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Thursday, Feb. 8
Associated Press
Seattle school bus officials, driver’s union plan mediation
Airlines sue over new Washington state sick leave law
AP count: Nearly 11.8M enroll for Obama health law in 2018
Eastern Washington Univ. moving 3 degree programs to Spokane
Auburn Reporter
Program before lawmakers could strengthen mental health crisis response (Lovick, Goodman, Frockt)
Inslee pushes back against offshore drilling in Washington
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Here’s why Washington’s marijuana industry is scrambling to keep pot on shelves
Bothell Reporter
Bill to tax oil in pipelines advances in state Senate (Ranker, Hobbs)
Chewelah Independent
Gun control bills still active at session mid-point (Kuderer, Dhingra, Van De Wege)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Unionized county jail workers must be served hot meals
This is what climate change looks like in the state Senate
Island’s Weekly
San Juan County addiction recovery house may be funded
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Bigfoot eludes state recognition yet again (Chase)
Journal of the San Juan Islands
San Juan County proposes to increase stormwater fee
3.1-magnitude earthquake hits San Juan Islands
Support state tourism bill | Letter
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Work to start this month on Bainbridge’s new Blakely Elementary
News Tribune (subscription required)
Pay to protect your credit information from ID thieves? Some lawmakers want to make it free (Mullet, Kuderer)
New York Times
Senate Leaders Reach Budget Deal to Raise Spending Over Two Years
Pelosi Held House Floor in Advocacy of ‘Dreamers’ for More Than 8 Hours
For Millennial Investors, a Harsh Lesson in Market Gyrations
Muhiyidin Moye, Black Lives Matter Activist, Is Shot and Killed in New Orleans
Renton Reporter
Op-ed: Carbon tax in Washington state versus B.C.
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle to vacate misdemeanor marijuana convictions, dismiss charges
What’s in the well? Pediatrician probes ACEs and the biology and roots of toxic childhood stress
Ariana Kukors, former UW swimmer and world-record holder, says former coach sexually assaulted her
T-Mobile sued after hackers steal $20,000 in cryptocurrencies from Bellevue entrepreneur
Airlines sue Washington over paid sick leave law
Governor’s group on next Boeing jet hires consultant to analyze state’s competitive position
Opinion: Democracy dies without voting: Support bills that make it easier
Editorial: Legislators, don’t cave to in-home care union — reject bill that would increase DSHS costs
Seattle Weekly
Washington Plans to Resist Any Trump Administration Offshore Drilling
Skagit Valley Herald
State seeks comment on endangered, threatened wildlife
Spokesman Review
Down one colleague because of budget cuts, Spokane County District Court judges are picking up the slack
State asks expert: How competitive are we for landing new Boeing jetliner?
Washington House votes to ‘Ban the Box’ (Appleton, Riccelli, Sells)
Democrats, Republicans take different views of Trump offshore oil lease proposal
Tri-City Herald
State bill would create task force to look at treating ill Hanford workers
USA Today
EPA chief Scott Pruitt: Global warming may be a good thing
Senate leaders unveil sweeping budget deal; House may still reject it
Washington Post
Sweeping budget deal would add more than $500 billion in federal spending, end months of partisan wrangling
Nancy Pelosi’s filibuster-style speech tops eight hours in bid to force immigration votes
Analysis: The Health 202: Congress is poised to invest more dollars in the opioid crisis
Yakima Herald Republic
Bill hiding public employees’ birth dates from disclosure survives legislative cutoff (Kuderer)
Students living here illegally would be eligible for Washington state aid under new bill (Frockt)
Walla Walla earns national honors for connecting more kids to advanced learning
Editorial: Keeping eyes on road and not gadgets is now law
Broadcast
KNKX FM
Needle Exchange Survey Shows Heroin Users Want Treatment, But Access Can Be A Challenge
Amid Seattle School Bus Strike, Employer Says It Will Meet With The Union And A Mediator
Port Extends Clean Air Compliance Deadline After Testimony From Short-Haul Truckers
KUOW FM
College Republicans file suit against UW over planned rally
In The Fire-Prone West, Differing Views Of What Forest Health Really Means
Worthy Causes Pushing To Get Their Solo Drivers Into Carpool Lanes (Clibborn, Hasegawa, Saldaña)
Washington House Considers State Campaign Finance Reform Bill (Billig)
Web
Civic Skunkworks
Ignore Paul Ryan, This Is the Real Reason You’re Broke
Slog
Op-ed: Why Seattle is erasing misdemeanor marijuana convictions from people’s records
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Associated Press
Attorneys general sue Trump administration over water rule
Coding glitch led to nearly 7,000 not registered to vote
House and Senate pursue spending deals as shutdown looms
Rail industry says key safety technology not due until 2020
Trump administration’s oil drilling plan prompts protests
Senate negotiators working to finalize long-term budget deal
Aberdeen Daily World
Bill would help hospital with its financial woes (Van De Wege, Takko, Tharinger, Chapman, Blake)
Arlington Times
Arlington ECEAP gets youngsters kindergarten-ready
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Earthquake insurance is key to recovery, but just 11 percent have it in Washington
Bothell Reporter
Allow taxpayers to see how their tax assessments compare to others (Lovick, Goodman, Frockt)
The Daily News
‘Ecology Gone Too Far’: Cowlitz leaders rally in Olympia (Blake, Takko)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Everett has Earth’s worst traffic congestion — by one measure
County exec touts progress in lowering homelessness
Senate finds a way to give some of us refunds on car tabs (Liias, Hobbs)
Bloomberg: Billions for headquarters? Not in my backyard, Amazon
Editorial: A unified ‘no’ to Northwest offshore oil drilling
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Inslee pushes back against offshore drilling in Washington
Program before lawmakers could strengthen mental health crisis response (Lovick, Goodman, Frockt)
Kirkland Reporter
Mayor Walen elected as Sound Cities president
News Tribune (subscription required)
With annexation threat looming, Ruston cedes control of Point Ruston permitting to Tacoma
Editorial: Legislature’s gone to the dogs, cats, etc.
Peninsula Daily News
Application period nears for Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program grants
Skyrocketing premiums prompt response from lawmakers (Cleveland)
Program before lawmakers could strengthen mental health crisis response (Lovick, Goodman, Frockt)
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate (Carlyle, Ranker, Nelson, Hobbs)
State bills tackle threats to endangered orcas (Blake, Ranker)
Puget Sound Business Journal
How Boeing bonuses break down for engineers and technicians in Washington state
Authers’ Note: The market parallels with 2007
Renton Reporter
Carbon tax plan advances in the state Senate (Dhingra, Carlyle, Ranker, Nelson, Hobbs)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Trump’s ‘marching orders’ to the Pentagon: Plan a grand military parade
King County property taxes rising between 9 and 31% — depending on your city
Seattle is putting fences under its bridges to keep campers out — and some say that’s wrong
Glitch in Washington’s motor-voter program prevented thousands from being registered to vote
Seattle teachers union members plan walkout on fifth day of school-bus driver strike
With tracking system hobbling, marijuana industry scrambles to keep pot on shelves
Survey finds only 11.3% of Washington homes have earthquake insurance
Facebook, Google not complying with Seattle’s political-ad disclosure law, watchdog says
Westneat: About those bonuses? There’s now proof they’re going straight onto the national credit card
Editorial: Don’t shortchange special education
Opinion: Remove barriers to preserve salmon runs for future generations
Snoqualmie-Valley Record
Inslee pushes back against offshore drilling in Washington
Program before lawmakers could strengthen mental health crisis response (Lovick, Goodman, Frockt)
Spokesman Review
EWU plans major expansion into Spokane’s University District as anchor tenant of Avista’s planned 150,000 square-foot Catalyst building
Conservatives less likely to trust vaccines and public health efforts
Unnecessary medical tests cost Washington patients $282 million during one-year period, study says
Some 7,000 voters kept off the rolls by computer problem
Tri-City Herald
Editorial: Lawmakers are trying to eliminate key part of public records law; we say that’s wrong
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
State capital budget allocates funds for Vashon-Maury projects (Nelson)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Allow taxpayers to see how their tax assessments compare to others (Palumbo)
Whidbey News-Times
Admiralty Head Lighthouse to get facelift
State may lift ban on nuclear war prep
Yakima Herald Republic
Health centers push for funding in federal budget
Glitch in Washington’s motor-voter program prevented thousands from being registered to vote
With tracking system hobbling, marijuana industry scrambles to keep pot on shelves
Editorial: Given risks, rejection of oil port is right call
Broadcast
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Millions of dollars, privacy concerns surround Seattle Police Department body camera program
Car tab tax cut passes key vote (Dhingra)
KNKX FM
Needle Exchange Survey Shows Heroin Users Want Treatment, But Access Can Be A Challenge
As One Washington Wolf Poaching Case Comes To A Close, Others Remain A Mystery
Nearly 7,000 Washington Voters Will Get Last Minute Ballots Due To Motor Voter Error
Litigation Over Seattle Law Allowing Unionization For Ride-Share Drivers Continues
KUOW FM
Nurse Calls Cops After Woman Seeks Help For Postpartum Depression. Right Call?
Nervous Drivers Still ‘Shooting The Gap’ At Rattlesnake Ridge Landslide
The Psychological Forces Behind A Cultural Reckoning: Understanding #MeToo
KXRO Newsradio
Senate Bill could alleviate some financial stressors from GH Community Hospital (Van De Wege, Takko, Chapman)
Web
Crosscut
There’s one thing state lawmakers agree on: the internet (Hansen)
Patch.com
Kirkland Getting $2.5M For Major Trail Connection (Kuderer, Dhingra, Palumbo, Goodman, Springer, McBridge, Klatter, Kloba, Stanford)
Seattle P.I.
Nearly 7,000 voter registrations lost in ‘malfunction’
Slog
UW College Republicans sue to bring far-right rally to campus, panic over pot shortage
Seattle-area house prices continue to rise, yet 50 percent of people living here earn less than $50,000 a year
Guest Editorial: Puget Sound Energy needs to stop burning coal in Montana
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