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Tuesday, June 6
Associated Press
Seattle City Council OKs tax on soda, sugary drinks
Man attacks guard, breaks door at Seattle TV station
Classes resume after threats at Washington state college
US Supreme Court overturns Montana in railroad worker case
Threats against Spokane Transit drivers appear to be on rise
California, China sign climate deal after Trump’s Paris exit
Aberdeen Daily World
Final EIS released for Chehalis Strategy
The Daily News
Coast Guard cleanup continues on Goble vessels
Labor talks heat up for clinic workers
Logging operations critical to forest restoration
New threats cancel classes again at Evergreen State College
Portland police arrest 14 during rival protests, clashes
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Alaska flights in about a year: Ground broken at Paine Field
Comment: Selling off air traffic control won’t make skies safer
Letter: Voters have repeatedly rejected state income tax proposals
Letter: Revenue needed for ‘ample provision’ of state’s needs
Federal Way Mirror
Lakota Middle Schoolers hosting medical supplies drive to help Venezuelans in crisis
Federal Way organizations feed low-income, homeless students during summer months
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Planning Commission suggests annual fee for all vacation rentals
Op-Ed: Trumpcare lacks common sense
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Classes resume after threats at Evergreen State College
Seattle City Council OKs tax on soda sugary drinks
News Tribune (subscription required)
Matt Driscoll: If you’re going to talk about Evergreen, at least get your facts straight
New tax could be next, now that new law will ease Thurston County courthouse financing
Editorial: Give students breakfast, and no shaming
Olympian (subscription required)
Drug deaths in America are rising faster than ever
Puget Sound Business Journal
Healthcare: Senate wants summer vote on healthcare
What dismantling net neutrality means for small and mid-sized businesses
Seattle City Council passes sugary drink tax with loopholes for small businesses
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle parent’s campaign to wipe out student-lunch debt is $80,000 and growing
Seattle will tax sugary soda pop but not diet; lattes apparently exempt (but maybe not flavored syrups)
Evergreen State College reopens; threat deemed not credible
Editorial: The Evergreen State College: No safety, no learning, no future
Seattle Weekly
Next Stop On the Upzone Train: The Central District
Seattle City Council Passes Tax on Sugary Beverages
Tri-City Herald
Rural towns would be hard hit by electric transmission sell-off, say lawmakers
New state lands commissioner wants to put 6M acres to work
Yakima Herald Republic
Retirement: It’s not for everyone
Proposed Hanford budget would cut an estimated 700 jobs
Seattle parent’s campaign to wipe out student-lunch debt is $80,000 and growing
WaPo Commentary: Momentum for socialized medicine is growing. Where is the GOP’s strategy?
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Inspector General investigating Hanford workers’ comp process
Oak View’s KeyArena financials released day after AEG drops out
AG Ferguson to Trump: ‘Thanks’ for undermining your travel ban legal team
Classes resume at The Evergreen State College
KNKX FM
Seattle Passes Sugary Beverage Tax
U.S.-Backed Fighters Begin Offensive To Push ISIS From Its ‘Capital’
Feds To Waive Penalties For Some Who Signed Up Late For Medicare
Disability Advocates Fear Impact Of Medicaid Cuts In GOP Health Plan
Northwest Wheat Farmers Battling Fungus
Trump Administration Seeking Permits For Seismic Air Gun Surveys In Atlantic
What’s The Rate Of Smoking In The 13- To 15-Year-Old Crowd?
Mayors, Companies Vow To Act On Climate, Even As U.S. Leaves Paris Accord
KUOW FM
If Airbnbs get taxed, should Seattle’s Convention Center get the money?
West Coast Ocean Acidification Rates Among Highest In World
‘Cherry Express’ To Fly Northwest Cherries Direct To China
Trump’s Latest Tweets On Travel Ban Could Raise New Legal Hurdles
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
UW professor remains optimistic after U.S. ditches climate pact
Evergreen college closed again, police reviewing ‘new external threat’ information
NW Public Radio
As Budget Talks Crawl, A Washington State Senate Race Accelerates
‘Cherry Express’ To Fly Northwest Cherries Direct To China
Northwest Wheat Farmers Battle Fungus
Q13 TV (FOX)
Tumwater police investigating truck attack on 2 teenage boys as a hate crime
Web
Crosscut
Another barrier for homeless: RV parks banning older vehicles
Seattle’s brand new tax: soda
Publicola
City Council Approves Soda Tax
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Big Wash. contingent joins ‘We’re Still In!’ Paris climate statement
Slog
City Council passes soda tax, exempting diet drinks
Evergreen State College reopens after local law enforcement reviews weekend threat
Monday, June 5
Associated Press
Day of Portland demonstrations marked by arrests, clashes
Clark County to pay for violating public records act
12 arrested in London’s night of terror; IS claims attack
Several states moving to expand age kids must be in school
Aberdeen Daily World
Infrastructure improvements, trained workforce cited as key to GH economy
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Affordable single family homes becoming scarce in Bellingham
University club mentors high schoolers in computer science
Evergreen State College board speaks out about campus’ racial tensions, unrest
Washington museum to honor Japanese-Americans
Editorial reprint: Letting national parks crumble ought to be unthinkable
Columbian
Nonprofit hosts summit on violence (Wylie)
In Our View: Inslee Takes Bold Position
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (Boeing job losses)
The Daily News
District seeks final public comments for $121M bond proposal
Jeff Wilson is done with cleaning up “drug pollution”
Everett Herald (subscription required)
State’s distracted driving laws are about to get tougher
Schools must balance lunch debt response with student needs
Everett teachers ready to strike if bargaining rights limited
Rules allow faster action after wolf attacks in Washington
Harrop: States, nations moving on climate without Trump
Editorial: Editorial: If Trump won’t, state can keep climate commitments
Editorial: What losing the ACA could mean for two families
Federal Way Mirror
Cancer survivors unite for annual Relay for Life in Federal Way
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Tragedy inspires fundraiser for carbon monoxide detectors
Community solar gives everyone a chance to generate clean, green local power
Kirkland Reporter
Kirkland, Areté honored with Governor’s Smart Communities Award
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State eyes future widening of 16 between Purdy, Gig Harbor
News Tribune (subscription required)
Just 1 in 5 kids got 4-year degrees, so Chehalis schools changed everything
Matt Driscoll: Closing the Northwest Detention Center now is not realistic. Or right.
Editorial: The Five Spot: 5 time-wasting activities at state Capitol
New York Times
Op-Ed: These Campus Inquisitions Must Stop (Evergreen)
Olympian (subscription required)
Capitol Happy Hour: Watch them all here
Olympia officials will ignore President’s decision to leave climate pact
No safe alternative yet for Dodd-Frank bank law
Puget Sound Business Journal
Unfilled roles in federal government put businesses in limbo
Trump’s Paris decision draws reaction from business leaders nationwide (Video)
Healthcare: Trump wants to roll back birth control coverage
Opinion: Flat income tax will not fix Washington state’s revenue issues
Redmond Reporter
Planning director retiring after 15 years with Redmond
Redmond students get hands-on experience with fish
Renton Reporter
Constantine launches initiatives to create safer, healthier schools and neighborhoods in King County
Seattle Times (subscription required)
As park-and-rides overflow, would building more parking boost transit ridership?
Big news in tiny Onalaska, Washington: All 43 grads were accepted to college
‘New external threat’ cancels classes again Monday at The Evergreen State College
Legislators look at compromise ideas to raise more revenue
Could single-payer health care come to Washington state? One lawmaker wants to find out (Chase)
Stonier and Dolan: Linking graduation to high-stakes testing was a mistake
Editorial: Congress should fund earthquake warning system
Editorial: Focus on data, not good intentions, to combat homelessness
Seattle Weekly
Both Sides Are Urging Peace, but the Upcoming ‘Anti-Sharia’ Rally Feels Ominous
No Tax on Diet, Reduced Rate for Local Ginger Beer: Here’s Where the Soda Tax Stands
As Trump Drops Paris Climate Agreement, Washington Activists and Leaders Double Down
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: College isn’t the only path after graduation
Letter: State must provide money for infrastructure loans
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Blame game doesn’t help solve debt problem
Washington Post
Right-wing rally for free speech draws massive counterprotests in Portland
White House formally backs plan to send 30,000 federal workers to private corporation
Trump’s latest Twitter barrage could hurt effort to restore travel ban
Four Arab nations sever diplomatic ties with Qatar, exposing rift in the region
Yakima Herald Republic
Logging operations critical to forest restoration
Editorial: Congressional bill recognizes new reality of legalized pot
Broadcast
KATU TV (ABC, Portland)
Washington state lawmakers want to change HS graduation contingent on passing tests (Stonier)
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Evergreen State College closed Monday due to new threat information
I-90 express lanes now closed, new HOV lanes open
Fast ferry makes Bremerton an easier sell
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Washington firefighters remembered at State Capitol
Say ‘goodbye’ to express lanes on I-90 & ‘hello’ to HOV lanes
KNKX FM
Trump’s Latest Tweets On Travel Ban Could Raise New Legal Hurdles
The Senate’s 4 Big Problems With Health Care
Hanford Expert Says Grouting Tunnel Now Won’t Stop Cleanup Later
Hemp Advocates To Celebrate First Planting Of Newly Legalized Crop In Washington
KUOW FM
Seattle youth-jail opponents granted the right to appeal the project
Trump administration starts slashing EPA without waiting for Congress
Microsoft, Amazon oppose Trump’s dumping of climate agreement
A Seattle income tax could mean free community college
NW Public Radio
Crossing the Border To Protest A Canadian Pipeline
For Communities Of Color, Racist Portland Knife Attack Was Scary But Not Surprising
Hanford Expert Says Grouting Tunnel Now Won’t Stop Cleanup Later
Hemp Advocates To Celebrate First Planting Of Newly Legalized Crop In Washington
Q13 TV (FOX)
Classes at Evergreen State College canceled again amid threats
Seattle Partners withdraws from KeyArena renovation effort
Web
Crosscut
On climate: We’ll always have Paris Seattle
Publicola
Week in Review: Homeless Count, Sound Transit, and the Paris Climate Accord
Slog
State licenses first industrial hemp farmers despite pending lawsuit claiming growers got preferential treatment
Caller who triggered Evergreen State College lockdown threatened to “Execute as many people as I can”
Friday, June 2
Associated Press
National Guard member whose job was eliminated wins lawsuit
State high court declines to review Lake Quinault case
Fight for your country, lose the bidding war for a house
Protests, new climate pledges after Trump’s Paris pullout
Putin ridicules claims of meddling in US vote
Seattle had wettest fall-winter-spring on record
Threat closes Washington college after protests over race
Trump asks Supreme Court to reinstate travel ban
Trump withdraws from climate pact, world leaders push back
Aberdeen Daily World
Courts: Quinault Indian Nation has control of Lake Quinault
EPA grants $600,000 to Grays Harbor Council of Governments for brownfield assessment
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
California, New York, Washington unite to back climate pact
Threat closes Washington college after protests over race (Doglio)
In wake of race protests at Evergreen, one lawmaker proposes to make it private (Doglio)
Meet the man who torments state Democrats over the way they fill out forms (Chopp, Ranker)
Columbian
In Our View: Plan for the Future (McCleary)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Everett teachers ready to strike if bargaining rights limited (Sullivan)
Council OKs bonuses to entice police officers to Everett
Editorial: If Trump won’t, state can keep climate commitments
Milbank: Hungry for tax cuts, House GOP would slash food aid
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Threat closes Evergreen State College after protests over race (Doglio)
Washington lawmakers, groups, discussing paid family leave (Robinson)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Bias against VA loans frustrates Tacoma homebuyer
Trump turns to Supreme Court to move forward on travel ban
Olympian (subscription required)
Ad says Republican plan would hurt schools. We fact-check the claims
Redmond Reporter
City report: Proposed changes to homeless ordinance; national EMS week proclamation
Renton Reporter
School district budget hangs on Legislature
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Gov. Inslee calls Trump’s climate-pact withdrawal ‘pathetic’ — plus other Northwest reaction to U.S. abandoning Paris accord
The New York Times: Trump rule would expand employer exemptions, make it easier to deny birth-control coverage
Evergreen State College closes after caller claims to be armed, en route to campus
Just 20% of kids got 4-year degrees, so Chehalis schools changed everything
Seattle Weekly
As Trump Drops Paris Climate Agreement, Washington Activists and Leaders Double Down
Washington Post
Inside Trump’s decision: How efforts to dissuade him actually backfired
Trump’s Paris speech had some serious inconsistencies
30 U.S. states and major firms, including Google and Apple, push ahead with climate policies
States, companies part ways with Trump over Paris accord decision
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Inslee forms ‘US Climate Alliance’ with New York, California governors
Washington state lawmakers react to President Trump’s decision on Paris Accord
Evergreen State College to remain closed Friday due to ‘direct threat’
Assessed property values spike in King County
Alt-right rally moves from Portland to Seattle
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Washington, California, New York, form U.S. Climate Alliance
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Washington State leaders vow high court fight against Trump’s travel ban
Seattle students that sued state over climate change regulations, react to Paris Accord
KNKX FM
UW Women’s Crew Celebrates Fourth National Title; UW Women’s Softball Goes For Second
Should Washington State Establish An Online Consumer Bill Of Rights?
Evergreen State College Shut Down After Telephoned Threat
Trump Asks Supreme Court To Reinstate Travel Ban On 6 Majority-Muslim Nations
Oregon Governor Prepares To Sign Pay Equity Bill
Oregon Lawmakers Advance Education Budget
KUOW FM
Gov. Inslee to Trump: ‘Your resignation letter would be gratefully accepted’
The other time Washington state had Obamacare
Feds take over embattled Nooksack health services
Q13 TV (FOX)
Inslee joins governors of New York, California to form U.S. Climate Alliance
I-90 express lanes close permanently this weekend as light rail construction ramps up
‘We’re not giving up’: Mercer Island mayor says fight for better I-90 access to go on
Web
Crosscut
Parking is about to get worse at the state Capitol — and more expensive (Doglio)
Publicola
Murray Joins 60 Mayors That Promise to Uphold Paris Climate Accord Goals
Thursday, June 1
Associated Press
Washington lawmakers, groups, discussing paid family leave
Report: Over 11,600 people homeless in King County
Aberdeen Daily World
No takers in Aberdeen pontoon basin property auction
Walker charged with 2nd degree homicide for Donkey Creek incident
With economic summit, Quinault Nation looks for common ground (Blake, Tharinger)
Quinault Nation’s vision
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Meet the man who torments state Democrats over the way they fill out forms (Chopp, Ranker)
Columbian
Oregon governor signs transgender equity bill into law
The Daily News
County to discuss the potential sale or lease of Headquarters Landfill
Millennium gets small pretrial win in aquatic land lease case
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Scheduled flights between Friday Harbor and Canada are about to take off
News Tribune (subscription required)
In wake of race protests at Evergreen, one lawmaker proposes to make it private
Editorial: Spend more on national park upkeep
Olympian (subscription required)
Opinion: Hope found in Portland tragedy
Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend School District caps construction of Salish Coast Elementary at $28.1 million
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Mercer Island braces for new I-90 bottlenecks as light-rail work begins
Where the homeless died: Opiates, illness, homicides fuel rise in deaths on King County streets
King County’s homeless count rises above 11,600 people
Mercer Island says it’s settled with Sound Transit over HOV lanes
Jerry Large: If we get other things right, jail should be the ultimate last resort
Earth science for the win? Bellevue middle-school students take 2nd in National Science Bowl
Diet drinks excluded as Seattle soda-tax moves toward final City Council vote
Editorial: U.S. education budget would move nation in wrong direction
Seattle Weekly
‘Trying to Dig a Hole to China’: Officials Grapple With Another Year of Big Homeless Numbers
Washington State’s Legislative Process Is Broken
RV Campers Prep for Eviction, Again
Portland ‘Anti-Sharia’ Rally, Criticized By Mayor After Stabbing, Moved to Seattle
Princeton Professor Cancels Seattle Talk Following Deluge of Racist Threats
Why Land Trusts Are Key In Keeping Seattle Affordable
Skagit Valley Herald
Port of Skagit awarded EPA grant to help clean Northern State campus
Spokesman Review
Aerospace manufactures high-wage, growth industry for Spokane-area
Women in construction: Four friends reminisce on careers in a male-dominated industry
Neighbors decry planned roundabout on Highway 2 that will lead to Costco development
Shawn Vestal: It’s early, but Stuckart’s heartened by polling
Bechtel earns $7.2 million in incentive pay for managing Hanford vit plant
Letter: ACA good for us
Letter: Blind to the truth
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Nearly 12,000 people homeless in King County, new report says
Washington residents support tidal energy, UW study says
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Mercer Island votes to approve tentative settlement agreement with Sound Transit
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Mercer Island OKs deal with Sound Transit over I-90 light rail construction
College professor says a mob came after him after he spoke out against ‘coercive segregation’
KNKX FM
Trump Delays Promised U.S. Embassy Move To Jerusalem
How New Roots Are Driving An Apple Renaissance
What We Know About King County’s Homeless Population
Former Federal Prosecutors Challenge Attorney General On Sentencing Policy
Portland Mayor Hopes Right-Wing Ralliers Will Reconsider Timing
KUOW FM
What will be left of Seattle’s International District?
Salmon are losing their sense of smell. Thanks, carbon emissions
Disaster Agency To Weather Hurricane Season With No Leader, Proposed Cuts
What’s the status on the Seattle soda tax?
Ohio Sues 5 Major Drug Companies For ‘Fueling Opioid Epidemic’
NW Public Radio
Oregon Governor Prepares To Sign Pay Equity Bill
Oregon Lawmakers Hail Portland Stabbing Victims As Heroes
Salmon Are Losing Their Ability To Sense, Fear Nearby Predators
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
Mercer Island reaches tentative deal with Sound Transit over HOV lanes
Web
Crosscut
A city the size of Woodinville is sleeping in our streets
Publicola
Soda Tax Bill Now Excludes Diet Drinks
Wednesday, May 31
Associated Press
Farrell resigns from Legislature to focus on mayoral race (Farrell)
2017 looks to be a record sweet cherry crop
Memorial service held for former Gov. Mike Lowry
Trump expected to pull U.S. from Paris climate deal, White House says
Unease about white supremacy grows after Portland stabbings
Bainbridge Island Review
Opinion: Here we go again | The Petri Dish
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Under pressure from gun-rights group, Tacoma might drop its Taser ban
The Daily News
City of Longview dedicates veteran monuments
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing continues to cut jobs, citing need to stay competitive
High school graduation testing rules stymie state lawmakers (Ortiz-Self)
Sound Transit tax persists for property owners who can’t vote
Burbank: From start, kids should be learning two languages (Ortiz-Self)
Harrop: States, nations moving on climate without Trump
Editorial: Sale of BPA lines would bring higher power bills
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Local firefighters help combat Leavenworth fire
Public Hospital District votes to contract with Planned Parenthood Update
U.S. Customs Office opens in Friday Harbor
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Tribes call for stepped-up action to save chinook
News Tribune (subscription required)
Under pressure from gun-rights group, Tacoma might drop its Taser ban
Olympian (subscription required)
Opinion: People know what they need for financial security
Puget Sound Business Journal
Trump budget takes aim at ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system for the Pacific Northwest
University of Washington Medicine hospital cuts 60 jobs, including executive roles
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Where the homeless died: Opiates, illness, homicides fuel rise in deaths on King County streets
‘I call it patriotism!’: Suspect in fatal attack aboard Portland light-rail train appears in court
Seattle City Council gives opponents another chance to stop youth jail, courthouse
Student voices: Don’t take a diversity course for my sake, do it for your own
Former Washington Gov. Mike Lowry remembered as proud liberal, quietly generous
Seattle Weekly
Locking Kids Up Is Evil. But Is It Necessary?
State Rep. Jessyn Farrell to Resign From House Seat to Focus on Seattle Mayoral Race
City Council Passes Bill to Allow Activists to Appeal New Youth Jail
The Fun and Easy Way to Track Stats on Cannabis Consumption
Spokesman Review
Vestal: Rep. Matt Shea makes a desperate and silly attempt to shield himself from defamation lawsuit
Spokane shuts off water to Fairways Golf Course amid long-standing rate dispute
County plans lawsuit over Spokane Tribe’s casino in Airway Heights
Body of man who fell from cliff at Palouse Falls State Park located in river
Legislature directs agencies to keep elk off I-90
Letter: GOP must cut bait
Letter: New rules for Trump
Letter: Trump plan helps Trump
Editorial: Follow the science on addiction, treatment
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
WSF to decide on boarding changes this week
Wenatchee World (subscription required)
Extremist landowner arrested in cyber-threat case
Pot rule talk to continue in Chelan County
Whidbey News-Times
Sound Off: Legislature’s ‘levy swap’ is bad for local schools
Yakima Herald Republic
Permaculture: Can system of sustainable farming catch on locally?
New study says Yakima Valley’s job prospects are improving
With 40 percent in program, food stamp cuts could hit Yakima hard
Op-ed: Senate plan cuts property taxes, halts income tax
Broadcast
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Emergency repairs on SR 410 will cause delays to Mount Rainier through mid-July
KNKX FM
New Rules May Make Online Health Insurance Sales Simpler
KUOW FM
Is Seattle’s Chinatown-International District being whitewashed?
Salmon’s sense of smell suffers as seas sour, Seattle scientists say
NW Public Radio
Former Federal Prosecutors Challenge Attorney General On Sentencing Policy
Web
Crosscut
Activists gain ground in fight against youth jail
Trump threatens Hanford Reach; locals are unenthused
Publicola
Council Passes Bill That Gives Youth Jail Opponents Another Chance to Appeal
Council Members Debate Soda Tax’s Impact to Small Businesses, Low-Income Families