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Thursday, August 6
Associated Press
Applications for US jobless aid rise to still-low 270,000
7 confirmed human cases of West Nile virus in Tri-Cities
State Board of Education sets lower bar for Common Core tests
Spokane VA center faces challenge in recruiting ER doctors
Evacuation order lifted for town of Roosevelt
Aberdeen Daily World
Deadline approaches for church encampment
Letter: Wrong way lanes
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
State board OKs lower score on new tests for students to graduate
Columbian
In Our View: Heed Lessons of Hiroshima
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Opponents say Eyman’s new initiative uses blackmail, extortion
Trump spices up thoughts of state primary
Op-ed: Fighting homelessness to end panhandling
Editorial: An uphill tax battle for county (Quil Ceda Village)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Election results for Pierce County
State board OKs lower score on new tests for students to graduate
Editorial: No more delays in cleaning up toxic Hanford tanks
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund not dead yet, launches grant program
Seattle Times (subscription required)
King County median home prices slip as market cools a bit
Microsoft boosts paid leave for new parents
State sets new minimum scores for high-school graduation
Firefighters slow spread of fire near Lake Chelan
Washington State Ferries fares going up Oct. 1
Seattle Weekly
Seattle’s Best Ideas 2015
Higher Ground: Patient Protection Act, My Ass
Released From ICE, a Warm Welcome Awaits
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – To fund basic education, local school levy system could vanish
Yakima Herald Republic
Agency asks Congress to revisit firefighting funding policy after new report
Yakima County schools make more progress on all-day kindergarten
Editorial: Inslee takes right route on ‘poison pill’ for pathways
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
State legislation affects Washington’s aging population (Springer, Mullet)
Primary: Big shake-up in Seattle, Snohomish County
App allows public to report human trafficking
State fairgrounds add biosafety measures
1,000 high school girls in Seattle ask about birth control
Campaign over new Pierce County headquarters to heat up
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Seattle one vote away from tax on gun and ammunition sales
KPLU FM
Washington Volunteers Gather Signatures To Push For Overturning Citizens United Ruling
KUOW FM
The Role Of Politics In The Classroom
NW Public Radio
Music Wood Poaching Case Targets Mill Owner Who Sold To PRS Guitars
Residents Still In Shock Over Western Washington Fire That Destroyed 5 Homes
Q13 TV (FOX)
Sources: Olympia police shooting of 2 stepbrothers justified; young men could face charges
WEB
Seattle P.I.
Money speaks: Boeing, General Electric cut off donations to Republicans blocking Export-Import Bank
Council firearms tax and reporting proposals come under fire, but final action set next Monday
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
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AP
State Board of Education to set bar for Common Core tests
Washington ferry fares going up Oct. 1
U.S. supports Tulalips in lawsuit to fight local, state taxes
Aberdeen Daily World
Larson an easy winner in Aberdeen primary; Micheau and Simpson in close race
Samuel well ahead in Monte race, Estes leads Trimble
Durney, Dickhoff in a close race, will advance to general election
Bearden holds large lead; Bruce appears headed for November ballot
Osgood has narrow lead in Elma mayoral race
Incumbent Pinnick bags strong margin in Port race
South Beach EMS levies all passing
Hot, dry conditions stir up Paradise Fire
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Singletary: Are you prepared for the coming retirement storm?
Editorial: Tough wait, but aid coming (Oso and FEMA)
Editorial: Don’t pre-empt people’s voice (Initiatives)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Ferry fare increases adopted
News Tribune (subscription required)
No decision at Lindquist recall hearing; written ruling to come
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Deal lets 2,000 seniors graduate (Reykdal, Fraser)
Puget Sound Business Journal
3 hot-button issues that could lead to a government shutdown
Startups pitch Obama, tech companies take diversity pledge at first-ever White House Demo Day
With $37M, UW expands nanofabrication lab vital to startups and researchers
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Small town of Roosevelt evacuated as wildfire advances
Wildfire along Lake Chelan growing fast in remote hills
Gasoline prices expected to keep falling; $2 a gallon predicted in some states
Editorial: Rent control is not the answer for Seattle, and is illegal
Editorial: Romantics should show their love in ways other than locks
Op-Ed: The cost of fighting wildfires is sapping Forest Service budget
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Tribal gas tax exemption creates several challenges
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Early primary returns show most incumbents leading
Burgess, Sawant lead in Seattle City Council races
Roosevelt, Wash. under evacuation order due to wildfire
Red light running fatalities awareness campaign
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Woman charged with hate crimes for Pride weekend attack
Wildfire along Lake Chelan grows to 40 square miles (Photo Gallery)
Mount Vernon residents on edge after string of shootings (Video)
KPLU FM
Federal Clean Power Plan Offered While Washington State Fails To Advance Its Own
Here’s How We Know Washington Schools Still Have A Funding Problem
KUOW FM
Wolverine Creek Fire Near Chelan Grows 9,000 Acres
Q13 TV (FOX)
Election: Seattle’s Sawant gets strong primary vote; incumbent Godden may be in trouble
Wildfire forces entire town of Roosevelt, Washington to evacuate
Wolverine Fire grows; smoke chokes parts of Eastern Washington (VIDEO)
Irrigation system in Kittitas County set for early closure
State trying to balance rising wolf population with ranchers’ concerns for livestock
WEB
Civic Skunkworks
Restaurant owner who said ‘We are … certainly not opening another business in our beloved Seattle ‘due to $15 minimum wage is opening another restaurant in this beloved Seattle
MyNorthwest.com
How some drivers might try to cheat the new I-405 tolling system
Tuesday, August 4
Associated Press
Wash. governor praises Obama’s plan to cut emissions
Prosecutor misconduct blamed in many reversed cases in Pierce County
EPA: Withhold permit for oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Higher Ed’s Cost Curbed
The Daily News
KapStone declares impasse; will implement contract unilaterally, union says
Editorial via Yakima Herald: Don’t count on drought going away this year
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Final ferry fare meeting Tuesday
Auditor won’t investigate Navy-DNR land deal
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: South Sound projects win funding (Reykdal, Hunt, Fraser)
Opinion: Debate on immigration needs a bit of economic perspective
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Wolverine fire continues to grow, air quality at hazardous levels
Seattle unveils crackdown on hookah lounges
CWU selected for a U.S.-Cuba partnership program
Seattle launches emergency alert and notification system
State already in step with Obama clean-power plan
Editorial: Washington state should move up the 2016 presidential primary to March 8
Letter: It’s about time Tim Eyman ran for office
Spokesman Review
Spokane sues Monsanto in action tied to PCBs in river
Smoke lowering air health quality
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Gabby Giffords, husband talk gun control during Seattle visit
Voter turnout still low; ballots due Tuesday
WSDOT denies liability in I-90 barrier arm accident
NASA graphic shows the year’s rain in 14 seconds
City of Spokane accuses Monsanto of polluting river
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Governor Inslee praises Obama’s plan to cut emissions
Clerical error jeopardizing status of nearly 200 Kent teachers
Seattle unveils real-time public emergency alert system
NW Public Radio
Obama Clean Power Plan Demands Emissions Reductions From States
Q13 TV (FOX)
EPA: Withhold permit for oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver
18 counties in Washington under ‘extreme fire danger,’ including King, Pierce, Snohomish
7 confirmed human cases of West Nile virus in Tri-Cities
WEB
Seattle P.I.
Another mea culpa: City Council resolution regrets 1800’s anti-Chinese legislation, 1886 riot
Washington officials cheer Obama plan to reduce carbon pollution: House Speaker Boehner calls it “nuts”
Slog
Immigrant Detention Center Protesters Cut Off Downtown Traffic for Two Hours
Monday, August 3
Associated Press
State senators question deal limiting shoreline development
Gas tax increases by 7 cents in Washington state (Clibborn)
Obama to require steeper emissions cuts from U.S. power plants
Suit seeks to block anti-tax measure from Washington ballot
Aberdeen Daily World
Hospital in the black after first six months of public control
Bainbridge Island Review
Ferry fares set to rise 5 percent by next year
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Editorial reprint: NW View: Is presidential primary meaningful in Washington state?
Columbian
Study predicts bird deaths at wind farms
In Our View: Deadlines Do Matter
In Our View: Let Voters Have Their Say
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Construction of new WSU building in Everett to begin this month (Sells)
Milbank: Abortions will only increase if funding is cut
Sirota: Walker’s Wisconsin shows what’s wrong with corporate welfare
Hightower: Making parks shill for ads heaps insult upon injury
Op-ed by Rep. Ortiz-Self: We need more than tuition cuts (Ortiz-Self)
Op-ed: We can all agree on gun safety
Op-ed: Should Congress end Planned Parenthood’s funding?
Editorial: Move up presidential primary
Kirkland Reporter
Goodman appointed vice chair of National Conference on State Legislatures’ Law and Criminal Justice Committee (Goodman)
Sound Transit got all it asked for and more than it wanted
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Governor presses to address climate change
Editorial: OUR VIEW | Put environment ahead of politics
News Tribune (subscription required)
Inslee says cap would hit largest carbon sources, including gas distributors
More than $1.4 million raised to host Seattle conference of lawmakers (Kohl-Welles)
Editorial: State Supreme Court must get tough on levy reform
Opinion: Funding looks iffy for state Medicaid expansion
Opinion: Matt Driscoll: A look at Tacoma’s ‘unmet, brutal need’ for affordable housing
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Should our leaders pay for extortion?
Opinion: Why labor is backing expansion of Washington trade terminals
Puget Sound Business Journal
Big fight brewing over whether to turn Alaskan Way Viaduct into a High Line-like elevated park
UW Medicine recruits doctors in Spokane for med school expansion
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Virginia Mason failed to properly report ‘superbug’ outbreak, state says
‘It’s just math’: Preschoolers can do more than we might think
New bill would give teachers an incentive to work in the most challenging schools
AP: Obama to require steeper emissions cuts from US power plants
State senators want investigation of Commissioner Goldmark over ‘low’ lease deal
Inslee sets aside clean-water draft rules
Editorial: A step back from misguided housing policy, but work remains
Op-Ed: Dead Salmon, climate change and Northwest dams
Seattle Weekly
Three Things: How the Blob Is Ruining Summer in Seattle
Spokesman Review
Highway projects underway across region
Kalispels bid for Spokane Country Club
State’s clean water rules update postponed for reassessment
Restrained arrestee choked on vomit, died in Spokane jail booking area
Spin Control: Wrongdoing, not offensive words, is basis for a recall
Sunday Spin 2: This seems familiar
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Eyman’s latest initiative should go to voters
Editorial – Is drone technology moving too fast?
Editorial – Get out of the way when fires flare up
Yakima Herald Republic
Get Started: Employee or freelancer? Govt issues opinion
Op-ed: Consider immigration facts, not Trumpisms
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Neighbors accuse public school of wasting water
Chelan County fire grows to more than 15,000 acres
Puyallup fire contained but not yet extinguished
KPLU FM
The Drought and “The Blob” Delivering One-Two Punch To Puget Sound Ecosystems
Q13 TV (FOX)
New fishing restrictions off Neah Bay begin Sunday
WEB
Civic Skunkworks
Haggen slashes hours because it can
Bob Donegan on raising the minimum wage to $15: ‘Customers seem to like it, the employees seem to like it, and it seems to be working’
Crosscut
How much of Seattle’s housing is affordable? No one knows for sure
In Washington’s pot industry, pesticide use remains hazy
Publicola
Mayor Murray’s Affordable Housing Fail creates an opening for Urbanists
Seattle P.I.
Clean water decision by Washington’s ‘green’ governor makes business lobbies turn blue
Shell begins drilling in the Arctic with giant rig: Legal challenge to Seattle lease is rejected
The Stand
Full funding of education will require us to come together
Something scary happened in 1975 – to wages
Friday, July 31
Associated Press
Higher wages a surprising success for Seattle restaurant
Obama to restore college grants for some prison inmates Suit seeks to block anti-tax measure from Washington ballot
Anti-wildlife trafficking initiative qualifies for ballot
Aberdeen Daily World
Tharinger details wins of marathon legislative session
Columbian
Study: Metals industry faces big change with 3-D printing
Washington cranberry growers eager for fall rain
In Our View: Stop Shooting Off Mouths
The Daily News
One way to keep public defender costs down: Decriminalize unlicensed driving
Commission to hear about wild steelhead, spotted owls
Everett Herald (subscription required)
What does it cost to boost fast food wages?
US economy up 2.3%; 1st quarter revised higher
Briefs: Port of Everett awards $15,000 to support tourism
McCusker: Our finance industry has grown too large
Editorial: Higher education’s good year (Kagi)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
School districts see modest budget increases
Puget Sound Business Journal
Editor’s picks: The incredible vanishing blue-collar worker
Manufacturers: Where’s the love?
State must restore life science incentives
We’re swimming upriver when it comes to finding skilled help’
Renton Reporter
City wants to take control of SR900
State Board of Education to set new graduation scores for SBAC
Seattle Times (subscription required)
High rate of homelessness among King County’s LGBTQ youth
Mayor Murray withdraws proposal to allow more density in single-family zones
Suit filed over Eyman tax measure, just a day after it makes the ballot
Op-ed: Immigrants have grown Washington’s farm economy
Editorial: County should not seek the death penalty again
Seattle Weekly
Lawmakers Just Put Sound Transit Into the Education Business
Vancouver Business Journal
Sick leave legislation not in cards (for now) in Vancouver
Yakima Herald Republic
Latino voter turnout is anemic as primary approaches
Study shows Cle Elum hatchery is helping fish population on Yakima River
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Warm water ‘blob’ invades Puget Sound
Operation Warrant: ‘We will take you off the street’
Law to help ex-cons a thorn for some Seattle businesses
KPLU FM
The Drought and “The Blob” Delivering One-Two Punch To Puget Sound Ecosystems
Tumwater Lawmaker Joins Race For Washington Schools Superintendent
KUOW FM
How Much Have Protesters Affected Shell’s Drilling Plans?
How Seattle Turned Into A Parking Lot
Lawsuit Challenges Eyman Anti-Tax Measure
Salmon Losing, Jellyfish Winning
Violence Against Seattle’s LGBTQ Community Prompts Safety Plan
NW Public Radio
Northwest Senators Push To Open Banking To Cannabis Businesses
Die-Off Sparks Questions About Sturgeon Survival In A Changing Climate
Q13 TV (FOX)
USGS awards $4M to boost earthquake early warning systems
Anti-wildlife trafficking initiative qualifies for Washington ballot
Arctic-bound Shell ship leaves Portland after oil-drilling protest broken up
WEB
Crosscut
Lawsuit aims to halt Eyman initiative (Frockt, Carlyle)
Schmudget
Today is the 50th Anniversary of Medicaid
Seattle P.I.
Legal weed crossing state borders: No big deal?
Connelly: Mayor Murray moves to counter hate crimes, boost safety for city’s LGBT community