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Friday, July 17
Associated Press
Seattle tunnel contractors say digging to resume by Nov. 23
Seattle may attempt to use taxes to combat gun violence
Elwha ferry out of service for 4 months for repairs
Drought-related fishing restrictions enacted on 38 rivers
Aberdeen Daily World
Aspects of new state budget create possible problems for Hoquiam Schools
Summit Pacific upgraded to Level IV trauma center
Hoquiam completes major pipeline renovation
Port incumbent, challengers on opposite sides of oil issue
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Editorial reprint: Washington state vaccine exemptions need to tighten
Op-Ed: Transportation and trade expand opportunities for working families in Whatcom County
Columbian
Maple Grove to add free, full-day kindergarten
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Hobbs has eye on lieutenant governor’s office — if the job is open (Owen)
Community Transit wants sales tax increase for improved bus service (10)
Summit’s goal: Improve health, quality of life
$39.3M targeted to widen stretch of Highway 531 in Arlington
Racism stings at black-owned businesses
McCusker: Unintended consequences of gov’t meddling
Puget Sound Business Journal
Bertha’s new timetable — digging to resume in November
Seattle Times (subscription required)
New Bertha start date for tunneling: Nov. 23
30 rivers in state close to protect fish from drought-like conditions, heat wave
Pot of gold: The new legal marijuana business has created once-in-a-lifetime opportunities
Editorial: City needs to slow down and make the case on housing affordability plan
Seattle Weekly
Final Tally: 19 Out of 157 Washington Marijuana Stores Sold Pot to Minors
Skagit Valley Herald
Washington Supreme Court rules farmworkers must be paid separately for rest breaks
More seniors, disabled homeowners eligible for tax relief
The Suburban Times
Governor signs transportation package
Vancouver Business Journal
Will student loan debt be the next bubble?
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Supreme Court: Washington farm workers must be paid for rest breaks
Column: It’s time to stop measles and misinformation in Washington state
Yakima Herald Republic
Supreme Court rules for farm workers on piece-rate pay
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Pressure builds to ensure all rape kits are tested (Orwall)
Bertha to resume digging in November; tunnel opens in 2018
Kingdome bonds paid off early, arts programs to benefit
Neighbors hold ‘Peace Walk’ after shootings
Black leaders ask city to install surveillance cameras in high crime areas
Pressure builds to ensure all rape kits are tested (Orwall)
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Pot shop slapped with second citation for underage sales
Seattle warm stretch to last into October … 2016?!?
SPD looks for gunmen, pistol tied to 10 recent shootings
KPLU FM
Tacoma Voters Will Face Two Minimum Wage Initiatives On The November Ballot
NLRB Judge: Boeing Wrong For Withholding Job Relocation Information
Green River College Spares One Program, Axes Two More Over Union’s Objections
Re-Write Of ‘No Child Left Behind’ Passes U.S. Senate
KUOW FM
Cooler Weather Gives Firefighters ‘Nice Reprieve’
Northwest States In Top 10 Nationally For Job Growth Over Past Year
Washington Lawmaker Warns Of Noxious Weed After Death Of ‘One-In-A-Million’ Horse
Record-Long Session Produced Surprisingly Few New Laws
Meet The ‘Really Big One’: The Northwest’s Megaquake
Washington Capital Construction Budget Includes $130M In Lawmaker-Requested Projects
NW Public Radio
State Supreme Court Sides With Farmworkers On Pay For Breaks
Washington Capital Construction Budget Includes $130M In Lawmaker-Requested Projects
Q13 TV (FOX)
Seattle tunnel contractors say Bertha will resume digging by November
Math error blamed in Washington pot store’s sale of marijuana to minor
Seattle police ask public for help in identifying two gunmen, pistol tied to 10 shootings
Due to drought, Washington state bans or limits fishing on over 30 rivers
Thursday, July 15, 2015
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AP
Gov. Inslee signs $16 billion transportation package
Crews recover bodies from 2 Washington state plane crashes
Oregon’s pot trade heading up
Bumblebee habitat shrinking
Special session costs top $440,000 for Washington lawmakers
Without key bill, Inslee to weigh next move on water quality
US House admits defeat, OKs road bill extension
Budget cuts lead to bad taxpayer service at IRS
Seattle may attempt to use taxes to combat gun violence
Bothell Reporter
Representatives speak about state budget at Bothell Chamber luncheon (McAuliffe, Stanford)
Columbian
Vancouver, developer seek tweaks to waterfront plan
Kirkland Reporter
Lake Washington School District receives clean audit
News Tribune (subscription required)
Legislature’s special session costs top $440,000
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: PDC’s lobbyist filings to get upgrade (Moeller)
Editorial: JBLM cuts won’t be quite so deep
Seattle Weekly
Three Things: Three Ways to Prepare for Seattle’s Impending Doom
Spokesman Review
Jail grapples with inmate deaths, staff shortage
WSU moves forward on medical school named in Floyd’s honor
Transportation package goes into effect
Steve Gleason Act passes House, heads to president’s desk
Vancouver Business Journal
State unemployment rate falls to 5.3 percent
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Nelson announces millions more for environmental conservation (Nelson)
Wahkiakum County Eagle
County loses $1 million in last minute legislation (Blake, Takko)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Oregon plan for free community college tuition has real merit
Yakima Herald Republic
Medicare billing, hospital medications put patients in sticky situation
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Governor signs transportation bill, gas tax hike
Tacoma dreamer heads to White House
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Governor signs transportation bill
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
After nuke deal, Iran may splurge on new Boeing planes
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Fact Check: Are marijuana edibles really poisoning our kids?
Seattle’s minimum wage must not be that bad if McDonald’s is hiring
Stop throwing our kids in juvenile detention (Hargrove)
NW Public Radio
Northwest States In Top 10 Nationally For Job Growth Over Past Year
Washington Lawmaker Warns Of Noxious Weed After Death Of ‘One-In-A-Million’ Horse
Q13 TV (FOX)
Gas tax going up Aug. 1, as Inslee signs $16 billion transportation package
Capitol Record (TVW)
‘Legislative Year in Review’ recaps the extended 2015 session
WEB
Slog
The Morning News: A Call for Complete Light-Rail Package on the 2016 Ballot, Questions Raised About Amazon’s Affordable Housing Claims
If We Had $40 Million From the Feds, We Could Build That Cascadia Earthquake Early Warning System in Just a Few Years
The Stand
Star making: The Seattle Times shills for Hill, Republicans (Hargrove)
When scared legislators skimp on our schools, that’s on us
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
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AP
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee blames GOP for climate failures (Fitzgibbon)
Lower oil prices may trickle out of Iran deal
For U.S. and Iran, nuke deal is a series of tough compromises
Seattle council considers gun violence tax
Aberdeen Daily World
Recent cooler weather helps firefighters at Paradise Fire
Port incumbent, challengers on opposite sides of oil issue
County forestry and assessor team up for new overhead imaging
Columbian
Consultant shares waterfront ideas
Camden: Winners, losers of 2015 Washington legislative session
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Budget includes $3.83M to expand activities for Stilly Valley youth
Burbank: We must back taxes if we want smaller classes
Editorial: Don’t change cannabis buffers
Islands’ Sounder
State funds county projects
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Federal judge to consider delay in work on Hanford tanks
Forest Service wants public input before Big Four Ice Caves reopen
Op-Ed: Income inequality is making your life worse
Op-Ed: Shale gas and climate change
Op-Ed: We’re all in on much-needed statewide transportation package (Clibborn)
Seattle Weekly
Yes, You Can Swim in the Duwamish. And This Man’s Doing It.
Washington State Law Enforcement Accounted for 19 Deaths This Year—Here Are Their Stories
Skagit Valley Herald
Ecology updating construction stormwater rules, holding workshop in Mount Vernon
Spokesman Review
Inslee signs bills delaying I-1351, biology test requirements
Explosion rips through Newport aerospace company
Airway Heights mayor rejects calls to resign over online comments
Shawn Vestal: Local psychologists had high-level backup for torture role
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Initiatives not wise way to set class sizes
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Survey data aside, abuse of alcohol still a major problem
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Fighting Traffic: Can Seattle learn from Vancouver, BC?
Seattle ‘democracy voucher’ initiative moves forward
Expecting drivers to let you merge? They don’t have to
Seattle minimum wage increase ignites tipping debate
Tacoma mayor proposed minimum wage increase heads to November Ballot
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Union demands action over school district’s ‘unsafe’ kitchen
KUOW FM
Seattle Kids Have Lower Polio Vaccination Rate Than Rwanda
NW Public Radio
School Superintendent Applauds Suspension Of Class Size, Testing Requirements
Q13 TV (FOX)
Governor signs education bills affecting funding, testing and class sizes
Unprecedented tuition cut for Washington college students
Web
Civic Skunkworks
Seattle McDonald’s ‘now hiring’ despite franchise-killing minimum wage ordinance
Slog
Even More Grim News About How Washington’s Drought Is Affecting Local Farmers—and How You Can Help
Housing Affordability Committee: Tear Down This Parking! (And Build Homes for Humans!)
Tuesday, July 14
Associated Press
Wash. lawmakers extend sales tax break on electric vehicles
Marijuana opponents using racketeering law to fight industry
Law named for Tacoma runaway sparks debate
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Washington No.1 for jailing noncriminal youth, spurred by law named for Tacoma runaway (Darneille, Hargrove)
Columbian
Residents urge Vancouver council to ban personal fireworks
The Daily News
Editorial: Olympia keeps local rail upgrades on track
Islands’ Sounder
Ranker wraps up Olympia session (Ranker)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Washington No.1 for jailing noncriminal kids, spurred by law named for Tacoma runaway (Darneille, Hargrove)
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: State’s legal pot market has promise
Editorial: Cutting tuition is a course correction (Sullivan)
Opinion: Oil trains pose real risks for our communities
Opinion: Delta refuge should bear name of Billy Frank Jr.
Puget Sound Business Journal
‘Everything west of I-5 will be toast:’ Details from a chilling report on Cascadia’s future earthquake
Business groups sue EPA over water rule, allege small business impact was ignored
Most small business owners think it should be illegal to deny service to gay customers
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Tuition cuts may trigger refunds for investors in Washington’s GET
Seattle council OKs plan to close medical-marijuana businesses
Wash. lawmakers extend sales tax break on electric vehicles
If you think New Yorker’s earthquake story is scary, better read this
Op-Ed: Transportation package: a rare moment of compromise in the U.S. (Clibborn, Fain)
Krugman: The GOP’s laziness dogma is tired out
Spokesman Review
Drought puts Western fisheries in hot water
Firefighters camp at Priest Lake will be used for regionwide deployments
Inmate’s death is fourth in 10 weeks
3 legislators back Walker; video mocks him
Vancouver Business Journal
Local freight businesses applaud passage of transportation package
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Editorial: Widening gap in ferry fares isn’t fair on Vashon
BROADCAST
KPLU FM
Private Cannabis Clubs Are Now Illegal In Washington
KUOW FM
New Student Loans For A New For-Profit Education Sector
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Cliff Mass: We share responsibility to reduce carbon footprint
NW Public Radio
Oregon Governor Celebrates Paid Sick Leave Law With Ceremonial Signing
WEB
Crosscut
Small nuke reactors: Search for site is planned
Publicola
With O’Brien on Board HALA Plan, Murray Set to Release Housing Recommendations
City council approves medical marijuana reform, campaign public financing initiative
Mayor Murray and Mike O’Brien Team Up on Affordable Housing Plan
Seattle P.I.
Taxpayer financed campaign proposal, with “Democracy Vouchers,” wins a place Seattle’s fall ballot
Boy Scouts’ executive committee votes to lift ban on gay and bisexual troop leaders
Shell sends icebreaker to Portland for repairs; Arctic drilling to begin next week
Slog
How Washington’s Drought Is Affecting Local Farms
The Five Scariest Takeaways From the New Yorker Article About the Earthquake That Will “Devastate” Seattle
Monday, July 13
Associated Press
Washington Supreme Court rejects Robert Yates’ petition to overturn sentence
State lawmakers bid adieu with gas tax increase (Clibborn)
Wildfires in Central Washington force evacuations
Tacoma mayor to propose $12 minimum wage for ballot
Aberdeen Daily World
Letters:
No overtime (special sessions)
Not too late to block oil projects
No to oil
Bainbridge Island Review
Opinion: Life under the cloud
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Whatcom County environmentalists want to monitor oil trains
Firefighters hold lines in Douglas County wildfires
Columbian
In Our View: Time Not of the Essence
Everett Herald (subscription required)
A divided Legislature adjourns after 176 days of bickering (Peterson, Kagi, Ortiz-Self)
$800K from state will save popular Edmonds fishing pier
New cafeteria for Marysville Pilchuck on track for 2016 (Dunshee)
New law cutting higher-ed tuition ‘huge deal for students’
Washington post: A civil eye on the Civil War
Guest commentary: Details of death reveal disturbing, inhumane treatment (Island County jail)
Guest commentary: After gay marriage, can we move from battleground to common ground?
Guest commentary: Phrase ‘feeding at public trough’ unfair to most in public service
Editorial: Saving state’s wild steelhead
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way legislator’s bill will put more qualified teachers in Washington classrooms (Gregory)
Issaquah Press
Governor declares statewide drought emergency
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
School districts finally get hard budget numbers
Ferries off to good summer staffing start
Maple Valley Reporter
Mullet: Transpo package will provide major congestion relief
News Tribune (subscription required)
Legislature clears way for Candy Mountain hiking park purchase
State takes steps to reduce wolf conflicts this summer
Puget Sound Business Journal
Rick Steves on Washington’s marijuana law one year later: ‘We’re able to be taken seriously’
Washington state gets an ‘F’ in health care pricing transparency
Hobby Lobby ruling implemented: Firms that object to contraceptives won’t pay; employees still covered
WSU’s ambitious goal: Raise $100M for a new medical school by 2017
Seattle Times (subscription required)
State knows when Bertha will restart, waits to share date
Tacoma mayor to propose $12 minimum wage for ballot
Wildfires force evacuations in Douglas County in Central Washington
How gun-tax legislation would affect Seattle firearms stores
Op-Ed: Enough: It’s time to stop measles and misinformation
Editorial: Congress should reauthorize Export-Import Bank
Seattle Weekly
Where Do You Even Buy a Gun In Seattle?
Skagit Valley Herald
Farmers’ profits could sustain a hit reaching the millions
Tri-City Herald
Legislature clears way for Candy Mountain hiking park purchase
Voice of the Valley
Expert Review Panel for “Sound Transit 3” to discuss planning methodologies
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – Gas tax hard to swallow, but needed
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima County exports set another record
Editorial: Dems a party with booze? Manweller out of line (Cody)
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Seattle takes drastic measures to relieve growing gridlock
SPD Safe Place anti-hate crime program sees rapid growth
Calif., Ore. allow women to get birth control without a prescription
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Group wants Confederate monument removed from local cemetery
KPLU FM
When It Comes To Medical Marijuana, Seattle Takes A Softer Approach Than King County
Survey Results: Youth Suicide Attempts And Depression Increase In Washington State
More Than Half Of State’s 11th Graders Skipped Required Standardized Tests
KUOW FM
Washington Legislature Adjourns After Approving $508M To Unclog Traffic (Clibborn)
KXLY
What the new state budget means for eastern Washington (Riccelli)
WEB
Crosscut
Vance: Commentary: Court will have a big say on Legislature’s school shortcomings
Video: Legislature’s work & where WA goes now
To be continued: Argument on school taxes (Chopp, Rolfes)
All done: Legislature heads home after longest session (Sullivan)