Tuesday, September 1

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Associated Press
State tries new tactic to put out underground landfill fire
Franchises: More time needed to pay Seattle $15 minimum wage
Rain, rising humidity help crews battling wildfires
State tries new tactic to put out underground landfill fire
State fire crews too busy to test drones over wildfires
Pasco teachers to go on strike Tuesday; no school
Washington budget writer leaving House to run Early Learning   (Chopp, Hunter, Sullivan)
Last of 3 candidates visiting WSU

Columbian
State tries new tactic to put out underground landfill fire
In Our View: Keep Our Students Safe

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Sound Transit’s wish list of Snohomish County projects grows
House budget writer resigning to lead early learning agency (Hunter)

News Tribune (subscription required)
House budget expert Ross Hunter named to lead state preschool effort (Hunter, Carlyle, Kohl-Welles)
Editorial: If ‘Denali’ can be restored, so can ‘Mount Tacoma’

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Court rules officials’ texts are public

Seattle Times (subscription required)
‘It’s a different world’ for police after targeted slayings
Renton resident seeks pardon over public-indecency sting targeting gay men
Count revised upward for buildings lost to Okanogan fires
Crews scramble as thousands still in dark from storm
Rep. Hunter leaving state House to lead early-learning agency (Hunter, Carlyle, Kohl-Welles, Sullivan)
State. Sen. Pam Roach to run for Pierce County Council
Top educator agrees: FAFSA needs to change
City Council member says let Uber drivers unionize
Editorial: Public Records Act applies to all devices
Large: Shame NRA, control guns and save lives

Seattle Weekly
O’Brien Bill Would Let Uber and Lyft Drivers Unionize (Seattle City Council)
The Lummi Nation Is Lawyering Up For a Big Fight Over Coal Exports

Spokesman Review
Ross Hunter to leave House for Early Learning post
Spokane school year begins amid fears of teachers strike
WSU instructors under fire for trying to ban words — including “male” and “female” — from use in classes
Despite rain, threat of wildfires will remain into October

Yakima Herald Republic
Pasco teachers to go on strike
Let’s Talk issue: Can Yakima students improve achievement?

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Small South Sound town bans belligerent begging
Pasco teachers to go on strike Tuesday; no school
Seattle could become first US city to allow Uber driver’s union (Video)

KPLU FM
After Farmworker’s Death In A Manure Pond, Labor Groups To Protest At Darigold
Could Marysville-Pilchuck High School Have Prevented Last Year’s Deadly Shooting?

KUOW FM
Draft Environmental Review Released For Oil Terminals On Washington Coast

Q13 TV (FOX)
DEA: ‘Meth … is dark horse riding side by side with heroin’; Mexican cartels operating in Northwest
State tries new tactic to put out underground landfill fire
How you can help #WAWildfireRelief: Supporting victims of the Washington wildfires

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Civic Skunkworks
COUNCILMEMBER O’BRIEN ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION ALLOWING UBER EMPLOYEES TO UNIONIZE

Horsesass.org
Ross Hunter retires from the legislature

Publicola
State Representative Ross Hunter’s Long Con (in a Good Way)

Seattle P.I.
Pam Roach is often moved to run, from one house to another and now from one county to another
Rep. Ross Hunter will head state’s Department of Early Learning (Hunter, Carlyle)

The Stand
Opinion: Legislators are trying to manage, not solve our state’s fiscal crisis

Monday, August 31

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Associated Press
Traffic relief? DOT to widen I-5 near JBLM
Teacher contracts still being negotiated across state
Initial Common Core goals unfulfilled as results trickle in
State reopens Highway 20 in North Cascades
Thousands mourn fallen firefighters in Washington state
White House renames Mount McKinley as Denali
More than 100K still lack power
About 67 percent of Washington toddlers vaccinated on time
Highway 20 reopens as North Cascades wildfire danger eases

Aberdeen Daily World
Grant will help fix problems at Hoquiam Library
North coast of Washington reopens to crab fishing
McCleary mayor stops short of shutdown

Bothell Reporter
Rep. Stanford asked to co-chair task force on water in Washington (Stanford)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
EdCC gets infusion of equipment thanks to Boeing deal
A Snohomish family, not named McCleary, part of school-funding lawsuit
NLRB ruling could be game changer for unions
Hightower: Tax breaks not how to win better pay for workers
Op-ed: State’s low tax rank is not helping children
Guest column: Home health-care workers have choice on union dues
Editorial: NFL still too slow on protocol
Editorial: Keeping public records public

Islands’ Sounder
New school campus is unveiled (Ranker)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Tacoma officials want drop box to encourage anonymous surrender of guns
Wider I-5 — along with years of worse congestion — coming to JBLM area
State not ruled responsible for killing by ex-con on community supervision
Editorial: Washington wisely stays course with Common Core
Opinion by Rep. Kilduff: Let’s get back to work on bipartisan school-funding plan

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Reform coming for justice system
Editorial: Let’s celebrate our newest citizens
Opinion: Supreme Court oversteps authority by fining Legislature

Puget Sound Business Journal
UW named one of the 50 most entrepreneurial universities in nation
Washington state health insurance rate hike far lower than some other states

Seattle Times (subscription required)
At least 60,000 still without power after windstorm
Highway 20 reopens as North Cascades wildfire danger eases
Low pay and long, pricey commute often go hand in hand
State memos showed child-labor concerns for WHL youth hockey (Sells, Ormsby, Riccelli)
Cantwell urges ‘strategic approach’ to investing in wildfire prevention at Senate hearing
Lake Washington to use new ‘green’ portable classrooms
Educators share lesson plans on making college free
Seattle: last in county without even a tentative teacher contract
U.N. climate negotiators work in Bonn on deal to fight warming
Editorial: Consider transit in convention center plans
Editorial: Seawall one of many megaproject mishaps
Editorial: Lawmakers must focus on wildfire prevention

Spokesman Review
Ranchers face loss of livestock, livelihoods in Washington fires
High winds, fire leave exhausted town of Republic ‘tense’
Spokane weighs mandatory townhome fire sprinklers
Former state Rep. Duane Sommers dies
Spokane Public Schools employees vote to strike if agreement not reached in a week
Editorial: Parents must engage to optimize educational options
Sunday Spin: Some tolls aren’t GoodToGo!

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – Reported flaws in nuclear waste plant concerning

Yakima Herald Republic
Fallen firefighters ‘will never be forgotten’
Editorial: Court ruling is victory for open records in this state

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Over 63,000 in Western Wash. still without power Monday
Thousands mourn 3 fallen firefighters
School districts get tough on immunization
Photos: Western Wash. storm damage

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Thousands still without power after rare August windstorm
Low oxygen in Hood Canal killing marine life

KPLU FM
New Strategies, Budgets Needed To Fight Chronic Western Wildfires, Experts Say
Boeing Case Is Latest Targeting 401(k) Plans With Excessive Fees
Mother Fights As Brain Injured Son Languishes In Jail
Seattle Back In Court Over Minimum Wage

KUOW FM
Washington Vaccination Rates Remain Stubbornly Low
Expert Testifies: ‘We Haven’t Seen A Really Bad Wildfire Season Yet’
By Air And Ground, Tour Of Washington Wildfires Reveals Destruction, Unpredictability
Oregon Law Toughens Vaccine Exemption Process
Parched Olympic Peninsula Community Eyes New Reservoir
Oil And More: Longview Energy Company Proposes Expansion
Park Service Borrows Drone To Guide Olympic Rainforest Wildfire Fight

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Will it take a state income tax to fund education?

NW Public Radio
Wildfires Reveal Gaps In Emergency Planning For Thousands Of Migrant Farmworkers
Fallen Firefighters Remembered For Courage And Compassion

Q13 TV (FOX)
Days after storm, crews still work to repair power for some
Memorial service held in Wenatchee to honor 3 fallen firefighters

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Crosscut
The local health effects of Washington’s wildfires
Parents saving other parents, and their neglected kids

Slog
Landlords Are Giving Special Deals to Amazon and Microsoft Workers

West Seattle Blog
VIDEO: Duwamish Tribe chair face-to-face with U.S. Interior Secretary in West Seattle, report #2

Friday, August 28

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Associated Press
Officials breach levee to open wetlands to salmon recovery
Scientists, tribe study shrinking Washington state glacier
Officials issue warning about firefighter impersonators
State: 67 percent of Washington toddlers vaccinated on time
Kapowsin Meats recalls pork from Washington, Oregon, Alaska
Washington governor calls fires ‘slow-motion disaster’
Lummi Nation ask federal officials to reject permit for dock
Court: Texts on public employee cellphones are public records
State no longer seeking volunteers to fight fires
Supreme Court upholds deal on tribal gas stations
Senators: We must do more to prevent wildfires (Congress)

Aberdeen Daily World
Kilmer talks business, industry on Harbor
Residential landlords to require business licenses

Columbian
Vancouver Red Lion to close; 82 will lose jobs
In Our View: Hough Pool’s Metamorphosis

The Daily News
Business owners, city officials react to KapStone strike

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Economy grows at robust rate in second quarter
McCusker: Accounting for wildfires’ cost won’t be easy

Puget Sound Business Journal
Judge blocks EPA’s Clean Water Rule — but maybe only in 13 states
Renton gets a boost from $1.5B military order for sub hunter
Supreme court must back off Legislature

Seattle Times (subscription required)
NLRB expands standards for ‘joint employers’
Wildfire experts testify at congressional hearing
For students with learning disabilities, real life often is more satisfying than high school, study suggests
Op-Ed: Vancouver Energy terminal: good for Washington and nation
Expanding climate-change issue to diverse communities

Skagit Valley Herald
Swinomish suing government over release of records
County discusses farmworker housing expansion with Burlington

Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Wildfires should have natural disaster status

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – Senate GOP should focus on education funding

Yakima Herald Republic
Fruit growers to be surveyed about chemical use

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Patient safety advocates demand transparency
Trend: Crowdfunding for college tuition
Sound Transit Board starts shaping Sound Transit 3 proposal
Bees behind bars give prisoners a second chance
Pierce County prosecutor must produce text messages

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Cantwell, Goldmark push to protect wildfire prevention money

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Crews battling fast-moving brush fire in Mason County
Photos: Gov. Inslee tours Chelan Complex wildfire zone

NW Public Radio
Wash. Gov On Tour Of Fire Lines Calls For ‘Attack’ On Carbon Pollution
By Air And Ground, Tour Of Washington Wildfires Reveals Destruction, Unpredictability

Q13 TV (FOX)
Fast-moving wildfire grows to 50 acres north of Shelton in Mason County

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Seattle P.I.
Where does the UW rank among the world’s best universities?
Lakes Washington, Union lowest in 28 years
EPA wants $367,500 penalties on Jorgensen for faulty cleanup work on the Duwamish

Thursday, August 27

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Associated Press
Judge sets limits in civil case over deadly Oso mudslide
Witnesses say man fatally shot by deputy was walking away
UW Bothell professors, former student make math discovery
Court: Texts on public employee’s cell phone public records
‘Cougar Nation’ remembers WSU President Elson Floyd
Area the size of Rhode Island burning in state

Columbian
In Our View: Traffic Hits Braking Point
Wildfire season is Washington’s worst
Oil terminal ruling favors Vancouver port
Transportation Vancouver residents’ top priority

The Daily News
Longview, Kelso schools feel the effects of a teacher shortage

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Hobbs, McCoy join ‘Friendship Mission’ to Japan (Hobbs, McCoy, Fraser)
Editorial: Enough with the shutdown games

Issaquah Press
Future transit plans include bringing light rail to Issaquah

Journal of the San Juan Islands
Rep. Rick Larsen visits the San Juans

Mercer Island Reporter
State of fire | Editorial

News Tribune (subscription required)
Inslee visiting fire crews, touring wildfire damage today
Project Peace conversations aim at bettering relations between Tacoma police, citizens
Editorial: Biggest affordable housing problem is lack of it
Opinion: Matt Driscoll: Pierce County Council, mental health system both broken

Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia council pushes against PSE’s use of coal power
Opinion: Social Security, at 80, is still essential and affordable

Peninsula Daily News
State schools Superintendent Randy Dorn rallies Sequim district teachers; meets in Chimacum with administration, McCleary

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle Children’s Bellevue clinic warns of potential infection risk
Smoke grounds aircraft battling some Washington wildfires
Animated map: How the wildfires in North Central Washington have grown over time
Editorial: Seattle’s crackdown on hookah bars not about race when public safety at stake
Friedman: Trump’s ugly nativism isn’t cute anymore

Snoqualmie Valley Record
DNR buys Hancock easement to protect owl habitat

Spokesman Review
Drought, wildfires combine to impact region’s wildlife
A president’s passion honored
As school year nears, Spokane teachers still need new contract
McMorris Rodgers, Newhouse criticize Inslee on carbon efforts
Editorial: With luck, Wyman could set up meaningful presidential primary

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Fish farms could prompt lawsuit against government
Tahoma public schools integrate students with special needs
Thousands respond to call for wildfire volunteers

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Two drone pilots ticketed for ‘Orca Protection Violations’

KPLU FM
Drought Becomes Deadly For Olympic Pennisula’s Hatchery Fish
Once Wildfire Danger Passes, Visitors Can Help Economic Recovery

KUOW FM
There Are Kids Fighting Fires In Washington State
Q&A: The Wildfire-Climate-Change Connection
Washington Lt. Governor Touted Company At Center Of SEC Investigation
Killing Seabirds To Save Salmon On The Columbia
Seeing Big Picture Of A Million Acres Of Flames In Northwest

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Insurance companies sue to get out of paying for Bertha repairs

NW Public Radio
Drones Compromise Firefighting Efforts
At WSU Memorial, President Floyd Is Remembered As Visionary Friend Of Students
Washington Lt. Governor Touted Company At Center Of SEC Investigation

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Crosscut
Judge: Step back, be patient on police reform

Education Week
Wash. State Lawmakers Face Hard Choices on K-12 Finance (Rolfes)

Horsesass.org
Back Underground (Bertha)

Seattle P.I.
The NRA’s Olympia lobbyist defends ivory-handled guns, takes on ‘huge billionaire’ Paul Allen

Slog
There Was “a Large Sewage Spill” in Lake Washington This Morning
Guest Editorial: Today Is Women’s Equality Day, but in Washington, Women Still Don’t Have Equal Rights (Nelson)

Wednesday, August 26

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Associated Press
Improving economy shares blame for worst US traffic ever
Port of Longview exports down 19 percent
Judge rules Vancouver oil terminal did not violate laws
CWU to offer tuition waivers for students affected by fires
University of Idaho, WSU get grant to map wildfire threats
Urban areas where commuters endure the most extra hours
Everett high school bans apparel from non-Seattle teams
Improving economy fuels congestion

Aberdeen Daily World
Council to draft oil resolution with examiner’s recommendation, Port requests

Columbian
What’s Up With That? Budget impasse altered lottery rules
Camden: Education funding more a conundrum than a crisis
In Our View: Our Climate Is Changing

The Daily News
Editorial via Seattle Times: Hold the applause for the $15 minimum-wage experiment

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Burbank: State income tax would fix school funding and much more
Editorial: Help those hit hard by wildfire

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Vaccinating kids just makes sense

Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle drivers spend 63 hours a year stuck in traffic
UW leads $11M clinical trial, largest ever, on psychiatric disorders in rural America

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle No. 7 on list of cities with worst traffic in U.S.
Insurers sue to avoid paying $143M for Bertha repairs
‘Green zone’ of fruit orchards helping to slow fires
Complex in North Cascades growing, carrying heavy smoke
Worried about wildfire smoke? Here’s how to track air quality in Wash. and beyond
Bellevue School District requests state probe of football program
Officials worry North Star, Okanogan wildfires could combine
Editorial: Too much testing in Washington high schools should end
Talton: Did Amazon really kill Seattle?

Seattle Weekly
Airbnb Is Soaring in Seattle. Is It Causing Rent to Do the Same?
Higher Ground: The Weed Wire

Skagit Valley Herald
State resources mobilized to aid firefighting near Newhalem

Spokesman Review
Sen. Patty Murray backs Iran nuclear deal
Public Safety Building break-in shows security shortfalls
Idaho state lawmaker’s Confederate flag photo disappointing to some
Pullman-Moscow airport lands funding for new runway
Region added 5,600 jobs over year
Shawn Vestal: Lawmakers have authority to fund schools, not necessarily ability

Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Conservation fund must be top priority in September

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Editorial: Washington fires bring climate change home
Opinion: Regarding ferries, speak up or lose service

Yakima Herald Republic
CWU cuts tuition by $1K for students displaced by fires

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
King Co. lawmaker pushes for money to test rape kits (Orwall)
Interest in Seattle’s universal preschool exceeds expectations

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
More heat warnings as help joins fight against wildfires
Freedom of information or a waste of taxpayer money? (Video)
Report names Tukwila ‘2nd most dangerous city in America’

KUOW FM
Recess, Testing Are Among Top Issues For Seattle Teachers’ Contract Proposal

NW Public Radio
Swelling Ranks Of Firefighters Make Progress On Nation’s No. 1 Priority Wildfire
Killing Cormorants To Save Salmon On The Columbia

Q13 TV (FOX)
CWU to offer tuition waivers for students affected by fires
International help is on the way as largest fire in state’s history continues to grow
What? Tukwila is second most dangerous city in the country?
Family shares story on ‘Intervention’ as officials warn of heroin epidemic in Snohomish County
Police say much of the rise in gun violence in Seattle area due to gangs
Oregon builder planning disaster-proof concrete homes

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Civic Skunkworks
The Seattle Times editorial board can go pho itself (minimum wage)

Publicola
NRA Sues City Over New Gun Tax (McCleary, Hunter)

Seattle P.I.
Stevens County asks the almighty for help in fighting fires

Slog
The Morning News: The NRA Sues Seattle, Amazon Launches One-Hour Delivery, and Okanogan Wildfires Break State Record
That Washington State Law I May Have Broken Might Be Unconstitutional
Police Reform Advocates Say Federal Oversight Hasn’t Gone Far Enough