Thursday, July 30

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Associated Press
FTC investigating online college University of Phoenix
US House approves highway funding bill
Shell icebreaker retreats after showdown with protesters

Columbian
In Our View: Smart Step on Emissions

The Daily News
100,000 fish die from drought at Green River hatchery

Everett Herald (subscription required)
McNerney says without Ex-Im Bank, Boeing work could move overseas
Export-Import Bank excluded from highway bill
Warm waters bring more restrictions on salmon fishing in Tulalip
Sound Transit succumbs to ‘cost of doing business’
Editorial: Keep pressure on Legislature

The Inlander
Seven Ways Drought is Impacting the Inland Northwest
Hopeless for Heroin (Jinkins)

Islands’ Sounder
Will the sea stars ever be able to recover?
Feast and famine – a look at unemployment trends

Maple Valley Reporter
Legislature funds statewide 211 system with $1 million

News Tribune (subscription required)
Inslee says cap would hit largest carbon sources, including gas distributors
Opinion: Toss No Child’s penalties, but keep the accountability

Olympian (subscription required)
Wash. cranberry growers anxious for fall rain at harvest

Peninsula Daily News
State Rep. Tharinger details wins of marathon legislative session (Tharinger, Van De Wege, Hargrove)

Puget Sound Business Journal
Small Washington state exporters ‘kneecapped’ by loss of Ex-Im Bank
McNerney: Boeing may move ‘key pieces’ overseas if Ex-Im isn’t restored
Small businesses expect flat economy over next 12 months
Most small business owners support minimum wage increase, poll finds

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Tim Eyman measure to goad Olympia on taxes qualifies for ballot
What lobbyists think about state lawmakers
Shell icebreaker moves out as protesters in Portland dangle from bridge to block it
Wildfire in southeast Washington 73 percent contained
Seattle-area home prices hit wall in May
Editorial: Planned Parenthood attack is a manufactured crisis for women’s health care
Editorial: Pathetic voter turnout for the Aug. 4 primary

Seattle Weekly
Inslee Says He Already Has Authority to Cap Carbon Emissions. So What Took Him So Long?
“Massive Blowback” Has City Hall Cowed In Affordable Housing Debate

Spokesman Review
Beekeepers now designated as farmers under Washington law
Boy Scouts CEO says new policy on gay leaders may be nonissue in Spokane area
Tax-focused Eyman initiative qualifies for ballot
Doug Clark: President Wilson at top of undistinguished list in Spokane
Editorial: Evolving standards risk erasing history

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
School district approves $19M budget

Yakima Herald Republic
Eyman’s new anti-tax effort qualifies for ballot

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Is the death penalty dead in Washington?
Capitol Hill to test pedestrian-only zone to curb crime

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Counties finding texts to 911 mostly bogus, misdials

KUOW FM
Seattle Offers Help Before Rousting Car Campers Near Gas Works Park
Interest Groups Abound At State Lawmakers National Conference In Seattle
Training, Quality Assurance Lacking In Washington Forensic Mental Health Program

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Boeing chairman: We’re considering moving parts of company to other countries
Nobody believes a Washington state carbon tax will save the planet

NW Public Radio
Training, Quality Assurance Lacking In Washington Forensic Mental Health Program
Interest Groups Abound At State Lawmakers National Conference In Seattle
Washington State Lawmakers Call For Investigation Into Planned Parenthood

Q13 TV (FOX)
Anti-tax measure qualifies for the November ballot
A look at how the new 911 text-messaging service is working in Snohomish County
Death penalty won’t be sought against woman accused of killing 6 members of her family

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Crosscut
In drought, conflict emerges between fish and man

Schmudget
Efforts Underway to Block Eyman Blackmail Initiative

Seattle P.I.
Latest Eyman initiative could blow $1.4 billion hole in state budget
Big, unprecedented ‘independent’ spending invades Seattle City Council races
Inslee stands by Planned Parenthood, rebuffs “extremist organizations” calling for defunding

Wednesday, July 29

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Associated Press
GOP lawmakers want Washington to look at Planned Parenthood
Activists rappel off Oregon bridge to stop Shell icebreaker
Wildfire danger spreads to suburban western Washington
Inslee seeks plan to limit carbon emissions (Fitzgibbon)
Health care spending to accelerate, US report says
Activists rappel off Oregon bridge to stop Shell icebreaker

Bainbridge Island Review
The War Against Planned Parenthood

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Bypassing Legislature, Inslee turns to executive action on climate change

Columbian
Busy paving season underway in Clark County
Drought forces managers to lower North Fork of Lewis River
Wilson: Let Washington National Guard carry weapons
In Our View: ADA Changed U.S. for Better
Camden: Lawmakers should face consequences on education funding

The Daily News
Legislators review difficult, but productive, session (Blake, Takko, Hatfield)
Republican lawmakers focus on achievements, work still to be done

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Three weeks out, only four 911 texts have been valid
Burbank: State Supreme Court shares in blame for lack of school funding
Editorial: Get highway, Ex-Im Bank bills done

News Tribune (subscription required)
Bypassing Legislature, Inslee turns to executive action on climate change
Federal lawsuit accuses Pierce prosecutor Lindquist and staffer of deceiving courts
Editorial: A pathway to higher ed for low-income students

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Inslee’s victory lap after 176-day ride

Puget Sound Business Journal
Give the people what they want: Sound Transit says public wants light rail to West Seattle
Businesses wary as Inslee rolls out plan to reduce carbon emissions in Washington state
Bertha project administrator steps down

Renton Reporter
Valley Medical Center named one of top hospitals in state

San Juan Journal
Rental scarcity impacts islanders | Part II

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Inslee: I’ll use my authority to impose cap on emissions (Ranker)
Protesters in Portland dangle from bridge in a bid to block Shell icebreaker
Consumer Reports: Seattle-area hospitals get low marks for stopping infections
Ball back in justices’ court in state school-funding case
Editorial: A No Child Left Behind outcome worth saving

Seattle Weekly
Does Paul Allen’s Sustainable Seafood Program Go Far Enough?
Higher Ground: The Kids Hate the Weed!

Skagit Valley Herald
Puget Sound waters reach record warm temperatures

Spokesman Review
Inslee to avoid ‘poison pill’ with tougher enforcement of existing laws
Tacoma man wants Spokane’s Wilson Elementary renamed
Spokane public servant Bob Dellwo dies at 97
Fish brains: Regional managers in driver seat for future of fishing
Woman pushing stroller struck, killed by SUV on Spokane sidewalk
Editorial: Researchers will bolster public health commitment

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Federal judge wisely seeks deadlines for nuclear cleanup

Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima schools edges into black with $191M budget
Yakima Basin water plan heads for Senate panel
Editorial: State numbers help highlight Yakima Valley’s economic needs

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
New Yorker earthquake article follow-up tries to ease fears
Gas tax goes up seven cents Saturday
Ice cave collapse 911 caller reacts to land line plans
Tacoma considers ban on e-cigarettes on public transit
Baby orcas thriving in the Northwest

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Change may come to ice caves after fatal collapse
Lawsuit accuses Pierce County prosecutor, deputy of deceiving court

KPLU FM
Interactive Map Lets You Track Every Construction Project in Seattle
State Agency Adding Human Well-Being To Puget Sound Health Indicators
Oregon Legal Pot Sales Begin October 1, Officially

KUOW FM
Demand For Organs To Grow As Hep C, Obesity Increase
‘Location Is Everything’ In Tribal Casino Dispute
Gov. Inslee Seeks A Cap On Washington’s Carbon
Time To Let Your Lawn Go Brown, Climatologists Say

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Civic Skunkworks
Chipotle CFO: Just because minimum wage is increasing in a market doesn’t mean we’re going to raise prices’

Crosscut
Governor promises to put a lid on carbon emissions
Guest Opinion: ‘Second paycheck’ shouldn’t kill good jobs

Seattle P.I.
Inslee seeks cap on carbon emissions, evading Legislature’s ‘poison pill’
Big national conservation groups back Washington’s initiative against trafficking endangered animals
Washington’s top jobs by hiring rate

SDC Hopper
Sen. Ranker: Cap on carbon a “big, necessary step in the right direction” (Ranker)

Slog
Governor Inslee to Ecology: Put a Cap on Carbon Emissions
Accusing the HALA Committee of “Playing the Race Card” Is an Attempt to Derail an Important Conversation

The Stand
Opinion: Full funding of education will require us to come together

Tuesday, July 28

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Associated Press
SBA loans to resume after Congress raises lending limit
Washington State Patrol considers larger academy class size
Attorney general gives glowing report to court on education
Suspicious packages sent to Oregon government buildings
Court approves changes to Seattle police use of force
Tacoma libraries to close for 2 weeks in August

Aberdeen Daily World
Justice Yu visits Montesano, sits in on gender discussion

Bainbridge Island Review
Congressman Kilmer visits small farms on Bainbridge

Bothell Reporter
New legislation concerning alcohol and marijuana takes effect
More seniors, disabled citizens qualify for property tax relief

Columbian
Fire boat tour offers officials views of riverfront projects
In Our View: Ex-Im Bank Merits Debate

The Daily News
State money to be used to improve portion of Willapa Hills Trail
Editorial via Seattle Times: Keep pressure on state lawmakers to fund basic education

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Drought prompts water-use advisories in Everett, Seattle and Tacoma
State gets positive report on education
Editorial: A bill for parks and much more
Letter: People ignorant of 25-year-old law (Disabilities Act)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Pierce County will start shutting down unregulated pot dispensaries in a year
Opinion: Matt Driscoll: Proposed audit will test Pierce County Council’s stand on mental health funding
Editorial: Inslee: Don’t forfeit green projects for fuel mandate

Puget Sound Business Journal
Congress ends SBA loan shutdown by raising annual lending cap
Big oil push for crude exports could bring more oil trains through Washington state
Big businesses sign White House pledge to cut carbon emissions

Seattle Times (subscription required)
GOP lawmakers want state to investigate Planned Parenthood
Nation’s first offshore wind farm under construction, opportunity in NW
Seattle, Everett, Tacoma urge water conservation in drought
State wants contempt order lifted, but plaintiffs want sanctions in landmark school-funding case
Talton: Meet the best advocate of the $15 minimum wage

Spokesman Review
Should court end contempt order on school funding or force compliance?
Grading the Legislature
WSU hires UW team to assess public health issues
Rise in child ‘pot poisoning’ incidents concerns officials
Editorial: State should let counties set their own property tax rates

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Governor must retain control of setting water quality rules

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
SPD officer faces firing over golf club arrest
Microsoft wants to attract women with ‘Girls Who Code’
Seattle, Tacoma and Everett ask people to conserve water

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Seattle, Everett, Tacoma activate water shortage response plans

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Termination recommended for Seattle officer in golf club arrest

KPLU FM
Water Shortage Response Plans Ask For Conservation, Don’t Mandate It 

KUOW FM
Drawing A Line From The Chinese Stock Market To Your Wallet

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Another WSDOT official calls it quits on Seattle tunnel project

NW Public Radio
Washington AG Wins $55K Judgment Against Kickstarter Campaign Sponsor
Mother Agonizes As Mentally Ill Inmates Continue To Languish In Washington Jails
What The New Yorker Article Did For Earthquake Prep Sales

Q13 TV (FOX)
Seattle, Tacoma and Everett ask people to conserve water
Seattle police officer facing firing for arresting elderly black man over golf club

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Civic Skunkworks
3 reasons solar energy is going to become a hot topic in 2016

Crosscut
Continued failure to fund K-12 education, McCleary plaintiffs argue
King County will push juvenile justice bias study

Publicola
Seattle’s Single Family Zoning Dwarfs Neighboring Portland’s

Slog
The Morning News: There Have Been 227 Shootings in Seattle This Year, and the Columbia River Is Way Too Warm
Top Bertha Tunnel Administrator Todd Trepanier Announces He’ll Step Down
Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett Just Triggered Water Shortage Plans for All Three Cities

Monday, July 27

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Associated Press
State counties struggle with criminal justice costs
Half of Columbia River sockeye dying due to hot water
State health marketplaces face challenges
County requests for reimbursements for murder cases
Washington counties struggle with criminal justice costs (Hunter)
Forest Service hopes to install phone closer to ice caves
Tribes preparing for climate change impact on First Foods

Aberdeen Daily World
Justice Mary Yu to visit Montesano Monday

Bainbridge Island Review
Hidden Cove dock to be replaced; funding sought

Central Kitsap Reporter
New legislation concerning alcohol and marijuana becomes effective

Columbian
Legislators run tab of $600,000 in overtime per diem (Cleveland, Wylie, Moeller)
Umatilla tribes study impacts of climate change
In Our View: Every Child Achieves
In Our View: Lawmakers’ Report Card
Jayne: Parties cling to antiquated way of choosing candidates
Benton’s chutzpah

The Daily News
Prepare, don’t panic, for the Cascadia earthquake
The hidden fighter in the war on drugs: Your boss
How effective is drug testing?

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Audit: Arlington School District over-reported enrollment
Gas tax rising 7 cents (Clibborn, Hobbs, Moscoso, Stanford, Peterson, Ortiz-Self, Kagi, Ryu, Sells, Robinson, Dunshee, McAuliffe, Liias, Chase, McCoy)
Law will make it easier for distilleries to connect with customers
Guest commentary: Protect access to health care  (Medicare and Medicaid)
Editorial: Swallowing this ‘pill’ is too costly (transportation)
Editorial: Americans with Disabilities Act: Celebrate, and keep up work

Kirkland Reporter
New legislation concerning alcohol and marijuana takes effect

News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Illegal pot shops need rooting out in Pierce County
Opinion: Higher minimum wage will reduce income inequality

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Lawmakers still fail on K-12 funding
Editorial: Mental-health prison facility needed (Dunshee)
Editorial: Orca numbers are holding up

Seattle Times (subscription required)
New options driving down cost of college textbooks
Hanford’s a National Treasure, along with battlefield, canal and Joe Frazier’s Gym
Heated rent-control debate finds little room for compromise (Jayapal, Walkinshaw, Chopp)
Editorial: Legislature needs to escape traditional thinking on criminal justice policy
Editorial: Keep pressure on state lawmakers to fund basic education
Westneat: We’re now a city where gunfire is mere background noise

Skagit Valley Herald
New marijuana laws go into effect
The changing landscape of legal marijuana
Under new pot DUI standard, police using same methods to detect impairment

Spokesman Review
Report finds ‘complete streets’ reduce accidents, improve health
As fears of West Side ‘megaquake’ danger grow, state’s emergency planners unshaken
Inslee weighs action on climate change against ‘poison pill’ in transportation bill
Workers Bill of Rights proposal qualifies for Spokane ballot
Member of Kettle Falls Five sentenced to 16 months in jail for marijuana operation
State Democrats start petition for Rushing’s removal
Sunday Spin: Consequences of contempt on education improvements
Editorial: GMO bill takes aim at states’ right to regulate labels

Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Fixes to juvenile justice must be done carefully

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Partnership promising tool for enhancing water supply

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Hundreds remember slain local leader Donnie Chin
Trooper shortage has WSP looking to increase class size

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Shots fired near KOMO News crew in Mount Vernon

KPLU FM
What’s Clogging Your Commute? New Culverts For Fish And Flood Mitigation
Legislation Aims To Protect Low-Income Renters From “Economic Evictions”

KUOW FM
Hack The Central District: Connecting Seattle’s ‘African-American Diaspora’
Beneath Alaskan Wildfires, A Hidden Threat: Long-Frozen Carbon’s Thaw
Kayactivists Paddle In Protest As Shell Prepares For Arctic Drill
Seeking Firefighters To Watch Over King County’s ‘Highway Of Death’

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Crosscut
Guest Opinion by Brendan Williams: Erase the budget secrecy

Publicola
Despite landmark pharmacy ruling, case may continue

Friday, July 24

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Associated Press
High cost of caring for elderly strains families
Wait until later: Out of money, SBA loan program is on hold
Senate panel would allow marijuana vendors to use banks
Ruling: Washington can require pharmacies to dispense Plan B
State to sell former island park to tribe
State health officials investigating clusters of Salmonella
House passes bill to prevent mandatory GMO labeling

Aberdeen Daily World
Crude oil moratorium in effect in Aberdeen
Council approves lane revisions to Wishkah, Heron
Twin Harbor jobless rates at lowest since 2008

Central Kitsap Reporter
Four tax advisory votes will be on the statewide ballot this fall

Columbian
Medical marijuana changes to go into effect
Lackluster venture may spur port to cut budget revenues by millions
In Our View: Participate in Primary

Everett Herald (subscription required)
PDC won’t act on GOP complaint against Inslee campaign
Increase in vaping sparks consideration of rules
State will conduct meaningless vote on gas tax hike
MLT to use state money, grants, local money to revitalize Main Street
Editorial: A key manufacturing source (aerospace)

India West
State Senator Pramila Jayapal to Students, Teachers: ‘We Are Not Done’ (Jayapal, Rolfes)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Nonbinding vote ahead on state gas-tax increase
Court sides with state on Plan B sales
Citizens guarding Spanaway Army recruiting office asked to leave
Editorial: Simmering climate issue is coming to a full boil

Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula’s first naloxone program tied to needle exchange starts today in Clallam County

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Sound Transit board favors I-5 light-rail route from SeaTac to Federal Way
Amazon’s strong results shock Wall Street
Housing and zoning policies affect the poverty level of schools as well as neighborhoods
Seattle’s tough competition in life sciences
Editorial: Inslee, don’t derail hard-won transportation deal
Op-Ed: The state has made a substantial investment for affordable housing (Chopp, Walkinshaw)

Seattle Weekly
How Much Is a Serious Climate Fix Worth to Jay Inslee? (Fitzgibbon, Ranker, Clibborn, Hobbs)

Skagit Valley Herald
State may increase fees for water discharge permits

Tri-City Herald
Federal judge: DOE needs to be held accountable at Hanford

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
State reports 56 cases of salmonella in 8 counties
New Washington marijuana laws take effect Friday
Sound Transit picks I-5 light rail route to Federal Way
Mill works to keep drought from drying up jobs

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Dry conditions forcing loggers to limit operations

NW Public Radio
Mother Agonizes As Mentally Ill Inmates Continue To Languish In Washington Jails
Washington Liquor Board Adds Cannabis To Its Name
From The Fire Front: Walla Walla’s Watershed, Homes In Jeopardy
Alaska Airlines ‘Thriving’ Despite Stiff Competition From Delta, Says CEO

Q13 TV (FOX)
Armed citizens guarding Spanaway military recruitment center asked not to come back
Seattle’s International District community mourns loss of ‘local hero’

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Crosscut
Inslee might swallow ‘poison pill’ to reduce carbon in fuel
Book City: Gov. Jay Inslee talks reading

Publicola
Sound Transit Board May Jeopardize Benefits of Project

Slog
Convicted Cop Killer Christopher Monfort Sentenced to Life in Prison, Not Death
Seattle Wants to Increase Affordable Housing, But Its Rules Are Hard on Tiny Houses Like This One

The Stand
Sakuma farmworkers walk out again over production mandate
Harborview nurses, workers picket for safe staffing levels