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Friday, March 4
Associated Press
Workers begin removing nuclear waste from Hanford tank
State TV: Iran invites Boeing to Tehran for aircraft buy
Grant programs for homeless students approved by Senate
Inquest into orchard worker death in Pasco back on
Chamber sues over Seattle law letting Uber drivers unionize
House OKs bill to create state hospital oversight task force
Psychiatric hospital overpays doctor almost $72,000
State Supreme Court to hear Arlene’s Flowers case
Effort to recall auditor Troy Kelley tossed by state Supreme Court
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Op-ed: Whatcom View: Homelessness is worsening, but we can reverse it (Ranker)
Bothell Reporter
Sen. McAuliffe calls for I-405 express toll lane study (McAuliffe)
Central Kitsap Reporter
Governor signs basic education funding plan, study to meet 2017 Supreme Court mandate (Rolfes)
Columbian
In Our View: Enforce Law and Order
The Daily News
Low returns of coho may hamper salmon fisheries
Randle man who donated heart honored by Gov. Inslee at ceremony in Olympia
Everett Herald (subscription required)
The Pilchuck River is steadily eating away at properties in Lake Stevens
Editorial: Study effects of laws boosting minimum wage (Hobbs)
Journal of the San Juans
Opinion: Budget fails across the state (Ranker)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Audit finds Western State Hospital overpaid employee $71,753
Pierce County students smoke out what’s behind indoor air pollution
No recall for Auditor Troy Kelley
Op-Ed: State law should accommodate breastfeeding moms
Editorial: Research needed into drugs’ effects on fish
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Sea level rise is long-term challenge for downtown
Puget Sound Business Journal
U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Seattle to block ordinance that paves way for Uber drivers to unionize
Boeing invited for talks on upgrading Iran’s aging commercial planes
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle’s plan to annex White Center gets boost
Whoops! Seattle council panel actually voted to rescue Pronto, after all
Chamber of Commerce sues Seattle over allowing Uber- driver unionizing
Workers begin removing nuclear waste from leaking Hanford tank
State parole plan would allow three-strikes prisoners to apply for early release (Goodman)
Routine inspection to close Alaskan Way Viaduct much of weekend
Editorial: UW regents need to obey open-meetings law
Opinion: DOC’s error hurt inmates trying to rebuild their lives
Seattle Weekly
How to Talk Friends and Family Down From Supporting the Anti-Trans Ballot Measure
Spokesman Review
Spokane’s Sikh Temple vandalized, holy book desecrated
WaLeg Day 53: One week left
Editorial: State’s prison scandal hits home
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Inmate higher education can reduce crime
Yakima Herald Republic
Legislature kills effort to pay for impact of public land
State Supreme Court rules in favor of orchard workers
Broadcast
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Grandparents push for change in law (Gregerson)
KPLU FM
Washington Supreme Court Puts Nail In Coffin Of State Auditor Recall Effort
KUOW FM
Washington Universities Feed People, Not Trash Cans
The SNAP Gap: Benefits Aren’t Enough To Keep Many Recipients Fed
NW Public Radio
Adjourn Without A Budget? Overtime Session? Both On Table In Olympia (Dunshee)
Washington Supreme Court Puts Nail In Coffin Of State Auditor Recall Effort
Web
Capital Record
Legislature criminalizes the sale of counterfeit air bags (Goodman
Washington State Patrol salaries would be competitive under bill passed out of House (Fey)
Crosscut
White Seattle gets a lesson in racism
Using tech to fight opioid addiction (Peterson)
Does better school funding require a new deadline? (Nelson, Liias)
Clean water proves an elusive goal around Puget Sound
Publicola
More Unfinished Business in Olympia as Lawmakers Ignore Carbon Initiative (Walkinshaw, Jayapal, Fitzgibbon)
Seattle Medium
Schools to add sexual abuse in plans to keep children safe (Orwall
Slog
To Have Fair Elections, the State Senate Needs to Finally Pass the Washington Voting Rights Act (Moscoso)
What Will It Take for Washington State to Put a Price on Carbon?
Washington State Wire
Is Marijuana Necessary to Implement the Budget? (Hurst)
Thursday, March 3
Associated Press
Legislature passes increase of drunk driving penalties
Jury sides with worker in hospital retaliation case
Groups sue EPA for not finalizing ‘fish consumption’ rule
Yakima scraps plan for community courts due to budget issues
Transgender candidate in Seattle could make state history
Legislature OKs testimonial privilege for sponsors
Nation’s first carbon emissions tax goes before state Legislature (Fitzgibbon)
Bainbridge Island Review
Bill targeting public records access is dead
Cautious optimism remains for Washington’s Voting Rights Act
Bothell Reporter
Governor signs basic education funding plan; study to meet 2017 Supreme Court mandate
Central Kitsap Reporter
Governor signs basic education funding plan; study to meet 2017 Supreme Court mandate
Editorial: Support open records
Opinion: Removing barriers to employment for our veterans
Columbian
Washington legislative session so far: Some bills cling to life, others die (Cleveland)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
It’s a popular job: 8 aspire to be lieutenant governor (Owen, Habib, Fraser, Moeller, Hobbs)
Search continues for answers to growing heroin epidemic
Editorial: Voting Rights Act encourages voices of all (Moscoso, Jayapal)
Islands’ Sounder
Ranker on 2016 Senate budget (Ranker)
News Tribune (subscription required)
State projects on tap for Pierce County
Op-Ed: Court ruling undermines citizens’ ballot access
Editorial: Oregon’s minimum-wage weirdness offers cautionary tale (Hobbs)
Editorial: Teachers in limbo
Olympian (subscription required)
Contract approved for North Thurston teachers
Seattle Times (subscription required)
What might it cost to keep expelled students out of prison pipeline? $1.8 million a year.
Uber calling its drivers to say unionizing does ‘not fit’ for ride-sharing workers
Kaiser submits formal bid to acquire Group Health
No change to school start times in Issaquah
WSU down to 8 finalists for new president
Farrell: Pregnant workers’ fairness: Help pregnant women stay in the workforce
Seattle Weekly
As Navy Expands Training in Washington, Some Residents Feel Left in the Wake
Carlyle Explains Why He Backtracked On Securing the Jungle With Razor Wire (Carlyle)
Spokesman Review
Addition to U.S. House bill could protect Monsanto from PCB lawsuits
Senate doubles penalties for felony DUI
Tri-City Herald
House unanimously approves vehicular homicide bill
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Study finds warmer water plays role in sea star disease
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Agreeing to plan to fund basic education isn’t a solution
Yakima Herald Republic
School psychologists in short supply in Valley
Delayed inquest into deadly police shooting of rock-throwing man expected this spring
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Bill passes to mandate coroner’s inquests take place
KPLU FM
Groups Sue EPA Over Water Quality And Fish Consumption Rate
KUOW FM
‘No Wrong Door’: New Seattle Clinic Responds To Lack Of Mental Health Care
Oregon Lawmakers Vote To Eliminate Statute Of Limitations For Rape
Q13 TV (FOX)
Governor, state lawmakers celebrate passage of ‘Connecting Washington’ transportation package (VIDEO)
Web
Capital Record
Washington State Patrol salaries would be competitive under bill passed out of House (Fey)
Retired police officers, firefighters respond to Senate’s pension merger proposal
Crosscut
New showdown between density and preservation advocates
Op-Ed by Rep. Derek Stanford: A janitor can be fired in Washington, sued for taking another job
Wednesday, March 2
Associated Press
State employee accused of stealing from celebration fund
Senate passes bill to study use of deadly force by police
Legislature OKs authorization for growing industrial hemp
Lawmaker in Washington diagnosed with whooping cough
Environmental groups want more water in Spokane River
Washington jail’s construction prevents radio connectivity
Washington base soon to require additional ID for access
Sheriff: Washington shooter was supposed to surrender guns
Regulators withdraw proposed carbon-cap rule, plan changes (Ranker, Morris)
Washington’s new apple joining a changing industry
Safety notice issued at state’s largest psychiatric hospital
Aberdeen Daily World
County settles suit over timber companies charging fees to access land
Kelsy Bryson serves as legislative aide (Van De Wege)
Bothell Reporter
Governor signs basic education funding plan; study to meet 2017 Supreme Court mandate
Columbian
In Our View: Examine Carbon Tax (Fitzgibbon)
The Daily News
Cowlitz PUD commission votes to oppose carbon initiative
Everett Herald (subscription required)
State Rep. Elizabeth Scott of Monroe has whooping cough
Muhlstein: Opportunity Scholarship keeps her dream alive
Editorial: Charter school fix temporary at best
Kent Reporter
Schools to add sexual abuse in plans to keep children safe (Orwall)
Attorney General secures $2.7 million Medicaid fraud judgment against Wheelchairs Plus president
News Tribune (subscription required)
State senators pursue pension merger (Conway)
Editorial: Cyberattack an energy threat waiting to happen
Olympian (subscription required)
Protesters heat up Olympia City Council meeting over transit center death
Editorial: Washington’s carbon-pricing fight hits snags
Peninsula Daily News
Cautious optimism remains for state’s Voting Rights Act (Moscoso, McCoy)
Puget Sound Business Journal
PSBJ announces first-ever LGBTQ-owned businesses list
Tech workers are 8.2% of Washington’s workforce. Here’s how much they make
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Local Republicans worry Donald Trump’s rise means down-ballot disaster
New task force to tackle heroin epidemic in Seattle, King County
Seattle’s Holocaust Center hosts Anne Frank exhibit
Westneat: Squatter activists call for occupying vacant buildings in Seattle
City Council can’t make up its mind over saving bike-share program
Mason County shooter was ordered to surrender guns
Editorial: Closing The Jungle homeless camp begins with fencing it (Carlyle)
Redmond Reporter
Governor signs basic education funding plan; study to meet 2017 Supreme Court mandate
Seattle Weekly
Who’s Winning the Great City Hall-Seattle Times KeyArena Pissing Match?
Salish Tribes vs. Cherry Point Coal Terminal
A UW Professor’s Mission to Build Affordable Bulletproof Gear for Trans Folk
Spokesman Review
Groups petition for higher summer flows in Spokane River
Legislation would bar county auditors’ names from ballot return envelopes
Tax in Spokane on movies, events could soon pay for art
Endangered Selkirk Mountains caribou still hanging on
Editorial: Washington House bill undermines purpose of public records law
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Skyrocketing price of medicine has got to end
Yakima Herald Republic
CWU sees record growth for winter quarter
Editorial: Corrections Department itself in need of correction
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Coho return forecasts ‘critical’ in most areas
Seattle college first to receive 777 engine for instruction
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
King County to open heroin treatment center, convene task force
Western State security staffer heads to court for assault charge
KPLU FM
Oregon Lawmakers Advance Measure To Phase Out Coal From Power Supply
In A State Without Parole, A Push For A Second Look And A Second Chance
South Dakota Governor Vetoes Bill Stipulating Transgender Students’ Bathroom Use
KUOW FM
Why Are Some Kids Tried As Adults? It’s This Man’s Job To Wrestle With That Question
Military Student Loan Charges Draw Increased Scrutiny
Kalama Welcomes Methanol Project After Tacomans Say ‘No Thanks’
NPR
South Dakota Governor Vetoes Bill Stipulating Transgender Students’ Bathroom Use
NW Public Radio
In A State Without Parole, A Push For A Second Look And A Second Chance
Expanded Investigation Into Safety Culture Likely At Columbia Generating Station
Q13 TV (FOX)
Washington State Opportunity Scholarship program helping thousands of college students
State’s acting transportation secretary talks about WSDOT’s challenges
Web
Capital Record
Voting Rights Act may be poised to pass out of Legislature for first time in years (Jayapal, Moscoso)
Crosscut
Op-Ed: State must take the lead in protecting voting rights
Op-Ed: To ensure fair pay for women, get wages out in the open (Senn)
Publicola
House Speaker Frank Chopp Made Me Do It (Chopp, Jayapal, Hasegawa, Reykdal, Frame, Frockt, Walkinshaw)
Schmudget
Final Budget Must Offer Solutions, Not Gimmicks, to Strengthen Economy
Seattle P.I.
King County’s top Liquor and Cannabis Board violators
Slog
After Criticism, State Senator Reuven Carlyle Says There’s a “Compassionate” Way to Clear and Fence Off the Jungle (Carlyle)
Tuesday, March 1
Associated Press
College behind bars: An old idea with some new energy
Seattle officials consider abandoning bike-share program
Washington AG seeks ruling in GMO food labeling case
Pierce County to vote on gun use in Graham-Kapowsin area
Senate panel eyes former DOC head in early release probe
Gov. Inslee signs K-12 finance bill to answer Supreme Court
Dunshee appointed to Snohomish County Council (Dunshee)
Study: West Coast slowdown cost businesses $770 million
Officials link fatal measles case to tribal health clinic
Aberdeen Daily World
Hoquiam homeless camp to stay beyond 90 days
County to pass $70K bill to the Port
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
LTE: Women’s health bill
Columbian
State correcting fish-passage barriers
In Our View: Restoring Credibility
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Early-release probe turns to former Corrections leader
Snohomish County Council picks Dunshee to replace Somers (Dunshee)
Editorial: Stop diverting hazardous waste cleanup funds
Kirkland Reporter
Cautious optimism remains for Rep. Moscoso’s Voting Rights Act Bill (Moscoso, McCoy)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Gun restrictions in Graham-Kapowsin area get another look from county
Editorial: UPS makes historic choice for president
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Time for legislative compromises is here again
Op-Ed: Limits on e-cigarettes can head off future addictions (Pollet)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Former DOC official regrets not manually calculating when prisoners should be released
Knowledge about the natural world in kindergarten predicts later success on science tests
Racketeering suit claims Mark Driscoll misused Mars Hill donor dollars
Proposed higher-voltage power poles spark debate over safety and need on Eastside
Body-camera bill: Lawmakers weigh officer accountability vs. citizen privacy (Hansen
Buffett: ‘Not true’ that mobile-home firm charges minorities more
Woman in Spokane infected with Zika during pregnancy, but delivered healthy baby
Council members criticize fencing off The Jungle (Carlyle)
Fatal measles case linked to exposure at tribal clinic, records show
Editorial: Legislature should bolster positive trends of targeting sex buyers
Opinion: What the largest container ship to visit Seattle means to the region
Seattle Weekly
Why Is This Newspaper Box Filled With Blankets?
Spokesman Review
Homicide investigation closes I-90 near Ritzville
Woman diagnosed with Zika virus in Spokane gave birth to healthy baby
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Aviation funding legislation should not be linked to trucking rules
Yakima Herald Republic
As Yakima city leaders consider allowing recreational pot sales, health experts share concerns
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Private Seattle police reform meetings start Tuesday
Seattle City Council balks at state money for ‘The Jungle’
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Former corrections executive testifies in early release scandal (Frockt)
KPLU FM
Republicans Target Former Secretary Of Corrections In Early Release Probe
Washington Lawmakers Propose Travel Ban To Pressure Victoria On Sewage Treatment (Morris)
KUOW FM
Washington Lawmakers Propose Travel Ban To Pressure Victoria On Sewage Treatment
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Expanded Investigation Into Safety Culture Likely At Columbia Generating Station
Washington Lawmakers Propose Travel Ban To Pressure Victoria On Sewage Treatment
Republicans Target Former Secretary Of Corrections In Early Release Probe
Opinion: Dori: Carbon tax proposal just more ‘feel-good’ environmentalism
Web
Capital Record
Gov. Inslee signs basic education funding plan bill
Senate investigation focuses on former DOC Secretary Bernie Warner’s management style
Crosscut
State representative comes down with whooping cough
The $1 million fence: Senators confident about plans to shut down ‘Jungle’ (Nelson, Carlyle)
Protip for Sagebrush rebels: This land was never yours
Cities across U.S. considering Seattle’s approach to drug users
Bitcoin miners have discovered Washington
Publicola
Republicans Versus Republicans, Democrats Versus Democrats, and Herbold Versus Bike Share? (Farrell, Frame, Chopp)
Slog
Kshama Sawant on Reuven Carlyle’s Plan to Clear and Build a Fence Around the Jungle: “a Complete Waste of $1 Million” (Carlyle)
Monday, February 29
Associated Press
Washington officials prepare for massive earthquake drill
Senate Oks budget that funds mental health, charter schools (Liias)
Plans for Capitol Lake to open up for public comment
State considers nation’s first carbon emissions tax (Fitzgibbon)
Bill would prevent sponsor testimony in civil cases for addicts
Regulators withdraw proposed carbon-cap rule, plan changes (Ranker, Morris)
Aberdeen Daily World
Emergency temporary erosion fix approved for Westport by the Sea
Quinault Nation gets $22 million settlement from federal government
Flood Authority approves funding for new North Shore Levee project
The Daily News
Ecology to revise proposed carbon cap rule
Voter initiative seeks to puts price on carbon
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Briefs: Poll shows small business owners more as optimistic as before recession
Lawmakers opt to pursue study of public records requests (McBride, Liias)
Guest commentary: New child welfare agency is needed, but don’t stop there
Guest commentary: More women needed in office
Guest commentary: Students in 21st century need portfolio more than diploma
Guest commentary: Along with funding education, state has to be accountable for it
Editorial: Make rare disease rare
Editorial: Accountability and remedy (Prisoner early release report)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Busy Tenino mom is Ms. Veteran America, representing generations of women soldiers
Difficulty siting schools sets off debate on state’s Growth Management Act (Appleton, Conway)
No, men can’t enter women’s locker rooms, state agency behind transgender rule says
Show and Tell: Schools and youths in the news (Sullivan, Kirby, Jinkins)
Op-Ed: We must protect rights of society’s marginalized
Editorial: Impeach Auditor Troy Kelley, don’t punish his staff
Olympian (subscription required)
Bill to study deadly force statute clears key Senate committee (Ryu)
Editorial: Charter schools fix deserves action; Pollution affecting more Puget Sound fish; Tobacco sales to minors needs curbing (Springer)
Editorial: Corrections has far to go in fixing its problems
Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: State Legislature to start supplemental budget negotiations this week (Hargrove, Van De Wege, Tharinger
Puget Sound Business Journal
Who’s Hiring: STEM workers in high demand as cloud companies, hospitals hire
Boeing plans cuts of airplane engineers: Report
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Emails suggest UW regents decided on new president days before public vote
Half of Seattle’s female homicide victims last year were homeless
Bill would allow permanent protection orders for sexual assault victims
Nearly 6,000 emergency, military personnel to conduct PNW megaquake exercise
Would out-of-state money help or hurt Washington pot industry?
West Coast sardine populations, long sinking, look even worse in forecast
Editorial: Don’t act yet on Public records Act
Editorial: Lessons learned from state’s deadly jails scandal
Editorial: A simple solution to prevent birth defects and save lives
Editorial: Time for drama to end: House should vote on charter schools
Op-Ed: The strong arm of constitutional law should prevail in Supreme Court nomination
Op-Ed: Property taxes — is there no limit?
Spokesman Review
Mother of slain Spokane teenager files $5 million claim against state
Senate passes budget update
Spin Control: Budget debates bring out more than dollars and cents
Tri-City Herald
How Mid-Columbia lawmakers voted this week
Our Voice: Washington’s lack of tourism funding is embarrassing
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Distracted drivers need wake-up call from local police
Effort to curb gerrymandering worth support
Yakima Herald Republic
Thousands of emergency and military personnel to conduct megaquake exercise
Voting rights bill gains support in state Senate (Moscoso)
Editorial: Charter school fix must keep current ones and allow more
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Highway 167: How to fix one the biggest choke points
Viaduct to close for two weeks during Bertha dig
New 520 floating bridge, longest in the world, near completion
KPLU FM
Investigation Studies Performance Of Northwest’s Only Commercial Nuclear Reactor
Prescription Drug Sticker Shock Has Washington State Looking For Relief (Ranker)
KUOW FM
Washington Puts Gov. Inslee’s Carbon Rules On Hold
NW Public Radio
Prescription Drug Sticker Shock Has Washington State Looking For Relief
Investigation Studies Performance Of Northwest’s Only Commercial Nuclear Reactor
Q13 TV (FOX)
Sawant, Jayapal call for $10M in emergency funds to address Seattle’s homelessness emergency
Web
Capital Record
Negotiations set to begin as House, Senate pass supplemental budget proposals (Sullivan, McAuliffe)
Crosscut
Tax break for gun stores left out of suicide prevention bill (Reykdal, Orwall, Lytton)
Surprise amendment stirs up body-camera debate (Hansen, Jayapal)
We must civilize the tech bros, for the good of humanity
Trish Dziko is fighting inequality in tech, one student at a time
Slog
State Senators Want to Spend $1 Million to “Clean Up” and Build a Fence Around the Jungle (Carlyle)
Human Rights Commission: Guy Entering Women’s Bathroom in Seattle Was “Absolutely Not Protected Under the Law”
The Stand
Study: Prevailing wages don’t increase costs
Washington State Wire
The Green Sheet– February 29, 2016 (Santos, Ranker)