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Wednesday, May 17
Associated Press
Washington becomes latest state to seek ID compliance
Inslee signs bill to OK fees for electronic public records
No more holding of phones under new law in Washington
FBI chief’s unceremonious ouster boomerangs on president
Fallout over Comey memo, Trump’s intel disclosures persists
Trump tax proposal would make mortgage deduction useless for most homeowners
No more holding that phone while driving under new law in Washington state
Residents Near Spokane Advised To Not Drink Tap Water
Aberdeen Daily World
Quinault Indian Nation President Sharp testifies before Congress Tuesday
Letter: Locking kids up just makes things worse
Bainbridge Island Review
Comment period opens for city’s amended shoreline program
Battle Ground Reflector
Nineteen bills with North county support signed (Cleveland, Stonier)
Chinook Observer
Chinook School comes back to life (Blake, Takko)
The Daily News
Inslee signs biomass bill
What don’t you understand?
Everett Herald (subscription required)
New law to incite proliferation of ballot drop boxes
State transportation budget has money for US 2 trestle (Hobbs, Liias)
Burbank: Lack of state income tax helps rich at kids’ expense
No more holding of phones under new law in Washington
Letter: Single-payer works for other countries
Federal Way Mirror
One year later, Federal Way special education PTA seeks to inform, support parents
Federal Way’s Green Gables Elementary named 2017 Green Ribbon School
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Lower population predicted than last comprehensive plan update
Editorial: Benefits of tourism
Southern resident killer whales to be recognized on endangered species day
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Washington becomes latest state to seek ID compliance
No more holding of phones under new law in Washington
Letter: How much more do Dems want to tax? (Appleton, Hansen)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Easier birth control access — and fewer pharmacy visits — is goal of new law (Robinson)
Gov. Jay Inslee signs distracted driving bill
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Health reform needs to make things better
Port Townsend Leader
ECHHO fears no more: Funds on the way (Van De Wege)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Cyberattack scramble: sifting through code, a midnight patch and a lost weekend
School stats: The number of emergency teachers in Washington classrooms has doubled
Bill sets new fees, limits on public-records requests in Washington (McBride)
Opinion: Seattle Police Department needs stronger community oversight
Editorial: UW regents must make public transparency a priority
Seattle Weekly
The Stabbing That Tore Open the Debate Over Weapons, Race, and Retaliation
The Sugar Industry Is No Friend to the Poor
AG Ferguson Files New Amicus Brief Supporting Transgender Rights
Lorena González Will Not Be Running for Mayor
20 New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Planned for Seattle
Skagit Valley Herald
Gov. Inslee tours Samish Bay shellfish farm
Spokesman Review
Washington transportation budget has $127 million for Spokane projects
Washington becomes latest state to seek ID compliance
Inslee signs bill to OK fees for electronic public records
Risch wants ‘traitor’ who leaked Russian details identified, McMorris Rodgers calls for Comey testimony
Washington to drivers: Put the cellphone down, don’t risk fourth DUI
Airway Heights residents warned not to drink tap water amid chemical contamination findings from Fairchild AFB
Former Spokane VA officer says he was ordered to stop investigation into Thurman and Marshall deaths
Vandals scribbled on walls, poured wine and candle wax in church in West Central Spokane
Researchers ask anglers to help with Spirit Lake chinook
Washington ends Snake River spring chinook fishing with a whimper
Shawn Vestal: Spokane juries keep showing a loose definition of self-defense
Editorial: Better traffic control on I-90 welcomed
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: As legislative special session winds down, progress elusive
Editorial: Hanford Reach’s monument status should be left alone
Wenatchee World (subscription required)
Outdoor pot farming could hinge on seasonal greenhouses
Candidates begin filing for 2017 elections
Yakima Herald Republic
Governor signs Travis Alert Act into law
Inslee signs bill increasing access to narcotic-prescription data for medical providers
Editorial: Farm drought losses point to need of water plan
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Clinic inspectors say state agency foiled their investigations
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Inslee makes tough law on cell phones and driving take effect early
KNKX FM
Remembering The Day Tacoma’s ‘Japantown’ Disappeared
Secret To Maine’s Touted High-Risk Pool? Enough Money
Putin Accuses U.S. Of ‘Political Schizophrenia’ Over Trump And Secrets
Trump Impeachment Talk Grows From Conspiracy Theory To Mainstream
Chelsea Manning Walks Free After Serving 7 Years Of A 35-Year Sentence
For Families With Special Needs, Vouchers Bring Choices, Not Guarantees
Washingtonians Face Choices Soon On What Kind Of State ID To Get
Inslee Signs 12-Month Birth Control Refill Bill Following Oregon Lead
KUOW FM
Seattle ethics commission says a legal fund for the mayor would break rules
WA Democrats (and 1 Republican) respond to Comey-Trump memo story
Hanford Tunnel Getting An Extra Layer Of Protection
NW Public Radio
Inslee Signs 12-Month Birth Control Refill Bill Following Oregon Lead
Hanford Tunnel Getting An Extra Layer Of Protection
Washingtonians Face Choices Soon On What Kind Of State ID To Get
Q13 TV (FOX)
New state law aims to tackle the over-prescribing of opioids
Inslee signs distracted-driving law, which will take effect this year
Web
Crosscut
Point of contention: Who should police the police?
Publicola
Jenny Durkan’s Campaign Reports Raising $60,000 in 4 Days
Seattle P.I.
What’s in the state’s updated marijuana law
Slog
Governor legalizes smoking weed with friends and allows state to certify “organic” cannabis
Tuesday, May 16
Associated Press
Former US Attorney is now Spokane city attorney
BNSF appeals review of Longview coal terminal project
Special election could affect balance of power at Capitol
Trump claims ‘absolute right’ to share info with Russia
9th Circuit panel in Seattle peppers Trump lawyer with questions over travel ban
Aberdeen Daily World
Local group meets with Low Income Housing Institute director to discuss possible Harbor project
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Control of Washington state Legislature hinges on this critical suburban Seattle race (Kuderer, Saldana)
Column: This is what happens when the world is led by a child
The Daily News
A taxing loophole
Nippon in ‘recovery’, some employees to be furloughed
Special election could affect balance of power at Capitol
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Letter: Don’t pass bad laws, enforce laws on the books
Federal Way Mirror
Thomas Jefferson Black Student Union to host peaceful march to connect community, combat struggles
Federal Way grows by nearly 3,000 in one year
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Trump executive order opposed by 325 bipartisan state legislators representing 44 states (Ranker)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Did Sound Transit trick voters and lawmakers about Sound Transit 3? Senate panel wants to find out (Clibborn)
No getting dragged off an overbooked plane here if lawmaker gets his way (Goodman)
New York Times
Trump Shared Classified Data With Russians, Officials Say
Brooks: When the World Is Led by a Child
Olympian (subscription required)
Candidate filings for Monday, May 15
Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister, ambassador, officials say
Control of Washington state Legislature hinges on this critical suburban Seattle race (Kuderer, Saldana)
‘I’m ruined’: Workers realize too late that they signed away the right to other jobs
Puget Sound Business Journal
Yates: Russians had ‘real leverage’ over Flynn
Pelosi slams Trump for being ‘loose-lipped’
Law: Judges skeptical of travel ban
Women are pessimistic about the country’s future, poll shows
Gov. Inslee signs bill that gives landlords new power to evict squatters faster
‘WannaCry’ ransomware attack may be just the beginning
Microsoft slams U.S. government for ‘stockpiling’ cyberattack vulnerabilities
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle to clear sprawling homeless camp near S. Dearborn, Rainier Ave.
Letters of concern from Washington state to Trump administration piling up (Ranker)
Report: Washington’s dropout rate is high for students with learning disabilities
Editorial: Sensible gun laws make everyone safer
Opinion: Don’t deny the poor the opportunity for dental care (Mullet, Frockt)
Seattle Weekly
With Seattle’s ‘Safe Lots’ for RVs All But Gone, Campers Are Creating Their Own
ReachNow Launches First of 20 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Seattle
Microsoft Likens NSA Losing WannaCry Hack to Military Losing Missiles
Why Did a Democratic Staffer Leave a Bunch of Party Financial Information at the PDC’s Front Door?
Skagit Valley Herald
New school building first of its kind in state (Morris)
Spokesman Review
Black and other minorities still stopped more often by Spokane police
City of Spokane serves up eviction notice to Blessings Under the Bridge homeless feeding program
New Spokane NAACP president: ‘We’ve got a lot of work to do’
Spokane City Council narrowly approves former U.S. Attorney Mike Ormsby as city attorney
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Hanford tunnel collapse a scary reminder
Washington Post
Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats
Trump acknowledges ‘facts’ were shared with Russian envoys
Lawmakers to Trump: Turn over the transcript of the meeting with the Russians
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima police say they don’t have the money or manpower to stop gang violence
Survey: Suicide attempts, depressive thoughts still on the rise in Yakima County teens
Editorial: Serve the public and learn about local government
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Tougher Washington distracted driving law to be signed Tuesday
Senate committee to consider charges against Sound Transit for misleading public (Clibborn)
Washington teens who have considered suicide on the rise, survey finds
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Gov. Inslee to sign bill making holding cellphones while driving illegal
Senate committee agrees to investigate allegations against Sound Transit
KNKX FM
Judge Compares Trump Travel Ban To WWII Internment Of Japanese-Americans
Lessons On Race And Vouchers From Milwaukee
GOP Health Bill Penalizes Patients Who Let Insurance Lapse
‘They’re Everywhere’: Oil, Gas Wells Dot Developments, Raising Potential Dangers
Appeals Court Hears Arguments Over President Trump’s Travel Ban
Secret Republican Senate Talks Are Shaping Health Care Legislation
KUOW FM
Inslee To Sign Distracted Driving And DUI Bills
Alaska mega-mine may open thanks to Trump. Seattle fishermen angry
Black life is draining out of Seattle, Census shows
U.S. Has The Worst Rate Of Maternal Deaths In The Developed World
In Seattle, Trump’s travel ban gets another day in court
Indian Americans Reckon With Reality Of Hate Crimes
Home prices climb in King County. Incomes, not so much
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
Predicting the future: Tolling will start in your driveway
Should police get a ‘Textalyzer’ to enforce Washington’s latest distracted driving laws?
NW Public Radio
Digging Into The History Of Hanford’s Radioactive Waste Tunnels
Federal Appeals Court Judges Hold Hearing In Seattle Over Travel Ban
Inslee To Sign Distracted Driving And DUI Bills
West Coast Transient Orcas Are Booming-But Salish’s Resident Orcas are Hurting
Web
Publicola
City Officials Want Immigrant Family Institute to Be a Permanent Program
Slog
Will Trump make Hanford more dangerous than it already is?
Monday, May 15
Associated Press
Oregon port vote is latest local action on fossil fuels
More states allow sunscreen at schools without doctor’s OK
Carol Newhouse, wife of Washington state congressman, dies
BNSF appeals review of Washington coal terminal project
Missouri targets doctor dearth, expands first-in-nation law
A new law could help prevent the ‘extended nightmare’ of squatters
Attorney: Wrong man is in prison for wounding law officer
In Seattle, appeals court to weigh Trump’s revised travel ban
Bill aims to outlaw dragging people off airplanes (Chopp)
Little activity as lawmakers end 3rd week of special session (Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Pettigrew, Robinson, Cleveland, Frockt, Hunt, Mullet, Chopp, Dolan, Gregerson, Kilduff, Lovick, Orwall, Pellicciotti, Reeves, Slatter)
Aberdeen Daily World
Rep. Chapman bill updating the forest riparian easement program signed into law
Bainbridge Island Review
Opinion: Third week, monumental inactivity | The Petri Dish
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Washington program allows with disabilities to play baseball
This might be Puget Sound’s roughest road – and it’s brand new
Columbian
In Our View: A Taxing Loophole
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (I-5 bridge legislation)
The Daily News
Oil pipeline opponents try going after the money
Everett Herald (subscription required)
People with drug arrests lose more ground in Everett
Burke: What’s scary is why more aren’t alarmed by Trump
Letter: Don’t confuse transgendered with pedophiles
Letter: Public service employees deserve our thanks
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way officials announce opening day for Performing Arts and Event Center
News Tribune (subscription required)
A new law could help prevent the ‘extended nightmare’ of squatters
Editorial: Pierce County vans must roll now; mental health crisis won’t wait
Olympian (subscription required)
Woman takes on cleanup of west Olympia eyesore
Washington state attorney general joins call for Trump-Russia investigation
Puget Sound Business Journal
Collins drafts ‘middle ground’ healthcare bill
Renton Reporter
Candidate Filing Week signals start of Washington’s 2017 election season
Seattle Times (subscription required)
How much of Metro Transit operating costs do riders actually pay?
Student Voices: I wanted a high-quality education, and I found it at a South Seattle public school
After multimillion-dollar plan to boost Highway 2 safety, ‘Has the effort borne fruit?’
Bus-base lighting puts Metro Transit workers at risk, labor department says
Opinion: Fix the price of car tabs and limit the impact on ST3 (Clibborn, Pellicciotti)
Editorial: With Mary’s Place space, Amazon delivers a powerful message of acceptance and support
Opinion: Americans lose when funds for global health research are cut
Editorial: Shippers, union must work to prevent port slowdown
Seattle Weekly
Group Launches Campaign to Bar Safe Consumption Sites in King County
Fare Increases for State Ferries Likely This Fall
State Attorney General Files Complaint Against King County Democratic Central Committee
Murray 2.0? Jenny Durkan Poised to Build on Mayor’s Legacy, Not Reverse It
Tacoma Takes a Harder Line Against Immigrant Detention. Too Little, Too Late, Say Activists
Skagit Valley Herald
Firearm lock giveaway draws large crowd, promotes safety
Spokesman Review
Biz groups give up legal challenge to minimum wage, paid leave initiative
Local candidates: On your mark, get set, file
At Gonzaga commencement, speaker Sherman Alexie tells graduates: Remember your promises
Carol Newhouse, wife of Washington congressman, dies
Welcome to Nuketown USA: A look at the company town of the Hanford site
State looking for ways to ease Interstate 90 congestion through Spokane
Knezovich: Senate budget puts public safety at risk
Betsy Querna Cliff: AHCA distorts insurance markets, drops protections
Knezovich: Senate budget puts public safety at risk
Letter: Trumpcare II: Still scary
Editorial: Solve side effect of mental health ruling
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: State’s update of liquor laws makes sense
Wenatchee World (subscription required)
RepWatch | Comey? I hardly know ye
Candidate filing period starts Monday
Yakima Herald Republic
Carol Newhouse, wife of U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, dead at 62
Washington Post: Other Views: 2020 census suffers yet another blow
Commentary: How the younger generations can make difference in politics
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Hanford official: Tunnel could collapse again
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
BNSF appeals review of Washington coal terminal project
KNKX FM
Up To 60 Days Without Water? Quake Prone Cities Aim To Improve Countermeasures
WannaCry Ransomware: Microsoft Calls Out NSA For ‘Stockpiling’ Vulnerabilities
Stressed-Out High Schoolers Advised To Take A Nap Pod
As Candidate Filing Week Begins, Race For Control Of Washington Senate Heats Up
Oregon Lawmakers Await Key Revenue Forecast
Winning The Pot Lottery Doesn’t Always Mean Greener Pastures
KUOW FM
Mass migration of African-Americans and poor to south of Seattle
Trump admin revives Alaskan mine to dismay of salmon netters
Abused and neglected immigrants gain new protections in Washington
Jenny Durkan, Jessyn Farrell join race to replace Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (Farrell)
NW Public Radio
As Candidate Filing Week Begins, Race For Control Of Washington Senate Heats Up
Up To 60 Days Without Water? Quake Prone Cities Aim To Improve Countermeasures
Q13 TV (FOX)
Commentary: Tarleton’s anti-SODO/pro-KeyArena tactics are maddening, reprehensible
Web
Crosscut
Why can’t Seattle and the rest of WA just get along?
Opinion: Has Trump doomed the WA GOP to irrelevance?
Seattle P.I.
ICE agents in Seattle schools? No so fast
Slog
The week in weed: more states get to legalizing, pot vending machines, and alleged marijuana candy
Friday, May 12
Associated Press
No drought warnings in Northwest for first time since 2011
Washington State Hospital workers now on fire watch duty
US prosecutors told to push for more, harsher punishments
Amazon to create homeless shelter at Seattle headquarters
Sewage plant in Seattle no longer polluting after failure
Initiative proposed to ban heroin safe-injection sites
Amazon to create homeless shelter at Seattle headquarters
Inslee signs bill to combat vulnerable adult abuse
Bob Ferguson among state attorneys general calling for special counsel in Russia probe
Threats of deportation weigh heavily on some domestic violence victims
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Heroin and deadly hepatitis C use skyrocketing in Pierce County
Washington state attorney general joins call for independent investigation on Russia
From sheriff to FBI director? Dave Reichert’s name reportedly floated for top cop job
Washington state learning new ways to attract teachers
The Daily News
City Council OKs land sale for $1 billion fertilizer plant
Grain terminal, ILWU finish smooth labor talks
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: State should plan for ‘unthinkable’ nuclear attack
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Orcas Island Education foundation to hold annual fundraiser for public schools
Former Orcas student interns for Senator Patty Murray
Kirkland Reporter
Kirkland, Washington Sea Grant partner to help homeowners restore Lake Washington shoreline
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
WSDOT asks for input on Highway 16 study
Energy chief says hole has been filled at Hanford
News Tribune (subscription required)
From sheriff to FBI director? Dave Reichert’s name reportedly floated for top cop job
Olympian (subscription required)
Washington state attorney general joins call for independent investigation on Russia
Editorial: Time for independent Russia-Trump probe
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle tech salaries stretch farther than in any U.S. city, study finds
Opinion: Aerospace incentives tax helps small family businesses, too
Redmond Reporter
Group launches campaign to bar government-funded drug injection sites in King County
Redmond community continues to combat fire hazards together
Proposed pension restructuring creates concern among Washington cities
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle has reversed a decades-long trend of rising car ownership — and millennials are the reason
McCleary roundup: Useful discussions, but no substantial progress, says governor (Sullivan)
Mayor Ed Murray says resolving arena situation a big priority before leaving office
AG Bob Ferguson invites Trump to Washington state for a look-see, threatens to sue him again
Jan Yoshiwara chosen to head Washington state community colleges board
Initiative proposed to ban heroin safe-injection sites in King County
Opinion: The easy tells of Comey’s canning
Editorial: Congress must appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate Trump
Seattle Weekly
Tacoma Takes a Harder Line Against Immigrant Detention. Too Little, Too Late, Say Activists
‘Today is a Milestone Day’: Groups Deliver One Million Petitions Against Coal and Oil Terminals to Gov. Inslee
City Light’s Smart Meters Are Hitting the Grid This Summer. Is There Anything to Fear?
Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan to Jump Into Mayor’s Race
Spokesman Review
Inslee signs bridge bill (Cleveland, Stonier, Wylie)
Washington to fight homelessness by reducing wildfire risks
Women play leading role in emerging marijuana businesses in Washington state
New branding effort seeks to define Spokane as creative, natural and enterprising
Inpatient Rehab Hospital improves recovery outlook for stroke patients
Brother of patient who died in Eastern State Hospital suing for wrongful death
Spokane family donates 1926 Star sedan to Spokane Community College automotive program
Keith Moo-Young leaving WSU Tri-Cities’ top job
Spokane schools may change attendance boundaries in response to new housing developments near Spokane Falls Community College
Editorial: Hanford continues to have truckload of woes
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Firing of FBI director creates poor perception
Washington Post
In apparent warning to Comey, Trump suggests possible ‘tapes’ of their private conversations
Trump’s lawyers outline president’s Russian income but provide no documents
Trump threatens to cancel White House press briefings because it is not possible to have ‘perfect accuracy’
Sessions directs prosecutors to seek toughest drug charges
Yakima Herald Republic
Low immunization rates put all Yakima Valley children at risk
Editorial: How can community help fight crime spike?
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Sound Transit tried using outdated method to calculate car-tab fees, senators allege
Ferry system boasts of taxpayer savings that don’t add up
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
New Washington law gives police more authority to kick out squatters
Local lawmakers call for investigation of Sound Transit
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
New state law helps landlords to remove squatters
KNKX FM
Washington State Presses Feds For Cleanup Of Tunnels, Failing Infrastructure At Hanford
From Drugs To Prison To Law School, Woman Faces One Extra Hurdle To Become A Lawyer
Heroin Epidemic Is Driving A Spike In Hepatitis C Cases, CDC Says
KUOW FM
U.S. Has The Worst Rate Of Maternal Deaths In The Developed World
Jobs aren’t enough. Workers in Kent want places to hang
Washington AG Pledges To Defend National Monuments
Washington Businesses Hope To Kill Inslee’s Carbon Cap
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
Senators call for investigation into Sound Transit
Olympia could nix Seattle income tax before it gets started
NW Public Radio
From Drugs To Prison To Law School, Woman Faces One Extra Hurdle To Become A Lawyer
Washington AG Pledges To Defend National Monuments
Washington State Presses Feds For Cleanup Of Tunnels, Failing Infrastructure At Hanford
Web
Crosscut
State Rep. Farrell, a transportation leader, joins mayor’s race (Farrell, Hasegawa)
Now it’s a race: King County Sheriff gets a challenger
Dave Reichert would consider FBI job
Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan is running for mayor (Hasegawa)
Easterner
Jay Inslee Signs Bill That Allows Students to Receive Notifications on Their Loans (Orwall)
Publicola
Week in Review: Mayoral Candidates, GOP Health Care, and James Comey
Council Member Lorena Gonzalez Is “Considering” Running for Mayor
Former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan Will Run for Mayor
Slog
The resignation of the US Census Bureau Director is a much bigger story than the firing of Comey
Thursday, May 11
Associated Press
Amazon to create homeless shelter at Seattle headquarters
Energy chief says hole has been filled at nuclear waste site
Deaths from fentanyl and related drugs on rise in Washington
Comey turned up Trump-Russia probe days before firing
Inslee signs gun background-check notification bill (Hansen)
Aberdeen Daily World
Governor Inslee signs Tharinger bill to help rural hospitals
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
These posters by politicians show why they haven’t fixed school funding yet (Nelson)
State demands answers about Hanford radioactive tunnel breach
Biggest earthquake yet in Kitsap Peninsula swarm
Tacoma might sue opioid makers as part of battle against homelessness
Leonard Pitts Jr.: If you’re not appalled by Comey’s firing, you’re not paying attention
Columbian
Inslee signs bridge bill (Cleveland, Stonier, Wylie)
The Daily News
Fund mental health care
Grain terminal, ILWU have smooth labor talks
Health care talk dominates Herrera Beutler town hall
Houston firm proposes $500 million biofuel refinery in Longview
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Inslee signs bill to ease I-5 congestion over Columbia River
Everett was the 9th fastest-growing city in the state last year
Largely retroactive contract agreement boosts jail workers’ pay
Adults in county living longer, but life expectancy gap grows
Don’t forget what lawmakers accomplished during regular session
Editorial: Editorial: Speak up for Hanford Reach, other monuments
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way, cities reorganize task force to address rising South King County gang violence
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Comprehensive plan confronts climate change
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Thousands of pounds of pills burned in take-back
Inslee signs bill to combat vulnerable adult abuse
Inslee signs gun background check notification bill (Hansen)
Amazon to create homeless shelter at Seattle headquarters
Tunnel collapse renews safety concerns about nuclear site
Op-Ed: Politics needs new blood – and youth is no barrier
News Tribune (subscription required)
Capitol Happy Hour 3: Paid family leave – plus the state Senate’s weird traditions
Private jails no longer banned in Tacoma
Pierce County money for behavioral health services keeps shrinking
Tacoma might sue opioid makers as part of battle against homelessness
Editorial: Election fund leftovers are ripe for abuse
Olympian (subscription required)
Lawmakers need to fix schools. So why aren’t they at the Capitol? (Sullivan)
Editorial: Bank should help clean up Tumwater parcel
Puget Sound Business Journal
Politics: Senators press for special prosecutor
GOP reps face crowds angry over health care
Seattle Times (subscription required)
World’s first light rail on a floating bridge: For I-90, Sound Transit had to invent ‘a brilliant solution’
Hotline set up to share rumors and reports of immigration raids
Coast Guard says Washington State Ferries must add more life rafts
Did you feel that? Swarm of small quakes near Bremerton felt in Seattle, Bellevue
From the archives: A look back at the I-90 floating bridges before light-rail work begins
Time for lunch? Bellevue parents fight for longer mealtime at school
KeyArena proposals going ‘full steam ahead’ despite Mayor Ed Murray’s exit, Seattle official says
Seattle Weekly
Murray Will Leave Office With a Stack of Accomplishments, and More Than a Few Enemies
Cop Pepper-Spraying Homeless Water Bottles ‘Probably Rose to a Criminal Level,’ Says Police Oversight Head
What Lawmakers Have Been Working On While Not Solving McCleary
Sorry Seattle, But Twin Peaks Is Located In Eastern Washington
Seattle Seems to Be Dodging the Fentanyl Epidemic, But Researchers Are Still Worried
Spokesman Review
People who fail background checks for guns to be reported to police
Washington joins another suit against Trump administration, challenges coal leasing order
Anonymous mailer in Grant County race could cost two men $450,000
Washington looking for ways to control wolves without killing them, keep information private
Tri-City Herald
State demands answers about Hanford radioactive tunnel breach
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Small fee for electronic public documents is worth trying
Editorial: Bringing fairness to online sales tax worth considering
Editorial: Emergency alert at Hanford a call for cleanup
Washington Post
Acting FBI director: No White House effort ‘to impede’ Russia probe
McCabe vows to tell Congress if there is interference
Inside Trump’s anger — and his sudden decision to fire Comey
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
‘Kill pill’ intensifying opioid epidemic
Hepatitis C infections spiking from opioid epidemic
Contest spotlights local, women-owned businesses (Kuderer)
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Oregon could be first state to add ‘non-binary’ gender option to driver’s licenses
KNKX FM
New Hampshire State Lawmaker Accused Of Online Misogyny Faces Expulsion
School Bullying Is Down. Why Don’t Students Believe It?
‘Lie And Try’ To Buy A Gun, Police And Victims Will Now Get Notification (Hansen)
Transgender Identify Document Bill On Way To Oregon Governor’s Desk
What Is Actually In That Caved-In Tunnel At Hanford?
West Virginia Reporter Arrested For Yelling Question At HHS Secretary
KUOW FM
How Kent became a hub for immigrants and refugees
Seattle’s new Upstream festival modeled after SXSW
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
Olympia could nix Seattle income tax before it get started
Alaska Airlines faces impending shortage of pilots
Fentanyl deaths on the rise throughout Washington
NW Public Radio
Investigation Into Washington Birth Defects Finds No Causes
‘Lie And Try’ To Buy A Gun, Police And Victims Will Now Get Notification
Still No Budget Deal Halfway Through Washington’s Special Session
What Is Actually In That Caved-In Tunnel At Hanford?
Q13 TV (FOX)
Gun violence on rise in Snohomish County: ‘We’re really concerned more people are going to get hurt’
State takes legal action against U.S. government after Hanford nuclear site tunnel collapses
Under new state law, domestic violence victims to be notified if abusers try to buy a gun
Web
Publicola
Why Doesn’t the City Already Have a Public Bank?
Operation Nightwatch Moves Into Temporary Location in University District
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Rep. Heck says FBI won’t let Trump pull plug on Russia probe