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Monday, July 17
Associated Press
Stack demolished at Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant
State reports at least 4 wolves have died this year
Openings set in US court for Bundy standoff retrial in Vegas
White House planning ‘Made in America’ week amid Trump criticism
CBO delays analysis of latest health care bill
Health plan hinges on the young, but they’re a tough sell
Bike shares set to return to Seattle
Judge: Govt. asked Google for too much data in gender case
Federal court’s agenda has topics that draw Trump’s ire
Aberdeen Daily World
North Shore Levee plan now under FEMA review
Union Gospel Mission gets $250,000 grant from county to continue renovations
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
How will Washington’s new schools plan affect your property taxes? Depends where you live
WSU gets costly lesson in theft of hard drive with more than 1 million people’s personal data
Nonprofit’s program puts homeless panhandlers to work
Manure pond deaths raise concerns about farmworker safety
Columbian
In Our View: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
In Our View: Capital Budget Held Hostage (Stonier, Wylie)
The Daily News
New state funding plan raises questions for schools
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Gov. Inslee, GOP spar over vetoed tax break for manufacturers
Milbank: Across the globe, U.S. losing its moral authority
WaPo: Foreign-born US military recruits flee to avoid deportation
Commentary: Capital budget standoff delaying work across state
Commentary: Is K-12 education fully funded? Not so fast
Editorial: Lawmakers, back away from capital budget cliff
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Income-based apartment complex up for sale in Friday Harbor
Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib and Sen. Kevin Ranker speak in support of OPAL (Ranker)
State vows to “fully fund” education, but local schools may lose out
Put down your phone | Editorial
News Tribune (subscription required)
Improvements to schools and hospitals delayed while politicians fight about water (Tharinger)
Senate GOP’s healthcare problem is not Trump
Olympian (subscription required)
Many call it the “Mistake on the Lake.” This duo hopes to change your perception.
Editorial: Inslee veto underscores need for tax reform
Puget Sound Business Journal
Health care: Action delayed
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Health insurers seek double-digit rate increases in Washington state — despite billion-dollar reserves
Olympia in deadlock as lawmakers battle over water rights, construction (Frockt)
Watch: From inside the Highway 99 tunnel, crews disassemble Bertha’s back end
Seattle kids to discover environmental decision-making, one garden at a time
With cattle in Washington’s wolf country, ranchers work and worry
Opinion: No Washington state subsidies for fossil-fuel plants
Editorial: Keep a close eye on new state agency for children, families (Kagi)
Opinion: Why we should measure student progress, not just proficiency
Spokesman Review
Washington’s senators pan Trumpcare revision, Idaho’s studying it
Canyon Creek Fire: the latest
Two of four Spokane Valley candidates have spent time in jail
Airway Heights water contamination spurs talks for West Plains water deals
Wolf activity, including livestock attack, updated by Washington officials
The world of wheat: Growing grain in Washington
A day in the fields at WSU’s dryland Research Station
Spin Control: Canceling voter registration won’t keep info from Trump election panel
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Firefighters, homeowners do their part, but not ‘Lookie Lous’
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
One woman’s ultimate protest: ‘pass the healthcare bill and I end treatment’
KNKX FM
Will Washington State’s New School Funding Plan Help Alleviate The Teacher Shortage?
How A Washington Farm Town Became A Hub For The World’s Data
KUOW FM
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray abused boy in his care, Oregon investigator said
When people in charge are mostly white, what’s a black kid in jail to think?
When Black Hair Violates The Dress Code
‘Dirt Is Good’: Why Kids Need Exposure To Germs
Moms Of Teens Can Benefit From Social Support, Just Like New Moms
NW Public Radio
Another Standoff Threatens Another Budget In Olympia
Florist In Same-Sex Wedding Case Appeals To U.S. Supreme Court
Spokane City Council Takes On Climate Change Legislation
Q13 TV (FOX)
Commentary: A KeyArena MOU without a comprehensive traffic mitigation plan would be reckless, irresponsible
Web
Friday, July 14
Associated Press
Wildfire burning near Selah, Washington
Trump’s travel ban watered down by another court setback
Zinke recommends no changes to Idaho, Washington monuments
U.S. judge in Hawaii hands Trump a new defeat on travel ban
Interior chief: No changes to Idaho, Washington monuments
Energy Department plans probe into whistleblower complaint
Energy plan enables Microsoft to buy more green power
Aberdeen Daily World
Letter: Single-payer system is the cure
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Family of man fatally shot by Kent police demand answers, more training for officers
FOX Business show slams Seattle as ‘socialist hellhole’
Fines for coal, oil trains in downtown Spokane likely headed for ballot amid legal concerns
Columbian
Ground broken for Woodland sports park
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Small Business Administration website determines program eligibility
Krauthammer: Comically failed collusion is still collusion
Kirkland Reporter
Walen signs Mayor’s National Climate Action Agenda
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Time to release the state Capitol hostages (Springer)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Health care: Moderates remain unconvinced
Redmond Reporter
Sammamish Valley Celebration of Lavender and the Arts set for this weekend
Seattle Times (subscription required)
What happens now: Key dates in the state’s new McCleary school-funding plan
Surprising number of international, in-state students enroll at UW
Seattle employees pension fund won’t divest from fossil fuels
Fox Business show slams Seattle as ‘socialist hellhole’
Opinion: Governor, lower taxes are needed to boost manufacturing jobs
Seattle Weekly
Family Demands Answers About Kent Police Shooting Death of Giovonn Joseph-McDade
Divest City Pensions From Fossil Fuels? Nope, Says Retirement Board
Sheriff to Attend Public Forum About Tommy Le, 20-Year-Old Killed By Deputy in Burien
Vancouver Business Journal
Connecting youth to careers in manufacturing
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Oregon plan to decriminalize heroin worth monitoring
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima hospital earns award for success in heart attacks
WaPo Will column: Fixing the ‘rotting carcass’ tax code
Editorial: Municipal income tax to be costly experiment
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Former Wash. justice weighs in on Seattle income tax on high earners
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Tacoma ranks 5th most competitive housing market in nation
KNKX FM
Seattle’s Pension Fund Won’t Be Divesting From Fossil Fuels
Fee That Fights Homelessness Scheduled For Steep Cut
The Overcast: Mexican Consul Talks Trade With Washington State
Hawaii Judge Exempts Grandparents And Other Relatives From Trump Travel Ban
Hanford Reach, Craters Of The Moon Keep National Monument Status
KUOW FM
Her landlord raised her rent, so she slept in her car with her kids
Rural America, Microsoft plans to boost your Internet access
Trump plan could mean fewer international students at Washington colleges
Seattle’s new homeless shelter: Pets and drug users allowed
NW Public Radio
Hanford Reach, Craters Of The Moon Keep National Monument Status
Q13 TV (FOX)
Gov. Inslee moves forward with self-driving car initiative
City of Seattle considers more lenient rental housing ordinance for felons
Web
Crosscut
After police shootings, victims’ families connect, advocate
Schmudget
Three Reasons Why a New Tax Break for Manufacturers Is Bad for Washington State
Governor’s Veto of Unnecessary, Short-Sighted Tax Giveaway Is the Right Move for Washington’s Future
Seattle P.I.
Burn ban planned for Western Wash.
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