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Friday, June 3
Associated Press
Hospital signs agreement with federal agency to fix problems
Needle stealing highlights issue tracking health workers
‘Ocean robot’ to help identify toxic algae off Washington coast
US stocks, dollar slide after weak jobs report
‘Deaths of despair’ drag life expectancy lower for whites
Aberdeen Daily World
Rail cars derail in Central Park
Everett Herald (subscription required)
One I-5 project ending, but another will replace it
Sound Transit dialing in light-rail expansion plan ahead of final approval
Employers add 38,000 jobs — fewest in almost six years
Editorial: Tougher rules needed on payday loans
News Tribune (subscription required)
Hospital signs agreement with federal agency to fix problems
Olympian (subscription required)
Judge orders Washington Medicaid to provide lifesaving hepatitis C drugs for all
Olympia’s Community Court aims to combat ‘revolving door’ of criminal justice system
Editorial: Clean air rule timely but needs vetting
Puget Sound Business Journal
Op-ed: Observations: Wishful thinking won’t solve region’s transportation crisis
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle mayor pushes for gunshot-detection system
Can Western State’s new CEO turn things around for the troubled psychiatric hospital?
Fire, police to test readiness in case of threat at Capitol campus
New data from state superintendent’s office on college enrollment and remediation
Editorial: Ensuring rigorous review and broad reform of federal coal policy
Seattle Weekly
Ecology Releases Second Draft of Proposed Carbon Rule — and the Kids Aren’t Pleased
How Our Child-Welfare System Is Fostering the Homelessness Crisis – Seattle Weekly
Light Rail Is Coming to North Seattle
Tri-City Herald
Coal train plan pits jobs against climate
Community Commentary: Benton too quick to support terminal
Yakima Herald Republic
Class size, special education on school board agenda
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Mayor’s gunshot detection program draws community support
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Seattle proposes gunshot detection pilot program
KPLU FM
Politics In Real Life: The Struggle To Pay For College
KUOW FM
Feds Announce More Funding For Homeless Vets In Oregon, Washington
NW Public Radio
Washington State Considers New Oil Train Rules In Vancouver
Final Coal Hearing Draws Supporters, Opponents To Comment
Q13 TV (FOX)
Fear and uncertainty inside ‘The Jungle’
Washington cop pleads not guilty to using excessive force
Web
Crosscut
Who really ‘speaks’ for neighborhoods?
Seattle looks to tech to track shootings
Slog
On National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Where Do We Stand With Stopping It?
Sound Transit Board Approves Changes to ST3 to Speed Up Light Rail Projec
Youths Who Sued the State Over Climate Change (and Won) Are Going Back to Court “as Soon as Possible”
Thursday, June 2
Associated Press
Washington limits carbon pollution from largest sources
How candy-makers shape nutrition science
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Washington Capitol to hold two-day active threat drill
The Daily News
Ecology releases updated carbon cap, four Cowlitz County sites affected
Editorial via The Olympian: Second probe confirms bungling at Corrections
The Everett Herald
Tim Eyman targets tolls and light rail with new initiative
Boeing takes an unusual geopolitcal stand over air service
Coastal one of two community banks in state honored for SBA lending
Strawberry crop abundant, but people to help with harvest aren’t
Bloomberg: Pipeline safety agency is not doing its job
Editorial: Protect access to public records
Kirkland Reporter
Hundreds gather at Kirkland Performance Center to talk about heroin, opiate addiction
News Tribune (subscription required)
Lead testing rates of Tacoma-area children rose after water scare
For Clinton, history suggests foreign-policy credentials no help
Why Bernie Sanders supporters are skeptical of Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump warns Barack Obama he’ll ‘hit him’ like Bill Clinton
Editorial: Trump University had lookalike in Tacoma area
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: It is time for Troy Kelley saga to end
Op-ed: All of us can learn from OPD shooting
Puget Sound Business Journal
Lawsuit aims to block DOL’s fiduciary rule; smalll business retirement plans at risk?
Renton Reporter
Independent expert review panel to meet June 2 to review ST3 plan
Task force meets in Renton to talk opioid addiction and treatment
County launches enhanced emergency alert system
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle University’s dean placed on administrative leave amid student protests
Washington to force state’s biggest carbon polluters to cut emissions
Editorial: A feeding cup designed by a Seattle team is a lifesaver
Seattle Weekly
In National Politics, Native Americans Deserve a Seat, Not a Slur
On Delaying Jungle Clearance, Bagshaw Maneuvers Consensus
With His Big KEXP Donation, Paul Allen Completes the Station’s Transformation
The Duwamish River Reclaims Its Spot as a Summer Destination
Could Seattle’s Novel Elections Law Work Statewide?
Tri-City Herald
Seattle City Council passes resolution opposing nuclear power
ACLU, lawyers settle ‘debtors’ prison’ lawsuit against Benton County
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Ferry ticketing changes as riders express opinions, complaints
Yakima Herald Republic
Federal regulators propose restrictions on payday lenders
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
New timeline speeds up light rail project
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Families of men killed by Seattle police say it should be easier to prosecute officers
Des Moines teen tests positive for Zika after her first blood sample tossed
Tacoma jazz club tops list of state businesses linked to DUI arrests
KPLU FM
High School Suspensions Cost the Country $35 Billion Annually, Report Estimates
Wash. State Says Updated Rule To Cap Carbon Pollution Will Be More Effective
Nonprofit Hospital Forgives Debts And Stops Suing So Many Poor Patients
New Rules To Ban Payday Lending ‘Debt Traps’
KUOW FM
Mount Rainier National Park enters online contest for historic preservation
Details On Death Certificates Offer Layers Of Clues To Opioid Epidemic
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Over-taxed ferry terminal has advantages, major challenges
NW Public Radio
State Says Updated Rule To Cap Carbon Pollution Will Be More Effective
Q13 TV (FOX)
Family calls for federal probe into Che Taylor’s fatal shooting by Seattle police
Fewer U.S. teens are giving birth, CDC finds
Seattle mayor, City Council agree on homeless encampment sweeps
Web
Crosscut
Following spike in shootings, questions about city strategy
Airbnb squeezing renters? We’ve seen this before
Publicola
Staff Shake Up in Mayor’s Office, Murray’s Chief Lobbyist Out
Wednesday, June 1
Associated Press
ACLU, Washington county settle lawsuit over court fines
2 Washingtonians sickened in E. coli outbreak
Washington auditor Troy Kelley to face another fraud trial
Energy Department’s inspector general to review Hanford vapors
Inslee asked to increase water for Spokane River
Aberdeen Daily World
Cascadia Rising earthquake exercise is just a week away
Central Kitsap Reporter
Goal is to make homelessness a ‘rare, brief and one-time’ event
Area students of color encouraged to persevere in education
Ferry riders fume about 30-minute rule
Columbian
In Our View: Raise Legal Smoking Age
The Daily News
Social stigma creates barriers for homeless
A more detailed look at Millennium’s job numbers
Editorial via the Columbian: Allow vote on two-thirds
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Snohomish Co. launches hotline number for non-emergencies
WSU students build their future by building the future
Burbank: Finland’s link between taxes and prosperity
Editorial: Linking light rail plan with public support
News Tribune (subscription required)
Young voters to DC: We don’t need you
5 revealing statements from Trump University documents
Bernie Sanders jabs back at Jerry Brown, ‘Democratic establishment’
Column: Trump lets us in on his generosity and his spite
Olympian (subscription required)
Sovereign Society fed clients to Panama Papers law firm
Puget Sound Business Journal
Gov. Jay Inslee: June 1 is Life Sciences Day in Washington
Washington to be first state with online retirement plan marketplace for individuals
As SBA loans boom, Congress wants better oversight of lenders (and other news from Washington today)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle may slap new rules on Airbnb to ease the rental crunch
State Auditor Troy Kelley faces retrial on theft, money-laundering charges
Tacoma protesters want cop fired over rough arrest of teen girl
Westneat: State GOP losing ground in some unlikely places
Editorial: Why Seattle must remain firm on shutting down The Jungle
Skagit Valley Herald
Washington auditor to face another fraud trial
Inslee asked to increase water for Spokane River
Spokesman Review
Lincoln County fire grows to 100 acres
Shawn Vestal: Spokane Valley City Council needs to skin their cats in public
Editorial: Death of I-1366 is a relief
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: New vaping laws could lead to new taxes
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Seattle recycle facility shuts down amid violations
Dead foliage raises wildfire concerns
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Man who spent 25 hours atop Downtown Seattle tree ordered to Western State
Dangerous metal objects found in local river: ‘It’s a threat to life and limb’
NW Public Radio
Feds Plan To Retry Troy Kelley On Deadlocked Counts
When Wildfire Rages Near Gorge Concerts, What’s The Plan?
Web
Crosscut
Inside Seattle’s underground lock-picking scene
The twisted logic of Ann Coulter and the Oregon ‘patriots’
Publicola
The Vote Breakdown, the Process Breakdown, and the Regulation Breakdown
Slog
Making It Easier to Prosecute Cops Who Kill
Better Light Rail, Faster
City Council to Vote on New Plan for Clearing the Jungle
Will Donald Trump Help or Hurt Washington State Republicans This Fall?
Tuesday, May 31
Associated Press
3 church arsons in a week reported in SW Washington
Regulators to weigh proposed Vancouver oil terminal in June
Judge orders Washington Medicaid to provide hepatitis C drug
Washington state parks have 2 free days in June
US consumer spending scores biggest jump in 6 years
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Op-ed: Transgender people likely victims in bathrooms, not perpetrators
The Daily News
Friday free form (Blake, Takko)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Oil train rules under review
Tell the state your thoughts on I-405 express toll lanes
Plan for State Route 167 span to be footbridge falls through
Revised plan brings light rail to Everett 5 years sooner
Bloomberg: TSA’s awful airport lines reveal deeper problem
Guest commentary: ‘Low-barrier’ housing plan is too costly and open to abuse
Guest commentary: Three changes to county’s charter would let sunshine in
Editorial: An honor guard’s final thanks
Editorial: Fairness on the playground
Editorial: Work Force Development Center is ‘a way into a career’
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Editorial: OUR VIEW | Speaking softly on Memorial Day
News Tribune (subscription required)
Matt Driscoll: Need more proof of Tacoma’s housing crunch? Look no further
Editorial: GOP probe of Washington prisons provides some value in the end
Olympian (subscription required)
Op-ed:Trump is a master of conspiracy theories
Op-ed: Use grant to fund greatest need, affordable housing
Op-ed: Transgender people likely victims in bathrooms, not perpetrators
Op-ed: Have U.S. wages stagnated? Report suggests not
Puget Sound Business Journal
Supreme Court rules property owners can sue government over wetlands’ decisions
Boeing to miss 2017 delivery deadline after repeated delays of Air Force tanker
Health care coverage rates spike for employer, individual plans
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Scientists launch ‘ocean robot’ to test Washington waters for shellfish toxins
Handful of races could flip political control of Legislature (Hurst, Goodman, Springer, Rossetti, Mullet)
Mayor Ed Murray signs trade agreements on China trip
Judge orders Washington Medicaid to provide lifesaving hepatitis C drugs for all
Environmental groups criticize revisions to toxics-control act
Editorial: More healthy adults kick butts — positive signs in smoking cessation
Editorial: A Memorial Day burnished by events that salute past service
Editorial: Paying to fight forest fires with forest-health funds is a disaster
Op-Ed: Enlist the insurance industry in the fight against climate change
Spokesman Review
Murray, Cantwell bill would block mining in Methow headwaters
Idaho icon Cecil Andrus reflects on career that helped shape the state
Sunday Spin 2: Is future bleak 2/3rds super majority?
Editorial: Coal trains draw climate debate
Tri-City Herald
Potential Richland bond likely to pay for 5 schools, but what else?
Opinion: Transgender people likely victims in bathrooms, not perpetrators
Guest Opinion: Ron Reimann: Two years and 2 million fish later, ‘Godly’ intervention needed
Our Voice: Avoid red herrings in coal train debate
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Court, yet again, correctly strikes down supermajority initiative
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Memorial Day holiday is much more than a kickoff to summer
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Protesters gather in Tacoma for Black Girls Matter rally
Anderson Island gets expanded ferry service
Skagit County bridge construction to open 17 miles of fish habitat
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
‘Our system is broken:’ More King County kids being arrested for violent crimes
Vandals leave Nazi graffiti at Kent elementary school
Letter: RV safe zone in Interbay set to close on Friday
KPLU FM
Utah Sheriffs Threaten To Arrest Rangers If They Try To Close Public Lands
Parents May Be Refused Details Of Adult Children’s Medical Care
Tacoma To Hold `Economic Showcase’ To Attract Developers And Tech Companies
Washington Insurance Commissioner Hosting Climate Risk Summit
Legal Aid, Other Help For Crime Victims In Washington Expands Dramatically
KUOW FM
Layers of paperwork for financial aid is even worse for homeless students
Tribal and state officials end stalemate over salmon fishing
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Rantz: ‘Fishy’ Sound Transit timeline reason to say no to ST3
Completed Seattle tunnel will be ‘one of the safer structures in town’
Q13 TV (FOX)
Protesters took to the streets of Tacoma for Black Girls Matter march
Kent school working to clean up graffiti before classes on Tuesday
Can a city switch entirely to driverless cars?
Web
Crosscut
Is legal pot really leading to more underage use?
Trump may be doing permanent damage to Washington GOP
Schmudget
Supreme Court Strikes Down Eyman’s Latest Attempt to Derail Social and Economic Progress
Slog
It Was a Very Bad Week for Tim Eyman
Proposal to Allow Bans on Pot Shops in Alcohol Impact Areas Is a Ridiculously Bad Idea
Friday, May 27
Associated Press
New plan speeds up light rail expansion project, raises cost
State, tribal officials agree on Puget Sound salmon plan
High court upholds lower court ruling voiding tax initiative (Frockt)
Obama honors ‘silent cry’ of Hiroshima bombing victims
Columbian
Editorial: Open the Doors
Everett Herald (subscription required)
State and tribes agree on fishing season; plan still awaits federal approval
Sheriff: Snohomish County tax hike would help improve public safety
Journal of the San Juans
Ferry riders fume about 30-minute rule
News Tribune (subscription required)
Price tag goes up for lead testing in Tacoma school drinking water
Editorial: Supreme tax logic
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Primary still best way to pick nominees
Puget Sound Business Journal
Sound Transit endorses plan to speed up opening light rail stations
LGBTQ-business owners make their mark on the Puget Sound region
Why Group Health sees a connection between health care, LGBTQ rights
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Light-rail stations could open years earlier under new Sound Transit plan
Anglers, get ready: State and tribal officials agree to salmon plan
New federal education law: ‘It’s important that people pay attention’
State Auditor Troy Kelley seeks acquittal on remaining charges
‘Post-antibiotic world’? U.S. patient’s infection resistant to all known drugs
Editorial: Celebrate competitive state Supreme Court races
Seattle Weekly
Jungle Sweep Stymied by Council, Advocates
Coal Terminal Hearing Pits Labor Against Environment — Again
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Linking Hanford funding to bathroom issues nonsensical
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Government power to search computers needs oversight
Ignoring violent nature of football won’t curb injuries
Allowing medical marijuana for VA patients make sense
Yakima Herald Republic
Gregoire advocates for education, leadership at Yakima luncheon
Editorial: Long haul ahead for passenger rail service
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Salmon deal finalized to open season
Confusion about privacy law complicates ID theft cases
Tribe drilling down on their dental rights
Sound Transit proposes big changes to ST3
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Seattle’s mayor partners with state to clean up ‘The Jungle’
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
New plan speeds up light rail project with $4 billion hike
Seattle ranks “Most Well-Read City” in United States
KPLU FM
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming Want To Be Heard On Longview Coal Terminal Permit
‘Save KPLU’ Campaign Hits $7 Million Fundraising Goal 1 Month Early
Report: U.S. Nuclear System Relies On Outdated Technology Such As Floppy Disks
Protests Escalate In France As Labor Groups Face Off With Government
In Historic Hiroshima Visit, Obama To Push For Nuclear-Free World
KUOW FM
Sound Transit shaves 2-5 years off decades-long wait for light rail
Pasco Police Shooting Inquest Off Again, On Again
Washington Supreme Court rejects anti-tax initiative that voters supported
Has Seattle declared a war on cars?
Obama’s Nuclear Paradox: Pushing For Cuts, Agreeing To Upgrades
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Bertha Is Now Tunneling Under Buildings in Downtown Seattle
Q13 TV (FOX)
Homeless in Seattle’s Interbay area have one week to leave RV ‘Safe Lot’
More than 38 million Memorial Day travelers expected nationwide; WSDOT warns of ‘ferry frenzy’
Renton city leaders, commuters want more out of Sound Transit expansion
Web
Crosscut
Waiting for the Jungle’s homeless cleansing
Meet the Northwest’s environmental justice champions
Schmudget
Supreme Court Strikes Down Eyman’s Latest Attempt to Derail Social and Economic Progress
Slog
You Need to Earn $23.56 an Hour to Afford a One-Bedroom Apartment in King County
Sound Transit 3 Changes: Light Rail Projects Could Open Faster