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Thursday, July 13
Associated Press
Zinke recommends no changes to Idaho, Washington monuments
Tacoma bans unauthorized homeless encampments
Oil-trains measure likely headed for Spokane ballot
Review: Proposed Tesoro project won’t pose major harm
Washington State University tuition to climb 2.2% this year
House budget restores some Hanford cuts
CBO: Trump’s budget doesn’t balance federal ledger
Face scans for US citizens flying abroad stir privacy issues
New McConnell health bill contains plan sought by Sen. Cruz
Cantwell says Hanford Reach no longer under federal review
House reaches deal to greatly expand GI Bill for ‘post-9/11 world’
Lawsuit: Washington cyberstalking law violates free speech
Aberdeen Daily World
New option available for those seeking mental health, substance abuse treatment in Aberdeen
Spatz planning to retire, replacement names surfacing
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Evergreen students, faculty and alumni talk about racism, campus safety and moving on
State worker lockdown lifted after search for possible Capitol shooter turns up nothing
Chinook Observer
Inslee vetoes anti-shrimp legislation (Blake)
Columbian
Clark Talks: State budget topic of podcast
The Daily News
OPINION: Evergreen taking right steps
OPINION: Water troubles
Everett Herald (subscription required)
LA Times: Trump touts ‘great jobs numbers’ that aren’t actually so great
Eyman’s latest initiative returns to take on car tabs
Working Past 70 years old: Americans can’t seem to retire
Burke: Which does one choose to believe: Facts or Fake?
Burbank: Paid family leave law a victory of bipartisanship (Robinson, Keiser. Liias, Fain)
Parker: That ‘nothing burger’ now looks a little ‘collusioney’
Harrop: American leaders addicted to drugs’ high prices
Editorial: Get used to leaving the phone alone when driving
Letter: Educators required to meet high expectations
Kitsap Daily News
Driving? Don’t touch that cell phone
News Tribune (subscription required)
Schools plan is expected to lower most people’s property tax rates — but not next year (Billig)
Cruz’s ‘consumer freedom’ proposal could plunge health market into death spiral
Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ energy policies are being met by ‘sue, baby, sue’
Olympian (subscription required)
Evergreen students, faculty and alumni talk about racism, campus safety and moving on
State worker lockdown lifted after search for possible Capitol shooter turns up nothing
Editorial: Evergreen taking right steps on protests
Puget Sound Business Journal
Health care: Moderates challenge Medicaid cuts
Accountant predicts how high-earning Seattle residents may try to dodge new income tax
Health care: Voters want bipartisan reform effort
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle City Council committee approves bias-free policing law
Work on new Burke Museum may halt as state capital budget gets caught up in politics
Washington state Capitol briefly locked down after gunfire report
Opinion: We hear you, Eastside bus commuters
Seattle Weekly
Plans for a Public Bathroom in Pioneer Square Get Flushed…Again
With New Initiative Push, Eyman Aims to Take on Car Tab Fees—and Sound Transit
Spokesman Review
Funding for EWU, SCC projects remains stalled in Washington Legislature over water rights law
Confirmation of state prison director stalled as Inslee, Padden disagree over prison oversight
New Washington budget boosts money for special education programs
Lawsuit: Washington cyberstalking law violates free speech
Facing $10 million budget shortfall, Spokane County voters to decide on property tax increase
Richland man one of Marines killed in Mississippi plane crash
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: WSU’s data breach is good lesson for us all
Yakima Herald Republic
More charter schools to open in Washington state, encouraging new network
Editorial: Property owners need access to water again
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Snohomish man waits 20 years for internet (Stanford, capital budget)
More bus service, means more bus drivers needed
Lockdown at Washington State Capitol Campus lifted
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Searching for parking costs Seattle drivers $1,205 per year, study says
Seattle in final stages for new ‘dockless’ bike-sharing program
KNKX FM
Two Rural Northwest Hospitals Weigh Offering Surgeries For Transgender People
King County Election Officials Promise Faster Vote Counting
U.S. Department Of Energy Takes Comment On Collapsed Tunnel Plan
No Evidence Of Active Shooter After Lockdown On Washington Capitol Campus
Edmonds Again Takes Environmental Lead With Clean Energy Pledge
KUOW FM
Seattle is a step closer to a law prohibiting biased policing
Mexico to Seattle Dreamers: Trump make you nervous? Come home
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
Evergreen students, staff speak out following tense spring
John Burbank: Seattle’s income tax aims to fix a system that ‘coddles the wealthy’
NW Public Radio
No Evidence Of Active Shooter After Lockdown On Washington Capitol Campus
Tense Moments After Active Shooter Scare At Washington Capitol Campus
Two Rural Northwest Hospitals Weigh Offering Surgeries For Transgender People
U.S. Department Of Energy Takes Comment On Collapsed Tunnel Plan
Q13 TV (FOX)
Ticket under new distracted-driving law could cost you thousands in long run
Tacoma passes new laws targeting homeless in cars, tents
Skagit County review: Proposed Tesoro project at Anacortes won’t pose major harm
Cantwell: Hanford Reach National Monument to retain protected status
Web
Schmudget
Revenue Package Not Built to Last Over the Long Term
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Trump ‘review’ will keep hands off Hanford Reach National Monument
Connelly: EPA resurrects big, salmon-killing Alaska mine
Wednesday, July 12
Associated Press
Yakima City Council declines to discuss immigration issue
Seattle opens innovative 24-hour homeless center
New initiative launched to toss Sound Transit car-tab taxes
Scientists say massive iceberg has broken off in Antarctica
Aberdeen Daily World
Sierra Pacific agreement nets PUD $13 million savings
Columbian
Schools wary of new state budget (Chopp)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
‘Tax the rich!’: Seattle’s new income tax on the wealthy sparks social-media firestorm
Bill to improve DOC unlikely to pass; Inslee gets the blame (Goodman, Sullivan)
Classroom failure drives memoir about the power of teaching
Judges complain it’s unsafe, unsanitary outside King County Courthouse in Seattle
Tim Eyman initiative would toss Sound Transit car-tab tax, set state cap of $30
Westneat: It’s no joke: The right is coming after college next
Tri-City Herald
House budget would reduce proposed Hanford cuts
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
State gathering feedback on ferry fare increase
Opinion: COMMENTARY: Despite hard-fought state budget compromise, school funding will hit local taxpayers hard (Nelson)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: New crackdown on distracted driving welcome
Editorial: Tax-cut veto fuels mistrust in Legislature
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Olympia gridlock puts construction projects, jobs on hold
CNBC: Washington state tops the nation for business
Seattle’s homeless navigation center opens Wednesday
Tim Eyman launches $30 car-tab initiative
Could Kitsap’s fast ferry give County an economic boost?
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
House budget restores $54 million to Hanford nuke cleanup (federal budget)
Tacoma adopts more rules limiting homeless camping
KNKX FM
SEIU Accused Of Making More Than $5M In Unreported Political Contributions
In ‘Most Regressive’ State, Seattle Passes Tax On Highest Incomes
KUOW FM
Fate Of Pacific Northwest Orcas Tied To Having Enough Columbia River Salmon
As Trump kills the ‘startup visa,’ will Seattle’s tech industry suffer?
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
I-405 shoulder driving reduces toll prices for evening drivers
Republicans have trust issues with Gov. Jay Inslee
Q13 TV (FOX)
Where does the green go? Marijuana taxes save lives, boost health programs
Seattle’s ‘Navigation Center’ to open, offering new hope amid homeless crisis
Web
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Latest Eyman initiative: ‘Let’s stick it to Sound Transit’
Tuesday, July 11
Associated Press
UW medical school in Spokane receives $5M from Legislature
Washington city takes clean energy pledge
Microsoft announces rural broadband initiative
Seattle council approves income tax for wealthy residents
US job openings slipped in May, but hiring increased
Despite promise, no decision yet from Trump on steel tariffs
Aberdeen Daily World
Hoquiam opioid addiction treatment service dispute will not deprive patients of treatment
The Daily News
New state agency should benefit families
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: State right to join suit on EPA pesticide approval
Letter: Tax cuts for rich like bacon for Republicans
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way grads revive fraternity for African-American students at UW
Federal Way residents among those recognized for excellence, service
Journal of the San Juan Islands
OISD reacts to state fully-funding education
Pharmaceutical help for seniors
New hands-free driving law goes into effect July 23
Kitsap Daily News
State looking to fill 300 WCC environmental positions
Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia could join other cities asking for investigation, impeachment of Trump
Editorial: Paid family leave law is good step (Robinson, Keiser)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Education: Higher ed bad for the country, Republicans say
Healthcare: Medicaid cuts threaten independent living
Microsoft posts more than 300 sales jobs after reorganization’s layoffs
Gov. Jay Inslee signs expansion of urban growth regulations
Renton Reporter
Legislators find formula for basic education (Sullivan)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle City Council approves income tax on the rich, but quick legal challenge likely
Mercer Island student newspaper lands interview with U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis
Should Seattle bike owners have to pay a licensing fee? Here’s what some readers think
New fast ferry debuts, cutting Seattle-Bremerton commute in half
Seattle Weekly
Years of Prep Preceded Lightning Fast Passage of Seattle Income Tax
With Eye on Revolutionizing Tax Code, Seattle City Council Passes Income Tax on Rich
Spokesman Review
Riverfront Park designers unveil initial, uncovered U.S. Pavilion plans
Providence Health planning layoffs; Spokane impact unclear
Wenatchee World
Cantwell to hold Wenatchee town hall
Counties waiting for well-drilling direction
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Will San Francisco’s housing slowdown impact Seattle?
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
State ferry official under investigation for ethics violations
Key investor wants Seattle to publicly compare arena proposals to consider best option
Seattle approves income tax on wealthy; court challenge likely
KNKX FM
Eyman To File Another $30 Car Tabs Initiative, Would Repeal Sound Transit Taxes
Seattle City Council Approves Local Income Tax On High Earners
Farm Workers At Sakuma Brothers Farms To Celebrate Signing Their First Union Contract
Details Murky In New Funding Plan For State’s Public Schools
KUOW FM
PHOTOS: Inside ICE’s fourth largest detention center. It’s in Tacoma
Microsoft Courts Rural America, And Politicians, With High-Speed Internet
Seattle passes income tax, faces possible lawsuit
It’s a launch: Seattle-Bremerton fast ferry starts service
MyNorthwest.com
Tim Eyman preparing to fight higher car-tab fees
Whose job is it to pay for family bonding time?
NW Public Radio
Eyman To File Another $30 Car Tabs Initiative, Would Repeal Sound Transit Taxes
Seattle City Council Approves Local Income Tax On High Earners
Q13 TV (FOX)
Seattle City Council unanimously approves income tax for high earners
Study boosts Sodo arena site as City Council preps for KeyArena
Web
Crosscut
Big wins for kids caught in foster care crisis (Kagi, Frame)
Inslee uses veto power and GOP isn’t having it
Publicola
A Change to Income Tax Bill Pits Sawant Against Gonzalez, Herbold
Seattle P.I.
Full transportation plan won’t be part of KeyArena agreement
Seattle City Council votes high-earner income tax, court challenge certain
Monday, July 10
Associated Press
Holding cellphones while driving will be banned July 23
New ferry carries passengers between Bremerton and Seattle
Seattle to decide new income tax for high-income residents
Biology test no longer required for high school diploma
Inslee vetoes Boeing-like tax break for manufacturers (Sullivan)
After 2 declare plan ‘dead,’ Trump presses Congress on health care: Get it done
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Here’s what WSU has learned about it’s big data breach, and it’s not cheap
Northwest salmon are the stuff of legends. Despite millions, the species struggles to survive. Can we save them — and at what price?
Amtrak says trains are safe but states have more demands
Sunset for solar? Installers worry about industry’s outlook as incentives expire
Many in LBGT community say Yakima is becoming more accepting
Column: Republican Party has ‘flat out lost its mind’
Columbian
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (family leave)
The Daily News
Herrera Beutler defends health care vote
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: With schools funded, let’s fix tax system next
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Join Washington State Ferries for Orcas Island terminal grand opening
News Tribune (subscription required)
Republican base howls at prospect of congressional failure on Obamacare
Washington’s new distracted driving law goes into effect July 23. Here’s what not to do.
Peninsula Daily News
Water ruling debate holds up state capital budget (Tharinger, Van De Wege, Chapman)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Gov. Jay Inslee vetoes tax break for Washington state manufacturers
Renton Reporter
Tougher laws: Distracted drivers getting more attention
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Health-care worries loom large as Sen. Maria Cantwell holds town hall
A new way to help Seattle’s homeless: Navigation Center set to open Wednesday
UW is a great value, magazine analysis shows
WSU gets costly lesson in theft of hard drive with more than 1 million people’s personal data
More charter schools to open in Washington state, encouraging new network
In sprawling McCleary fix, lawmakers may resurrect inequities in Washington schools (Billig)
Gov. Inslee vetoes tax cut for manufacturers passed ‘in the dead of night’
Transgender bathroom rule won’t be on fall ballot; group seeking rollback fails to get enough signatures
Editorial: School-supply drive: Public service kids can relate to
Seattle Weekly
Inspired by Standing Rock, Native Communities Resist Tacoma Natural Gas Plant
Anti-Trans Initiative Fails, Again, to Get Necessary Signatures
Spokesman Review
Millions of dollars of state projects for Spokane stalled in legislative logjam
Inslee vetoes manufacturers’ tax break connected to budget
This initiative could change police culture and their use of deadly force, group says
Put down your cellphone. Holding devices while driving will be illegal beginning July 23 in Washington
Inslee signs improvements for schools, ends five-year struggle over funding
Spokane County Library District chief Nancy Ledeboer to retire; worked to ‘turn libraries outward’
Empty mailboxes: Residents left waiting after Postal Service, citing threat to carrier, stops deliveries
Spin Control: Maybe Washington should change the rules for writing its budget
Editorial: Shut down destructive voter fraud hunt
Editorial: Good riddance to harmful bathroom initiative
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Bilingual program lost in budget details
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: New state agency should benefit families
Editorial: Congressional effort to blunt dam breaching effort is sound
Yakima Herald Republic
Police immigration policy, car tab fee on Yakima City Council agenda
Commentary: Valley’s agriculture depends on labor peace in seaports
Editorial: Legislature OKs budget; now let’s see what’s in it
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Bremerton fast ferry officially begins service Monday
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
‘A game-changer for Kitsap’: New Bremerton-Seattle fast ferry takes off
KNKX FM
Seattle City Council Expected To Approve Local Income Tax
KUOW FM
Put down the phones and the food. Distracted driving laws are changing
Is independent media ‘the greatest force of peace on earth?’ Amy Goodman says, emphatically, ‘Yes!’
NW Public Radio
Election Rarity: No Initiatives Qualify For November Statewide Ballot In Washington
Inslee Vetoes Plan To Give All Manufacturers The Boeing Tax Rate
Jaime Herrera Beutler Backs Beer Tax Reform
Q13 TV (FOX)
Kitsap’s new fast ferry hits the waters
Seattle City Council to vote today on proposed income tax for rich residents
Friday, July 7
Associated Press
Microsoft laying off thousands of workers in sales shakeup
Court: Prosecutors to explain dismissals of minority jurors
Washington wants to join states suing over pesticide
Federal Reserve tells Congress further rate hikes on the way
Inslee signs bill creating new agency for children, families
Washington state construction budget held up in dispute over water rights (Tharinger)
Gov. Inslee signs education funding plan aimed at satisfying the long-running McCleary case
Legislature continue overtime in fight over water rights (Tharinger)
Aberdeen Daily World
Grays Harbor County may contract with Lewis County for inmate beds
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Phillips 66 appeals $37,800 state fine for acid leak at its refinery near Ferndale
The Daily News
Longview, Beacon Hill won’t move forward with silica solution
Tanker aground in Columbia off Skamokawa
OPINION: Time to read the fine print on state budget deal
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Drugmakers knew painkillers could be abused, lawsuit claims
Recovering addicts tell Murray about Medicaid’s crucial role
GOP’s McConnell hints at shoring up Obamacare funding
Editorial: Cut capital budget’s tie to water rights dispute
Letter: Legislature’s last-minute budget deal was by design
Letter: Let senators know you want affordable health care
Letter: Some other things Republicans could repeal
Letter: Fully fund national park programs, maintenance
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Lt. Governor Habib, Sen. Ranker, to host community forum (Ranker)
Mail scams target seniors
Kitsap Daiy News
New state budget means increased funding for South Kitsap school districts
State budget finally passed, avoiding government shutdown
News Tribune (subscription required)
Kobach says White House will keep personal voter data requested by Trump commission
Seattle welcomes new bike share program
Editorial: Trump’s voter fraud snipe hunt falls flat
Olympian (subscription required)
Crews fight brush fire in Capitol Forest
Editorial: Feds’ voter data request goes too far
Puget Sound Business Journal
US jobs growth rebounds but wages disappoint
Editor’s Notebook: Seattle can learn from the Legislature how to protect workers
Seattle’s cost of living rises as Kitsap becomes most affordable Washington county
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Proposed deadly force initiative seeks more training, new standard for prosecuting Washington police
Podcast: who won and lost in the Legislature’s tax-raising midnight budget?
FAQ: Where will Washington state’s $7.3 billion education dollars go?
Washington state joins lawsuit to stop delaying rules protecting student-loan borrowers
Washington’s new family-leave law is among the most generous in the nation
At Leschi Elementary, equity conversations are common — among teachers, parents and, increasingly, students
GET college plan now back in line with yearly tuition costs
Editorial: Share private voter data? No way is the right call
Seattle Weekly
New Initiative Seeks to Tighten Laws Around Police Killings
Fear of Ballot Initiative Got GOP On Board With Paid Family Leave
Tri-City Herald
Richland nuclear plant cited for safety violation over waste shipment
Vancouver Business Journal
Business groups celebrate passage of family leave bill
Southwest Washington’s energy advantage
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Washington state should reopen its GET plan
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Gov. Inslee signs education funding plan
Democrats encouraging Inslee to veto business tax break bill (Fitzgibbon)
‘Sobriety for Sale’ series prompts internal DSHS investigation
Concerns over liquid natural gas plant in Tacoma
Initiative seeks de-escalation training for police
NW Public Radio
Amtrak Reveals Engineer To Blame For Train Derailment
Northwest Wheat Harvest Starts Up, Likely A ‘Bin Buster’
State Supreme Court Raises Bar For Removing Jurors of Color
Web
Crosscut
Initiative would allow prosecution of police in shootings
Opinion: Don’t be fooled: Health care repeal will hurt here
Slog
New Ballot Initiative Pushes For More Mental Health and De-Escalation Training for Cops
Waterland Blog
Orwall and Pellicciotti get funding for Sea-Tac air quality study (Orwall, Pellicciotti)