Enumclaw Courier Herald
AG’s tobacco-age bill clears first legislative hurdle (Orwall, Cody, Clibborn, Jinkins, Robisnon, Tharinger, Van De Wege, Moeller, Riccelli)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Bill would prevent more gender-segregated designations
Starting Monday, new IDs required to enter Washington Naval bases
Officials say I-405 tolls working; opponents disagree (Clibborn)
Officials: New Sound Transit measure needed to fix congestion, help businesses
Guest Commentary: Return to prison would have added to state’s error
Editorial: Needed reforms for state parks and recreation grants program
Editorial: People priced out of homes

Islands’ Sounder
News from Sen. Kevin Ranker (Ranker)

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Opinion: Being prepared for an oil spill is the next best thing to not having one

Kirkland Reporter
Marijuana retailers, producers fear public records requirement compromises privacy, safety

Kent Reporter
State House panel passes bill to raise smoking age to 21 (Orwall)
UW’s Forefront backs effort to engage gun dealers and pharmacies on suicide prevention (Orwall)
Number of homeless people in Kent climbs to 165
Gender identity focus of restroom legislation (Conway)
Senate resolution condemns attacks on women’s health care clinics (Keiser)

News Tribune (subscription required)
If lawmakers ‘met every deadline’ on school funding, why is state in contempt of court? (Sullivan, Rolfes)
State sues town of Steilacoom over Western State Hospital sewer bills
Lawmaker wants minimum wage, sick leave alternative on ballot (Hobbs, Mullet)
Uncertainty, anxiety surround recreational marijuana in Pierce County
Union settles over campaign finance omissions
Environmentalists focus on marine oil transport (Ranker)
Op-Ed: Districtwide plan needed to close achievement gap
Editorial: Give Washingtonians more say in race for president

North American Post
UW’s Forefront backs effort to engage gun dealers and pharmacies on suicide prevention (Orwall)

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Vouchers little help if landlords reject them (Ormsby)

Peninsula Daily News
Competing Legislature bills to address McCleary decision (Tharinger, Van De Wege, Hargrove)
Gender identity focus of state restroom legislation (Conway)
Questions arise in wake of attack on Clallam Bay correctional officer

Puget Sound Business Journal
President Obama unveils computer science initiative – with Microsoft’s help
Who’s Hiring: Hammering men and women wanted

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Bill would make it easier to charge cops over deadly force; police group calls it ‘bad policy’ (Moscoso)
Seattle Prep offers land for bike trail near Hwy. 520 bridge
Lynden looking to extend temporary ban on pot businesses
Got college debt? Sen. Murray wants to hear about it
What’s the poorest part of Seattle? | FYI Guy
Bike share’s failure deflates Seattle’s self-image | Danny Westneat
Obama proposes $4 billion for computer-science education
Seattle Public Schools reaches funding agreement with special-education program
Jerry Large: Will killings move city to really address homelessness?
Editorial: A host of problems for homeless youths, but solution lies in host homes (Hargrove)
Editorial: Seattle’s homeless problem requires a regional response
Opinion: Behind the bars: Mistaken release of inmates offers look at criminal justice policy
Opinion: Growth, if done right, will let this region grow gracefully
Leonard Pitts Jr: For Planned Parenthood, justice seldom gets more poetic

Seattle Weekly
Why Everyone Should Care About the Legislature’s Attack on Trans Rights
We Know How to Reduce Crime in Urban Forests. So Why Don’t We Do It?

Skagit Valley Herald
Lawsuit seeks to determine fault in 2013 Skagit River bridge collapse

Spokesman Review
Washington’s newest national park at Hanford could draw 100,000 visitors by 2018
Police use courts to shut down nuisance drug houses
$100 million software system for community colleges so flawed it will need millions more to fix
Sunday Spin: Senate GOP needs investigator for documents they subpoenaed
Sunday Spin 2: Inslee not biting on ski expansion request
Editorial: Shine light on lobbying
Editorial: Expand access to unused drugs

West Seattle Herald
Homelessness increased by 19% over last year in One Night Count

Yakima Herald Republic
Bill would make it easier to prosecute Washington police for deadly force (Moscoso)
Editorial: Legislature takes wrong approach on dairy bill

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Cities push state to improve SR 522
Washington doctors prepare to follow new depression screening rules

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Lawmakers consider bill to make it easier to charge officers

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
WSDOT: Traffic more congested following I-405 toll lanes
Officials: Clallam County inmate said ‘Allah Akbar’ as he attacked guard

KPLU FM
Still Waiting For McCleary Funding, School Districts Ask Voters To Pass Levies
Buoyed By Drafting Error, Trails Group Treks To Capitol To Continue Fight
Why Some Still Can’t Find Jobs As The Economy Nears ‘Full Employment’
For More Than A Million Food Stamp Recipients, The Clock Is Now Ticking

KXLY 920 AM
Rep. Marcus Riccelli on proposal to increase county commission positions (Riccelli)

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
State admits I-405 toll lanes have worsened north end traffic

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Crosscut
Why it will be so hard to end youth incarceration
Senate Democratic leader will offer homeless funding proposal (Nelson)
Homeless count offers only a rough sketch of a growing epidemic

HDC Advance
Freshman Rep. Noel Frame Advances Mental Health Legislation (Frame)
Stanford bill to ban excessive non-compete agreements scheduled for hearing next Monday (Stanford)
Pollet pushes bill to reign in for-profit college excesses (Pollet)

Publicola
Trans Women Are Women. Period.
Seattle Police Acknowledge “Concerning” and “Consistent” Slower Response to Domestic Violence Calls

Seattle P.I.
Republicans are bashing Seattle, the city that “gave us Kshama Sawant” (Jayapal, Chopp)

Slog
New One-Night Count Numbers Show 19 Percent Increase in Unsheltered Homelessness Across King County
State Republicans Refuse to Use the Words “Planned Parenthood” When Condemning Terrorism Against Planned Parenthood (Keiser)
Seemingly Reasonable Bill Banning “Sex-Selection Abortions” to Get Hearing in Washington State Senate (Spoiler Alert: The Bill Isn’t Reasonable and Women Will Suffer)
Body Cameras Are Not the Answer to Police Brutality

Washington State Wire
The Green Sheet — Week of February 1 (Hobbs, Goodman, Jinkins, Frame)

Friday, January 29

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Associated Press
Panel approves hiring attorney to assist in DOC probe (Billig)
500 employees to be laid off as Bremerton call center closes
Lawmakers try to limit overbroad public records requests (McBride)
Senate panel passes alternative plan for education funding
Washington lawmaker under pressure over military record questions
Senate panel passes alternative plan for education funding (Sullivan, Rolfes)
Pentagon chief seeks improved family leave, child care

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: EvCC’s student focus earns national honor

News Tribune (subscription required)
Lawmakers disagree about deadline for fixing school-funding problems (Billig, Rolfes)
State Rep. Graham Hunt leaves Ted Cruz campaign over questions of military record
Op-Ed: Legislators must clear up voter confusion over levies
Op-Ed: Greater civic learning will pay off in more responsible citizens
Editorial: Truancy boards show promise for keeping kids out of juvie

Olympian (subscription required)
2016 Thurston County homeless census underway
Lawmakers ask for changes to state’s use of deadly force statute (Moscoso, Ryu, Hasegawa)
Op-Ed by Rep. Fitzgibbon: Lawmakers should address gender inequity
Editorial: Mental health care at Maple Lane bears watching

Puget Sound Business Journal
Economic indicator of the week: 26 percent of Washington households own boats
Seattle-area business leaders cite skills shortage as biggest barrier
Breaking ground: Expanding health care around the Sound

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Democratic legislators blast McCleary school-funding plan (Rolfes)
Death in Seattle’s Jungle: Two lives lost after long struggles with drugs
Seattle schools seek $1 billion through special-election levies
Meeting draws hundreds frustrated by RVs, property theft in Seattle
State rejects sinkhole report, wants more facts before Bertha can dig again
Former student sues Olympia schools over sexual hazing
UW sees 18 percent rise in applications to be a Husky
Lawmakers hire attorney for investigation of prisoner-release error (Nelson)
Editorial: State must start working harder to find an education-funding fix
Opinion: Business as usual isn’t enough for students or our economy

Skagit Valley Herald
Reform group, state L&I officials meet for second round of talks

Spokesman Review
5 commissioner bill heads to House (Riccelli)
Tax super majority amendment heads to Senate
Editorial: Careful with investment politics

The Star
Quick dollars for wildfire suppression critical to containment, committee hears (Van De Wege)

Tri-City Herald
Attorney general says Washington cities can hold district-based elections
Our Voice: Transgender issue shows public must be involved early

West Seattle Blog
Highway 99 tunnel-machine update: State says, stay stopped

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Disability alert logo would be an effective safety step if Legislature approves

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Wash. bill would ban gay pride, ’12’ flags on ferries
Agencies assess ‘The Jungle’
Bill threatens to scrap Boeing tax breaks if jobs are moved (Robinson)

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State, local officials tour Seattle’s ‘Jungle’ homeless camp
Panel approves hiring attorney to assist in DOC probe

KPLU FM
Gov. Inslee Says Questions About Wash. Methanol Plants’ Water Usage Are Legitimate
Inslee ‘Undaunted’ After Dust-Up Over Bipartisan School Funding Plan
Hash Marks On Cell Wall Don’t Cut It In Era Of Complex Sentencing (Goodman)

KUOW FM
Washington, Oregon Considering No Sturgeon Fishing On Lower Columbia

KXLY
Lawmakers push for home cultivation of marijuana (Blake)

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Gov. Inslee: Seattle tunnel contractor downplaying Bertha’s sinkhole
Lawmaker trying to ban most flags from Washington State Ferries
New transgender rule gives gym owner ‘no protection from the law’

NW Public Radio
Hash Marks On Cell Wall Don’t Cut It In Era Of Complex Sentencing
Inslee ‘Undaunted’ After Dust-Up Over Bipartisan School Funding Plan

Q13 TV (FOX)
Inslee takes aggressive stance toward Highway 99 tunnel contractor
Hospital reports increased cases of psychotic episodes in people smoking hash oil
Seattle assessor team finds ‘tragic, unsanitary’ conditions among homeless in ‘The Jungle’
Searching the streets: How many people are homeless in King County?

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Capitol Record
Senate committee passes education funding bill with different deadline than House version
(Billig, Rolfes)

Crosscut
To fight suicide, UW initiative partners with gun rights groups
Should Washington get tougher on oil shipping? (Ranker)

HDC Advance
Freshman Rep. Noel Frame Advances Mental Health Legislation (Frame)
Expanding County Commission Gets Unanimous Vote In Committee (Riccelli)
Equal pay for equal work – just not in Washington State (Senn)

The SDC Hopper
Nelson: Latest Republican distraction won’t keep us from fixing education (Nelson)
Senate Republicans gut bipartisan McCleary bill (Rolfes, Billig)

Slog
Eight Questions About the Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills in the State Legislature (Jinkins, Keiser)
Seattle Mayor and City Council Oppose Repealing Transgender Bathroom Protections

The Stand
WSLC opposes bills discriminating against transgender people
Union membership up in Washington state

Thursday, January 28

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Associated Press
Senate panel passes reversal of transgender bathroom rule (Hasegawa, Conway, Keiser, Jinkins)
DOC settles with woman beaten by released inmate
Boeing adjusted 4Q profit beats, 2016 outlook disappoints
9 Washington community colleges on list of 150 best

Aberdeen Daily World
DeBolt proposes Chehalis River Basin Flood Reduction Office under Ecology

Bothell Reporter
Campaign finance initiative qualifies for legislative action
46th District legislators announce package of education bills for this year (Farrell, Pedersen, Pollet, Carlyle, Frockt)

Columbian
Fossil fuels fuel tribes’ fears over Gorge fish
In Our View: Foes of Ruling Play Politics

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing workforce in Everett to shrink during 777X transition
Proposed bill would tax some political campaigns (McAuliffe)
Editorial: Former state officials need to cool heels before lobbying

Islands’ Sounder
News from Sen. Kevin Ranker (Ranker)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Puyallup Tribe plans pot testing lab
9 Washington community colleges on list of 150 best in country
Op-Ed: Matt Driscoll: The uncomfortable truth of Nathan Gibbs-Bowling
Editorial: Tacoma wisely taking time on methanol plant

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Sen. Pam Roach back in hot water

Peninsula Daily News
State legislation would provide quick dollars for wildfire relief (Van De Wege)
Teachers’ salary, levies focus of House measure (Tharinger, Van De Wege, Sullivan, Lytton)

Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington motorists ‘open’ to idea of full-service gas stations
Washington state adds construction jobs
Boeing CEO talks up engineering union contract extension, promises respect

Renton Reporter
Renton theater-goer carried a 9 mm handgun because he fears mass shooting UPDATE: He’s charged

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Clarify your military record or resign, lawmaker tells state Rep. Hunt
Lawmakers talk up new education proposals (Farrell, Sullivan)
State leaders join three-year effort to make early learning more equitable
Homeless encampment The Jungle evolves from benign to dangerous
Witness: Shooting at The Jungle in South Seattle over drugs, money
Violence against homeless can go unreported
Overlake Medical Center launches $242M expansion
Editorial: Birth control should be easily available to all women
Opinion: A faculty union would keep UW a top-tier research university

Seattle Weekly
Photos: A Cleared Encampment, A Jungle Shooting

Skagit Valley Herald
Ecology proposes $1.6 million to Skagit PUD

Spokesman Review
Access to restrooms based on gender identity stirs debate in Olympia
Orchard Prairie School District looking to expand beyond four classrooms
Sen. Murray gathers college debt stories to back higher ed bill

Wenatchee World (Subscription required)
Parlette bills aim to dramatically boost prescribed burning

Yakima Herald Republic
Governor seeks disaster relief funds for 17 counties, including Yakima
State lawmaker’s bill aims to ban gay pride flags on state ferries, would also ban Seahawks’ ’12’ flag

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Seattle’s homeless crisis: How did we get here?
DOC pays domestic violence victim $1.1 million
Wash. Senate bill would reverse transgender bathroom rule
Caregivers for the disabled rally for better pay
Expanded Wash. texting and driving bill gets hearing Wednesday

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Klippert bill to restrict ferry flags after gay pride flag flown

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Your ad here: state parks weighing commercial ads on trails, in bathrooms, more
State gives Ride the Ducks ‘conditional’ safety rating

KPLU FM
Gun-Toting Women Give Rise To Firearms Fashion Accessories

KPQ AM
School Breakfast Program Passes Washington House (Hudgins)

KUOW FM
Washington Schools In Crisis Mode Over Teacher Shortage
Transgender Access To Restrooms, Locker Rooms Spurs Impassioned Debate
Proposed Bill Extends Suicide Prevention Tactics To Pharmacists, Firearm Dealers
One Thousand Washingtonians Who Failed GED Test Will Now Pass

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Lacey business owner opposed new rule didn’t know transgender man was using locker room
Meet the woman who will kill the I-405 express toll lane fix (Clibborn)

NW Public Radio
Transgender Access To Restrooms, Locker Rooms Spurs Impassioned Debate

Q13 TV (FOX)
Homeless shooting related to ‘low-level drug dealing’, police chief says; mayor proposes doubling Housing Levy

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Capitol Record
Hundreds attended public hearing on transgender bathroom bill
House passes Breakfast After the Bell program, 69-28 (Tomiko-Santos)
On ‘Legislative Review:’ Suicide prevention, vaping rules & payroll cards

Crosscut
Transgender rights hearing draws a crowd to Olympia (Jinkins)
Fighting homelessness, Murray feels the burden of office

Guns.com
Washington suicide prevention bill gets support from druggists, NRA (Orwall)

Slog
Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill Hearing Under Way in Olympia

The Stand
Opinion: Family leave insurance aligns with American values, needs (Robinson, Dunshee, Keiser)

Wednesday, January 27

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Associated Press
Washington bill targets credibility of informants’ testimony (Orwall)
Anti-abortion activists accused of using fake licenses
House passes bill to allow retired teachers to substitute
Oregon lawmakers’ priorities include $15.52 minimum wage by 2022
Environmental group sues Indian Health Service
Boeing adjusted 4Q profit beats, 2016 outlook disappoints
Seattle contractors challenge order to halt tunneling

Aberdeen Daily World
Stakeholders hash out ideas in flood plan forum

Central Kitsap Reporter
Teachers’ pay, school districts’ special levies targets of study ordered in House education bill (Lytton, Sullivan)
Olympic College again eligible for $1 million Aspen Prize

Columbian
Letter: Reject loopholes for marijuana sales (Liias)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Ortiz-Self, Peterson plan Wednesday telephone event with constituents (Ortiz-Self, Peterson)
Muhlstein: Unlike Flint, our water is safe to drink, thanks to regulations
Burbank: We all need and deserve paid family leave (Robinson, Sells, Kagi, Moscoso, Ryu, Stanford, Dunshee, McCoy, Chase)
Milbank: Flint is what happens when government is run as a business
Editorial: Stop-gaps measures needed with I.O.U.

Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way police launch Positive Ticket Program

Islands’ Sounder
State creates task force to address fully-funding education (Sullivan)

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State parks might add ads

Kent Reporter
Senate bill extends protections for firefighters, EMTs, investigators

News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Bipartisanship welcome on birth control (Kilduff, Sawyer, Conway)

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Regional approach best for dealing with Uber

Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington could revise its equal pay law for the first time since 1943 (Senn)
Washington gets green thumbs up again, lands on environmentally friendly building list

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Lawmaker proposes striking down local minimum-wage laws
Senate committee to consider bill to repeal gender-identity bathroom access (Jinkins)
University Link light-rail service starts March 19
Crucial vote looms for Group Health acquisition by Kaiser (Chase)
Nine Washington community colleges on list of 150 best in country
Clock ticking on advanced courses at Rainier Beach, while students fill more I.B. classes
Seattle seeks millions from Monsanto to clean up PCBs from Duwamish
Mayor defends actions on homelessness in TV interviews
Five shot, two dead, at homeless encampment in South Seattle
Man dies after trench collapses in West Seattle
Opinion: The prospect of climate change and solutions post-Paris
Editorial: Improve transparency, restore trust in state government (Carlyle)

Seattle Weekly
Overworked, Underpaid: UW’s Apprentice Doctors Demand a Raise
Seattle to Monsanto: We’re Taking You to Court
Gunfire Erupts in Homeless Encampment During Mayor’s Homeless Crisis Speech
Anti-Homeless Attacks Won’t Solve the Problem

Skagit Valley Herald
Ecology to host oil transportation safety workshops

Spokesman Review
Spokane lawmaker’s bill wouldn’t let cities enact sick leave or wage laws
Spokane County settles lawsuit alleging excessive force
Editorial: Air Washington a model for other states

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Methanol plant meeting draws hundreds in Tacoma
EDITORIAL: Eyman tax measures wreaking havoc at government agencies

West Seattle Herald
Man dies in trench collapse; Rescue attempts fail

Yakima Herald Republic
Governments save at the pump, for now
Yakima Valley educators take teacher shortage concerns to Olympia
Job growth slow, but unemployment down

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
WSP eyes new marijuana DUI testing technology
Senator: ‘The time has come’ to better protect disabled adults
NRA backs Wash. state suicide awareness bill (Orwall)
Microsoft giving Iowa Caucuses a tech makeover

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
State Senate committee to vote on transgender bathroom access
Marysville council votes to ban fireworks in 2017
‘Seattle quarantine’ introduced to stop minimum wage spikes across state
Income tax bill introduced in Olympia (Chase)

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Study: Seattle ranks No. 1 in affordable, walkable neighborhoods with good schools

KPLU FM
Shopper’s Guide Explanation To Washington Prison Release Error

KUOW FM
Wither Aluminum Smelting’s Future In The Northwest?

NW Public Radio
Shopper’s Guide Explanation To Washington Prison Release Error

Q13 TV (FOX)
Seattle mayor admits city’s homeless system is “broken”

Web

Capitol Record
Sex trafficking survivors push for bill they say would help victims start over (Orwall)
House passes education funding bill, 64-34 (Sullivan)
Tribes push for bill they say would give them better dental access (McCoy)

Crosscut
Successful mentoring program for teachers still needs Seattle’s support
Seattle goes after a Goliath: Monsanto

HDC Advance
Bipartisan ‘Safe Today’ bills dropped in Legislature (Jayapal, Orwall)
Walkinshaw introduces measure to provide transparency of continuing care retirement communities (Walkinshaw)

Publicola
City Calls on Sound Transit to Fund More Transit, Republicans Abandon McCleary Plan (Sullivan, Rolfes, Jayapal)

Slog
Spokane Senator Introduces “Seattle Quarantine” Bill to Stop “Radical Leftist” City Councils From Raising Wages
If Republicans Want Fewer Abortions in Washington State, They Should Support This Birth Control Bill

The Stand
Study: Seattle music industry has $1.8B impact, creates 30,660 jobs (Stanford)
Advance aerospace tax break accountability!

West Seattle Blog
What Mayor Murray said about ‘an extraordinary crisis’ – homelessness – in a speech overshadowed by deadly gunfire at a camp
City suing Monsanto over Duwamish River contamination
UPDATE: West Seattle worker killed, state’s first trenching fatality since 2008

Washington State Wire
Joe Ryan On the Environmental Movement and Why 2016 is So Important (Fitzgibbon)

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