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Thursday, March 10
Associated Press
Washington House passes bill aiming to fix charter schools (Kilduff, Reykdal, Pettigrew)
Transportation budget includes treat for toll payers (Kilduff, Rolfes)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
State Patrol would give troopers 5 percent raise in legislative deal (Fey)
Bothell Reporter
I-405 express toll lane improvements included in transportation budget (McAuliffe)
Ferguson ‘disappointed’ in slow progress of bill to raise tobacco age to 21 (Dunshee)
Columbian
State Senate pays tribute to longtime legislator Benton (Keiser, Chase)
In Our View: Make Most of Trudeau Time
Everett Herald (subscription required)
The governor’s strategy of quiescence (Liias)
McCusker: Look in mirror when problems arise
Editorial: Your ideas needed for better county government
Kirkland Reporter
Martial arts singled out for taxation, relief bill stuck in committee
News Tribune (subscription required)
Deal reached in Legislature to preserve charter schools (Springer, Jinkins)
Legislative move could cancel Tacoma Narrows bridge toll increase (Kilduff)
Prison releases took back seat to less dangerous glitch
Editorial: Disabled families get great tool to build a future (Kilduff)
Redmond Reporter
Ferguson ‘disappointed’ in slow progress of bill to raise tobacco age to 21 (Dunshee)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Homeless youth focus of both House, Senate budgets (Chopp, Fey, Goodman)
High winds leave Puget Sound residents in the dark
House Speaker Chopp stalls housing bill over aid to for-profit landlords (Chopp, Frame)
State troopers to get 5 percent pay boost
House approves bill to keep charter schools open, clearing way for passage (Sullivan, Kuderer, Springer)
New way to pay for college: a Washington state 529 plan (Frockt, Mullet)
Editorial: In 2020, bring a regional primary to the West
Opinion: Promoting privacy and security in a high-tech economy
Skagit Valley Herald
Water study bill to look at all options
Spokesman Review
Forum brings out critics of Spokane police leader Jim McDevitt
Bill would keep Washington charter schools open using lottery money
WSU report criticizes school’s grizzly bear lab
Editorial: Secretary of state right to ease voter registration
Tri-City Herald
Guest column: Short fix means eviction for public charter schools
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Experiment in automatic voter registration worth watching
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Comprehensive solution to state problem a winner
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Washington House passes bill aiming to fix charter schools
After USA TODAY NETWORK investigation, rape-kit reforms flood state legislatures
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Legislature passes state transportation budget
KUOW FM
Washington Lawmakers Strip Down Bill About Police Use Of Force (Ryu)
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Was the WSDOT Twitter account hacked or is a 12-year-old in charge?
Public News Service
Olympia Looks for Way to Fund Nation’s First Rape Kit Tracking System (Orwall)
Web
Crosscut
Under the gun, lawmakers race to the finish line (Santos, Springer, Pettigrew, Ranker, Jayapal)
Does Washington really need a lieutenant governor?
When Nazis walked the streets of Seattle
Publicola
Important Immigrants’ Rights Bills Fail in Olympia (Jayapal)
Seattle P.I.
Clean-up continues at Greenwood explosion site
Wednesday, March 9
Associated Press
Health law fines double for many uninsured at tax time
Legislature OKs bill to rename Highway 99 after Snohomish man
State Senate passes negotiated transportation budget (Hobbs)
Legislature passes bill on police body cameras
Lt. Gov. Brad Owen announces retirement
WSU Tri-Cities receives 3 bids for on-campus housing project
Nearly $200,000 more approved for Kelso homeless shelter
Pedestrian deaths surge in 2015, up 28% in Washington state, early data shows
Edmonds pier to close for 3 months for repairs
Aberdeen Daily World
Port channel deepening slated for fall, to finish in 2018
Chehalis system could 96 percent fewer wild silver salmon in 2016
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
State Patrol would give troopers 5 percent raise in legislative deal (Fey)
Central Kitsap Reporter
Editorial: Don’t divert cleanup funds
Chinook Observer
Mayor’s Corner: Looking beyond central core to enhance all of Long Beach (Blake, Rossetti, Takko)
Columbian
In Our View: Remove Voter Roadblocks
Longtime Lt. Gov. Owen will not run for re-election
The Daily News
Port approves $274,000 severance package with former CEO
Everett Herald (subscription required)
New law would revise wholesale car dealer rules
Lt. Gov. Brad Owen won’t seek 6th term (Hobbs)
Burbank: It takes a web of public support to keep ourselves healthy
Editorial: Inslee has a better method of persuasion than veto
Journal of the San Juan Islands
M/V Yakima suffers engine fire, out of service indefinitely
Opinion: Budget fails across the state (Ranker)
News Tribune (subscription required)
State Patrol would give troopers 5 percent raise in legislative deal (Fey)
Fix for charter schools still alive in Legislature (Sullivan, Jinkins, Springer)
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Public pays for anti-tax sentiment
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Drivers are blacking out on synthetic pot, alarming police, health experts
Charter-school bill back in play in Olympia
Families sue after kids sickened in dairy festival E. coli outbreak
Brad Owen won’t seek re-election as lieutenant governor
‘This isn’t a dead end’: Third authorized tent city opens
Gun amendment could doom state’s sex-assault protection bill (Jinkins, Sullivan)
Westneat: Prosecutors beg, but legislators fail to act on death penalty
Skagit Valley Herald
County gets emergency aid for Highway 20 slide
Spokesman Review
Lt. Gov. Brad Owen makes it official: He won’t seek re-election
Spokane County forms new task force directed at combating hate crimes
Washington lawmakers approve new 529 college savings plan
Body camera bill heads to Inslee
Editorial: Toughen state’s DUI law
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Dick Morgan smart pick to lead state DOC
Yakima Herald Republic
State grant money for YV Tech will support computer science education
Broadcast
KPLU FM
War Of Words, No Smoke Signals As Secret Budget Talks Continue
Tribal Conference Highlights Best Practices In Sustainable Design
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Opinion: Dori: This is why voters should never allow a new tax in Washington state
NW Public Radio
Snowpack Above Normal In Washington, But Warming Weather Could Cause Flooding
War Of Words, No Smoke Signals As Secret Budget Talks Continue
Another Resignation, Demotions, Reprimands Follow Early Release Of Inmates
Web
Capital Record
Police body camera bill approved by Legislature
Republican leaders offer update on session
Lt. Gov. Brad Owen announces he will not seek re-election
Crosscut
UW, WSU don’t reveal how student data is shared with government
Gentrification’s other victims: small businesses
Toxic cleanups, water projects face state budget cuts
Op-Ed: Murray seeks middle path on homelessness fixes
Publicola
Last Minute Tax Breaks in Olympia (Chopp, Carlyle, Frame, Walkinshaw, Fraser, Habib, Hobbs)
Slog
Tell Republican Senators to Support Protections for Pregnant Workers (Farrell)
The Stand
Labor opposes surprise charter schools bill
Opinion: In sickness and in health, we all depend upon each other
Washington State Wire
Budget Agreement: Will They or Won’t They? (Dunshee, Pollet)
Tuesday, March 8
Associated Press
Inslee threatens bill vetoes if no budget by Thursday (Sullivan)
Inslee appoints acting head of Department of Corrections
Audit: State paying unemployment to people in jail
Washington may get new college savings plan and keep old (Frockt, Mullet)
Senate passes House bill on closing achievement gap (Santos)
Tacoma teacher accused of drinking in class fired
Supreme Court lets King County reject transit ads targeting ‘jihadis’
Aberdeen Daily World
Hargrove opposes effort to merge public safety, teacher pensions (Hargrove, Tharinger, Van De Wege)
Bainbridge Island Review
Governor signs basic education funding plan; study to meet 2017 Supreme Court mandate (Rolfes, Lytton, Sullivan)
The Daily News
Port of Kalama releases draft environmental report on proposed methanol plant
Everett Herald (subscription required)
New law would revise wholesale car dealer rules
Charter reviewers consider changes to county government
Inslee: No budget, no bills
News Tribune (subscription required)
Gov. Jay Inslee to lawmakers: Finish budget or kiss bills goodbye (Chopp)
Editorial: Don’t be quiet about JBLM rocket tests
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Police taking appropriate steps in custody death
Puget Sound Business Journal
Tourism spending rises — again — in Southwest King County
Should the city of Seattle annex White Center?
Washington STEM doles out $4M in grants
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Marijuana lab fires science director, suspends operations in dispute over results
Scarce listings drive King County home prices to new highs
3 bills before Legislature seek to toughen drunken-driving laws (Goodman)
More DOC fallout from prison-release probe: 1 resignation, 2 demotions
Editorial: It’s time to face the region’s opioid epidemic head-on
Editorial: Final push needed to save charter schools
Opinion: Why Seattle needs safe-injection sites for heroin addicts
Seattle Weekly
González Really Doesn’t Like Fences (Carlyle)
Spokesman Review
Legislators push for tougher DUI laws (Frockt, Goodman)
Snow pack at 84 percent of normal for Spokane watershed
Washington corrections officials disciplined for inmates’ early releases
Leader of Spokane police advisory group resigns, says Knezovich should lead department
Inslee threatens to veto bills if budget deal delayed
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Public records reform must include open discussion
Vancouver Business Journal
State to close marijuana retail license application window
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Lawmakers have no excuse for not approving budget
Yakima Herald Republic
State grant money for YV Tech will support computer science education
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Late push for tougher DUI laws
Records: Tacoma clinic subject of bribery, falsification allegations
Budget battle jeopardizing rape kit tracking law (Orwall)
Seattle’s third homeless encampment opens Tuesday
Kenmore Jr High improves bathroom access for transgender students
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Plea for harsher DUI penalties (Goodman, Frockt)
Victims of drunk drivers plead with state lawmakers to toughen laws (Goodman)
Washington DOC acting secretary appointed
Families press for tougher DUI laws
KPLU FM
Another Resignation, Demotions, Reprimands Follow Early Release Of Inmates
Inslee Says He Will Start Vetoing Bills If Lawmakers Don’t Send Him A Budget
NW Public Radio
Another Resignation, Demotions, Reprimands Follow Early Release Of Inmates
Inslee Says He Will Start Vetoing Bills If Lawmakers Don’t Send Him A Budget
Web
Capital Record
Drunk driving victims, lawmakers urge passage of stronger DUI laws (Frockt, Goodman)
Gov. Jay Inslee discusses budget negotiations, DOC investigation
Crosscut
Debt collectors and county clerks oppose break for ex-cons
Publicola
Inslee Threatens Mass Veto Unless Legislature Resolves Budget Standoff and Avoids Another Special Session (Santos)
Seattle P.I.
Lawsuit: State could’ve saved children raped by foster dad
Slog
Lorena González: Building a Fence Around the “Jungle” Is Just as Counter-Productive as a Border Wall with Mexico (Carlyle)
Monday, March 7
Associated Press
Washington Senate passes bill on police body cameras (Jayapal)
Gov. Inslee declares state of emergency after January rains
Automatic voter registration takes hold in other West Coast states
House OKs tax exemption for airplane maintenance company (Springer)
States seek to stymie hiring suspected sex-predator teachers
Washington Legislature OKs bill about Montana coal plants (Morris)
Wash. high school students will need chickenpox vaccine
Lawsuit claims lack of officer training led to Sunnyside shooting
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Washington high school students to need chickenpox vaccine
Gov. Inslee declares state of emergency after January rains
Columbian
Vancouver’s marijuana retail scene growing like a weed
Letter: Mean-spirited governing ineffective
The Daily News
New $13.50 minimum wage poses challenges for Clatskanie, Rainier businesses
Kelso School District has lowest fund balance among Cowlitz County schools
State moves to assess safety risks from oil transportation
Everett Herald (subscription required)
A state database targets ‘doctor-shopping’ by opioid addicts (Peterson)
Sales tax in south Snohomish County to climb near 10 percent
Lawmakers turn to ‘big issues’ as end of regular session looms (Liias)
Boeing workers consider buyout offers from company
Lynnwood braces for traffic with coming growth
Editorial: Military war waste shameful
Editorial: A duty to prevent fire deaths
Kent Reporter
Washington to become first state to track rape kits (Orwall, Jayapal)
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
Under pressure: Bill addresses tactics over music licensing fees (Van De Wege)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Asian chefs ask state to unwind rules that put noodles in the fridge (Santos, Hasegawa)
Indicted Auditor Troy Kelley to argue biased investigation
Olympian (subscription required)
Tumwater teachers hold informational Friday afternoon
Editorial: Another shooting, another family lost
Editorial: Thurston may do better with a county charter (Hunt)
Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: Sen. Hargrove opposes effort to merge public safety, teacher pensions (Hargrove, Tharinger, Van De Wege)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Nearly 200 homeless kids waiting for spot in state’s preschool program
Alaskan Way Viaduct reopens early as weekend inspection ends
After Belfair tragedy, a look at mass shootings in this state and nationwide
Editorial: Mental-health reform’s good and bad ideas in the Legislature
Opinion: Telling businesses how to schedule employees is a job-killing idea
Seattle Weekly
Seattle’s Not the Only City Criminalizing the Homeless
Report: PAC Money Spiked in 2015 Council Elections
Skagit Valley Herald
State House passes bill authorizing study of water storage in Skagit River basin
Spokesman Review
Spokane’s community court an experiment that’s paying off
Spokane Valley, Cheney residents want to silence train whistles
Local Republicans begin taking sides on Trump
Spokane’s push to convert to natural gas-powered trucks hits a speed bump
Senate passes body camera law
Spin Control: Some modest proposals to boost the state budget
Editorial: Support for Sikhs reflects community’s values
Yakima Herald Republic
Nearly 200 homeless kids waiting for spot in state’s preschool program
Shortage of school bus drivers plagues Yakima Valley — and districts across the U.S.
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Proposed law aims to help ‘theatrical wrestling’
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Victims’ families pushing for stricter DUI laws
KUOW FM
Feds Notify 13,000 Homeowners In Troy Kelley Case
Transgender People Are Getting A Boost From Seattle Mayor
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Kirkland senator requests study of ‘adverse impacts’ of I-405 toll lanes (McAuliffe)
Victims’ families pushing for stricter DUI laws
NW Public Radio
Feds Notify 13,000 Homeowners In Troy Kelley Case
Yakima Basin Water Bill Introduced To U.S. House
Q13 TV (FOX)
Homeowners near Lake Stevens worried about increasing erosion: ‘I don’t sleep at night’
Web
Capital Record
Lawmakers grieve for lobbyist who lost three children in house fire (Nelson, Owen)
Crosscut
Republicans hold the right cards in Olympia (Van De Wege, Moscoso, Jayapal)
Microsoft’s ‘Chief People Person’ speaks on tech’s diversity problems
Op-Ed: City Light CEO nominee a poor fit, given Seattle’s environmental goals
Think Progress
The Most Radical Anti-Trans Ballot Initiative Ever Submitted In Washington State
Washington State Wire
The Green Sheet– March 7, 2016 (Dunshee, Jayapal)
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)