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Friday, June 26
Associated Press
Supreme Court rules in favor of same-sex marriage
Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage to all 50 states
Lawmakers scramble to reach deal ahead of shutdown (Hunter)
More people moving to Washington: population tops 7 million
Republicans propose 1-month budget as emergency option
State officials celebrate Obamacare decision
House and Senate honor former president of WSU
Bothell Reporter
Frockt statement on Supreme Court Affordable Care Act decision (Frockt)
Central Kitsap Reporter
Washington’s average wage grows by 4.2 percent in 2014
Veterans transition into civilian jobs as commercial truck and bus drivers with Dept. of Transportation program
Columbian
County is state’s No. 2 in rate of population growth
Olympia honors late WSU president
WorkSource opens site at Clark College
In Our View: Put Stale Tax Idea to Rest
Not-so-special legislative sessions
Everett Herald (subscription required)
County investigating 45 ongoing human sex trafficking cases
Q&A: Tulalip Tribes sue to reclaim sales taxes
Editorial: Flag was never about heritage
Kent Reporter
Legislature sends ‘revenge porn’ bills to the governor (Wylie, Orwall)
Kirkland Reporter
Congresswoman Delbene statement on Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling
King County Executive Dow Constantine statement on Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision
Sen. Murray statement on marriage equality ruling by Supreme Court
Washington State Attorney General comments on Supreme Court Affordable Care Act decision
Sen. Patty Murray comments on Supreme Court decision
Islands’ Sounder
Mostly positive reviews for ferry reservations in San Juan Island
News Tribune (subscription required)
Will lawmakers finish in time? Shutdown looms as state budget debate continues (Carlyle, Hunter)
Olympian (subscription required)
Opinion by Sen. Fraser: A state government shutdown is ‘nuclear option’ we must avoid
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle businesses prep to celebrate Pride as landmark Supreme Court decision solidifies marriage equality
Gay marriage constitutional right, Supreme Court rules (Video)
Seattle Medium
Legislature sends two “revenge porn” bills to Governor Inslee (Wylie, Orwall)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Couples from Washington will now see their marriages recognized elsewhere
Court: First Amendment protects profanity against police
Seattle schools may halt most suspensions for young kids
Obamacare ruling welcomed in state, but exchange issues remain (Frockt)
Fourth of July could be hottest in Seattle’s history
Lawmakers scramble to reach deal ahead of shutdown (Hunter)
Editorial: Just a temporary compromise in the Legislature on teacher pay
Skagit Valley Herald
Skagit judge finds state in contempt for delays in treating mentally ill defendant
Women, Infant and Children Nutrition Program will continue in event of state government shutdown
Spokesman Review
Washington’s budget likely to go down to wire (Billig)
Drought forces irrigators into early water cutoffs
WSU’s Floyd honored by legislators (Billig, Riccelli)
Democrats cheer, GOP rebukes court ruling
Shawn Vestal: Conservatives who cross line to violence sound a lot like those who don’t
Editorial: Get state budget done – avoid shutdown
Vancouver Business Journal
Op-Ed: The Deed of Trust Act is dead and gone
Yakima Herald Republic
Conservation groups seek increased shoreline protections
Editorial: Good result on fast track; more work is still ahead
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Third special session a possibility for WA legislators
3,000 prison employees receive layoff notices
$34 million in fish threatened by state government shutdown
Local reaction to Supreme Court gay marriage ruling
Salmon threatened by invasive and predatory Northern Pike
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
30-day budget extension proposed as state government shutdown looms (Sullivan)
New law allows officers to break into hot cars to rescue pets
KUOW FM
Gay Marriage Is Legal Across America, Supreme Court Says
Washington Senate Republicans Prepare One-Month Budget To Avoid Shutdown (Hunter)
Dungeness Crabbers Hit Hard By Algae Bloom On Washington Coast
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
McKenna: Speaker of the House holding transportation package hostage (Chopp)
Supreme Court rules same-sex couples can marry in all states
Q13 TV (FOX)
LIVE BLOG: Leaders, others react to landmark Supreme Court decision on gay marriage
Man who lead fight against Gay marriage in Washington declares Supreme Court ruling ‘a blow to the republic’
This excerpt from the Supreme Court ruling is moving people to tears
As nation celebrates ruling, a Seattle Pride first flies on the Sound
Kirkland man shocked at $14,000 bill for crossing SR 520 toll bridge, plans to fight it
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Senate committee hears latest GOP budget, emergency one-month budget
Elson Floyd honored by Legislature (Riccelli)
Crosscut
Olympia watching the budget clock (Hunter, Carlyle)
Conservative senator with marijuana background leads on law changes (Kohl-Welles, Hurst)
Health Tech Net
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Honors State Representative Tina Orwall (D-Des Moines, WA) for Exceptional Service (Orwall)
Publicola
Sound Transit Board Meeting Features Alignment and Philosophical Battle
Schmudget
Senate Revenue Plan Won’t Sustain Investments
Seattle P.I.
Cheers for Supreme Court marriage ruling in Washington, a pioneer in gay rights
Open fires banned in tinder-dry Olympic rain forest
Slog
Police Cannot Arrest You For Watching and Criticizing Them from a Distance In Washington State
Up Early for the Supreme Court Marriage Decision
The Stand
WSLC: Andy Hill, GOP ‘tone deaf’ to state’s needs, budget crisis
Senate GOP tea partiers holding state hostage
Washington State Wire
Fuel Standard Gums Up Transpo Deal In Oregon; Washington Too?
Thursday, June 25
Associated Press
Olympia cop who shot beer theft suspects was reprimanded
Conservation groups seek increased shoreline protections in Puget Sound
Supreme Court upholds key part of Obamacare
Supreme Court upholds key tool for fighting housing bias
Senate OKS bill to remove alcohol monitoring cost limits
Aberdeen Daily World
25 years after spotted owl listing: fewer owls, less timber industry
Paradise Fire grows to nearly 950 acres
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Supreme Court upholds health care subsidies
Petition: Allow women to get year’s supply of birth control
Op-ed: Whatcom View: Race, racism are realities with very real consequences
Columbian
Summer meal programs feed hungry kids
Washington’s average annual wage climbs 4.2% in 2014
In Our View: Warning Signs of Teen Suicide
Effort aims to limit Oregonians’ tax-free shopping (Wylie, Moeller, Cleveland)
The Daily News
Editorial: Finish the job, Olympia (Transportation)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Groups clash over Columbia River salmon plan
Home efficiency upgrades fall short, don’t pay, study finds
Government shutdown could have ‘severe impact’ on fisheries
Capital building kerfuffle adds to state budget woes (Dunshee)
$6.6 million from feds to buy properties destroyed by Oso slide
Bloomberg: Latest U.S. tax break to benefit companies already avoiding tax burden
Open letter to the legislature: A united call to pass transportation budget (Clibborn, Chopp, Nelson)
Editorial: Voting’s a summertime thing
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Olympia budget block impacts school district
Kirkland Reporter
Washington’s average wage grows by 4.2 percent in 2014
News Tribune (subscription required)
State employees brace for potential shutdown (Carlyle)
Vaping giveaways raise eyebrows at state Capitol (Pollet, Carlyle)
Editorial: Elson Floyd’s loss is felt far beyond the WSU campus
Wages up in Washington, unemployment benefits also due to rise
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Cities fret over shutdown, budget
Opinion: A fair state budget requires revenue to assure opportunity
Opinion: Before raising taxes, cut wasteful expenditures
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington falls in ranking of best states for business, but still makes top 10
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle listed as contender for new pro hockey team
Judge: Students’ petition on carbon emissions should be reconsidered
FEMA grant goes to Snohomish County to buy Oso properties
Editorial: Legitimate medical-marijuana use should not get you fired
Seaquist: Phony politicking in Olympia puts education at risk
Op-Ed: Imagining a time when same-sex marriage isn’t controversial
Seattle Weekly
Only Days Left in Quest for Consensus on Police Oversight Legislation
Spokesman Review
Bill making 4th DUI a felony again passes Senate
University of Washington opens Spokane hub
Average state wage near $55,000
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – State’s AG right to push hard for Hanford cleanup
Yakima Herald Republic
Bill removes pretrial alcohol, drug monitoring cost limits
Washington insurance chief: Health care reform is successful
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Debate over tax breaks could send state into shutdown (Carlyle)
Layoff notices go out to Washington prison workers
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Vaping giveaways prompt anti-tax emails to lawmakers
KUOW FM
Supreme Court Rules Obamacare Subsidies Are Legal
Washington, Oregon Set To Harvest Record Blueberry Crops
Q13 TV (FOX)
Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies, gives Obamacare big win
KXLY TV (Spokane)
State lawmakers working to name WSU medical school after Dr. Elson Floyd (Ormsby)
WEB
Civic Skunkworks
Shocker: CEO pay is not representative of talent (minimum wage)
Crosscut
Inslee, GOP offer compromises on transportation (Clibborn)
State Senate pumps up drought funding
Seattle P.I.
Vancouver, B.C., regulates illegal marijuana dispensaries: High anxiety from Canadian government
Mayor Murray proposes transgender-friendly restrooms across Seattle
The $930 million ‘mother of all property tax levies’ is headed for Seattle ballot
Wednesday, June 24
Associated Press
Bill ties special session days to post-session fundraising
Boeing uneasy as Congress prepares to let Ex-Im bank expire
Oso gets $7.6 million of federal funds for mudslide recovery
Washington State may name med school for deceased president
Empty Hanford tanks on time, state demands
Landmark Dutch ruling: Cut emissions to protect citizens
State employees start receiving temporary layoff notices
Aberdeen Daily World
Agencies, college await word on government shutdown
Twin Harbor jobless rates inch upward in May
Durney decries Aberdeen’s approach to Thunderbird
Bainbridge Island Review
DNR expands burn ban to include western Washington
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Bellingham Council: Change Indian St. to Billy Frank Jr. St.
Panel: Coal port would lift Whatcom economy
Columbian
Heat wave could bring triple-digit temperatures
May ‘another strong month’ for county job growth
State employees: Shutdown would put public safety at risk
Camden: Without budget, Legislature breaks unenforceable law
Everett Herald (subscription required)
‘Stunning’ increase in teen suicides in Snohomish County
Transportation package is ‘win for everyone’, lawmakers told
Schwab: How can right deny racism’s persistence?
Editorial: More reasons to limit carbon
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Mixed signals from regulators nearly derail city’s Washington Avenue project
News Tribune (subscription required)
Sentencing overhaul adds support (Hudgins)
Opinion: Acquisition, habitat projects help Puget Sound fish – and people, too
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Decision time: To tax or not to tax
Puget Sound Business Journal
$930 million transportation levy heads to Seattle ballot
Legislator, social media push to name new WSU medical school after Elson Floyd
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Property taxpayers would foot the bill for $930M transportation levy
Race dramatically skews discipline, even in elementary school
Inslee to Corps: Give Kennewick Man to tribes
Westneat: Confederate flag is flying here, too, along I-5
Editorial: Chambers Bay is a jewel of the Northwest, but it can be improved
Editorial: Confederate flag is a symbol of hatred: Take it down
Seattle Weekly
Re-Engineering Tech-Worker Apathy
Will Affordable Housing Make the Density Debate Even More Shrill?
Spokesman Review
Guard trains for big Northwest quake
Judge orders county to refund tax payments to 5,000 city residents
Effort to name medical school after WSU’s Elson Floyd gains steam
Region’s rivers hit record low flows
Majority support grizzly restoration in Cascades
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
State employees start receiving temporary layoff notices
Whatcom vape company taking 130 jobs to Arizona
SPD hosts body cam round table
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Seattle mayor, police chief want ‘body cams’ for all officers (Video)
KPLU FM
Feds Open Inquiry Into UW’s Handling Of Student’s Sexual Assault Case
Washington State Labor Groups Suffer A Defeat As Senate Moves Ahead With Trade Bill
KUOW FM
26,000 Washington Employees Receive Temporary Layoff Warnings
Drought In Wash. Could Bring More Sting To A Government Shutdown
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Marijuana isn’t a cure-all ‘but it has miraculous medicinal powers’
NW Public Radio
26,000 Washington Employees Receive Temporary Layoff Warnings
Possible Government Shutdown Could Hurt WA Farmers, Fish
Expiring Tax Break Jolts Electric Car Sales
Q13 TV (FOX)
Series of brush fires in area bring renewed warning about dry conditions, precautions
WEB
Crosscut
House Republicans hesitant about tax break closures
Inslee wants tribal reburial for Kennewick Man
Schmudget
Threats of Shutdown Don’t Have to Become the New Normal
Seattle P.I.
Gov. Inslee: Give Kennewick Man, ‘the Ancient One,’ back to the tribes
Tuesday, June 23
Associated Press
WSU med school may be named for Floyd
US Senators debate more money for safety agency
Attorney general: Minimum wage surcharges must be disclosed
Feds paying for sewer analysis of pot usage in Washington
Students gather to remember late WSU president
House Democrats release latest budget plan (Sullivan)
Obama says US racism ‘not cured,’ makes point with epithet
Fire danger prompts statewide burn ban on public land
Western wildfires: Blazes burn in 4 states amid hot weather
WSU regents will soon begin process of replacing Floyd
Aberdeen Daily World
Oped: Rep. Steve Tharinger — We have the means to serve our aging population
Columbian
In Our View: Elson Floyd’s Cougar Pride
House Democrats release latest budget plan (Sullivan, Moeller)
Oil terminal environmental review due in November
Brunell: Lawmakers should fund life sciences discovery (Former Sen. Al Bauer)
The Daily News
Attorney general: Minimum wage surcharges must be disclosed
Feds paying for sewer analysis of pot usage in Washington
Editorial via Seattle Times: Final compromise needed on state spending for education, transportation
Everett Herald (subscription required)
WSU presence will be Floyd’s legacy in Everett (Dunshee)
Feds give $7.6 million for Oso mudslide recovery expenses
Harrop: How some states address overuse of ERs
Editorial: Get behind trade, worker bills (federal legislation)
News Tribune (subscription required)
OpEd: Home care workers deserve chance to retire, too (Conway)
Olympian (subscription required)
DNR burn ban expanded to include Western Washington
Editorial: Carbon tax proposal can move climate needle
Editorial: A link: LGBT youth & homelessness
Peninsula Daily News
State parks operations, campers’ vacation plans imperiled by impasse over state budget
Puget Sound Business Journal
Lawmakers scrap oversight panel for viaduct-replacement project (Clibborn)
What Washington state’s film sector has to do with trade
Renton Reporter
Burn ban extended to include Western Washington
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Dems’ state budget calls for end to tax breaks for refineries, bottled water (Sullivan)
Potency labels often wrong on medical-marijuana edibles, study finds
Fire in Olympics grows to 650 acres, moving through treetops
Farmers worry about harvest as stink bugs make a mess in NW region
Editorial: WSU President Elson Floyd was state’s best higher-education advocate
Skagit Valley Herald
DNR burn ban extended into Western Washington
Spokesman Review
Washington House Democrats float base, tax-adding budgets (Carlyle, Hunter)
Scorching heat on its way to Inland Northwest
Editorial: WSU President Elson Floyd set the bar high in academia
Tri-City Herald
Washington state considers lowering water fluoridation levels
Washington state objects to extra time to empty Hanford tanks
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: WSU President Elson Floyd was a strong, passionate leader
Water Online
Ratepayer Voice Reinforced By Washington State Law (Chase)
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Flight attendants sue Boeing, claim cabin air can be toxic
Social media push to name WSU med school after Elson Floyd
Washington burn ban expanded statewide
UW students, 5-star restaurant tackle food waste and hunger
Walmart: No more items with Confederate flags
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Layoff notices issued as government shutdown looms
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Opponents of Arctic undersea oil drilling move protest to Everett
KUOW FM
Washington House Democrats Move Ahead With Budget Plan
New Judge To Hear Arguments On Columbia River Dams And Salmon
Washington State Science Test Can Trip Up Even Good Students
NW Public Radio
Washington House Democrats Move Ahead With Budget Plan
Do-Or-Die Week For Washington Lawmakers As Government Shutdown Looms
Q13 TV (FOX)
State workers to get furlough notices starting Tuesday in preparation for possible shutdown
Day care worker says she reported Auburn mom to CPS before 3-year-old was killed
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
House Democrats release latest budget plan, call for ending several tax breaks (Hunter, Sullivan)
Civic Skunkworks
When wages go up, employment goes down (Microsoft style)
Crosscut
House pushes to end tax breaks (Sullivan, Hunter)
Confederate symbols also blight the Northwest (Dunshee)
Schmudget
New House Budget Nixes Best Plan for Sustainable, Equitable Revenue
Seattle P.I.
Global action on global warming would save thousands of lives, billions of dollars: Study
Statewide, summer-long fire ban takes effect on state lands
Monday, June 22
Associated Press
Condolences flood into Pullman after Elson Floyd’s death
New taxes appear to be off table in budget talks (Sullivan)
WSU President Elson Floyd dies at 59
Aberdeen Daily World
Lieutenant governor discusses budget impasse, timber, tourism in Forks
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
New taxes appear to be off table in budget talks (Sullivan, Nelson)
Central Kitsap Reporter
Opinion: State lawmakers wrangle over budget
Letter: Don’t tax income, capital gains
Columbian
The special legislative session’s price tag (Cleveland, Moeller, Wylie)
Dems take taxes off the table
Pitts: On climate change, there should be nothing to debate
In Our View: Trans Fat Ban Will Save Lives
The Daily News
Grain exports slow this year, but terminal managers hopeful for future
State: Email scam could damage victims’ computers
Editorial via Chicago Tribune: Stop blaming the teachers
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Op-ed: Kids, not pay, top list of reasons for teacher walkouts
Op-ed: State’s farms, businesses need trade deal
Editorial: Failure on budget can’t be allowed
Editorial: Keeping guns out of the wrong hands
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Editorial: OUR VIEW | Stay informed on fast-ferry plans
News Tribune (subscription required)
Want a PowerPoint with that golf? At U.S. Open, state lawmakers don’t have a choice (Fey, Conway, Cody, Fraser, Hunt, Jinkins)
Audit: State’s criminal history database missing thousands of cases
Editorial: A bold reach for school equality in Washington (Rolfes, Hargrove)
Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: Gov. Inslee draws a line in the sand over legislators’ state budget impasse (Hargrove, Tharinger, Van De Wege)
Renton Reporter
If only silence in Olympia came with a dollar sign
Redmond Reporter
Op-ed: Help plan future transit service for our growing region
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Homeland Security found in violation of open-records law
State budget: Dems rule out capital-gains tax, push GOP to reduce tax breaks (Carlyle, Sullivan)
State pulls plug on expert panel monitoring Bertha, Highway 99 tunnel (Clibborn)
Green River College, faculty union deadlocked over potential cuts
Snowpack, what snowpack? State measurements show zero
Commuters: Seattle-area traffic stinks, but we’d rather drive alone
Editorial: Final compromise needed on state spending for education, transportation
Westneat: Our sad response to mass shootings: Pack more heat
Seattle Weekly
How Seattle’s Poor Are Most Affected by Climate Change
Spokesman Review
Progress reported on state budget process
Influential WSU President Elson Floyd dies of cancer at 59
Leaders react to death of WSU President Elson Floyd (Riccelli)
Acting president
New NAACP president: Dolezal’s actions shouldn’t derail group’s mission
Spin Control: No criminal charges allowed in case of late budget
Editorial: Do Americans care enough to stop the carnage?
BROADCAST
KHQ
Invest Northwest for Sunday, June 14th (Riccelli)
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Study: Nearly half say nothing will keep them from driving solo
KUOW FM
Washington Democrats Drop Capital Gains Idea, GOP May Consider Closing Tax Exemptions (Sullivan)
NW Public Radio
Remembering WSU President Elson Floyd And His Legacy
Washington Democrats Drop Capital Gains Idea, GOP May Consider Closing Tax Exemptions (Sullivan)
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Budget leaders discuss compromise options with capital gains tax off the table (Sullivan)
Crosscut
Capital gains tax close to dead (Sullivan)
Opinion by Sens. Frockt and Jayapal: Time to fix our tax system
Opinion by Dick Nelson: How to make state taxes fairer
Seattle P.I.
Earth had its warmest May and is headed for its warmest year
State parks will shut down over July 4 if budget deal not realized