Thursday, Nov. 9

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Associated Press
House, Senate negotiators agree on $700 billion for Pentagon
Seattle elects its first woman mayor since the 1920s
Washington Democrats win key Senate race (Nelson)
House approves bill to expand hydroelectric power
‘Obamacare’ sign-ups top 600k in first week
7 leaks found in Hanford’s oldest double-walled tank
Senate bill to unwrap with tax cuts, end to local deduction
Seattle lawsuit challenges bar on entry of refugee’s family

The Daily News
Kalama Export dockworkers rally for better benefits
School bond supporters contemplate next steps
Editorial: No room for harassment (Sullivan)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Democrats might control Olympia, but they’ll need GOP votes
Another hearing scheduled on zoning for methadone clinics
Parker: Mama Lucy was the forerunner of Trump voters
Editorial: Democrats’ control in Olympia comes with a duty

Kirkland Reporter
Narcan, the Eastside and how to curb the overdose epidemic

News Tribune (subscription required)
At least five mayors losing their jobs in Pierce County; Woodards expands lead in Tacoma
Opinion: Undertaxed America is irresponsible gamble

New York Times
Losses put new pressure on GOP to act on tax rewrite
Suburbs revolt against Trump, threatening GOP
A year after Trump, women and minorities give groundbreaking wins to Democrats
Violence against transgender people is on the rise, advocates say

Olympian (subscription required)
State again says 75-bed mental health hospital in Lacey can go forward. But what will Providence do?

Peninsula Daily News
Western governors want federal help in invasive mussel fight

Puget Sound Business Journal
Endowments boom as colleges bury earnings overseas

Redmond Reporter
With a Dhingra victory in the 45th, Washington would join West Coast ‘Blue Wall’

Renton Reporter
Travel Renton to Seattle via water taxi

Seattle Times (subscription required)
With Manka Dhingra’s Washington state Senate win, Democrats plot ambitious course in Olympia (Nelson)
A Washington county that went for Trump is shaken as immigrant neighbors start disappearing
Student homelessness in Seattle growing at New York City rates
Despite talk of halting Seattle’s First Avenue streetcar, work moves ahead on the $177M line
Large: Two UW students — one black, one white — offer hope in their personal fight for equality
Editorial: Don’t keep lawmakers’ sexual-misconduct records secret (Keiser)
Opinion: We must house homeless to cure health inequities

Seattle Weekly
Money On the Table for a Safe Drug Consumption Site in Seattle
Students Sue Their School, a College Stuns a Candidate, and the Fight for On-Time Ferries

Skagit Valley Herald
Officials: Salmon, orca recovery important as ever

USA Today
Insurers: Addiction needs urgency like cancer care
Congress is looking to stem the illegal flow of cellphones into jails, prisons

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Enforcing current gun laws would be progress

Washington Post
White House chief of staff tried to pressure acting DHS secretary to expel thousands of Hondurans
Senate GOP plan would delay corporate tax cut until 2019, a major break with Trump
Saudi Arabia detains more than 200 people in expanding ‘anti-corruption’ probe
Women racked up victories across the country Tuesdays. It may only be the beginning
Trump voter fraud commission sued by one of its own members alleging Democrats are being kept in the dark

Wenatchee World
17 lawsuits and counting – Attorney General addresses court action against Trump and others

Yakima Herald Republic
A Washington county that went for Trump is shaken as immigrant neighbors start disappearing
Ballot counting continues; some races as close as five votes
Editorial: Education goes both ways in PNWU program

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KING5 TV (NBC)
Harmful green crab invasion getting worse in Puget Sound

KNKX FM
Election 2017: Durkan Becomes Seattle Mayor, Dhingra Wins State Senate Seat
Three Out Of Four Of Washington’s Biggest Cities Will Likely Have Women Mayors

KUOW FM
Washington Wine Could Cost More After State Puts Squeeze On Winery Wastewater

NW Public Radio
Washington Crabbers Join Peers In Tackling Whale Entanglement Risk
Washington Wine Could Cost More After State Puts Squeeze On Winery Wastewater
‘Goliath’ Spending Effort Blamed For Failure Of Spokane Coal, Oil Train Ballot Measure

Q13 TV (FOX)
Jenny Durkan lays out her first 30 days as mayor of Seattle
Dhingra’s win in state Senate race gives Democrats full control in Olympia
Just 7 votes separate the two major candidates for Everett mayor

Web

Crosscut
For Durkan, after the party comes the weight of being mayor

Publicola
With Dhingra’s Win, Democrats Take Control of the State Senate

Slog
After two suspensions in three years, will the LCB relinquish control of cannabis labs?

Washington State Wire
Kittitas Commissioners approve collective bargaining transparency
Nelson: New Senate Majority will put people before politics (Nelson)
Four takeaways for legislative politics resulting from the General Election (Nelson)

Wednesday, Nov. 8

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Associated Press
Democrat has early lead in pivotal Washington Senate race
Durkan takes strong early lead in Seattle mayor race
Transgender woman wins Virginia House seat, makes history
NY homeless sheltering policy 1 model for West Coast cities
House, Senate negotiators agree on $700 billion for military
Spokane voters reject proposal to fine oil trains
Seattle lawsuit challenges bar on entry of refugee’s family
GOP tax bill would kill deduction for student-loan interest

Aberdeen Daily World
Incumbents faring well in most council, school board races
With Washington statehouse at stake, Democrats seek to build West Coast wall of Trump resistance

Centralia Chronicle
Lawmakers to Introduce Campaign Donation Limit for Ports at Start of Session (Wylie, Stonier)

Columbian
Orange ‘shocked’ by big lead in Port of Vancouver race
In Our View: No Room For Harassment (Sullivan)

The Daily News
EDITORIAL: How to reduce the deadly toll of opioids
Longview’s $121.6M school bond fails to win supermajority

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Election 2017
Milbank: House GOP not even bothering to hide tax favoritism
Singletary: GOP tax plan would take away financial lifejacket for seniors
Editorial: GET college plans better option than student loans

Journal of the San Juan Islands
November General Election results
School bond and levy pass | SJC Election results

Kirkland Reporter
Narcan, the Eastside and how to curb the overdose epidemic
County officials introduce legislation, executive order to address juvenile justice issues

News Tribune (subscription required)
Woodards leads in early Election Day results for Tacoma mayor’s race
Democrat ahead big in state Senate race with fate of legislative control in balance (Nelson)
Anti-Trump backlash helps fuel a Democratic sweep across the country
Trump’s poor climate record sends America’s green business to China
Editorial: Can #MeToo power change state Capitol?

New York Times
Voters give Democrats first big victories of the Trump era
More business deals than trade pacts as Trump visits China
Trumpism without Trump: A losing formula in swing-state Virginia
Trump administration will support work requirements for Medicaid

Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia progressives celebrate strong election returns Tuesday night
Public safety levy passing in Olympia

Peninsula Daily News
McAleer leads, juvenile detention tax approved in first count of Clallam votes
Housing measure fails in first count of Jefferson ballots; McComas in lead
Port Townsend City Council considers amended version of tax increase

Puget Sound Business Journal
Jenny Durkan elected mayor of Seattle
Councilmember Kshama Sawant proposes study of Seattle municipal bank
US tax reform changes fail to quell corporate outcry

Seattle Times (subscription required)
New UW contract with Nike that allows inspections of overseas factories is first of its kind
What can Sound Transit do to keep projects in the black and on track?
Editorial: Mayor Durkan must focus on business community, neighborhoods
Editorial: Democrats may control the Legislature, but moderates will set the agenda
Opinion: Americans die daily while president waffles on opioid crisis

Seattle Weekly
What Is Next in the State Legislature?
Money On the Table for a Safe Drug Consumption Site in Seattle
Advocates Wonder If One Aspect of a Police Union Contract Could Erode Reforms

Skagit Valley Herald
B-E supplemental levy failing

Spokesman Review
Democrats take control of Washington State Senate
How Democrats win to take control of Washington Senate will affect 7 issues
Spokane Valley voters toss incumbents on City Council; Munch, Collier and Pace lose seats
Breean Beggs, Kate Burke, Candace Mumm coast to victories in Spokane City Council races
Spokane voters reject fines for coal, oil trains traveling through downtown
Incumbent Mike Wiser beats out challenger in Spokane Public Schools only contested board race
Montana district hacked, threatened by foreign hacking collective offers lessons to Spokane-area schools
Editorial: Tax-cut debate ignores budget reality

Tri-City Herald
Pasco schools stumbling a second time on measure to add space
Kennewick voters soundly rejecting The Link
Pasco voters rejecting 3 council incumbents

USA Today
EPA chief: Alarming climate report won’t stop regulatory rollbacks
Trump in Asia: U.S. & China companies ink $9 billion in deals
VA, NJ voters pick new Democratic governors
GOP talks about bill to fix background checks

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Effort to change culture that allows sexual misconduct is welcome

Washington Post
Democratic wins are stinging repudiation of Trump one year after his election
Top GOP senator says election losses could complicate tax reform
Texas gunman’s iPhone could reignite FBI-Apple feud over encryption

Whidbey News-Times
North Whidbey fire levy lift losing, pool levy winning in election

Yakima Herald Republic
Report: Immigrants have billions in buying power, pay billions in taxes

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KING5 TV (NBC)
LIVE BLOG: Election day across Western Washington
Dhingra holds big lead against Englund in Legislative District 45 race
Jenny Durkan wins Seattle mayor’s race over Cary Moon
Fast-ferry financials: Fares lag, but taxes and bonds cover costs
Inmates who are veterans offered special counseling

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
King County Council takes major step toward getting guns from DV offenders
Durkan wins race for Seattle mayor
Controversial Amazon Key launches in Seattle area, but will people use it?
King County Sheriff Urquhart trailing Mitzi Johanknecht in race for re-election
Dhingra leading Englund in 45^th District state Senate race

NW Public Radio
911 Call On Salmon Farm: ‘The Whole Thing Is Buckling’
Democrat Takes Early Lead In Race For Control Of Washington State Senate
Jenny Durkan Takes Lead Over Cary Moon To Become Seattle’s First Female Mayor Since 1920’s
Spokane Voters Say No To Local Coal, Oil Train Regulation Through City
Vancouver Port Election Spells Defeat For Big Oil

Web

Crosscut
Jenny Durkan will be Seattle’s next mayor
Democrats poised to have total control of Olympia
Opinion: What the election means for Seattle and the country

Slog
Jenny Durkan will be mayor of Seattle
After lawsuit, King County legislators propose ending solitary confinement for teens

Tuesday, Nov. 7

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Associated Press
Women sign letter calling for change at Washington Capitol (Sullivan, Chopp)
Clark County female engineer awarded in discrimination suit
Washington senator accepts federal appointment
Eastside voters to decide balance of power in Legislature
‘Can’t do this again’: Congressman walks out of moment of silence for Texas victims
Move over, dodgeball: Schools pump up phys ed with choices
Yakama Nation sues Klickitat County over arrest
‘I lost everything:’ Homelessness surges in Silicon Valley

Bothell Reporter
County officials introduce legislation, executive order to address juvenile justice issues

Columbian
Capital budget impasse affects projects locally, statewide  (Cleveland, Wylie, Stonier)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Sen. Pearson of Monroe resigns to join Trump administration
Budget Guide for Port of Everett available online
Robinson: Don’t fall for the lie that we can’t limit massacres
Harrop: Any wonder why GOP tax bill generous on real estate?
Letter: Families would pay for rich’s tax cuts under GOP plan

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Inslee names Loring as San Juan County Superior Court Judge
New study shows looming orca extinction without big local changes

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Women sign letter calling for change at Washington Capitol (Rolfes, Appleton, Sullivan)

News Tribune (subscription required)
175 women demand change to culture, sexual harassment policies at the Legislature (Sullivan, Chopp, Nelson, Jinkins)
What will it take to prompt Tacoma’s faith-based groups to help the city battle homelessness?
Mueller investigation likely to probe Gates’ moonlighting as movie producer
Opinion: God help a country that ranks church shootings
Editorial: If registered voters don’t vote, we’re all worse for it

New York Times
Air Force error let gunman buy weapon
Saudis call missile from Yemen an ‘act of war’ by Iran
Tech ambitions of China may upset global trade order
Domestic abusers are barred from gun ownership, but often escape the law
About 2,500 Nicaraguans to lose special permission to live in U.S.

Peninsula Daily News
Clallum County trains roughly 300 CERT members in 2017
$8.7 million Port of Port Angeles budget clears hurdle

Puget Sound Business Journal
Paradise Papers spark political backlash over offshore finance

Renton Reporter
King County Council votes to fund measures to prevent gun violence

San Antonio Express News
San Antonio refiner Andeavor fuels ‘obscene’ campaign spending in Washington state (Wylie)

Seattle Times (subscription required)
‘It’s a real call to action:’ 170 women sign letter speaking out against harassment at the Washington Legislature (Jinkins, Sullivan)
Washington state Sen. Kirk Pearson appointed to Trump administration post with USDA (Nelson)
Highline district graduation rate increases by 4 percentage points
Atlantic salmon net pen’s collapse followed earlier breakdown
Study: Academic gaps persist — but haven’t widened — between high- and low-income kindergartners
Editorial: Media consolidation undermines democracy
Opinion: Building better China-U.S. relations together

Skagit Valley Herald
Change should mean fewer Samish Bay closures
State Sen. Kirk Pearson takes USDA job

Spokesman Review
Rogers students learn a few lessons as they deliver blankets to Spokane’s homeless
Dansel named to Washington state director of the federal Farm Service Agency 
Warm fall helps push larger-than-anticipated Washington apple harvest
State pays $2.6 million to settle dispute over community college computer system
Case stirs question of school liability for student suicides 
WSU agriculture research raises question from faculty 
Shawn Vestal: Lots of neighborhoods could use a little ‘love’ 
Shawn Vestal: Facing budget hole, WSU picks pockets of grad students

Tri-City Herald
She’s impressed by the community. Meet CBC’s first woman president
Media executive named Herald general manager
Trump not invited to Paris climate summit next month

USA Today
“Domestic situation’ linked to Texas church massacre
Trump moderates tone on North Korea, for now
Trump seeks $5.9B more in defense spending
Supreme Court: Memory loss can’t stop execution

Washington Post
Trump says ‘hundreds more’ might have died in Texas had second gunman not stepped in
Two words in the GOP tax bill mean tens of billions for the superwealthy
Trump urges North Korea’s dictator to ‘make a deal’ on nuclear weapons
ACA sign-ups spike at open enrollment’s start
How Democratic victories today could advance the green agenda: Watch New Jersey and Washington state

Whidbey News-Times
Housing stakeholders discuss community needs

Yakima Herald Republic
CWU pilot program hits a bit of turbulence

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KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington health exchange open enrollment begins
Women sign letter against sexual harassment at state capitol (Orwall)
Frequent mass shootings leave many feeling numb
Reservation system frustrates fast-ferry users
I-90 avalanche bridge to cut closures in half
Bremerton shipyard workers exposed to dangerous toxins for years
Low voter turnout heading into Election Day

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Second methadone clinic could be coming to Everett
Second suspect in custody in fatal shooting of JBLM soldier
Gun safety laws at stake in state Senate race
St. Joseph Medical Center goes from D to A on hospital-safety report card
State pays $2.6M for computer woes at Spokane/Tacoma schools

KNKX FM
175 Women Demand Change To Culture, Sexual Harassment Policies At Washington Legislature
Entangled: Making The Sea Safer For Whales
Recovery Advocates Say Overcoming Opioids Should Get As Much Attention As Overdoses
White Nationalist Banners Reported In Tacoma, Gig Harbor
Seattle Native Americans Rally For Indigenous-Focused High School
Texas Church Shooter May Have Been Motivated To Kill By ‘Domestic Situation’
Should Coal And Oil Moving Through Spokane Be Fined? Voters To Decide
Northwest Governors Take On International Climate Policy In Germany

KUOW FM
His fellow conservatives call him a ‘green decoy.’ Here’s why
Will Burien elect its first Latino to City Council?
Our lives have been changed by technology, but our physiology has not

NW Public Radio
175 Women Demand Change To Culture, Sexual Harassment Policies At Washington Legislature  (Sullivan, Chopp, Nelson, Jinkins)
Should Coal And Oil Moving Through Spokane Be Fined? Voters To Decide
Northwest Governors Take On International Climate Policy In Germany

Q13 TV (FOX)
Massachusetts becomes first state to ban bump stocks

Web

Crosscut
Washington state could lead in a Russian showdown
Opinion: Want to close Seattle tech’s gender gap? Start with health care

MyNorthwest.com
Seattle grants $48K to further Lid I-5 campaign
Blame home prices for Sound Transit’s over-budget Lynnwood line
Legal battle over Seattle’s democracy vouchers far from over

Slog
Women lawmakers and lobbyists call for culture change in Olympia: “We add our voices to the chorus of ‘Enough'” (Saldaña)

Washington State Wire
Pearson to take job with U.S. Department of Agriculture, will resign Senate seat
Inslee to focus on apprenticeship programs, climate, and aerospace during 11-day trip

White Center Now
Marijuana-business Q&A and more at North Highline Unincorporated Area Council’s November meeting (Fitzgibbon)

Monday, Nov. 6

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Associated Press
‘Defenseless people’: Gunman kills 26 at South Texas church
State pays $2.6M for computer woes at Spokane/Tacoma schools
Report: Commerce head has stake in firm tied to Putin orbit
Homelessness soars on West Coast as cities struggle to cope
WSU agriculture research raises question from faculty
Gov. Inslee set to travel to Switzerland, Germany and Italy
WSDOT seeking drivers for pilot program
State’s prepaid college tuition plan re-opens to investors
Ryan says health insurance mandate part of GOP tax talks

Aberdeen Daily World
Mueller probe a political time bomb that could detonate in 2018
Open enrollment starts amid confusion over health care law
Editorial: Losers in GOP’s tax plan can actually afford the loss
Column: The GOP’s responsibility as Mueller’s Russia investigation unfolds
Column: Why life doesn’t begin at conception

Bothell Reporter
Construction association honors Palumbo (Palumbo)

The Daily News
Homeless camps become Seattle flashpoint
Woodland voters to decide tax, pool measures

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Sexual harassment, assault allegations rock state Capitol (Frame, Sullivan, Keiser, Habib, Palumbo)
Commentary: WGU accepts finacial aid without aid of a faculty
Commentary: Improve access to clinical trials for people of color

Kent Reporter
UW recognizes Orwall for legislative achievements (Orwall)

Kitsap Daily News
Bremerton School District receives $16,000 grant for dual-language program

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Proposing a fix for Hood Canal Bridge traffic
Invasive crab population booming
New information on Texas shooting: What we know now
After study, VA delays Agent Orange additions

News Tribune (subscription required)
When it comes to critical-thinking skills, Washington students need help, new analysis suggests
Despite audit, prepaid tuition program once again available to state’s parents
Rich school districts will benefit more than poor ones from Washington’s budget, new analysis suggests
Editorial: Two reasons to hope western wildfires can be tamed

New York Times
‘Hero’ bystander shot at Texas killer; 26 dead at church
Midnight purge upends 80-year balance of Saudi power
Wave of G.O.P. departures promise to reshape House

Olympian (subscription required)
Wind turbine project for Thurston/Lewis counties moves forward
Editorial: Legislature lax on sexual harassment (Sullivan, Keiser)

Peninsula Daily News
State funding prompts Port Angeles School District to keep Fairview Elementary
OUR VIEW: Speak out on massive park fee hike

Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington politicians send letter to Bezos: ‘Your growth opportunities extend beyond downtown Seattle’
EXCLUSIVE: Washington state’s top aerospace official quits, blasts budget cuts

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Climate change preview? Pacific Ocean ‘blob’ appears to take toll on Alaska cod
$500M hole: How hot economy, city requests punctured Sound Transit’s Lynnwood light-rail budget
After big I-5 resurfacing project, how soon will the freeway need another face-lift?
Canada legal fight may ‘destroy the faith’ in First Nations treaties
Study: Academic gaps persist — but haven’t widened — between high- and low-income kindergartners
Op-Ed: New data shows community colleges have been underappreciated
Fish depression is not a joke
Opinion: You and your dentist may have a bone to pick with Delta Dental
Editorial: GOP’s tax-cut plan is an assault on the middle class

Seattle Weekly  
One Year Later, Some Anti-Trump Seattleites Still Mad Enough to Hit the Streets

Skagit Valley Herald
Researchers document eelgrass wasting disease in Skagit, San Juan counties

Spokesman Review
Strikes, work stoppages in Washington fields indicative of changing agriculture labor environment
Warm fall helps push larger-than-anticipated Washington apple harvest
Getting There: Ban studs to save the roads or keep them for safety?
Editorial: Russia exposed social media’s vulnerability

USA Today
Sheriff describes ‘horrific sight’ at church after deadly rampage
Trump: ‘Mental health’ is issue behind Texas shooting, not guns
Paul Manafort, Rick Gates to remain on house arrest

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required) 
Editorial: State help in finding health insurance benefits public

Washington Post
Investigators hunt for motive after 26 killed in Texas church shooting
At least 9 people in Trump’s orbit had contact with Russians during campaign, transition
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince makes a power play at home and abroad
Voters favor Democrats in 2018 House midterms by widest margin in years, Post-ABC poll shows

Yakima Herald Republic
Four months after brush fire, investigators refuse to release details of investigation

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KING5 TV (NBC)
‘We ask for God’s comfort’: 26 dead in church shooting, Gov. Abbott says
Washington health exchange open enrollment begins
Portland’s Amazon headquarters pitch included no special tax breaks

KNKX FM
Former Staffer Says Washington House Failed To Protect Her From Sexual Harassment By Lawmaker (Chopp, Sullivan)
Thousands Of Children In Washington Slated To Lose Health Care Unless Congress Acts

KUOW FM
At Least 26 Dead After Gunman Opens Fire In South Texas Church
For Black DACA Recipients In Texas, It Often Feels ‘Impossible To Exist’
Here’s what went down when that Atlantic salmon farm went down
Massachusetts Becomes 1st State To Ban Bump Stocks After Las Vegas Massacre
Take a look inside the tunnel that will replace the Alaskan Way viaduct

NW Public Radio
Northwest Governors Take On International Climate Policy In Germany
Saving Beavers From Federal Wildlife-Killing Agency Will Help Salmon Survive: Lawsuit
Solving The Northwest’s Energy Storage Puzzle
Women Speak Out, Name Names After Report On Sexual Harassment In State Capitol

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Last Week Tonight
VIDEO: State and local governments offer large financial incentives to attract employers to their part of the country. John Oliver explains what communities get, or often don’t get, in return.

Washington State Wire
Early reactions in Washington to House Republicans’ tax plan
Wylie, Stonier seek to limit port campaign donations (Wylie, Stonier)

Waterland Blog
Rep. Tina Orwall recognized with UW Moya M. Duplica Alumni Award (Orwall)

Friday, Nov. 3

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Associated Press
US considering returning NKorea to list of terror sponsors
Walla Walla bans new short-term rentals
Overhear students talking about having sex? Report them to the government, teachers told
Female lawmakers allege harassment by colleagues in House
US rate for gun deaths is up for the second straight year
GOP tax plan may offer little aid for many in middle class
Health care enrollment counselors facing stiff challenges
Trump pushes DOJ on Clinton, won’t rule out firing Sessions
Sheriff John Urquhart sues ex-deputy over groping allegation
Housing juveniles at Kent jail designed for adults to end

Aberdeen Daily World
State lawmakers hear from GH county commissioners (Blake, Chapman, Van De Wege)

The Daily News
County says coal permit should be approved, with conditions
Groups sue for details on Trump plan for national monuments
Southwest Washington legislators weigh in on plans to protect endangered seabird
US makes final finding on Canadian softwood imports

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Life Care Center employees search for jobs after branch closure
EDC to offer free construction basics training
Take survey to help county planning | Comprehensive Plan

News Tribune (subscription required)
Trump goes to Asia to meet the autocratic leaders he admires
Christian school smelled something funny. Cops find pot grow and moonshine operation

New York Times
Would tax cut create jobs, or mostly benefit rich investors?
Mortgage change in tax bill may shake up housing market
Bergdahl avoids prison for desertion in Afghanistan
Last month, the U.S. added 261,000 jobs; here’s the takeaway

Olympian (subscription required)
Char Hunt, a Democratic activist, remembered as ‘a huge inspiration’ (Hunt)
Editorial: A $70 fee to enter national parks is ludicrous

Puget Sound Business Journal
Kshama Sawant wants Seattle landlords to pay to relocate priced-out tenants
Tax change on mortgages could shake up the housing market
These 12 projects will change the Puget Sound region forever

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Reports of sexual harassment surface against 2 lawmakers in Olympia (Sullivan)
Seattle home prices are so high partly because barely anyone is selling, despite chance for big profits
Amazon pulled into another sales-tax fight as states go after third-party sellers on its marketplace
Washington state sales tax deduction axed in Republican tax bill
First road-legal truck drives length of Highway 99 tunnel
Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition program opens to new investors
Pregnancy and childbirth are killing black women in U.S. at inexplicable rates
Group that sent flier targeting immigrants in Burien mostly funded by out-of-staters
Opinion: Ryan Zinke is erasing ‘public’ from lands he’s meant to guard

Seattle Weekly
King County Could Ban Solitary Confinement for Youth in Detention
‘We Sweep Trash, Not People’: Advocates Again Demand an End to Sweeps

USA Today
Trump calls on Justice Department to investigate Clinton
Tax plan offered by Republicans meets some GOP resistance
Bowe Bergdahl gets no prison time, will receive dishonorable discharge

Washington Post
Bergdahl, captured by Taliban after abandoning Army post, avoids prison
More companies are buying insurance to cover executives who sexually harass employees
U.S. economy rebounds from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
Trump heads to Asia where concerns are growing over possible war with North Korea

Whidbey News-Times
County takes shot at funding for giving vaccines

Vancouver Business Journal
Lawmakers push for early construction at interchange

Yakima Herald Republic
Private-public collaboration restores habitat in Washington

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KNKX FM
Allegations Of Inappropriate Behavior Led To Washington Lawmaker’s Resignation In 2011 (Sullivan)
Years Of Growth At WSU Came With A Lot Of Debt
UW Symposium Explores Ethics Of Geoengineering Climate
New Era For Washington Wolves? State Wildlife Officials Think So

KUOW FM
Jessyn Farrell on sexual harassment in Olympia: ‘We need to modernize’
King County will stop putting youths in adult jail
Saving Beavers From Federal Wildlife-Killing Agency Will Help Salmon Survive: Lawsuit
Local Muslim leaders call for religious unity in wake of NYC attack
Protesters take over Seattle City Hall to fight homeless sweeps

NW Public Radio
Allegations Of Inappropriate Behavior Led To Washington Lawmaker’s Resignation In 2011
How GOP Tax Cut Bill Could Raise Oregon State Income Taxes
New Era For Washington Wolves? State Wildlife Officials Think So
Saving Beavers From Federal Wildlife-Killing Agency Will Help Salmon Survive: Lawsuit

Web

Crosscut
Opinion: I am a gun owner and gun-violence prevention starts with me

Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Republican tax plan saves most riches for the rich

Slog
What Happens When a Trump-Supporting, Anti-Union Billionaire Runs a Media Company
Seattle Will Begin Proactively Investigating Industries that May Be Ripping Off Workers
Trump’s Plan to Address Climate Change: Burn More Coal

Washington State Wire
Wylie, Stonier seek to limit port campaign donations (Wylie, Stonier)