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Tuesday, May 5
Associated Press
Washington State moving ahead with medical school
State employee with ties to investigation of Auditor Troy Kelley fired
Incentive for students who score well on Smarter Balanced
Columbian
North Bonneville pot shop falls short
In Our View: Kelley Must Be Ousted
The Daily News
Some Cowlitz County families refusing to take state standardized tests
Shellfish growers frustrated as Ecology cancels pesticide permit
Editorial via Yakima Herald: Presidential caucus move doesn’t serve state’s voters
Everett Herald (subscription required)
State swaps in new standardized math, English exams
New law would add native culture to curriculum
Snohomish County PUD to be investigated for ethics violations
Lawmakers hooked on Sultan man’s idea for at-risk kids
Editorial: Progress made on oil trains, but more should follow
Blog: AG says it seems OK to not pay Kelley during leave
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Bill would help would-be grads narrowly missing state test cut (Reykdal)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Franklin Pierce teachers set Friday for one-day strike
Editorial: Washingtonians need Pacific free trade pact
Puget Sound Business Journal
Big jump in trade deficit means economy probably shrank
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle teachers call 1-day walkout over state budget
Jerry Large: Housing is fast becoming regional problem
Column: Let the states make drug law
Editorial: Hold Boeing accountable for job losses (Robinson)
Seattle Weekly
Taylor Shellfish: Life On The Other Side of Environmental Alarm
Skagit Valley Herald
Gasoline prices slowly climbing back up
Spokesman Review
State capital gains tax wins favor at Democratic hearing
WSU moving on med school plans
Editorial: New rules on oil trains may block transparency
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Lawmakers should ban campaign fundraising prior to special sessions
Yakima Herald Republic
Local lawmakers confident of quick budget wrapup
BROADCAST
KUOW FM
Oregon Legislature Votes To Require Background Checks For Private Gun Sales
Road-Tripping On The West Coast Electric Highway
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
McGinn: Drop transportation plan, focus on maintenance
Seattle teachers agree to one-day strike over education funding
NW Public Radio
Washougal Teachers Join Others, Vote On One Day Strike
Shellfish Growers Decide Against Spraying Oyster Beds
WEB
Civic Skunkworks
Want to Get People Off Food Stamps? Raise the Minimum Wage.
Publicola
Murray Uses City Authority to Halt Shell Oil
SDC Hopper
Nelson: “We are all in this together and it’s time we had a tax structure that reflects that” (Nelson)
The Stand
49 for Fairness: People’s hearing calls for fair revenue package (Hunter)
Monday, May 4
Associated Press
Washington state officials withdraw shellfish spray permit
Aberdeen Daily World
Following backlash, oyster growers ask DOE to quash permit they had sought
Bothell Reporter
Sen. Frockt offer amendment to reduce tuition at all state colleges and universities (Frockt, Kohl-Welles)
Sen. Frockt touts new law making child welfare programs stronger (Frockt)
Columbian
In Our View: Public Outcry Gets Results
Teacher walkout’s target, legislators, listening (Cleveland, Wylie, Moeller)
The Daily News
Editorial: A peek into the port’s future
Federal Way Mirror
Teachers miffed over lawmakers’ raise
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Legislature firefighting budget drying up despite drought
News Tribune (subscription required)
State lawmakers might expand their social network (Nelson)
Investigator in Troy Kelley case cites payments to campaign manager
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Our silos of inequality are on display
Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: Van De Wege says Sequim schoolteacher strike targets wrong place (Van De Wege, Tharinger, Hargrove)
Redmond Reporter
Teachers are incensed about state lawmakers’ larger pay raise
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Bill would give courts leeway on DUI ignition locks (Goodman, Clibborn)
David Brooks: The nature of poverty
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Policy is where change happens
Sen. Murray op-ed: It’s time to give working families a raise
Editorial: Change state law to oust Troy Kelley
Editorial: City should be embarrassed by zoo elephant debacle
Spokesman Review
Washington lawmakers work to fix mental health care system (Jinkins, Sullivan)
Feds order oil train cars with leaky valves pulled for repair
Brain-damaged WSU instructor sues university over injury outside bar
Spin Control: Teachers’ ‘strike’ rankles GOP leaders
Editorial: Chemical regulation worthwhile for kids, firefighter safety (Van De Wege)
Tri-City Herald
State recommends Hanford budget strategy as cleanup falls 25 years behind
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – Teacher strikes won’t win over Legislature
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Presidential caucus move doesn’t serve state’s voters
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Ecology, shellfish growers cancel pesticide spraying permit
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Bill proposes signed statement in lieu of ignition interlock device
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Snohomish Co. PUD probes allegations of unfair contracts
KPLU FM
Seattle Principal, Teacher Placed On Leave After Suspicious Test Results
KUOW FM
When Have Wolves Made A ‘Recovery?’ It Depends On Your Definition.
Did You Like Knowing Where Oil Trains Moved In the Northwest? Too Bad.
NW Public Radio
Shellfish Growers Decide Against Spraying Oyster Beds
Washington’s Air Quality Is Back In Line Again
Q13 TV (FOX)
Principal, teacher put on leave in test tampering case
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
State Supreme Court will wait until special session adjourns before deciding on sanctions
Civic Skunkworks
Forbes’ Min-Wage-Hating Worstall on $15: The Datum Supports My Thesis!
While the Media Keeps Messing Up the $15 Story, One Pseudonymous Blogger Keeps Getting It Right
Crosscut
Status of debate on education spending: 4 bills and a ticking clock. (Hunter, Hargrove, Rolfes, Ranker)
Bowing to backlash, Taylor Shellfish decides against using pesticide
Kids and the American dream denied. A conversation with author Robert Putnam
Horsesass.org
I’m a Jolly Good Fellow (But a Mean Fisker) (Goldy on his new blog out of Nick Hanauer’s Civic Ventures – see Civic Skunkworks, above)
Seattle P.I.
The immigration/labor rights march: An upbeat side of Seattle May Day
Feds’ new oil train rules make oil cars safer but not the cargo they carry
Friday, May 1
Associated Press
Supreme Court to Legislature: Keep working on education plan (Hunter)
Fee proposed on rail cars that haul oil, other flammables
Wolf killed by vehicle in western Washington
Alex Alben appointed to Washington state privacy office
TRICARE revamp rejected, other benefit changes backed
Southern Washington county embraces electronic cigarette ban
Aberdeen Daily World
Hospital commissioners zero in on levy question
County takes detailed look at potential budget cuts
Oped: Jim Walsh — Politicians need to put “our” Washington first
Oped: Donald M. Payne Jr. — The urgent need to bolster tank car safety standards
Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge teachers hold one-day walkout (Rolfes)
Op-Ed: Lawmakers in Olympia may get a raise
Ballard News Tribune
Democrats offer amendment to reduce tuition at all state colleges and universities (Kohl-Welles, Frockt)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Tacoma woman retires after three decades of introducing teens to the state Capitol (Conway, Fraser)
Editorial reprint: Simpson pulling up stakes is painful
Op-ed: House transportation plan offers relief and reform (Fey)
Central Kitsap Reporter
Sen. Murray introduces act that would raise the minimum wage to $12 by 2020
Columbian
In Our View: Students Come First
Audit finds errors in Clark College accounting
The Daily News
Editorial via Tri-City Herald: Lawmakers should end special session quickly
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Supreme Court: No sanctions on lawmakers for now
Did someone say income tax? Lalalala, we can’t hear you
Editorial: A minimum wage that works
Islands’ Sounder
Why we must protect our local pollinators
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Larsen: raising the minimum wage helps make sure our economy helps works for everyone
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
NK teachers vote to walk out May 18
Belfair bypass could finally get funded
News Tribune (subscription required)
First Pierce County school district agrees to join walkout movement
Opinion: University Place schools are helping students buck the undertow of poverty
Fey: House transportation plan offers relief and reform
Olympian (subscription required)
Tacoma woman retires after three decades of introducing teens to the state Capitol (Fraser)
Tenino’s recreational marijuana retailer opens Friday
Opinion: Simpson pulling up stakes is painful
Hargrove: Ingredients for bipartisan budget include revenue, pay raises
Seattle Times (subscription required)
IRS does second search of Troy Kelley’s home computers
Chefs ‘horrified’ by plan to spray pesticide on oysters
Frank Bruni, fan of state universities, disputes Ivy League myth
Supreme Court to hold off on punishing lawmakers over education funding (Frockt)
Guest opinion: As state with a global heartbeat, helping refugees is at heart of who we are (Jayapal)
Editorial: Strong leadership from state attorney general on immigration
Spokesman Review
Wolf killed by vehicle may verify migration to West Side
Rep. Fagan officially resigns her seat
Affordable housing for Spokane’s poor woefully scarce
Dental care gap problem for adults
Editorial: Revive bill on cellphone safety while behind the wheel
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Columbia River Treaty talks need to start now
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – Banning drivers from hogging left lane worth doing
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
State privacy officer: Read before clicking ‘I accept’
KUOW FM
Pains, Trains And Automobiles: Seattle’s Commuting Future
Oil Train Bill Hits Railroads With Surcharge For Flawed Tank Cars (federal)
Retiring Wood Stoves Brings Washington’s Air Quality Back In Line
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Gov. Inslee says we owe kids ‘several billion dollars’
NW Public Radio
Washington Lawmakers Discuss Education Funding Options for McCleary
Washington GOP Requests AG Investigation Of Auditor’s Self-Financed Campaign
Q13 TV (FOX)
It’s May Day: Seattle police, marchers say they are prepared for what comes
Thousands expected to join annual May Day march for workers, immigrants’ rights Friday (VIDEO)
2 more search warrants unsealed in Washington auditor probe
‘First documented wolf in Western Washington’ hit, killed by car near North Bend
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Rep. Susan Fagan to resign on Friday following ethical violation allegations
Crosscut
Bill would limit state workers’ collective bargaining amounts (Hargrove, Conway)
Guest Opinion: We need to keep standing together for public lands
Seattle P.I.
Bellingham is America’s least smoggy city: American Lung Association
Slog
Report Predicts 2,000 New Tankers and Barges Carrying Sticky Crude in Local Waters—and Rules on Barges Are Lacking (Farrell)
The Stand
Sen. Andy Hill’s collective bargaining chips (Hargrove, Senn, Sells, Habib)
UW student employees reach tentative contract agreement
Providence Everett nurses ‘thrilled’ to ratify new contract
Washington State Wire
Op-ed by Chris Korsmo, CEO League of Education Voters
Carbon Reduction Investments are Smart Strategy for Electric Sector
Thursday, April 30
Associated Press
Second measles case diagnosed in Spokane; both involve unvaccinated patients
State lawmakers return to resolve budget, other issues
Report: Insurers skirt health law’s protections for women
Washington lawmaker facing ethics violations resigning (Chopp)
Truck bearing oversized load gets stuck on Seattle viaduct
Many 8th graders score poorly on US history, civics exam
Interim auditor head says agency will continue its work
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
WWU under investigation over handling of sexual abuse complaint
Bothell Reporter
State lawmakers up for raise in two years
Columbian
Who missed the most votes in 2015? (Moeller, Wylie, Cleveland)
Washington lawmakers tackle marijuana taxes (Carlyle)
County poised to ban e-cigarettes in most public places
Chips still stacked against cardrooms
In Our View: A Matter Of Civility (homelessness)
Camden: Lawmakers left themselves much to do upon return
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Options might be limited for ousting auditor who doesn’t want to go
Possible pay raise for lawmakers irritates teachers
Marysville teachers to walk out Friday in protest
Editorial: Shared duty for worker safety
Kirkland Reporter
Rep. Larry Springer bill to increase affordable housing becomes law (Springer)
King County Elections lauds passage of House Bill 1919 (Hunter, Bergquist)
State lawmakers up for raise in two years
Maple Valley Reporter
Proposal to ban ‘ticket bot’ software signed into law
News Tribune (subscription required)
State Auditor Troy Kelley leaves little trace online
Lawmaker wants to prevent campaign fundraising before special sessions of the Legislature (Gregory)
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Safe end to North Thurston shooting
Sen. Hargrove op-ed: Ingredients for bipartisan budget include revenue, pay raises
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington state plummets in ‘aerospace attractiveness’ study. Experts dubious
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Rep. Fagan to resign amid alleged ethics violations (Chopp)
Gov. Inslee not satisfied with Kelley picking quasi-auditor
Western Washington University under review in sexual-violence case
Jerry Large: King County voters can help raise next generation
Seattle Weekly
Did Medical Marijuana Bring About Its Own Demise? (Kohl-Welles)
Higher Ground: Marijuana Is Medicine
Skagit Valley Herald
Sedro-Woolley teachers rally over district’s objections
Spokesman Review
Rep. Susan Fagan accused of ethics violations, resigning (Chopp)
Female council members take on women’s pay, hiring at City Hall
Second case of measles confirmed in Spokane County
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – Embattled state auditor should resign office
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Couple worries about property taxes under school funding plan
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Your emails can be read by investigators if 180 days or older
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Photos: Demonstrators rally in Seattle to protest police violence
KPLU FM
Throwing Strikes: Unions Protest Teacher Pay Proposals As Lawmakers Open Special Session
KUOW FM
Washington State Rep. Fagan To Resign Over Ethics Allegations (Chopp)
NW Public Radio
Washington State Rep. Fagan To Resign Over Ethics Allegations (Chopp)
Washington Governor Signs Gun Notification Bill ‘Sheena Henderson Act’
Q13 TV (FOX)
Seattle protesters march through downtown streets for Baltimore’s Freddie Gray
Teachers in Sedro-Woolley School District stage one-day strike to protest Legislature’s education funding
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Special session begins, House passes recreational marijuana bill (Carlyle)
Crosscut
Rep. Susan Fagan resigns (Chopp)
Bill would limit state workers’ collective bargaining amounts (Conway, Hargrove)
Education Week
Special Session for School Funding Begins in Washington State (Hunter, Ranker)
Seattle P.I.
State lawmaker resigns over expense reports
Wednesday, April 29
Associated Press
State auditor announces he will take unpaid leave of absence
Washington legislators return to work Wednesday
Gov. Inslee says state will withhold pay from state auditor
Whooping cough on the rise in Washington
Inslee signs family notification law for police gun returns
Inslee signs law banning ticket bots
Lawmakers introduce bill in response to auditor’s leave
Obama: police must hold officers accountable for wrongdoing
Millennials believe justice system unfair, study shows
County auditor will not allow district voting in Pasco
Report: Insurers skirt health law’s protections for women
Washington mills closing after sale to California company
Aberdeen Daily World
Agreement on new oil rules as Legislature adjourns (Farrell, Blake)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Energy, Transportation departments to study volatility of oil moved by rail
Editorial reprint: Senate may be open to state worker contracts – with conditions
Central Kitsap Reporter
Washington State snowpack melting early, experts say
Columbian
Port of Vancouver calls for stricter oil-train safety rules
NFL relinquishing tax-exempt status
Everett Herald
Boeing wants $6 million for moving jobs to Oklahoma City
Schwab: How a tax on the rich is sold as tax on death
Singletary: A welcome curriculum of financial caution
Editorial: An enticement for lawmakers
Islands’ Sounder
WSF working on ferry reservation system
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
DNR hauls out creosote-treated timbers from Indianola beach
News Tribune (subscription required)
Inslee: No pay for indicted Auditor Troy Kelley during leave
Olympian (subscription required)
Tumwater voters approve higher sales tax in special election
Editorial: Senate may be open to state worker contracts – with conditions
Editorial: Medicaid-fraud law needs extending
Opinion: Capital gains tax is about wealthy paying a fairer share
Puget Sound Business Journal
Why life sciences attracts more venture funding than biotech in Seattle
Businesses make case for same-sex marriage at U.S. Supreme Court (Video)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
95% of Garfield juniors refuse to take new high-school tests
King County voters OK emergency network; other bond measures in doubt
Most seats are already taken at the charter schools opening this fall
Seattle home-price gains pick up speed
Danny Westneat: Disbelief over state plan to spray neurotoxin into oyster beds
Editorial: Lawmakers, time to meet in the middle
Guest Opinion: Update legislation to protect Internet data privacy
Guest Opinion: Budget cuts threaten justice
Seattle Weekly
The Heavy Costs Of Light Rail: What ST3 Means For You
Higher Ground: Marijuana Is Medicine
Skagit Valley Herald
Washington officials, Skagit County commissioner talk fish and farms with Gov. Inslee
Spokesman Review
Inslee signs Sheena Henderson Law as victim’s family looks on
Shawn Vestal: Stevens County group swears oaths of officials are improper
Tri-City Herald
Big budget jump needed to meet Hanford cleanup needs in 2017
Our Voice: High-tech society captures everybody’s every move
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – High court must give lawmakers chance to fully fund education
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Legislature shows it can reach a deal (Rolfes)
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Scrap metal laws still not deterring thieves
Seattle archdiocese breach big reason for state ID theft increase
SDOT, SPD acknowledge problems in SR 99 crash
Burned, beaten and locked away: State fails disabled woman
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Task force meeting to tackle transportation worries
State legislators return to work for special session
‘Ticket bots’ now illegal after Jesse Jones investigation
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Hero teacher: ‘I was just thinking about protecting my kids’
State hosts memorial to honor those killed at work
NW Public Radio
Washington Governor Signs Gun Notification Bill ‘Sheena Henderson Act’
Inslee Will Withhold Auditor Kelley’s Pay, Reiterates Call To Resign
Q13 TV (FOX)
Whooping cough on the rise in Washington, at epidemic levels
Owner of pizza shop says new Seattle minimum wage law is forcing her to close
Governor steps up pressure on indicted State Auditor Troy Kelley
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Gun notification bill known as ‘Sheena Henderson Act’ signed into law by Gov. Inslee
Gov. Inslee directs state to withhold pay from State Auditor Troy Kelley
Crosscut
Legislature back at it, tepidly (Hunter)
Auditor says he has given Inslee a plan for leave of absence
The Daily Troll – Wednesday, April 29: Republican tags Inslee leadership as ’empty.’ Researching the big one. State ready to spray oyster beds.
Guest Opinion: New Homeless Youth Act signing is next step in journey
Seattle P.I.
Inslee to state auditor: No work, no pay