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Tuesday, Nov. 28
Associated Press
State trying videoconferencing for mental competency tests
Work to empty some Hanford nuclear waste tanks nearly done
Senate order bans all firearms from public gallery (Habib)
EPA gathers coal country comments about climate plan repeal
The Daily News
Family Health Center’s Syringe Patrol tries to be ‘part of the solution’
Lawmakers to preview 2018 legislative session (Blake, Takko)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Jail video link speeds evaluation of mentally ill inmates
Local foes of federal tax plan raise their voices in protest
Harrop: Just who’s devastated? Because it’s not the banks
Editorial: Don’t put citizen highway panel on road to nowhere
Journal of the San Juan Islands
OPALCO linemen work roughly 20 hours to restore power on Nov. 26.
Tiny houses add to low housing stock in Friday Harbor
Marine Resource Committee needs new members
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Medication disposal sites proposed across Kitsap County
Maple Valley Reporter
Scam Alert: Flood-damaged cars could be for sale in Washington
News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Dream big, pass clean DACA law
New York Times
Democratic Leaders Cancel Meeting After Trump Tweet
Senate Tax Bill May Add More Breaks for Rich to Gain Support
Calling Wall Street ‘Devastated’, Trump Pushes Deregulation
Therapy for Sexual Misconduct? It’s Mostly Unproven
Olympian (subscription required)
Here’s how you can help feed North Thurston students who owe money for school lunches
Olympia Indivisible shares the reasons why it opposes the GOP tax reform
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle awards $34 million in contracts to fight homelessness
On the right track: Seattle transit ridership is growing faster than any other city
Observations: We should be thankful for the Seattle-area’s business culture
Opinion: Tax reform bill a direct threat to Seattle-area homeowners
As ‘ban the box’ spreads, private employers still have questions
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle-area homebuyers needed $11,000 pay raise in past year to keep up with rising prices
Nearly 3 decades of fighting and still no agreement on Seattle’s Burke-Gilman missing link
What hashtag would you use to discuss racial equity in Washington schools?
King County Executive Dow Constantine proposes Atlantic salmon net-pen ban
Editorial: Pass common-sense rules for doctors prescribing opioids (Cody)
Spokesman Review
Spokane City Council votes to ‘ban the box’ for private employers, fines delayed one year
Shawn Vestal: Self-described ‘constitutionalist’ Gavin Seims flees to Mexico to avoid court
USA Today
U.S. Coast Guard operating secret floating prisons in Pacific Ocean
England hit by 50-year spike in scarlet fever
Bird flu scare latest to rattle South Korea’s Winter Olympics
Washington Post
Pelosi, Schumer pull out of White House meeting after Trump says ‘I don’t see a deal’ with Democrats
McCain, Flake among handful of GOP holdouts who could sink the Senate tax bill
Op-Ed: The GOP’s new scheme to save Trump’s tax plan reveals the scam at its core
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Judge makes right legal decision on income tax
Broadcast
KNKX FM
Gun Rights Advocate, Lawmakers React To Firearms Ban In Washington State Senate Galleries
New Study Argues For More Precise Timing Of Fishing Seasons
Lawmaker Emails, Calendars Would Be Released Under Republican Proposal
KUOW FM
Sexual Harassment Cases Often Rejected By Courts
Puget Sound piracy: Thieves steal Atlantic salmon from floating farm
Stopgap Mayor Burgess to hand over office to Jenny Durkan
How UW students, teachers stepped in to halt a deportation (for now)
Lieutenant Governor To Ban Guns In Washington State Senate Galleries
Every healthcare provider in WA will soon be trained in suicide prevention
NW Public Radio
Energy Council To Vote On Vancouver Oil-By-Rail Terminal
Harrowing Northwest Wildfire Season Ends, But Forest Management Debate Burns On
Lieutenant Governor To Ban Guns In Washington Senate Galleries
The First Hanford Tank Farm Is Almost Cleaned Out. Now What Happens?
Web
Crosscut
City’s new homeless funding plan: quality over quantity
MyNorthwest.com
Seattle income tax may not make it to Supreme Court
Lawmaker raising alarm on new toll between Everett and Lake Stevens
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: $70 proposed national park fee is part of ‘push for privatization’
Slog
Over one million anti-net neutrality comments were faked
Monday, Nov. 27
Associated Press
High winds, possible landslides threaten Western Washington
Washington waging war against invasive ivy
Skagit County seeks help with Skagit River flooding
Washington, Seattle spending $1.1M to fence off highways and bridges from the homeless
Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma tries to keep from paying higher wages to detained immigrants
Medical marijuana reduced opioid use in New Mexico study
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Flooding closes Whatcom County roads, parks
Bothell Reporter
Increased caseloads plague a court designed to help the mentally ill
Columbian
In Our View: King-Sized Failure on Tax
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (public records)
The Daily News
NRA, hunting group say grizzly bear hunts needed for safety
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Sen. Hobbs gets a key role in state transportation policy (Hobbs)
This flight’s on time: Paine Field terminal work progressing
McCusker: What is the key to boosting wages for US workers?
Editorial: Lawmakers should end their public record exemption (Pollet)
Journal of the San Juan Islands
San Juan County residents lean towards maintaining state tax hikes
San Juan County residents face property tax increase, mostly from state
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Can you hear me now? Cell signal woes sour ferry debut
Case management program helps HIV patients thrive
Faces of the homeless: Roger Smith
Column: The ingratitude of the NRA
Column: A community engaged with its health care
Column: Stinging rebukes of Trump’s transgender ban
News Tribune (subscription required)
LNG permitting problems expected to dominate clean-air meetings this week in Tacoma
As Dreamers’ 2017 prospects fade, supporters mount huge push
New poll shows small business owners skeptical of GOP tax plan
Editorial: Hiking national parks good; hiking entry fees bad
New York Times
G.O.P. Tries to Corral Tax Bill Holdouts Ahead of Senate Vote
Plan to Let Religious Groups Play Politics, and Stay Tax-Free
Consumer Agency in Confusion as 2 Rival Bosses Show Up
Congress Faces Calls to Reveal Settlements for Harassment
Time Inc. Sells for Nearly $3 Billion as Kochs Back the Deal
How Robbery Could Bring a New Era in Digital Privacy
Olympian (subscription required)
Exclusive: Manafort flight records show deeper Kremlin ties than previously known
Cantwell tries to keep oil drilling out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Opinion: Unrestricted reading is the key to an educated person — and to a free society
Editorial: Old emails justify retrial for ex-Auditor Troy Kelley
Editorial: If you didn’t vote, guess who voted for you?
Puget Sound Business Journal
Rollback of net neutrality has small businesses worried
Seattle Times (subscription required)
FYI Guy: Seattle’s wild growth: We’re feeling optimistic but wary, new poll shows
Meet the Uber guy in Seattle who helps fight crime with data
Man whose life sentence was commuted by then-Gov. Gregoire now facing murder charge
‘I can’t imagine not having this place’: How Kent youth centers shape young immigrants’ lives
After 54 hours at a Seattle startup weekend devoted to education, here are the winning ideas
Popular shooting site in Washington wildlife area sends some visitors running for cover
Washington, Seattle spending $1.1M to fence off highways and bridges from the homeless
Westneat: This City Hall, brought to you by Amazon
One way to help homeless in King County? Shorten the wait for treatment
How Washington’s superintendent of the year meets urban needs without urban services
Editorial: Sound Transit should consider Bellevue as its headquarters
Opinion: State regulatory agencies are killing our jobs
Opinion: Create culture of inclusion if you want true workplace diversity
Editorial: Beyond funding, six reforms needed for public schools
Opinion: This reckoning for men who abuse and harass is a watershed moment
Opinion: Give ex-offenders a second chance this holiday season
Opinion: UW School of Dentistry’s money woes impact regional health
Skagit Valley Herald
Effort underway to conserve Guemes Island’s Kelly’s Point
Spokesman Review
Spokane loses out on federal grant that would have paid for some new police next year
Field Reports: Washington restricts big-game parts coming in from Montana after CWD detected
Rarely seen badgers slow their digging frenzies as winter approaches
Getting There: Gas taxes – soon to be marked on the pump – already stretched thin
Syrian refugees struggled to communicate until they learned American Sign Language at Ferris High School
Shawn Vestal: Legislature’s efforts to keep secrets from the public is shameful self-dealing
Editorial: Congress must protect workers from harassment
Editorial: Lawmakers earned incomplete on school funding
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Federal presence necessary at Hanford
Washington Post
A world drowning in garbage
Fight over consumer watchdog agency goes on as two acting directors try to take command
Flynn’s role in Middle Eastern nuclear project could compound legal issues
Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO analysis finds
Wenatchee World
Group tackles region’s housing shortages, affordability
Chelan-Douglas Trends | Population over age 25 with at least a bachelor’s degree
Whidbey News-Times
Old game farm gives land new life
Yakima Herald Republic
Suit challenges Trump’s pick for consumer financial bureau
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Cell signal woes sour state ferry debut
KNKX FM
Illegal Marijuana Grows Continue Even In Era Of Legalization
KUOW FM
Indonesia Tries To Evacuate 100,000 People Away From Erupting Volcano On Bali
‘Black Lives, not Black Friday’: Protesters rally in downtown Seattle
NW Public Radio
‘Don’t You Live With Ms. Juana?’ Student Homelessness In Migrant Central Washington
Harrowing Wildfire Season Ends, But Political Debate Burns On
Seattle Tops Real Estate Market For Price Increases
Q13 TV (FOX)
Former Sonics GM Wally Walker makes his pitch for SoDo over KeyArena
Glass windows could be to blame for bad cell service on the Chimacum
Distracted Driving: Cell phones bad, in-car touchscreens could be worse (Liias)
Web
Crosscut
Judge rules income tax illegal but Seattle vows to fight on
MyNorthwest.com
American cities are courting Amazon, except maybe Seattle
The Stranger
Can a New Democratic Majority in Olympia Do Anything About Homelessness and Housing
Slog
Week in Weed: Hemp growing on the rise, home grows trending, and cannabis strains protected
Can a New Democratic Majority in Olympia Do Anything About Homelessness and Housing Affordability? (Frockt)
Washington State Wire
Stober and Sotelo seek public disclosure reform
Sens. Murray and Cantwell write letter urging passage of the Dream Act
Judge rules Seattle income tax illegal
Wednesday, Nov. 22
Associated Press
Judge’s ruling doesn’t end legal fight over sanctuary cities
Seattle judge hears arguments on transgender military ban
FCC chairman sets out to scrap open internet access rules
The Daily News
Port of Kalama challenges reversal of methanol permits
Guest Editorial by Rep. Blake: Legislators working together (Ormsby, Tharinger, Chopp)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
How stocks in local banks fared since the recession
King County sheriff could face felony charge in groping case
Editorial: State’s VW windfall should electrify transportation
The Inlander
‘Out of Compliance’
Journal of the San Juan Islands
OPALCO members get year-end bill credit
Skagit Land Trust to save Yellow Bluff and Kelly’s Point
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Faces of the homeless: Jake and Jasmin
Park service extends comment period for fee increase
News Tribune (subscription required)
Stickers at the pumps soon will announce how much you pay in gas taxes. Spoiler: It’s a lot.
Editorial: Let’s count our blessings, not bargains
Olympian (subscription required)
Port to protesters: No scheduled plans to ship fracking sand by rail
Puget Sound Business Journal
Will Justice Department’s lawsuit derail deal-making boom?
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Westneat: How to drill for oil in Alaska’s wildlife refuge: Sneak it through in tax bill
Major investor claims HomeStreet execs have mismanaged bank
Crime magnet or ‘body confidence’? Judge hears arguments in Everett bikini-barista case
Jobs that pay without a B.A.: the most lucrative fields in Washington state
Opinion: Test drive a potential usage charge on the road to the future
Editorials: State lawmakers are not above Public Records Act
Skagit Valley Herald
Grants awarded for projects to save salmon, orcas
Consultants: Electric ferry would bring added costs
Tri-City Herald
Benton County has these 2 demands for state pot regulators
Whidbey News-Times
Thanks, giving at North Whidbey Community Harvest
Broadcast
KUOW FM
FCC’s Pai: ‘Heavy-Handed’ Net Neutrality Rules Are Stifling The Internet
Should wealthy PTAs have to share funds with poorer schools?
NW Public Radio
20,000 People Booted From Washington Medicaid Rolls For Ineligibility
A Call For New Laws To Curb Opioid Abuse In Washington
Burien Elects Its First Two Latino Council Members
Geologists Keep Finding More Earthquake Faults In Northwest
In Era Of Legalization, Illegal Marijuana Grows (And Busts) Continue In Northwest States
With Federal Children’s Health Coverage Uncertain, Washington And Oregon Consider Options
Web
Civic Skunkworks
Predator Politics
Crosscut
Tacoma reckons with its racist past
GOP tax bill could turn 7,000 UW grad students’ worlds upside down
Washington State Wire
Seattle’s 2018 budget: homelessness, safe injection sites, and police outreach
Tuesday, Nov. 21
Associated Press
Washington revenues up $319 million
FCC chairman sets out to repeal ‘net neutrality’ rules
Snohomish County declares opioid crisis a natural disaster
Port of Kalama appeals order nixing methanol project permits
Seattle budget includes money for safe-injection site
Justice Dept. sues to stop AT&T’s $85B Time Warner deal
Aberdeen Daily World
Commissioners fume over getting stuck with the check again (Chapman)
Columbian
In Our View: Duty Must Be Fulfilled
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Agencies launch coordinated response to an opioid ‘emergency’
Injection sites still banned — County Council doesn’t budge
Robinson: In Alabama, is party more important than morality?
Editorial: Give Everett residents say on council districts
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Friday Harbor re-establishes collection of commingled recyclables
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Stories show a narrow path out of homelessness
Tiny houses for homeless promising, not a panacea
Los Angeles Times
Is it OK to mention a person’s immigration status in court? Washington state says no
News Tribune (subscription required)
Opinion: Can morality overcome tribalism in Alabama?
Editorial: Whoosh, clang! There goes another state school funding deadline
Olympian (subscription required)
School district releases script read during Confederate flag display
Three dozen women from SNL defended Al Franken. That’s ‘highly inappropriate,’ some say
A year after anti-fracking encampment, protesters return to block tracks in Olympia
Puget Sound Business Journal
U.S. sues to block AT&T-Time Warner merger
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle council approves $5.6B budget that boosts spending on homelessness, opioid crisis
Know your gas tax: stickers arriving at the pump
Proposed National Parks fee hike delivers little help, lots of blowback
Editorial: State Sen. Christine Rolfes a strong choice to lead powerful Senate budget panel (Lytton, Nelson, Rolfes)
Opinion: Congress should not target a proven affordable housing tool
Skagit Valley Herald
Concerns raised over management of sockeye in Skagit, Skokomish rivers
Spokesman Review
Washington revenues up $319 million
Spokane Fire Department selects first woman assistant chief
Composting human bodies is an aim of WSU researchers
Avista shareholders’ expected approval today of a merger with Hydro One of Canada is a long time coming
Getting There: How about some love for roundabouts?
Spokane doctor discusses trends in breast cancer screening and treatments
Shawn Vestal: Ad for GOP’s tax plan leaves out story’s ending
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Snohomish County to treat opioid crisis like ‘disaster’
Tacoma Dreamer pursues second degree amid Dream Act uncertainty
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
‘Letting people die isn’t the solution:’ Snohomish County steps up to battle opioid crisis
Q13 TV (FOX)
Who makes the call to cancel, delay ferry routes when seas turn rough?
Web
Crosscut
Chaotic budget talks come to a close — kind of
MyNorthwest.com
Snohomish County upholds interim ban on safe injection sites
King County councilmember surprised by what she finds at injection site
Seattle P.I.
Cantwell: Upping national park admission fee to $70 is ‘unconscionable’
Safe injection site in Seattle’s 2018 budget, Council holds off on head tax
Slog
Sound Transit lots to become affordable housing in three Seattle neighborhoods
The Stand
Budget gambit killing hundreds of jobs
Monday, Nov. 20
Associated Press
Washington revenues up $319 million
Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon
PNNL device can quickly alert law during school shootings
Spokane weighs measure for ‘fair chance’ hiring
State wildlife officers find moose killed out of season
Toxic algae flourishes locally, nationwide despite vast sums spent to prevent it
State proposes plan for $112.7 million Volkswagen emissions settlement
Congress debates oil drilling in largest US wildlife refuge
Aberdeen Daily World
Rep. Jim Walsh miffed over state’s marbled murrelet decision
Hospital counting on greater efficiency in its workforce
Columbian
Republican minority unfazed by ‘blue wall’ (Nelson, Cleveland)
The Daily News
Herrera Beutler defends tax vote
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Aerospace workers adjust to changing industry
District takes steps to secure school campuses
Is the state Transportation Commission irrelevant? (Clibborn)
Commentary: Legislature hasn’t fixed teacher pay issue
Commentary: Mental health training for police is saving lives
Editorial: School funding half-full, half-empty, but not ample
Letter: Why gut Medicaid to pay for bombs?
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Debates on lodging tax distributions at San Juan County Council
EDC presents statistics, demographics event for San Juan County
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Wave of homeless confront a trickle of solutions
Faces of the homeless: Dan Zerbe
Faces of the homeless: Justin Claiborne
Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon
News Tribune (subscription required)
Debate over expansion of heavy industry at port roils City Council meeting
New Tumwater National Guard facility in 2018 national defense spending bill
State proposes plan for $112.7 million Volkswagen emissions settlement
Opinion: No accused harasser gets a pass – not even Al Franken
Editorial: Cleaner Tacoma industry can be built on middle ground
New York Times
Will the House Tax Plan Help the Middle Class?
Questioning Evolution: The Push to Change Science Class
Will Cutting the Health Mandate Pay for Tax Cuts? Not Necessarily
Opinion: The Climate Crisis? It’s Capitalism, Stupid
Opinion: This Is a Man Problem
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Things are looking up in Olympia downtown
Puget Sound Business Journal
Income tax ruling expected this week
Seattle Times (subscription required)
When will bicyclists, pedestrians be able to cross the Highway 520 bridge? Here’s what we know
As they condemn Alabama’s Roy Moore, Seattle Democrats wonder: Were they too slow and too quiet about Ed Murray? (Tarleton)
Some rocky political theater, but Seattle homeless camp stays in Ballard for now
Nuclear safety board warns of trouble ahead at Hanford, but could lose role under Trump
Sound Transit growth reflected in $90M in office-space leases
Guest essay: Why math majors should take creative writing — and vice versa
Large: Is uprising the only way out of gross inequality? Maybe so
Editorial: Make it a simple majority vote to pass school bonds
Opinion: Delta Dental aims to deliver good oral health, not red tape
Opinion: Pray the bells toll less in 2018 for our homeless neighbors
Opinion: Alzheimer’s patients deserve death with dignity
Schoesler: One-party rule in Olympia should not end bipartisan effort
Opinion: Reagan adviser: Tax cuts set stage for an all-out attack on welfare state
Skagit Valley Herald
State: Plan could protect threatened bird and timber revenue
Spokesman Review
Washington Legislature argues most records exempt under law
State could use VW diesel settlement to boost electric vehicles
Spokane Public Schools prepares to ask voters for levy in February
After a colorful harvest, Washington cranberries go to juice, sauce, dried fruit and Thanksgiving tables
Management of steelhead fishing guides discussed at meetings
Citizens advise fish, wildlife agency on generating revenue
Fire ravages Boggan’s Oasis, iconic Grande Ronde River cafe and pit stop
With 10,000 refugees welcomed, World Relief Spokane marks important milestone
Shawn Vestal: Delay in approving Spokane budget looks more like meddling by City Council
Spin Control: Elway Poll shows rural, urban voters divided on issues, each other
Tri-City Herald
Students get a jump on careers while staying on top of graduation
Endangered orcas compete with seals, sea lions for salmon
Washington Post
Competing demands of Republican senators could doom tax overhaul
Trump puts North Korea back on list of state sponsors of terrorism
Keystone XL clears key hurdle, but Nebraska panel backs a different route for pipeline
Opinion: The face of a soulless, intellectually corrupt party
Yakima Herald Republic
State grant could help build more bus stop shelters in Yakima
Long dependent on immigrant workers, Yakima Valley growers laboring with new reality
Tim Eyman defends tax advisory votes
Commentary: Trade agreements critical to Northwest’s dairy industry
Editorial: McCleary funding: Court gives state passing grade — but one key incomplete
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington least prepared for earthquakes on West Coast
Seismic upgrade on SR 520 bridge improves earthquake safety
Wave of homeless in Kitsap County confront trickle of solutions
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Study: Marine mammals, not fishing, reducing endangered orcas’ food supply
Oregon panel to study tolling on I-5 south of Wash. border
KNKX FM
Loads Of Snow To Enjoy In The Mountains And Rain Off And On In The Lowlands
Wash. State Ag Officials Considering Options After Biggest Catch of Gypsy Moths In 22 Years
Meet A Leader Of The Flat Earth Movement
Airbus Flying Robo-Taxi Arrives In Oregon To Begin Flight Testing
KUOW FM
Charles Manson, Cult Leader Of Brutal 1969 Murders, Dies At 83
How Republicans Can ‘Shoehorn’ Temporary Tax Cuts In For Good
Sen. Al Franken Hit With Second Groping Allegation
The Many Forms, Faces And Causes Of PTSD
To Save Their Water Supply, Colorado Farmers Taxed Themselves
NW Public Radio
Mount Everest Has A Poop Problem. A Team From Seattle Wants To Clean It Up
Trump Backs Billy Williams To Keep US Attorney For Oregon Job
Web
Crosscut
In a warm-up for the real fight, lawyers argue about city income tax
Opinion: Why that yellow school bus needs to go green
Washington State Wire
Washington has 10th highest rate of cybercrime in US