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Friday, March 25, 2016
AP
Justices uphold $502,000 public records fine against state
Lawyers: Children need lawyers in immigration court
Aberdeen Daily World
Letter: Wishkah road is a disaster waiting to happen
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
State auditor: Former Seattle Colleges director stole $50K
Justices uphold $502,000 public records fine against state
Lawyers: Children need lawyers in immigration court
Cantwell urges more federal resources for affordable housing
Columbian
Columbia River plane crash claims 2 Vancouver residents
McKibbin’s dedication, love of Clark County lauded
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Transit plan would extend rail to Everett — in 2041
Judge: Treat mentally ill murder suspect or set him free from jail
Everett mayor joins Cantwell in tour of housing solution
VA might add more ‘presumptive’ illnesses for Vietnam vets
McCusker: Our only thing to fear remains fear itself
Editorial: Where we’ll get our workers (Apprenticeships)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Tracyton woman, Rolfes help get HIV testing bill passed (Rolfes)
Mercer Island Reporter
Mercer Island police apprehend 5 juveniles with loaded guns in car
NW Asian Weekly
Lawmakers grapple with nutrition bills as WA gets unappetizing report card (Hudgins, Gregerson)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Obama’s cancer ‘moonshot’ could bring more funding for Seattle researchers
How’s tax season going? The view from the IRS
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Cantwell wants to expand tax credits to build affordable housing
Readers tell us what difference money makes in their schools
Improving teachers part of the Massachusetts success story, too
$503K in fines upheld against L&I for delaying release of lead-poisoning records to Times
Column: How to fight Asian stereotypes: Disaggregate data on Asians (Santos)
Editorial: A win for public records and the public’s right to know
Spokesman Review
WSU regents may choose new president on Friday, but secrecy rankles faculty
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Basin water plan plaudits well-timed, well-deserved
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Light rail train struck by bullets in Seattle’s Rainier Valley
Sound Transit releases list of ST3 projects
KPLU FM
North Carolina Passes Law Blocking Measures To Protect LGBT People
KUOW FM
California Takes Earthquakes Seriously. Why Don’t We? (Clibborn)
NRA Rewrites Fairy Tales With More Firearms, Less Bloodshed
WEB
MyBallard.com
Google to move out of Fremont into new complex on Lake Union
Slog
Sound Transit Unveils $50 Billion Light Rail Package Including Lines to Ballard and West Seattle
Olympia Is Where Sensible Weed Policy Goes to Die
Thursday, March 24
Associated Press
Seattle Archdiocese settles 8 abuse cases for $9 million
Head of IT at Department of Correction steps down
FDA outlines standards for anti-abuse generic painkillers
Aberdeen Daily World
Residents at Harvard Apartments without water, need to leave by end of the month
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Head of IT at Department of Correction steps down
Bothell Reporter
Gov. Inslee’s relationship with the WEA… and charter schools
The Daily News
Longview citizens to consider first salary raise in eight years for elected officials
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Inslee walking a charter school tightrope
Editorial: How should we keep a whale?
News Tribune (subscription required)
State prisons IT chief steps down
Editorial: Tacoma graduation goals lofty but reachable
Editorial: Taxpayers keep losing
Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia asks residents to make water conservation pledge
Puget Sound Business Journal
OSHA’s new silica dust rules could save lives … and cost thousands of jobs
BY THE NUMBERS: Women pay off, global edition
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Readers tell us what difference money makes in their schools
Seattle resident’s email may have triggered investigation of transportation chief
Sound Transit to add longer trains to meet unexpected light-rail demand
App-based ride services may be able to pick up at Sea-Tac
Washington Post: Paul Allen donates $100 million for ‘frontiers of bioscience’ research
New York Times: Justices seem split in case on Affordable Care Act’s birth-control mandate
State adopts emergency rule for recalling legal pot products
Editorial: Compassion, not wisecracks, for the man in the tree
Editorial: Pragmatism welcomed in Seattle City Light’s leadership
Seattle Weekly
Sheriff: Safe Drug Site Users Would ‘Not Be Arrested By Any of My Deputies’
Spokesman Review
Washington Legislature’s special session likely going into next week
Senate panel wants documents on head of prisons
Study sheds light on Spokane Public Schools’ hiring practices
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Education key for suicide prevention
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Effort to spur women, minorities to pursue STEM careers worthy
Yakima Herald Republic
Absentee votes flood in before Democratic caucuses
Editorial: It’s the law: Highway’s left lane is fast lane
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
State to send mentally ill to former detention facility
Longer trains will be added to U-Link expansion
Judge: Misconduct could jeopardize adoptions in Snohomish Co.
Seattle soon to get ‘drug drop off’ sites
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Ridership spikes as Seattle’s new light rail links open; longer trains planned
KPLU FM
Partisan Tensions, Tough Fights Marked 2016 Session In Olympia (Sells)
Idaho Becomes 25th State To Authorize ‘Right to Try’ Unapproved Medicines
Idaho Cities Blocked From Raising Minimum Wage
KUOW FM
Hollow Columns Holding Up I-5, I-405 Bridges Could Implode In Major Quake
In Immigration Court, Kids Face Deportation Without An Attorney
NW Public Radio
Partisan Tensions, Tough Fights Marked 2016 Session In Olympia
Sen. Cantwell Opposes Mining Near Mount St. Helens
Despite Improvements, Audit Finds Safety Gaps In Washington Prisons
Web
Crosscut
How wildfires pump millions into Washington’s rural economy
Amid police hiring frenzy, Academy funds in jeopardy
New push to get thousands of homeless employed
Seattle P.I.
Updated: Washington can now recall and destroy marijuana products for pesticides, other reasons
Leading climate scientists agree: Warming hiatus was real and we’re doubly screwed
Wednesday, March 23
Associated Press
Legislator: Budget talks could be resolved by end of the week
Tunnel project injuries result in about $700,000 in claims
Report: HealthCare.gov logged 316 cybersecurity incidents
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Two years after deadly Oso slide, there is a quiet sense of renewal
Columbian
Attorney general: Raise age for legal smoking
Herald (subscription required)
Graying workforce poses challenges for Snohomish County
Burbank: Racism still divides us and holds us back
Editorial: State gets an ‘F’ for its effort on education spending
Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend advocates for homeless people to meet with officials to talk alternatives today
Puget Sound Business Journal
Business use of anti-union consultants targeted by new rule
Despite national IPO slowdown, Washington’s drought could soon end
Why Obamacare’s tax credits failed small businesses
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Mayor asks young adults to push for city’s transportation future
Seattle transportation director under ethics probe regarding bike-share system
Middle-school principal of the year: ‘You can’t get anywhere without everybody playing a role.’
Opinion: Like every mother, I want my daughter to have opportunities
Jonathan Martin: When a second chance for teens is a better alternative to prison
Seattle Weekly
A New Encampment Is Challenging the Anti-Drug Dogma That Rules Homeless Services
Spokesman Review
Prison safety improved after guard murder, but some gaps persist, auditors say
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
State presidential primary requires party selection
Yakima Herald Republic
Illegal marijuana production has plummeted in Washington since 2010
Sen. Patty Murray visits Yakima to talk drug abuse treatment legislation
Naches
Valley School District debates bringing guns onto campus
Heroin overdose antidote offers hope for vulnerable inmates
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Helicopter rescue crew reflects on Oso anniversary
WSDOT holding SR 520 bridge photo contest
Community Transit expanding bus service
KPLU FM
Probing The Complexities Of Transgender Mental Health
Despite Improvements, Audit Finds Safety Gaps In Washington Prisons
KUOW FM
For The VA’s Broken Health System, The Fix Needs A Fix
Birth Control At The Supreme Court: Does Free Coverage Violate Religious Freedom?
Biden Visits Seattle To Move Cancer Research Forward
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
AP
Attorney to take over state’s Hanford cleanup program
Tunnel project injuries result in about $700,000 in claims
Senate GOP in 1997: ‘Playing politics with judges is unfair’
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
DNR study sees seagrass recovering in Puget Sound
Central Kitsap Reporter
Editorial: Gov. Inslee’s veto fest wasn’t responsible action
Columbian
In our view: On the right track
The Daily News
Methanol hearing Tuesday at Kalama High School
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Front Porch: Learn about gun safety Saturday at the Camano Library
Lawmakers may return to Olympia this week to end special session
Editorial: Open legislators’ emails to Open Public Records Act (Chopp, Nelson)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Bonney Lake considers transportation district to raise money for roads
Op-Ed: State lawmakers shouldn’t abandon discipline
Editorial: Tacoma waits for quality methanol plant dialogue
Olympian (subscription required)
DNR study sees seagrass recovering in Puget Sound
Editorial: Washington needs better way to pick president
Editorial: PSE gingerly steps toward future with less coal
Editorial: Army disrespects communities on rocket tests; CARE Act is act of compassion (Tharinger, Keiser)
Editorial: Tax ‘settlement’ not clearly in state interest (Reykdal, Carlyle)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Former Washington Secretary of State Ralph Munro gets honorary doctorate from university where he was disciplined for ‘raising hell’
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Tunnel-project injuries result in about $700,000 in claims
GOP broadens investigation to include former corrections chief (Frockt)
Op-ed: What happens during the investigation of the officer-involved shooting of Che Taylor
Seattle Weekly
Today: Learn About Safe Drug Sites, In Person
Spokesman Review
GOP lawmakers were asked to stay away from Oregon refuge occupation
Washington wolves serve as random attraction
Editorial: Senate should hold judicial hearing
Tri-City Herald
Attorney named to lead state’s Hanford cleanup regulatory program
Vancouver Business Journal
State association honors Recycled Arts Festival
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Merger of air ambulance services benefits Walla Walla area
West Seattle Herald
State licensing changes affecting local marijuana stores
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Remembering the Oso landslide two years later
Budget battle could force police academy to cancel classes
Vice President Joe Biden visits Seattle cancer center
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
As Seattle considers ‘safe injection’ sites, how does it work in BC?
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Report: Seattle has 4th highest concentration of rich millennials
Biden tours Seattle cancer center, stops for pizza
KPLU FM
Proof Of License, Insurance Missing For Volunteers Who Drove Children In State Care
NW Public Radio
Big Ambitions In Parts Of Northwest To Put Water Back Underground
Proof Of License, Insurance Missing For Volunteers Who Drove Children In State Care
WEB
B-Town Blog
Ground broken on $19.4 million learning center at Puget Sound Skills Center (Orwall, Keiser)
Crosscut
The last time women ran Seattle
How family life is held against women in tech
The Stand
Opinion: It’s up to GOP to hold Rep. Shea accountable
Monday, March 21
Associated Press
School district looks at arming educators, administrators
Washington lawmakers debate raising teacher salaries as part of budget (Lytton)
Polarized Legislature continues budget negotiations (Sullivan)
Seattle school district adopts all-day kindergarten
Lawyers say renovated jail is no place for state’s mentally ill
Health insurance gains due to Obama’s law, not economy
U.S. Supreme Court rejects states’ challenge to Colorado pot law
U.S. Forest Service reaches settlement with environmental groups over ATV use on Washington forest roads
Aberdeen Daily World
Op-Ed: Risks far outweigh any benefit from proposed oil terminals in Grays Harbor
Columbian
Counsel for the Environment influential in energy project siting
Review process has seen energy projects get derailed
Vancouver Filmworks founder hopes to make region a filmmaking mecca
In Our View: Roads Don’t Stay Evergreen
In Our View: Political Pac-12 Needed
Letter: Education begins at birth
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Port sets new course on waterfront
Guest commentary: Lawmakers should extend incentives for residential solar
Forbes
Smears Against “Corporate Dentistry” Are Not Based In Fact
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
OUR VIEW | Let’s have our primaries matter
Mercer Island Reporter
Legislators should have stood up for schools (Senn, Clibborn)
Olympian (subscription required)
‘Rape kit’ evidence gets first-in-nation tracking in bill (Orwall)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Kids’ jewelry sold at JC Penney, Dillard’s tested off the charts for toxic metals
Hire more than 100 new Seattle police officers, study suggests
Builders sue over dismissal from $1.4B state convention center project
Will Seattle law firm hired by legislators get paid for all its work?
‘It’s a broken market’: State sees steep drop in home-based child care
A longer school day? In Massachusetts, some schools see big payoff
Capitol Hill, UW light-rail stations open to big crowds
Massachusetts is a lot like us, so why are its schools so much better?
Editorial: Sound Transit 3: Cars are still a reality in a mass-transit future
Editorial: End coal’s self-bonding scam
Opinion: Poorly funded state agencies are discharging people into homelessness
Opinion: Shouldn’t we know what’s in the processed foods we eat?
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: House Democrats need to budget by the rules (Dunshee)
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Bill governing ranchers and fires warrants final approval
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
SDOT: No need for caps on car share
Naches Valley School District to discuss arming staff
University Link light rail opens
KUOW FM
Lead Found In 34 Washington Drinking Water Systems
NW Public Radio
Big Ambitions In Parts Of Northwest To Put Water Back Underground
Defense Puts Industry On Trial In Court Case Against Washington State Auditor
Q13 TV (FOX)
Joe Biden to visit with cancer researchers in Seattle on Monday
Web
The Onion
Salmon Fillets Contaminated With Cocaine
Seattle P.I.
General Mills, Campbell Soup will label their genetically modified foods