Monday, February 15

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Associated Press
Yakima police chief says pot sales would increase crime
Homeless youth on the rise, with state funding in question  (Frockt)
Bill would give Centralia coal-fired plant a tax break (Nelson)
State Senate rejects constitutional amendment on tax increases (Carlyle, Liias)
House passes regulation of vapor products in Washington
Minimum wage measure tops legislative agenda in Oregon

Aberdeen Daily World
County accepts 10-year plan to end homelessness

Bainbridge Island Review
Opinion: Regret but no apology from Senate Majority Leader

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
LTE: Registration bill

Centralia Chronicle
Braun’s TransAlta Tax Break Bill Passes Senate (Blake, Chopp)

Central Kitsap Reporter
Central Kitsap sophomores work as pages for Senate

Columbian
Bistate bridge measure appears to be dead (Wylie, Cleveland)
Opinion: Jayne: Firing of transportation secretary clearly about politics

The Daily News
New federal education act gives local, state educators more control in the classroom

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing, engineers union terms look strong as vote deadline nears
Bill on Boeing tax breaks rejected (Robinson, Springer)
Self-serve gas: Some would like full service
Pot products recalled in Colo. for pesticides, but not in Washington
County, union reach tentative deal; vote set for March 3
Updated homeless count reveals steep rise in Snohomish County
Guest commentary: Make permanent commitment to fund public lands
Guest commentary: Cursive writing isn’t a skill students need in 21st century
Guest commentary: Legislation would protect student speech and schools
Editorial: Job skills training priceless
Editorial: Paying costs of getting around

News Tribune (subscription required)
Charter schools point to test scores as they lobby lawmakers to save their schools (Chopp)
Legislators look east for Western State solutions (Jinkins, Chopp)
‘Purple card’ would help people with dementia (Tharinger)
Op-Ed: Matt Driscoll: After Senate victory, can we drop the potty talk now? (Darneille, Pedersen)
Op-Ed: School policies set students up for college failure
Op-Ed by Rep. Heck: We need more resources in fight against Alzheimer’s
Editorial: Rescue charter schools and keep experiment alive

Olympian (subscription required)
Republicans name top choices to replace former state Rep. Graham Hunt
Editorial: Fundraiser helping homeless students is Sunday afternoon; Civil rights prevail; bipartisan idea on birth control (Fraser, Hobbs)

Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: Hargrove says rule on transgender use of locker rooms creates enforcement issues (Hargrove, Van De Wege, Tharinger)

Puget Sound Business Journal
Employers can expect health insurance premiums to rise 5% a year over the next decade

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Student journalists in state may get more free-speech protection
Yakima top cop urges officials to keep pot shops out of the city
D.C.-style politics? Republicans ‘smell blood’ in takedown of Inslee appointee (Nelson)
Advocates fear encampment cleanups hurt more than help
NY Times: Growing gap in life spans separates the rich and poor
Opinion: Keep I-405 tolls, invest in projects to untie chokepoints
Editorial: Solid dividends for students created through philanthropy and scholarship
Editorial: Focus on Seattle Police Department reform goals
Editorial: Children the victims of a stalling Legislature; fix education-funding crisis now

Seattle Weekly
Nextdoor Doubled Its Membership in Seattle in 2015. Is That a Good Thing?

Spokesman Review
Avista wants to install 265 electric vehicle charging stations in Eastern Washington
Sacred Heart’s expanded cardiac unit will serve patients from wider area
University District pedestrian bridge to include bus plaza
Pesticides’ safety on marijuana lacks data
Spokane among 77 cities vying for $50 million transportation sweepstakes
McMorris Rodgers bill on calorie labeling passes House of Representatives
Spin Control: Lawmakers take stabs at humor from time to time
Editorial: Cheap oil slowing stormwater cleanup

Suburban Times
Conway bill honoring Philip Lelli passes Senate (Conway)
House passes bill to reduce youth access to vapor products (Pollet)

Tri-City Herald
Locally, number of uninsured remains high

Vancouver Business Journal
Growing a film industry in Southwest Washington

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Local government should explore elections by geographic district (VRA)

Wenatchee World (Subscription required)
NCW lawmaker wants input on dam passage bill

Yakima Herald Republic
Cursive handwriting is a dying art, and state lawmaker gets nowhere with attempt to revive it

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KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Shelter for homeless young adults opens in Belltown

KPLU FM
Boeing Engineers’ Union Says Company Softened Its Approach In Recent Negotiations
Three-Strikes Offenders Deserve A ‘Second Look’ Says Sentencing Commission
Two-Thirds For Tax Hikes Constitutional Amendment Falls Short   (Carlyle)

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
UW professor: I-405 tolling data is misunderstood and misused
DOC accidental inmate release is why Lynn Peterson was fired

NW Public Radio
Two-Thirds For Tax Hikes Constitutional Amendment Falls Short (Carlyle)
Three-Strikes Offenders Deserve A ‘Second Look’ Says Sentencing Commission
WA Birth Defect Cluster Still A Mystery
Airlines’ Profitability Lands Sizeable Bonus Checks In Northwest Workers’ Wallets

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Capital Record
State releases first Alzheimer’s Plan to address growing issue

Crosscut
UW wants to nuke city’s landmarking powers along with reactor building
City delays police reform package, begs for patience
New ‘purple card’ system would help people with dementia (Tharinger)

HDC Advance
House approves bill to protect educators’ self-evaluations (Springer)
Rep. Peterson Rx monitoring program bill heads to Senate (Peterson)
Consumer protection measure, aimed at protecting seniors, passes House (Walkinshaw)
Measure to fight opioid epidemic clears the House (Parlette, Peterson, Walkinshaw)
Vulnerable kids to get needed stability under measure passed by the House (Senn)
House passes first in the nation consumer protection bill on e-cigarettes and “vape” products (Pollet)

Publicola
State Issues Report on Life Expectancy by Legislative District
Appetite for Self Destruction

Seattle P.I.
2 Washington men indicted in Oregon wildlife refuge occupation

Washington State Wire
The Green Sheet — Week of February 15, 2016 (Jayapal)

Friday, February 12

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Associated Press
$8 million awarded to foster girls placed with sex offender
Senate passes authorization for industrial hemp
Washington keeps moving toward new college savings plan
Key player in prisoners early release resigns state post
House passes birth control access bill
ACLU chapter sues Tacoma police for surveillance records

Bothell Reporter
Forterra finances interim acquisition of Wayne Golf Course in Bothell

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Feds reportedly investigating Boeing’s 787, 747 accounting
Applause (Sells, Hobbs)
Like it or not, restrooms will stay trans-friendly
McCusker: Zero-growth economy wouldn’t be dystopia
Editorial: An Opportunity of a lifetime (STEM & Health Care degrees)

News Tribune (subscription required)
ACLU sues Tacoma police over hidden Stingray records
Construction on I-5 through Tacoma hits midway point
Op-Ed by Reps. Van De Wege and Kirby: Predatory practices strike a sour note
Op-Ed: The Nose: Roman follies in Olympia, and a mythic campaign for Mayor Obama
Editorial: Tacoma’s Project P.E.A.C.E. is a work in progress

Olympian (subscription required)
Armory in downtown Olympia closed after lead found in basement
North Thurston schools invest $1.6M in reading program

Puget Sound Business Journal
Internet access taxes banned by Congress
Surprises, growth in marijuana law
Editorial: Seattle must fund its own growth

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Holmes tells City Council to ‘get this right’ and wait on Seattle police-reform plan
State preschool program posts above-average rates of kindergarten readiness
Eastern Washington activist’s live streams took listeners inside tense talks with Oregon occupiers
Another Seattle tunnel drill (not Bertha) damaged, needs repair
Assistant attorney general who advised state on prisoner-release error resigns
Bill to make it easier to charge police over deadly force fails
State told to pay $8M for placing 2 girls in foster home with child molester
King County to quadruple number of ballot drop boxes
Conservation group reaches deal to buy Bothell golf course
Editorial: Use available tools to fight America’s opioid drug crisis
Opinion: State still obstinate on tribal rights; fix culverts to save salmon, now

Seattle Weekly
What Goes Around: Republican’s ‘She’s Racist’ Remark May Spur New Civil Rights Law (Moscoso)

Spokesman Review
High school speech imploring acceptance strikes a nerve
WSU contributed to groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves
Elderly man’s family asked court to protect him from Carole DeLeon
House OKs 12-month supplies of birth control pills
Editorial: Rule of law prevails in Oregon

Tri-City Herald
Washington keeps moving toward new college savings plan

Yakima Herald Republic
Small-business liquor stores are dying out
$15.8 million for Yakima Basin water plan in jeopardy as energy bill stalls in D.C.

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KBKW AM/FM
House Legislators Crack Down on Unscrupulous Music Licensing Agents

KING 5 TV (NBC)
Federal Way votes to oppose Tacoma methanol plant
Professor slams traffic company for I-405 report
ACLU Washington sues Tacoma Police Department
WSDOT addresses tents, trash along freeways

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Special report: The homeless crisis

KPLU FM
Inslee: ‘Aim And Then Shoot’ On Accountability For Prisoner Early Release
Oregon Senate Approves Minimum Wage Increase
Idaho Lawmakers Mull Whether To Authorize ‘Right To Try’ Unapproved Medicines
Idaho Governor Weighs In Mid-Session On Tax Cuts, Medicaid Expansion
Boeing Shares Drop On Report That The SEC Has Opened An Accounting Investigation
Buy Crop Insurance, Double Your Money

KUOW FM
Bad News At Boeing: Layoffs And An SEC Investigation

KVEW TV
Transgender bill fails in the Washington State Senate (Habib)

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Inslee: ‘Aim And Then Shoot’ On Accountability For Prisoner Early Release
One reason why Washington’s transgender bill failed in Olympia
Gov. Inslee: Bertha staying put, ‘contractor has not performed’
Flower wars: How online companies dupe customers into thinking they’re buying local (McAuliffe)

Q13 TV (FOX)
Kitsap County drafts temporary homeless camp ordinance

Web

Capital Record
Birth control bill passes out of House (Robinson)
Senate committee updated on DOC investigation on early release of prisoners (Pedersen)

Crosscut
Inslee’s story checks out, says Senate Corrections investigator (Pedersen)
Skyping with the doctor: expanding electronic access to medical care in Washington
Video: Key GOP senator defends transportation head’s firing
Op-Ed: 5 real fixes for homeless encampments

HDC Advance
House passes two more bills increasing access to the ballot (Bergquist, Fitzgibbon)
Mental Health and Education Bills from Rep. Noel Frame Pass House (Frame)

Slog
Washington State Law Makes It Virtually Impossible to Charge Police Officers Who Kill (Moscoso)
State Legislators Who Want to Protect Young Girls Are Looking at the Wrong Demographic
Washington State Fines Two Marijuana Growers For Using Prohibited Pesticides
Washington’s Hanford Observatory Proves Einstein Right: Gravitational Waves Exist!

The Stand
Strong voter support, Boeing job cuts stir renewed interest in bill
Opinion: Celebrate brave leaders, agitators this Black History Month

Thursday, February 11

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Associated Press
Senate rejects reversal of transgender bathroom rule  (Jinkins, Habib, Jayapal, Liias)
Outside investigator into DOC probe meets with lawmakers
Most Washington school levy, bond elections gaining voter OK
Washington Senate takes a detour on school funding plan  (Rolfes)
Acting secretary to Department of Transportation named
Investigation into ferry captains burned by laser continues
Department of Health OKs new psych hospital in Spokane
ACLU report critical of Pasco’s police 1 year after killing

Bainbridge Island Review
Marijuana tax reduced in legislative proposal (Hurst)
Annual count: 644 homeless, 217 without shelter in Kitsap County

Bothell Reporter
King County partners with Forterra, Bothell residents to preserve Wayne Golf Course (McAuliffe, Stanford)
Rep. Stanford’s bill to improve safety for railroad workers passes House (Stanford)

Columbian
In Our View: Gun Debate Distractions (Moeller)

The Daily News
Transgender threat? Other states don’t see an issue

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing says layoffs might be needed to trim workforce
Aerospace analyst thinks the jetliner boom is nearing an end
Everett port commissioners OK bid for waterfront mill site
Washington lawmaker’s gaffe may spur new civil rights law (Moscoso)
$43M in fed’s proposal would go to Boeing-Bothell Swift bus
I-405 tolls top estimate, but real value is long-term gains
Editorial: Getting ready for the big one

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Sen. Ranker introduces oil protection bill (Ranker)

Maple Valley Reporter
Senate honored Tahoma’s ‘We the People’ team (Mullet)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Vocal majority speaks out against proposed Tacoma methanol plant
State Senate votes to maintain transgender locker room access rule (Liias, Hargrove, Pedersen, Darneille, Jinkins)
Aging workforce a concern for Pierce Transit
Editorial: State Senate should play fair, even in election year

The Olympian
Editorial: We’re 35th in tax burden; is that good?

Puget Sound Business Journal
Contrary to popular opinion, Life Sciences Discovery Fund is not dead
Business groups pleased Supreme Court put EPA’s power plant rule on hold
Don’t expect an endless aircraft boom, analyst warns

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Job cuts planned as Boeing hunkers down to compete with Airbus, consider new plane
Investigator: State DOC may have known about ‘ongoing issue’ with prisoner releases
Panel OKs Northwest power plan focused on energy efficiency
Seattle scientist still pushes to lift funding ban on gun-violence studies
Inslee appoints acting transportation chief
ACLU issues critical report on Pasco police year after shooting
Editorial: Don’t change transgender law protecting bathroom choice (Jinkins)
Opinion: Schedule workers as you would have them schedule you

Seattle Weekly
The Climate Movement’s Secret Weapon: Kids! (Chopp, Pedersen)
Big Pharma’s Fingerprints Are All Over Seattle’s Homelessness Crisis

Spokesman Review
Transgender bathroom bill fails in Senate
‘Sovereign citizen contacts’ with law enforcement on rise, sheriff says
Pacific Steel fined in connection with chlorine gas leak that killed a worker
Editorial: Let churches help the homeless by relaxing codes

Tri-City Herald
Senate unanimously approves vehicular homicide law

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Ferry Advisory Committee bill moving through legislature (Clibborn, Fitzgibbon)

Voice of the Valley
The Washington State Senate Honors the Tahoma High School “We the People team for their state championship win, Feb. 3, 2016. (Mullet)

Yakima Herald Republic
Cantwell calls for support for Hanford

KING 5 TV (NBC)
Report: Commuters burned by I-405 toll lanes
Bill would allow motorcycles on shoulders in traffic

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Inslee appoints Millar acting Secretary of Transportation

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Costs tallied on probe into DOC sentencing errors (Pedersen)
Report: Seattle drivers among the very worst in the nation

KPLU FM
Sen. Patty Murray Calls On Federal Regulators To Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’ For Gay Youth
Washington Senate Votes Down Effort To Repeal Transgender Rules
Across Western Washington, Voters Are Approving Most School Levies And Bonds
Boeing Says It’s Cutting An Undisclosed Number Of Jobs To Bring Down Costs

KUOW FM
10 Years Later, Goal To Cut Homelessness By 50 Percent Falls Far Short
Levies Faring Well So Far In Washington Special Elections

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Beloved Bothell golf course saved from developers

NW Public Radio
Washington Senate Votes Down Effort To Repeal Transgender Rules (Nelson)
10 Years Later, Goal To Cut Homelessness By 50 Percent Falls Far Short
‘Seattle Quarantine:’ Republicans Seek To Stop City Minimum Wage Hikes

Q13 TV (FOX)
Tacoma residents voice concern over plan to build world’s largest methanol plant there
New study ranks Seattle drivers among worst in the country

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Capital Record
Transgender restroom bill fails to pass out of Senate, 24-25 (Hargrove, Liias)
On ‘The Impact:’ Senators discuss the removal of WSDOT Secretary (Hobbs, Hudgins)
Gov. Inslee appoints Roger Millar acting secretary of transportation

HDC Advance
Another round of education bills approved by the House (Ortiz-Self, Fey)
House Passes Rep. Fey Bill to Help Homeless Students (Fey)
Unanimous vote out of House for Rep. Peterson petroleum storage bill (Peterson)
House sends two environmental protection bills to Senate (Peterson)
Bill to improve safety for railroad workers, help prevent death and injury passes House 92-5 (Stanford)
House Cracks Down on Unscrupulous Music Licensing Agents (Van De Wege)
Statement from Rep. June Robinson on Boeing’s announcement to eliminate jobs (Robinson)

Seattle P.I.
‘Bathroom bill’ aimed at transgender persons fails in state Senate (Ranker, Hargrove, Liias)

Slog
This Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill Couldn’t Get Through the Republican-Controlled State Senate (Hargrove, Pedersen)
Senate Republicans’ Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills Are Unlikely to Pass—But the Damage Is Already Done
State Supreme Court Refuses to Rethink SeaTac’s $15 Minimum Wage Law

Suburban Times
Another round of education bills approved by the House (Ortiz-Self, Fey, Kilduff)

Washington State Wire
Competing Carbon Tax Initiatives Likely in 2016 (Hobbs)

Wednesday, February 10

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Associated Press
Department of Health OKs new psych hospital in Spokane
Data breach affects 91,000 Washington Medicaid clients
I-405 tolls collect $3.7 million in 3 months
Federal judge gives state time to fix competency problems
Washington state politicians voice opinions on Moses Lake factory closure
King County announces initiatives to curb homelessness
Seattle lands spot on top 10 densely populated US cities
Supreme Court deals surprise setback to Obama greenhouse-gas plan
White House proposes cutting Hanford cleanup budget
Seattle transportation projects could get federal money

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Op-ed: Civic Agenda: State funding crucial for waterfront cleanups  (Lytton, Morris, Ranker)

Columbian
In Our View: Dysfunction In Olympia (Cleveland, Clibborn)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
After privatization, here’s who won and lost the liquor battle
Proposed federal grant: $1.1 billion for Lynnwood light rail
220 Machinists at Everett aerospace plants reject contract proposal
Job gains help to allay recession fears
Moscoso optimistic about passage of Washington Voting Rights Act (Moscoso, Stanford, Chase, Liias)
Burbank: Black history, U.S. history are inseparable
Editorial: Counting the costs of wildfire

News Tribune (subscription required)
Eight of nine Pierce County school tax measures ahead in early returns
Judgment goes against Lindquist
Lindquist recall backers admit defeat, say they won’t have necessary signatures
Boeing jets, new drone headquarters are Northwest plums in Pentagon budget
Possible ballot issue on water permits takes aim at methanol plant
Lawmakers seek changes at Western State Hospital (Jinkins)
Union to pay $36,000 to settle campaign lawsuit
Op-Ed: Is it Tacoma’s fate to be China’s colony?
Op-Ed: Support making difference for Tacoma-grown students

Olympian (subscription required)
Bond fails in Yelm, other Thurston County school measures passing
Editorial: Firing fits with 2016 campaigns

Puget Sound Business Journal
Boeing leader paints bright picture of future despite pointed questions about company weaknesses
Study: Women in top ranks means top dollars

Renton Reporter
11th District officials to host ‘telephone town hall’ on Wednesday (Bergquist, Hudgins)
Number of homeless found in Renton doubles in this year’s One Night Count

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Sale of Weyerhaeuser’s Federal Way campus means more intensive development
Feds offer big grants for Puget Sound-area transit projects
College scholarships a big boost to break cycle of poverty in students, study finds
Graduation rates on rise in the seven districts of the Road Map Project
Westneat: Foot-ferry fantasy has no place in our grown-up region
Editorial: A new low point for state governance
Opinion: Seattle should plan for driverless cars, more ride-sharing

Seattle Weekly
Encampment Clearings Coming Without Warning, Without Accountability, Advocates Say
The State Parks System Wants to Get ‘Entrepreneurial.’ But Some Are Wary.
Carbon Washington Gets Its First Senate Hearing (Ranker)

Spokesman Review
Spokane churches need a change in state law to continue housing homeless
Spokane County school, fire tax proposals mostly passing
Donated plane’s imperfections appreciated at Spokane Community College
Killing of northern hawk owl nets $5K citation
Sacred Heart will build 100-bed psychiatric hospital
Dinesh D’Souza to speak at a second event in Spokane
Shawn Vestal: Seim brothers have found a cause, but little effect, in the refuge standoff
Editorial: Watch who is keeping score

Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Exception from GMA for schools needed

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Verifying claims of candidates occurs in voter, media scrutiny

Wenatchee World (Subscription Required)
Chelan County approves pot ban, with exceptions

KING 5 TV (NBC)
State bill would set up every child with college savings account (Kilduff)
Feds hammer WA institutions for multiple violations

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Bill would enable Wash. motorcyclists to move around stalled traffic

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
SeaTac $15 an hour still not paid to all workers

KPLU FM
UW Researchers Report Price Data After Seattle’s Minimum Wage Increase

KUOW FM
‘Seattle Quarantine:’ Republicans Seek To Stop City Minimum Wage Hikes
Washington Lawmakers Consider Putting A Price On Carbon (Hobbs)

NW Public Radio
‘Seattle Quarantine:’ Republicans Seek To Stop City Minimum Wage Hikes
Ninety One Thousand Apple Health Medicaid Clients Affected by Data Breach

Q13 TV (FOX)
Inside the search for Washington state prisoners released early by mistake
State notifies 91,000 Apple Health (Medicaid) clients of data breach

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Crosscut
Transgender threat? Other states don’t see an issue
All-out blitz for 1,000 new beds for homeless

HDC Advance
11th District Telephone Town Hall (Bergquist, Hudgins)

Publicola
Proactive Renaissance

Tuesday, February 9

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Associated Press
Heads roll in Inslee’s Cabinet  (Nelson)
Inslee blasts Senate Republicans for Cabinet ouster
Union to pay $32,000 for campaign finance reporting errors
Idaho lawmakers reject new K-12 science standards
Mountain snowpack above normal across Washington state

Aberdeen Daily World
Evergreen students ask for input

Bothell Reporter
King, Snohomish executives release statement in support of Pterson

Columbian
Inslee: Senate Republicans ‘out of control’ (Nelson, Cleveland)
In Our View: Some Good Climate News

The Daily News
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici visits Rainier sinkhole
Hunters’ group honors Takko and Blake (Takko, Blake)
Study identifies $200 million in Longview school needs

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Pollution measure calls for paying more at pump, less at register
Governor assails state Senate for firing transportation chief
Editorial: Firing of state transportation chief: Where accountability is lacking
Letter: State must collect statistical data

News Tribune (subscription required)
Project Peace goals include police body cameras, youth involvement
Heads roll in Inslee’s Cabinet (Nelson)
Test finds lead in water fixtures at two Peninsula schools
Editorial: Gun-rights quotes are bad, but bills are worse

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Legislature stumbling over its own low K-12 bar

Portland Tribune
Will Columbia River Crossing rise again? (Wylie)

Seattle Times (subscription required)
$3.7 million in 3 months: I-405 tolls rake in more than 3 times expected income
Inslee: GOP ‘should be ashamed’ for firing of WSDOT chief (Nelson)
Montesano man accused of supporting Islamic State group, illegally possessing firearms
From high school dropout to medical student: one man’s remarkable journey
Hundreds of black men turn out to encourage students, dispel stereotypes
‘Serious work’ to do if blacks are to achieve well-being on par with whites in Washington, new report says
On a Central District corner, intoxication and inspiration cohabitate
FYI Guy: Seattle among top 10 most densely populated big cities in the U.S. for first time ever
King County steps up effort to ease rise in homelessness
Editorial: A qualified vote for easier registration in Washington
Opinion: Big-money politics has damaged our democracy

Sky Valley Chronicle
Opinion: Private business interests may have killed badly needed reform of Wash. Public Records Act

Spokesman Review
Spokane-area school districts count special education students differently
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee blasts Senate GOP over ‘political hatchet job’
Turnbull refuge reopens after concerns over Oregon standoff
Why did state Senate Republicans fire Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson?
Editorial: Abortion bill may target a nonexistent problem

Tri-City Herald
Recruiting AutoZone to Washington will cost nearly $3 million

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Should women have to register for the draft?

Yakima Herald Republic
War of words with Sen. King, others casts pall over Gov. Inslee’s visit to Yakima
Washington could spend $14,000 per job created to bring new AutoZone warehouse to Pasco

Broadcast

KING 5 TV (NBC)
Inslee lashes out at Senate GOP for Peterson firing
I-405 tolling earns over 3 times more money than expected
King County announces homeless initiative
Community worries about deadly stretch of SR 547

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
I-405 toll lanes generating 3 times more money than expected
DOC chief who dramatically resigned will temporarily stay on

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Revenue report: I-405 tolls raking in millions as traffic worsens

KPLU FM
Inslee Cancels Meetings With Top Senate Republican
Washington Liquor Privatization Continues To Drive Sales To Oregon, Idaho

KUOW FM
Keeping Up With The Gregoires: A Family Of Women In Politics

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
I-405 express toll lanes become gold mine for the state
Action against state’s former transportation secretary ‘aimed at Gov. Inslee’
Olympia gridlock may mean little to show for short, 60-day session (Moscoso)
Gov. Inslee says WSDOT firing is an ‘election-year stunt’
Mark Harmsworth doesn’t want another ‘political hack’ running WSDOT

NW Public Radio
Inslee Cancels Meetings With Top Senate Republican
Washington Liquor Privatization Continues To Drive Sales To Oregon, Idaho
Inslee Accuses Republicans Of ‘Friday Massacre’

Q13 TV (FOX)
Gov. Inslee blasts Senate Republicans for ousting transportation secretary
I-405 express toll lanes bring in 3 times more money than expected
Neighbors concerned over toxic landfill in Shelton

Web

Capital Record
Gov. Inslee responds to Senate firing of WSDOT Secretary Lynn Peterson (Nelson)

Crosscut
Tensions high in Olympia after transpo boss’s firing (Sullivan)
Police unions, citizen group forge unlikely partnership
Breakthrough for special-needs kindergarten program

HDC Advance
Rep. Senn named Legislator of the Week by Fuse Washington (Senn)

Publicola
Criminalizing Homelessness (Liias)

Slog
Governor Jay Inslee: “Senate Republicans Are Out of Control”
Guest Editorial: Washington Sex-Selective Abortion Ban Will Fuel False Stereotypes Against Asian-American Women (Jayapal)