DOJ
Friday, January 26
Associated Press
Former Washington state first lady Lois Spellman dies days after husband
Engineer says he misjudged train location in fatal wreck
Arlington Times
M’ville comes out with big wins in legislature
Auburn Reporter
State AG pays local visit to address issues
Bellingham Herald
Noah’s story shows why the region’s desperate fight against opioids is worth waging
Fire retardants linked to pollution could be restricted under proposed legislation
Effort to abolish death penalty in Washington gains steam after it clears Senate committee (Chopp, Pedersen)
Engineer from Amtrak derailment was confused about where he was on track, investigators say
Foreign workers hired to pick blueberries sue farm
Op-ed: No power. No water. Maybe no cell service. How would you cope with that?
Bothell Reporter
State House speaker talks taxes, death penalty, and harassment (Chopp)
Senate votes to extend college financial aid to state Dreamers (Frockt, Ranker)
Orca Protection Act aims to protect Pacific Northwest’s iconic whales (Ranker)
American Indian activists rally in Olympia (Darneille, Hunt, McCoy)
Columbia Basin Herald
Bill would strengthen school response for mental health crises (Orwall)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Property tax bills to rise by up to 27%, assessor says
Property owners might get relief from tax they didn’t vote on
Hanford radioactive monitoring not protecting workers
Editorial: Everett’s new mayor maps out her goals
Federal Way Mirror
Washington attorney general talks opioid crisis, Trump at Federal Way chamber gathering
Capital budget funds local projects including STEM classrooms, Safe City cameras, conservation (Reeves)
The Inlander
Spokane considers Riverfront-area development heights; plus, Olympia mulls capital punishment
Two bills aim to phase out chemicals like those that contaminated water near Fairchild (Peterson)
Vetoed tax cut for manufacturers again pushed in bipartisan effort (Mullet, Billig, Frockt)
The Island Guardian
$5.5 Million for Cattle Point Road Project on San Juan Island
Island’s Weekly
Woman dies driving off Anacortes Ferry Landing dock; ferry service to mainland resumes (Ranker)
Journal of the San Juan Islands
More changes for San Juan Island Public Hospital District 1 | Update
Jeep recovered from water at Anacortes; sailings to mainland resume (Ranker)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Ninth Circuit Court declines to reconsider Kennedy’s school prayer case
Lynnwood Today
City officials continue, finish meetings in Olympia (Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Ryu, Chase)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Fire retardants linked to pollution could be restricted under proposed legislation
Editorial: We agree: Keep state tests linked to graduation
Peninsula Daily News
Orca Protection Act aims to protect orcas (Ranker)
Lawmakers want to rein in Washington’s many tax breaks (Frockt, Rolfes)
Puget Sound Business Journal
‘As good as it gets’ or the ‘Danger Zone?’ Economist looks at the Seattle area’s future
Mayor Jenny Durkan: I want to be the mayor who’s a partner to the business community
Opinion: Setting price limits on prescription drugs will result in scarcity
Seattle developer: ‘Extreme populism’ by Trump, Seattle leftists is the greatest threat to prosperity
The Puget Sound region’s hot new jobs center is Des Moines
Redmond Reporter
‘We’re hoping for change’: Overlake hosts assemblies to discuss racial injustice, Take A Knee
Renton Reporter
Perpetrators of domestic violence harassment could lose firearm rights (Dhingra)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Trump ordered Mueller’s firing in June, but was refused
State investigators focus on nets plugged with mussels in Atlantic salmon net-pen failure
Students living here illegally would be eligible for Washington state aid under new bill (Frockt, Hansen)
Court rejects appeal of ex-Bremerton football coach who prayed after games
Washington state monitors found radioactive contamination from troubled Hanford demolition project
Editorial: Pass bill to restrict abusive practice of conversion therapy (Liias)
Opinion: Fix Washington’s wrongful-death law to make it fair to all families
Spokesman Review
Spokane Valley Fire captain terminated for religious messages can sue, state Supreme Court finds
Net neutrality bills heads to full House (Hansen)
State could put limits on development near bases
Ban on most executions passes Washington Senate panel (Pedersen)
Tri-City Herald
State Senate passes bill to help ill Hanford workers (Keiser)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Letter to the editor: Money spent on WSU coaches is outrageous
Wenatchee World
Low housing rates appear to equal high homeless rates
Local community health centers fret as Congress fails to act
Whidbey News-Times
WSDOT holding meetings about roundabouts at Sharpes Corner
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima’s property crime rate often triple the national average
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Last major WA earthquake, tsunami was 318 years ago today
Volunteers count King County’s homeless population
Hanford workers’ comp bill heads to governor’s desk
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Lawsuit filed for farmworkers fired after protesting unsafe conditions
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Grays Harbor County apologizes for failure in tsunami alert system
Volunteers hit streets of King County for annual homeless count
KNKX FM
A Father, A Husband, An Immigrant: Detained And Facing Deportation
Seattle Company Launches Clean Energy Marketplace To Boost Renewables
Foreign Workers Sue Washington Farm Claiming Poor Conditions, Retaliation
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Touts Clean Energy Sector At Davos Economic Forum
Victims Urge Lawmakers To Address Sexual Harassment In Workplace
KUOW FM
Ban On Bump Stocks Passes Washington state Senate (Van De Wege)
Sea-Tac wants to curb carbon emissions without limiting air travel. That’s a steep climb
What It Takes To Get Guns Out Of The Wrong Hands
Witnessing the last person to be put to death by the state
Amtrak Engineer’s Testimony Points To Human Error As Cause Of Deadly Train Wreck
Q&A: What Are The Chances Of Offshore Oil And Gas Drilling In The Northwest?
From ‘people feel you don’t belong here’ to City Council
NW Public Radio
Low Levels Of Airborne Contamination Escaping Demolition Area At Hanford
Q13 TV (FOX)
Amtrak engineer says he miscalculated train’s location in the deadly crash
This earthquake early warning system headed for Seattle could save your life
Web
Crosscut
Who cleaned up the Atlantic salmon spill? Northwest tribes
Publicola
Mayor Durkan Will Review City’s Harassment and Discrimination Policies
Slog
Dumb Democrats in Olympia are working to cut transit spending as Indiana considers ending ban on transit to attract Amazon
Working conditions at Washington blueberry farm amounted to forced labor, lawsuit claims
Wednesday, Jan. 24
Associated Press
Washington state panel OKs low carbon fuels standard (Fitzgibbon)
State Senate panel eyes slate of sexual harassment bills (Keiser)
State observations indicate lower steelhead mortality
Officials look into high-speed train from Spokane to Seattle
Starbucks giving workers raises, stock grants due to tax law
State House considers bill to allow planning for nuke attack
Aberdeen Daily World
Westport sea wall holds up to Jan. 18 waves
Local emergency systems activated by tsunami threat
Police forces could be consolidated with new bill by Larson (Blake)
Grays Harbor unemployment rate rose a full percent in December
Auburn Reporter
Capital budget brings state funding support to local needs
Bainbridge Island Review
LGBTQ bills advance in the Senate | 2018 Legislative Session (Cleveland, Ranker)
Bill to ban the death penalty heard in committee | 2018 Legislative Session
State legislators combat federal ruling on net neutrality | 2018 Legislative Session
(Ranker, Carlyle)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Are video-game loot boxes a form of gambEling that targets children? Washington aims to find out (Ranker)
Centralia Chronicle
Lawmakers Consider a Bill to Raise the Legal Tobacco Age From 18 to 21 (Kuderer, Keiser, Cleveland)
Chinook Observer
Budget fix yields new school in South Bend (Blake, Takko)
Standoff in Olympia over, for now (Blake, Takko)
The Daily News
Are Washingtonians really terrible drivers? Depends who you ask
City of Rainier fights some sewer plant allegations, admits record deficiencies
Cowlitz jobless rates rose in December
Public hearings on Headquarters Landfill’s future coming in spring
Everett Herald (subscription required)
‘It all went south from there’: They all have a story to tell
Jail among first in state to offer medication-assisted detox
Mayor: ‘Providing housing makes our entire community safer’
WaPo: Tax bill will help fund 5,000 layoffs, Kimberly-Clark says
Editorial: Editorial: Not just saving lives but turning them around
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way downtown development, homelessness among topics in State of the City address
Huffington Post
#MeToo Movement Has Lawmakers Talking About Consent (Orwall)
The Inlander
Sizing up Olympia’s efforts to tackle carbon and climate issues (Carlyle)
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Stand Up Men’s message resonates through the islands
Islanders wake to a tsunami alert | Guest column
Kirkland Reporter
Tens of thousands take to the streets for Seattle Women’s March
News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Renew levies, vote yes for strong schools
New York Times
Border Wall Is ‘Off the Table’ in DACA Talks, Schumer Says
Trump’s Tariffs Could Threaten Solar Industry’s Future
Editorial: Mr. Trump’s Tariffs Will Not Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs
North Coast News
Council unanimously opposes coastal oil and gas drilling (Van De Wege, Takko, Tharinger, Blake,)
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Legislature, listen carefully to the judge
Peninsula Daily News
Once again, lawmakers consider requiring health plans to cover abortions (Hobbs, Cleveland)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Starbucks brews up raises, stock grants and sick leave for baristas
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Shutdown deal bestowed a $31 billion gift on health-care industry
Grace period for Washington’s new distracted-driving law is over; fines start at $136
Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor pushes for civics requirement in schools in Seattle visit
Study: Half-empty ferries leave Fauntleroy as cars wait in line
Legislation in Olympia targets sexual harassment in the workplace (Keiser)
Washington state Legislature takes up bills to restrict chemicals used in firefighting foam, packaging
Lack of affordable housing worries many U.S. mayors in new survey
Westneat: Wise up, liberals: Your hand is too weak right now to go all-in
Editorial: Lawmakers should not fight ruling in public-records case (Pollet)
Opinion: Protect #MeToo victims from retaliatory lawsuits
Skagit Valley Herald
Area projects to proceed with passage of state budget
Spokesman Review (Jen Waldref clips the Spokesman)
DNR: State is woefully unprepared for potentially catastrophic earthquake like Alaska narrowly avoided
Letter: Carbon tax will hurt more than help
Letter: More taxes from Inslee
Sequim Gazette
Water Matters: Water politics, again (Van De Wege)
USA Today
Schumer rescinds offer to Trump to fund the wall in an immigration deal
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Ferry officials look ahead; islanders seek support in Olympia
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Op-ed: Don’t scrap competency-based graduation requirements
Washington Post
Trump asked the acting FBI director how he voted during Oval Office meeting
Schumer has rescinded offer to Trump on border wall funding
Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America
Wenatchee World
Eastmont board re-ups superintendent contract
Proposed 1-year levy helps fund Waterville ambulance
West Seattle Herald
Executive Constantine proposes new Department of Local Services to better serve residents of Unincorporated King County
Whidbey News-Times
Housing crisis personal for lifelong Oak Harbor resident
County releases plans to tackle major public health issues
Yakima Herald Republic
Rattlesnake Ridge still moving, but landslide predictions have stopped
Yakima County Commissioners takes steps to improve health care for poor
WaPo: ‘Fake news’ and real threats to journalists
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Opioid withdrawal treated in jail pilot program
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Lawmakers pressured to eliminate state ban on rent control (Chopp)
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Troopers cracking down as new distracted driving law takes effect
KNKX FM
State Lawmakers Explore Making It Easier For Community College Students To Get Child Care Subsidies
Washington Lawmakers Propose Banning Controversial Class Of Chemicals (McBride)
On Washington Coast, Residents Slumber Through Tsunami Watch
Rattlesnake Ridge Landslide Turns Into A Slow Grind
Burien’s First Latino Mayor Is The Son Of Undocumented Farmworkers
KUOW FM
How cement could be part of a carbon-friendlier future
NW Public Radio
Washington Coast Residents Slept Through Tsunami Watch
Washington Lawmakers Propose Banning Controversial Type Of Chemicals
Q13 TV (FOX)
It’s time to save our orcas, state lawmaker says (Ranker)
‘I would have been dead’: Many in Grays Harbor slept through tsunami danger
Bias crimes are up 230 percent in Seattle, new audit finds
Web
Crosscut
A division on foster care in Olympia
Government Technology
A flood of net neutrality bills have been launched in state legislatures (Hansen)
MyNorthwest.com
Lawmakers consider abolishing rent control ban (Macri)
Gov. Inslee’s proposals to fight the opioid crisis in 2018
Is it the Legislature’s job to decide the fate of the death penalty?
Slog
I-940, the Deescalate Washington initiative, headed to the Legislature – and likely the ballot
Bill seeks to make it easier for formerly incarcerated people to vacate their convictions (Hansen)
Governor Jay Inslee wants Facebook and Google to disclose data on political ads in Washington state
Tuesday, Jan. 23
Associated Press
Gov. Inslee heads to Davos, Switzerland
Shutdown deal: Dems face angry base, GOP has hard choices
Former city councilman sues sexual harassment accusers
Trump hits solar panels, washing machines with tariffs
Aberdeen Daily World
Mother and daughter arrested in connection with thefts from hospital district
Ocean Shores women’s march elevates multiple causes
Auburn Reporter
Capital budget brings state funding support to local needs
BBC
The missing – consequences of Trump’s immigration crackdown
Bainbridge Island Review
State legislators combat federal ruling on net neutrality | 2018 Legislative Session (Ranker)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Unstable slopes? Washington’s lands chief says more money is needed to review logging requests
Bothell Reporter
1st District receives $57 million for infrastructure projects (Palumbo)
State legislators combat federal ruling on net neutrality (Ranker, Carlyle)
Capital Press
Washington Farm Bureau lauds ‘Hirst’ fix (Van De Wege, McCoy)
Columbian
$80 million from capital budget heading to Clark County (Wylie, Stonier)
In Our View: Do People’s Work in Open (Pollet)
The Daily News
Herrera Beutler telephone town hall focuses on shutdown, immigration
Housing projects underway despite post-recession challenges
Opinion: Tests serve crucial role
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Do we need the death penalty? Testimony split in Olympia
Editorial: Judge rightly applies records law to legislators (Palumbo, Pollet)
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
State legislators combat federal ruling on net neutrality (Ranker, Carlyle)
Senate approves Mercer Island senator’s ‘Breakfast After the Bell’ legislation (Wellman)
41st District lawmakers cheer passage of $4 billion construction budget (Clibborn, Senn)
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Islanders join Women’s March in Friday Harbor (Ranker)
Kent Reporter
AG Ferguson, King County Prosecutor Satterberg testify in Olympia to end death penalty (Orwall)
Kirkland Reporter
1st District receives $57 million for infrastructure projects
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Furloughed federal employees in Kitsap head back to work on Tuesday
Leavenworth Echo
Hundreds attend the 40th annual March For Life on the anniversary of Roe v Wade (Hobbs, Cleveland, Ranker)
Maple Valley Reporter
Regional leaders come together to craft community plan to prevent homelessness (Chopp, Nelson)
My Ballard
Park at the Ballard Locks will close due to government shutdown
News Tribune (subscription required)
Rally against abortion draws 5,000 to state Capitol
Trump open to expanding Dreamer protection to 1.2 million despite campaign vow
Editorial: Score one for government transparency
New York Times
Clash Is Set Up Over Immigration and Fate of ‘Dreamers’
Will Tax Cuts Mean Pay Raises? Bonuses Don’t Tell Us Much
Editorial: The Jell-O President and the Shutdown
Olympian (subscription required)
Are video-game loot boxes a form of gambling that targets children? Washington aims to find out (Ranker)
For the first time, a woman will be honored with her name on a Capitol Campus building (Cody, Frockt)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Trump slaps steep tariffs on foreign washing machines and solar products
HBR: Sexual harassment is pervasive in the restaurant industry. Here’s what needs to change.
Consumer goods groups join war on plastic
Renton Reporter
Editorial cartoon: Joking about carbon tax
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Boeing CEO Muilenburg discusses Seattle-area job outlook, explains relationship with Trump
Job referrals may spur hires but also lead to less diversity and pay gaps, study finds
A new King County homelessness task force keeps taxes on the table
Legislature appeals to state Supreme Court in public-records case
Whatever happened to the abortion pill? It’s going through the mail
Editorial: Police shouldn’t sell guns back to the communities they protect (Senn)
Skagit Valley Herald
Gov. Inslee heads to Davos, Switzerland
County prosecutor calls for repeal of state’s death penalty
Bill would use bonds to fund more mental health facilities
Judge says records of Washington state lawmakers are subject to public disclosure, ruling in favor of AP and other media
Snoqualmie-Valley Record
Indivisibles stage local Women’s March in North Bend Saturday
Spokesman Review
State legislators revive debate over nuclear evacuation plans (Goodman)
The Stranger
State Lawmakers Just Missed a Huge Affordable Housing Opportunity—By One Day (Van De Wege)
USA Today
After the shutdown, 4 things that make the road ahead to a DREAMer deal rocky
Opinion: Abortion rights being chipped away
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Capital budget delay can’t happen again (Van De Wege)
Shutdown effects felt in Walla Walla
Washington State Republicans choose new party chairman
Letter to the Editor: Lowering drunken-driving limit not necessary
Letter to the Editor: Religious beliefs shouldn’t supersede rights
Washington Post
Shutdown ends after Democrats agree to trust that McConnell will allow ‘dreamer’ vote
Why Democrats need to stand with working Americans vs. big banks
The Energy 202: Republicans love NASA. But why do they doubt its climate science?
West Seattle Herald
Executive Constantine proposes new Department of Local Services to better serve residents of Unincorporated King County
Whidbey News-Times
MLK assembly ignites controversy
Yakima Herald Republic
Wapato voters to decide on $5.1 million school levy
Editorial: No need for this shutdown showdown
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
How to prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis along Washington coast
Furloughed federal employees in Kitsap head back to work on Tuesday
Federal Way looks to end hate crimes toward Sikh residents
King County homeless campaign releases staggering numbers
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Public can offer feedback over repeal on state rent control ban (Macri)
Abortion, contraception take center stage in Olympia (Ranker)
KNKX FM
Washington State May Raise Minimum Age To Purchase Tobacco, Vapor Products
Is Support Building For Death Penalty Repeal In Washington?
KUOW FM
Seattle’s megaproject economy comes with a big carbon cost
Bill aims to cover abortion, birth control for undocumented Washington residents (Ranker)
KXRO News Radio
“Bump Stock Ban” bill moves through committee (Van De Wege)
NW Public Radio
Researchers Will Soon Predict Northwest Snowpack Before The Powder Even Falls
Washington Bill Aims To Cover Abortion, Birth Control For Undocumented Residents
Washington May Raise Minimum Age To Buy Tobacco
Q13 TV (FOX)
Tyler Hilinski’s death sparks conversation about suicide on college campuses
Web
Crosscut
Opinion: How curbing electoral meddling could harm grassroots advocacy
MyNorthwest.com
Gov. Inslee and the battle against carbon pollution
The death penalty: King, Snohomish prosecutors’ opposing views
GOP lawmaker bucks Republicans, votes with Democrats (Senn)
Publicola
How Many Women Sit on the Boards of Major Seattle Companies?
Slog
Union numbers are stagnant nationwide but growing a little in Washington
Some state legislators want to decriminalize driving with a suspended license