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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

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AP

Off the sideline: Students, women, teachers embrace activism
Head of technical college in Tacoma fired

Aberdeen Daily World
Wheels of justice turning slowly in massive poaching cases

Bainbridge Island Review
UPDATE | Bainbridge council agrees on timeline to fill council seat

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Editorial reprint: State takes bold action for endangered Pacific salmon

Everett Herald (subscription required)
The rules: You can’t put just anything on your vanity plate
Thiessen: Enough, please, with questioning motives of others
Editorial: Delta’s struggle with dentists calls for extraction

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Thoughts on gun-control debate | Letter

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Opinion: Parkland shooting spurs information age solutions for gun violence

News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: State takes bold action for endangered Pacific salmon

New York Times
As DeVos Faces Congress, Officials Say She Hid Plans to Overhaul Department

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: State market fills big retirement need for low wage workers (Mullet)

Port Townsend Leader
City, county respond to proposed Navy training  (Van De Wege)

Puget Sound Business Journal
New investigations into Facebook add new pressures
Google pledges $300 million to clean up false news

Renton Reporter
Gov. Jay Inslee signs bill to raise population threshold
Inslee signs voting bills into law (Hudgins)
Lawmakers find common ground on prosecuting police officers (Goodman)

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle area ranks third in nation for same-sex marriages, IRS data show
Why Sound Transit doesn’t want you walking on a stalled escalator
At 25, Running Start is a success. Now it must attract students who need it the most.
‘We have nothing to lose’: Seattle-area students join nationwide walkouts in push for stricter gun control
Washington’s new law regulating student-loan servicers could face legal challenge from feds
Westneat: Getting clearer all the time: City should ban cars from South Lake Union
Editorial: Protect students, not student-loan servicers
Oped: New deadly-force law is a product of hard-earned mutual trust
Oped: The Legislature was right to enact Initiative 940

USA Today
Opinion: Here’s a gun control measure that even Tea Party members should support

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Governor moves to protect endangered orcas
Six superintendent finalists selected, public invited to interviews
King County effort may create opportunity for affordable housing
Amid push for increased gun safety, island students join walkout

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: State laws must be enacted in the proper way

West Seattle Herald
Studying salmon reveals serious concerns

Whidbey News-Times
School violence topic of public forum
Navy seeks comment on proposed new health clinic
Town to look at Rec Hall use rates, guidelines

Yakima Herald Republic
Fire season could be bad in Yakima Valley
A growing concern in international trade: Will China retaliate with tariffs on Washington state fruit?
Editorial: Finally, a serious look at unsolved deaths on reservations

 

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KING5 TV (NBC)

Meet the students organizing Seattle’s March For Our Lives
 What UW data expert wants to ask Facebook executives

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
UW Professor: Facebook data breach a wake-up call to users
Pierce County detectives on violent crimes: ‘It’s got to end’
Move to protect people from federal immigration sweeps could have dangerous consequences

KNKX FM
Student Film About Displacement Of A SeaTac Mobile Home Park Will Be Screened In Seattle
Spring Is Officially Underway. So Is Wildfire Season In The Northwest .
Northwest Senators Question Energy Secretary On Hanford, Proposed Budget Cuts
State Seeks Input On Plan To Move Mountain Goats From Olympics To North Cascades

Q13 TV (FOX)
‘It’s embarrassing’: Seattle man documents growing trash on streets, suggests cleanup ideas
Head of technical college in Tacoma fired
Seattle sanctioned homeless encampment asks to stay; some neighbors concerned

 

WEB
Civic Skunkworks

A big day for democracy in Washington

Crosscut
Jayapal brings a Seattle idea for fighting opioid crisis to D.C.
Opinion: A business tax can ease Seattle’s homeless crisis

Tuesday, Mar. 20

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Associated Press
Republicans opt to wait out Trump’s storm against Mueller
Inslee signs legislation to pre-register some teens, allow same-day voter registration
Washington governor signs package of voter access bills
Sheriff official: 3 injured in Maryland high school shooting
Lawsuit filed after U.S. fails to list walruses as threatened
Trump calls for death penalty to ‘get tough’ on drug pushers
Washington state initiative aims to ban local soda taxes

Aberdeen Daily World
County is planning to replace Vesta Bridge on North River Road

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
They want an end to ‘pollution-based economy’
Not so fast: Mushroom farm near Lacey is expanding, but not moving, president says
Energy secretary backs keeping Snake dams to make cheap electricity

Columbian
Letter: Protect information access

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Sound Transit lobbies Congress to keep Lynnwood line funded
‘Working together again like we did back then’ to save fish
Editorial: What’s behind the rise in pedestrian deaths?
Letter: Taxpayers’ anger directed at the wrong people

Journal of the San Juan Islands
San Juan County awarded clean water grants from Ecology

News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Breakfast after the Bell fuels kids for a healthy start

Peninsula Daily News
A river runs through: Olympic National Park looks for long-term road solution in Elwha Valley
Jefferson officials to urge lawmakers to work against gun violence

Puget Sound Business Journal
Companies founded entirely by women got only 1 percent of venture capital in Washington state in 2017
Maryland Senate signs off on $5.6 billion Amazon HQ2 tax incentive package
Facebook executive planning to leave company amid disinformation backlash

Queen Anne & Magnolia News
Annual blessing honors fishing fleet as season begins (Carlyle, Tarleton)

Seattle Times (subscription required)
WaPo: Package believed to be bound for Austin explodes at Texas FedEx facility, police say
Waze launches free carpool app in Washington matching drivers, riders
Brodeur: Early studies of male birth-control pill show promise
Metropolitan King County Council has voted to give itself new oversight of 4Culture. Here’s what we know
Wash. tribes, First Nations unite to end Atlantic salmon net-pen fish farms across West Coast
Seattle City Council votes to impose moratorium on rent-bidding websites
Opinion: With U.S. mining governed by 1872 law, reforms are long overdue
Editorial: School-by-school data at parents’ fingertips is a great tool

Seattle Weekly
Washington Coal Country’s Underpowered Future

Spokesman Review
Cutbacks to opioid prescriptions leave chronic pain patients without help
Op-ed: Washington physicians aggressively working for solutions to opioid crisis

Tukwila Reporter
Gov. Jay Inslee signs package of bills at Foster High School (Hudgins)

Whidbey News-Times
‘Informed’ and ‘furious’ students lead call for safer schools
Navy extends comment period on special ops training to March 23
South Whidbey port gets $500k grant for parking lot

Yakima Herald Republic
Washington state program gives high school students a running start

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KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington volcanoes could become power plants
Gender identity in sex ed raises concerns for Sequim parents
Veteran calls racist encounter at Lynnwood motel a ‘teachable moment’
Yakima landslide continues, but state drops timeline for collapse

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
State website helps people, businesses shop retirement plans

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
New traffic app matches riders to carpools in Wash. state

KNKX FM
Inslee Signs Voting Rights Act, Other Voting Bills Into Law
In Rural Washington, Pediatricians A Scarce Commodity
Pierce County Takes Step To Ban Safe-Injection Sites
Major Changes Coming To Voting Rights, Access In Washington

NW Public Radio
Are There Risks From Secondhand Marijuana Smoke? Early Science Says Yes
Northwest Lawsuits Could Alter How ICE Handles Immigration Arrests

Q13 TV (FOX)
Inslee signs package of voter access bills into law, including automatic registration
Video shows man setting fire to one of two Jehovah’s Witness churches in Thurston County
Business owner in battle with Seattle over parking spots, incurs over $500K in fines
Sequim School District halts sexual health education courses after concerns raised
Some Pierce County leaders pushing to ban safe injection sites

Web

Crosscut
Seattle bans online auctions for rental housing — for now

Seattle P.I.
Beverage industry wants to block Seattle soda tax elsewhere

Slog
Governor of Mississippi Signs Toughest Anti-Abortion Law in the Country
If Trump Wants to Execute Drug Dealers, Big Pharma Execs Should Start Running for Their Lives

Monday, Mar. 19

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Associated Press
Washington city to revisit ban on pit bull terriers 
Washington state initiative aims to ban local soda taxes 
Inslee questions whether Canadian pipeline should expand
US demands proof steel is safe in Richland nuke plant

Aberdeen Daily World
Hospital layoffs hit a quarter of those in leadership ranks
Narcotics task force seizes more than $2 million in Thurston County, Oakville marijuana raids
Public invited to give input into hazard mitigation plan

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Running Start is working. Now, how can it work for those who need it most? 
Superstore chain Fred Meyer to stop selling guns, ammunition 

Columbian
In Our View: Process Rape Kits
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (confiscated weapons)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Mukilteo fire stations are the newest ‘Safe Places’ for youth
Edmonds School Board adopts resolution about guns
In Sultan, a walkout is a missed class, leading to detention
County’s new voting system more ‘intuitive,’ election head says
Milbank: Why burdens of bank regulation can be a good thing
Burke: What’s changed: Guns, boys or society?
Commentary: We need to teach our students how to dissent
Commentary: Opioid abuse is serious, but so is chronic pain
Editorial: Help Everett Transit shape transportation future
Letter: Trump’s actions on immigration, trade not in our interests
Letter: Minimum wage is an unfair price control
Letter: State bank would keep public funds working for us

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Bill would prevent rising Tacoma Narrows tolls, extend collections (Kilduff)
Medication drop off boxes now open in Kitsap
Beyond lockdowns: Schools drill for active shooter response
Gordon Walgren, lawyer and former lawmaker, dies at 85

Mother Jones
All of a Sudden, Voting Rights Are Expanding Across the Country

News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Fear makes case for arming Tacoma’s school patrol

New York Times
Trump Takes Aim at Mueller, Prompting Some G.O.P. Rebukes
Another Explosion in Austin, Hours After Plea to Bomber
Europe’s Planned Digital Tax Heightens Tensions With U.S.
Trump Accidentally Helps Free Trade in Latin America
“Testilying” by Police: A Stubborn Problem

Nisqually Valley News
Clouds Blotting Transparency Might Be Lifting in Olympia (Palumbo, Rolfes)

Olympian (subscription required)
Opinion: Diversity in education should be a requirement

Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington’s five-point plan to land the Boeing 797
Data leak puts Facebook under intensifying scrutiny on two continents
Washington jobs report shows promising start to 2018

Renton Reporter
Editorial: Lawmakers find common ground found on prosecuting police officers (Goodman)

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Property-tax Q&A: Why is your King County bill going up so much — and where is the money going?
Why is Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan eyeing budget cuts in a boom?
Internet access is quietly changing Seattle’s tent cities
Large: The late Harold Booker lifted himself above expectations … and helped make King County a better place
Editorial: Seattle Mayor Durkan’s cautious approach to budget is wise
Opinion: Do our youth really understand their country’s military?
Editorial: Deadly-force law needs to change, but not like this (Pollet)

Spokesman Review
The 2018 Legislature, by the numbers (Riccelli, Keiser)
Host families give a boost to WSU med students
Simplified statewide fishing rules go into effect in July
Washington’s gray wolf population increases for ninth consecutive year

Tri-City Herald
Badger Club: Getting a fair chance after prison

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Proposed state initiative aims to ban soda taxes
Editorial: Legislature left public out of decisions
Editorial: Transparency on drug pricing could help reduce costs

Washington Post
‘Serial bomber’ suspected after fourth blast in Austin, police say
Everything you need to know about the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook debacle
Consumer lawyers want to end Education Department’s partial student debt relief plan

Yakima Herald Republic
National journalism organization names Washington lawmakers as runners-up for ‘Black Hole’ award
Dent, Manweller allow reporters to look through their email, calendars
Washington state initiative aims to ban local soda taxes
Editorial: Murder exposes criminal-justice cracks that county must repair

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KING5 TV (NBC)
King County program helped 4,000 people from becoming homeless
Former FBI double agent living in Seattle talks about Russia’s meddling with the US
Beyond lockdowns: Schools drill for active shooter response
Proposed state initiative aims to ban soda taxes
Washington State Parks are free Monday for 105th birthday
Kayak activists in Seattle protest oil pipeline, tanker project

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Pierce County considers ban on safe injection sites

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
‘It’s absolutely terrifying,’ says volunteer after gun found at Everett park
New app helps drivers find passengers to use HOV lanes

KNKX FM
Scholarship Program Aims To Develop Leaders In Puget Sound Region 
Community Truancy Boards Look To Get Troubled Kids Back On Track, Not Behind Bars  (Orwall)

KUOW FM
California Lawmakers Weigh Pros And Cons Of Mandatory Screening For Postpartum Depression
Are There Risks From Secondhand Marijuana Smoke? Early Science Says Yes
Washington policing groups joined with critics to pass new state law
Northwest Lawsuits Could Alter How ICE Handles Immigration Arrests
Major Changes Coming To Voting Rights, Access In Washington

Q13 TV (FOX)
Property crimes take a back seat to major crimes in Pierce County while sheriff’s office faces deputy shortage
Moms cleaning up Everett park find gun; ‘This is where I take my son’
Infectious diseases on the rise as homeless population grows

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Boing Boing
Washington State lawmaker thinks the courts will uphold state Net Neutrality law because the FCC abdicated its duty (Hansen)

Crosscut
Dear Washington state: Don’t follow California’s tax model
The environmental wins and losses in Olympia this year (McBride, Van De Wege, Ranker, Lytton, Fitzgibbon)

Digital Music News
Verizon, AT&T & Comcast Ask Congress to Make the Net Neutrality Repeal Stronger (Hansen)

Investigate West
Enviros struggled for success in Olympia in 2018 (McBride, Fitzgibbon, Lytton, Morris, Fey, Goodman, Van De Wege, Ranker, Carlyle)

MyNorthwest.com
Sound Transit CEO pleads with Congress not to eliminate critical funding
Proposed state initiative aims to ban soda taxes

Seattle P.I.
Washington, B.C. leaders eye high-speed rail line
Trump Treasury secretary cost taxpayers $1M on military flights

Slog
British Columbia Will Kick in $300,000 to Study High-Speed Rail

Friday, Mar. 16

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Associated Press
House to try again on bill easing use of unapproved drugs
Head of employment agency resigns after workplace report
Immigrant activist says deportation action is political
Seattle infectious-disease outbreaks cause concern
Major solar project proposed for former Washington coal mine
Immigrant activist seeks end to deportation effort

Aberdeen Daily World
Aberdeen School Board weighing options to reduce class size

Columbian
State employment agency chief resigns after complaints
In Our View: County Quiet in Olympia (Cleveland, Stonier, Wylie)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Families feel betrayed after wrongful death bill falls short
Property owners excluded from tax starting next year
Editorial: FDA should limit nicotine in cigarettes, tobacco

The Inlander
Spokane Planning Director Lisa Key suddenly ousted after city reorganization, some council members object 

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Lummi demand release of captive orca

Kitsap Sun (subscription required) 
Lummi Nation joins effort to bring Lolita home to Puget Sound

News Tribune (subscription required)
Students nationwide walk out of class for the #NationalSchoolWalkout

New York Times
White House’s Next Major Trade Action Is Aimed at China
Russia Could Have Switched Off U.S. Power, Officials Say
Britain Could Target Tycoons’ Assets in New Blow to Russia

Olympian (subscription required)
Opinion: City livability is linked to higher urban density
Editorial: One step forward, two stumbles on gun laws (Hunt, Doglio, Dolan)

Puget Sound Business Journal
Battle for the 797: Washington state launches the fight to win Boeing’s new jet
Washington jobs report shows promising start to 2018
Microsoft says it fired 20 workers for sexual harassment in 2017
Court overturns Obama-era rule on retirement planners
Washington state’s five-point plan to land the Boeing 797
Observations: Lawmakers embarrassed themselves with Public Records Act vote

Renton Reporter
Appeals court agrees with AG opinion on local marijuana bans

Seattle Times (subscription required)
In latest upheaval, Trump expected to toss out national-security chief H.R. McMaster
Seattle underestimates by millions the cost to run its new streetcar line, Metro says
Written contracts? Health insurance? Push for new domestic-worker benefits reaches Seattle City Council
Washington agency leader resigns after investigation into his workplace behavior
Infectious-disease outbreaks in Seattle homeless people concern health officials
Editorial: U.S. House must support child-pornography victim restitution
Opinion: Alaska’s old-growth forests are our climate-change insurance policy
Opinion: Trump can no longer have it both ways on Russia

Seattle Weekly
Suburban and Rural Students Join the Call for Gun Control (Slatter)

Spokesman Review
Handling money from licensed pot businesses OK under state law
New law targets discrimination against low-income renters
Employment agency head, accused of inappropriate conduct, resigns
Inslee signs bills banning universities from requesting criminal histories, requiring more financial aid information
State looks to increase nurses trained to treat rape victims
WSU student pleads guilty to bomb threats at dorm

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Latest radioactive scare should prompt faster nuclear cleanup

Washington Post
Britain’s top diplomat accuses Putin of being directly behind ex-spy’s poisoning
Democrats say they have proof State Dept. staffers were targeted for being ‘disloyal’ to Trump
7 U.S. service members killed in helicopter crash in western Iraq

Whidbey News-Times
Letter: Use of deadly force bill unites factions that were once divided

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Legislature gets some things done — on time
Letter: Should all records be public?

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Des Moines teacher punched middle schooler, family says
Seattle infectious-disease outbreaks cause concern
Employment Security commissioner announces retirement amid #MeToo complaints
Seattle Preschool Program adding 22 classrooms for 2018-19

KNKX FM
Not Too Late To Save Critically Endangered Orcas Say State Leaders And Feds
Students Around Puget Sound Region Walk Out Of School To Protest Gun Violence
Agency Head Announces Resignation Following Workplace Investigation
Portland Earthquake Study Estimates Wide Variation In Impact Depending On Timing

KUOW FM
The Fight Over Teacher Salaries: A Look At The Numbers
Facial Scanning Now Arriving At U.S. Airports
New Law Focuses On Missing, Murdered Native American Women
Pacific Heat Wave Known As ‘The Blob’ Appears To Be In Retreat

Q13 TV (FOX)
Washington schools now required to teach about improper touching, starting in kindergarten
New law bans Washington employers from asking about criminal history

Web

Arstechnica
Why the first state with a net neutrality law isn’t scared of lawsuits (Hansen)

Crosscut
The environmental wins and losses in Olympia this year (McBride, Van De Wege, Ranker, Lytton, Fitzgibbon)

Seattle P.I.
Zinke: Nat’l park fees rising because some get in free
Appeals court: Local jurisdictions can say no to pot shops

Slog
Postdocs United Get Their Vote to Unionize

Thursday, Mar. 15

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Associated Press
County: Court ruling supports case against pot businesses 
County permanently bans heroin-injection sites 
Washington state moves to protect endangered killer whales 
Legislature fails to pass bill to let patrol destroy guns (Senn)
Ex-Fish and Wildlife employee sentenced for raping co-worker

Aberdeen Daily World
Local students join in national walkout to protest gun violence
Aberdeen School Board weighing options to reduce class size
Oped: Washington (state) finds new way to reduce gun suicides, and maybe mass shootings too

Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge students walk out of class in national day of unity for school security | Photo gallery

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
An advocate for children, education, and tax reform, this state legislator is retiring (Lytton)
The Franklin coroner posted a ‘white power’ meme. Some say his apology isn’t enough 
Support for stronger gun laws prompt South Sound students out of the classroom 

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Students here join thousands nationwide to protest shootings
Why Republican legislators voted against a property tax cut
Snohomish County permanently bans heroin-injection sites
Commentary: State’s new law could reduce incidence of suicide (Pedersen)

The Inlander
Malice and Deadly Force
Spokane eyes broadband; plus, Washington officials push back against offshore drilling

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Friday Harbor students honor Parkland shooting victims
San Juan County Council approves code changes that affect new, current vacation rental permits

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Students in Kitsap stage walkouts, commemorations and voting drive

Mukilteo Beacon
Liias chose to postpone funds for Japanese Gulch (Liias, Ortiz-Self, Peterson)

My Ballard
Ballard High students join Governor Inslee in National School Walkout

News Tribune (subscription required)
Matt Driscoll: What’s next in Pierce County’s #MeToo moment? Hopefully accountability. (Sawyer)
Tacoma state lawmaker defies calls to resign following allegations of inappropriate behavior (Sawyer, Jinkins)

New York Times
Trump Imposes New Sanctions on Russia Over Cyberattacks
Britain-Russia Feud Leads to Diplomatic Fireworks at U.N.
Thousands Leave Class, Urging Action on Gun Control

Olympian (subscription required)
Local students join national school walkout to protest gun violence

Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle’s employee head tax returns, aims to generate $75 million to fight homelessness
US business chiefs warn on dangers of protectionism
Lawsuit alleges Microsoft sided with women in fewer than 1 percent of discrimination complaints

Renton Reporter
Editorial cartoon: Don’t hide the dirt

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Photos: Students walk out across the nation to protest gun violence
New Cascadia quake analysis shows building retrofits would save thousands of lives
At 25, Running Start is a success. Now it must attract students who need it the most.
Letter: Student walkout
Opinion: This major challenge to local news has gone almost unnoticed
Opinion: Take marching orders from youth on gun debate

Seattle Weekly
Seattle Students Take Part in the National School Walkout

Spokesman Review
Law to give job protection to domestic violence victims
Maternity options for pregnant inmates expanded
Students to lawmakers: Act on gun violence or we will boot you out (Dolan)
WSU files counter suits to protect new apple variety

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Vashon students stage gun violence walkouts on national day of protest

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Time changes should be a national issue

Washington Post
U.S. sanctions Russians over election interference, cyberattacks
U.S., France and Germany back Britain’s claim that Russia likely tied to ex-spy’s poisoning

Whidbey News-Times
Citizens deserve to know what’s going on in city

Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima Valley students join nationwide movement against gun violence
Banning the bud? Yakima County says recent court ruling supports case against marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas
Turning the tables: Local students talk to adults about school safety

Broadcast

KING5 TV (NBC)
Here’s what Washington school walkouts looked like
Kent teachers ask district to ‘fix’ decision to layoff 127 staff
New Seattle head tax proposal faces small business opposition
Gov. Inslee to sign ‘Erin’s Law’ legislation
WATCH: Student pleads with classmates for kindness at Moses Lake HS walkout
WA gun safety initiative could come this year, AG hints

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Jesse Jones’ Push for “Free Credit Freezes For All” Becomes Law (Hudgins, Mullet)

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Seattle City Council considering controversial head tax proposal again
Kent school board blasted for plan to cut 127 teachers
Grandparents of Marysville Pilchuck shooting victim moved by nationwide walkout
From one Parkland to another: Pierce County school observes shooting anniversary

KNKX FM
Students Around Puget Sound Region Walk Out Of School To Protest Gun Violence
Snohomish County Bans Safe-Injection Sites
Police Accountability Activist Reflects On Recent State Legislative Victory

KUOW FM
Students pour out of class to say they’re fed up with gun violence
How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides?
Not Too Late To Save Critically Endangered Orcas Say State Leaders And Feds
WSU And Biotech Firm Fighting Over Cosmic Crisp Apple
Trump Administration backs away from push for drilling off Northwest coast

Q13 TV (FOX)
Parents, students, teachers voice anger at Kent School District for planned layoffs
‘We want change:’ Thousands of Washington students walk out of class protesting gun violence
‘This is a wake-up call’: New Washington State directive aims to help endangered orcas
Possible routes for light rail expansion released; advisory group weighs public comments

Web

Crosscut
From Tumwater to Seattle, students unite in gun walkout

Schmudget
Final budget brings momentous victories for communities, but property tax cuts will come at a cost

Seattle P.I.
‘Protect kids, not guns’: Seattle students walk out (Frockt)
State passes law to get rid of credit freeze fees (Hudgins, Mullet)

Slog
Olympia 2018 Recap: The Death Penalty Is Alive, Gun Control Is Dead

West Seattle Blog
50+ West Seattle businesses sign letter to City Council expressing concern about new ‘head tax’ proposal