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Wednesday, June 10
Associated Press
Senate budget negotiator: No deal on spending level yet
State, Skagit County to review Shell oil-by-rail project
Aberdeen Daily World
Sen. Hargrove helps to hammer out state budget deal
Hoquiam council narrows oil drafts to two
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Editorial reprint: Lawmakers need ethics pro for U.S. Open trip
Columbian
Camden: How to get the Legislature out of Dodge on time
Everett Herald (subscription required)
AG launches criminal probe of state auditor
Schwab: Pointing out a problem isn’t ‘politicizing’ it
Editorial: Tool protects open discourse
Letter by Rep. Mike Sells: Was not invited, was not going (U.S. Open)
Letter: We must fund prevention again (Tobacco)
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way Education Association rallies for more funding, smaller classes
Islands’ Sounder
President’s daughters ‘adopt’ orca
News Tribune (subscription required)
Troy Kelley faces second criminal investigation
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Lawmakers need ethics pro for U.S. Open trip
Seattle Times (subscription required)
State AG opens new probe into Auditor Troy Kelley
Oil-drilling rig will create jobs, but not so many year-round ones
Op-Ed: Farmers need water and taxpayers need accountability (Dunshee)
Editorial: City’s Move Seattle transportation proposal needs careful scrutiny
Spokesman Review
Hot, dry weather leads to DNR fire restrictions
Embattled state auditor’s hiring of associate triggers state investigation
Editorial: Idaho ‘surplus eliminator’ to help roads; Washington should consider it
Shawn Vestal: Pot peeks out of closet as revenue fills coffers
Vashon-Maury Islands Beachcomber
Rally spotlights school funding troubles (Nelson)
Yakima Herald Republic
Senate bill would let cities hold district elections
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Northwest braces for rough wildfire season
Attorney General to investigate indicted Washington auditor
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
State Patrol recruiting from laid off mill workers
Most profitable degree in Washington doesn’t come from university
Attorney general to investigate indicted Washington auditor
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State agency breaks up alleged illegal gambling business
KPLU FM
State Auditor Faces Washington Attorney General Investigation
State Will Examine Labor Dispute At Green River College
KUOW FM
Where Things Stand For Northwest Forests Under The Clinton Plan
Consumers In ‘Grandfathered’ Health Plans Can Face Higher Costs
Troy Kelley Investigation Widens With New State Probe
Drought Allows A Salmon-Killing Parasite To Thrive In The Klamath
High School Graduation Rates: The Good, The Bad And The Ambiguous
NW Public Radio
Washington State Budget Countdown Continues (Hunter)
Northwest Among Areas Predicted For This Year’s Worst Wildfires
Q13 TV (FOX)
America has the most job openings in 15 years
WEB
Civic Skunkworks
Walmart reports ‘relief in turnover’ since raising minimum wage
Crosscut
AG is investigating former Auditor employee
The Stand
Amid budget slog, advocates for children, parks rally Thursday
Tuesday, June 9
Associated Press
Supreme Court confirms it will wait for K-12 funding report
Senate budget negotiator: No deal on spending level yet (Hunter)
Officers from 36 agencies to help police US Open
WSU president has fourth-highest pay at US public colleges
Report: Inslee advisers courted new oil refinery
Aberdeen Daily World
Sen. Hargrove helps to hammer out state budget deal (Hargrove, Tharinger, Van De Wege)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Blog: Bill an opportunity for more Whatcom mental health funds
Columbian
Statewide effort takes aim at removing barriers that block fish
In Our View: A Bogey On Transparency
The Daily News
Editorial via Seattle Times: Lawmakers get penalty stroke at Chambers Bay
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Kagi, Ortiz-Self optimistic about quick end to special session (Ortiz-Self, Kagi, Hunter)
Editorial: Economy needs Main Street
Letter: Golf tourney tops off whole farce
Olympian (subscription required)
Opinion: Progress on school funding plan still possible this session (Hunter)
Opinion: Not all millionaires are created equal
Puget Sound Business Journal
50,000 Washington public employees now have a new health plan choice
What will happen to medical school expansion plans now that UW, WSU are without presidents?
Renton Reporter
Bergquist to host ‘mini town halls’ this week in Renton (Bergquist)
Sooner than they think… | FRANK SHIERS JR.’S VIEW
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Teachers union continues to push for class-size funding
Security at U.S. Open means many officers, big bills
Solution to soaring rents tougher than $15 wage, city officials find
Phones, emails deluged in protest of Shell’s oil-fleet lease
Some state workers to see new option for health-care coverage
Editorial: FCC needs to change course and ensure access to basic-cable service
Spokesman Review
Tentative budget agreement on ropes
Court gives Legislature more time on schools plan
OSHA: Let transgender people choose restrooms
Record-low water season brings early flow cuts at Post Falls Dam
Section of U.S. 195 splits as Spokane sees record heat
Snake River sockeye recovery plan released
Editorial: Extended crisis training for Spokane police the right call
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Retail cannabis shop in WW established as voters intended
BROADCAST
KUOW FM
Warm Winter Brings Big, Early Northwest Berry Harvest
The Clean Energy Governor And The Columbia River Oil Refinery
High School Graduation Rates: The Good, The Bad And The Ambiguous
Last Gaps: Washington Lawmakers Close In On Budget
Are High School Exit Exams An Unnecessary Barrier To Graduation?
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Feds keep up prosecution of Washington medical marijuana patients despite Congressional order to stand down
Rob McKenna: Renton is good example Boeing is living up to tax subsidies (Robinson)
NW Public Radio
Washington State Budget Countdown (Hunter)
WEB
Crosscut
House looks at helping arts, disabilities programs (Springer)
Seattle P.I.
Supreme Court allows San Francisco gun safety laws to stand; Scalia and Thomas dissent
Support for gay marriage rises to 57 percent Supreme Court ruling nears
Slog
Council Members Nick Licata and Kshama Sawant Introduce Rent Control Resolution
Monday, June 8
Associated Press
Proposal to raise minimum wage to $15 qualifies for Tacoma ballot
Lawmakers claim $180,000 in daily payments for special session (Chase)
Gov. Inslee’s office says progress made in budget talks (Hunter)
Bainbridge Island Review
Op-Ed: Talk of a government shutdown gets things moving
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
As Whatcom economy recovers, business startups return
Vapor product tax, raising smoking age still alive in Legislature (Carlyle, Pollet)
Central Kitsap Reporter
Sen. Cantwell visits CKHS to learn about STEM programs
Editorial: Close gap with capital gains tax
Columbian
Few states replenish education money cut during recession
In Our View: Bracing for New Normal
Gov skips graduation speech for budget talks
The Daily News
Editorial via Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: Future of GET program less important than cutting tuition
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Lawmakers claim $120 daily payments during special sessions (Ortiz-Self, Dunshee, Stanford, Moscoso, Ryu, Sells, Peterson, Kagi, Robinson, Chase, Hobbs, Liias, McCoy, McAuliffe)
Arlington STEM program giving students real world skills
Marysville jail tightens procedures after inmate’s easy escape
Op-ed: State must increase funding for treatment of mentally ill
Op-ed: Trade bill a boon to state’s businesses
Guest column: Tests, class sizes, mandates take joy out of teaching
Editorial: U.S. Open field trip permission slip for legislators
Editorial: Trade bills must pass Congress
Federal Way Mirror
Shutdown looms over state budget negotiations (Hunter)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Vapor product tax, raising smoking age still alive in Legislature (Carlyle, Pollet)
Washington moves toward covering surgery for transgender patients
Troy Kelley agrees to freeze money paid to lawyers
Washington lawmakers leave ‘No Child Left Behind’ fix to Congress (Reykdal)
Gov. Inslee’s office says negotiators reach tentative deal on size of state budget (Hunter)
New state data on student discipline sheds light on racial disparities
Editorial: A watery winter threatens Washington farms
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: WSP project looks hung up again (Dunshee
Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: Sen. Hargrove helps to hammer out state budget deal (Hargrove)
Renton Reporter
Out with the old, in with the new on SR 167 in Kent
Seattle Times (subscription required)
At WSU, superstar president has fourth-highest salary for nation’s public colleges
Fishery council chops halibut-discard limit by 25%
Mike Lowry’s visit to planned coal port upsets environmentalists
Budget writers in Olympia have tentative spending agreement (Hunter)
Editorial: Lawmakers get penalty stroke at Chambers Bay
Editorial: Wrap it up, state lawmakers; not much left to disagree on
Op-Ed: Make it safer and less onerous for homeless living in vehicles
Letter: State budget: Capital-gains tax would close funding gap
Westneat: What if signature gathering didn’t take $1 million?
Spokesman Review
WSU president’s pay second-highest among public institution chief executives
Officers get enhanced training in mental health, substance abuse issues
WSU President Elson Floyd battling cancer, will take leave
Washington State University builds wine science center on Tri-Cities campus
Spin Control: How legislators might get their job done – on time
Smart Bombs: State remains rigid on revenue
Tri-City Herald
Governor needs to stand up to EPA power-grab
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Presentation to lawmakers on US Open golf should be public
Yakima Herald Republic
State AG’s opinion on ACLU case could have wide reach
Editorial: Saving water is personal, institutional responsibility
BROADCAST
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Lawmakers propose 45 percent tax on e-cigarettes, liquid nicotine
Lawmakers take notice after Jesse looks into back billing from utility companies (Reykdal)
KUOW FM
The Clean Energy Governor And The Columbia River Oil Refinery
NW Public Radio
Emails Show Inslee Administration Discussions With Energy Company On Columbia River Oil Refinery
Drought Conditions Reach Unexpected Corners Of Northwest
Washington DSHS To Appeal 7-Day Competency Hearings
State Budget Logjam May Have Broken In Olympia
WEB
Civic Skunkworks
Tax-cut happy states aren’t booming
Crosscut
Progress in state budget talks (Hunter)
Horsesass.org
Danny Westneat Thinks Republicans Are “Moderate” (No, Really!)
Seattle P.I.
Mount Si, Snoqualmie Valley now official National Recreation Trails
Friday, June 5
Associated Press
Budget negotiations in governor’s office enter 4th day
Washington congressional members offer Olympic Peninsula act
Most Americans back legal status for immigrants
Health insurance prices going down for some
Aberdeen Daily World
Oil opponents say forum aims to inform dialogue on crude by rail
Campers adjusting to changes after first night in church lot
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Rep. Jinkins Opinion: Tax millions of average families or the richest 32,000?
Columbian
In Our View: Steady Diet Of Information
The Daily News
Editorial via Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: EPA should let states set water quality rules
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Bill would require Boeing to maintain 79,500 jobs in state (Robinson)
McCusker: Buffett plan for helping poor worth investigating
Editorial: Get court OK for eyes in the sky
News Tribune (subscription required)
Crashes prompt renewed push to strengthen distracted-driving laws (Clibborn)
Gov. Inslee appoints Vikki Smith to lead Department of Revenue
Editorial: County should open door on its US Open briefings
Rep. Jinkins Opinion: Tax millions of average families or the richest 32,000?
Olympian (subscription required)
Inslee directs state agencies to get ready for military downsizing
Puget Sound Business Journal
Cracking the education code
Letter to the editor: Med schools are just part of the equation
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Lawmakers tiptoe closer to state budget deal
Editorial: Making services easier to obtain for sex-trafficking victims
Op-Ed: The technology sector’s lessons for education in Washington (Hunter, Carlyle)
Op-Ed: Don’t play politics with drought-relief funding
Letter to the editor: Guaranteed tuition program: How to create a sustainable solution (Frockt)
Seattle Weekly
Facing Regs, Washington Vape Juice Maker Is Taking Its Ball And Going to Arizona
Skagit Valley Herald
BNSF reaches agreement with refineries on oil train safety measures
Spokesman Review
Washington state budget negotiators still wrestling with budget spending level (Hunter)
Spokane homeless tally down, but chronic cases rise
Hot forecast portends fire danger
Editorial: Charter schools need flexibility, not micromanagement
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Oregon test drives pay-by-mile program
Vancouver Business Journal
State approves conservation land transfer to Clark County
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Future of GET program less important than cutting tuition
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima’s request to halt elections brings uncertainty
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Cell video captures Olympia protesters swarm passing car
Some disabled wait up to 14 years for state help
Senator guarantees GET won’t be hurt by tuition cut
Will rent control debate make it to Olympia?
Fleet of firefighting helicopters grows with wildfire worries
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Dozens march from West Seattle to protest arctic drilling
Stinky waterfront raises concerns about seawall project
Comatose motorcyclist suing state for $20 million
KUOW FM
Truth Behind Washington’s Wolf Conflict Is Larger Than You Think
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Seattle’s minimum wage supporters report ‘sky remains aloft’
NW Public Radio
Washington Orchard Pays $2.25M Over Immigration Violations
WEB
Crosscut
Video: Highlights from Civic Cocktail with Gov. Inslee and Cliff Mass
Seattle P.I.
Gun-safety movement draws bead on state House Democrats
Oil, gas, coal industries want Washington, British Columbia as permanent home ports (Sullivan)
Thursday, June 4
Associated Press
County blocks media from lawmaker meetings at US Open
Problem drinking affects 14% of U.S. adults
Columbian
Many S.W. Washington lawmakers skipping U.S. Open (Wylie, Cleveland, Moeller)
State eyes changes to pot industry as sale soar (Carlyle)
Washougal schools get ready to build
Clark County homeless census improves slightly
In Our View: Infrastructure A Taxing Issue
Everett Herald (subscription required)
McCleary mandate casts shadow over budget negotiations
L.A. approves landmark minimum wage increase
Editorial: Appearances matter to public (PUD)
Kirkland Reporter
State budget negotiations reach state of urgency with shutdown looming (Hunter)
Joint statement from representatives Hunter, Chandler on state budget (Hunter)
Issaquah Reporter
State Supreme Court sends marijuana challenge to Court of Appeals
News Tribune (subscription required)
Puyallup teachers walk, Tacoma teachers talk as both send message to Legislature (Jinkins)
Editorial: Pierce County’s ban on licensed pot shops serves only scofflaws
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Path to budget deal made semi-easy
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Building a budget also means finding the votes (Hunter, Sullivan)
Cable companies win local rate freedom as broadcasters protest
Affordable housing vanishes as Eastside grows richer
The outlook for the Puget Sound economy, in 20 charts
Editorial: Legislature should fund UW computer science expansion
Seattle Weekly
Why Seattle Should Care About the Statewide Drought
Principles Out the Window in Olympia as Government Shutdown Looms
Skagit Valley Herald
Transit groups get money in transportation operating budget
Spokesman Review
2nd Spec Sess Day 6: Two meetings in one day
Alaska Airlines, WSU to test wood-based biofuel
Editorial: Don’t allow litigation to divert wise use of Columbia basin water
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: EPA should let states set water quality rules
Yakima Herald Republic
New state law for overdose drug could be a life-saver (Walkinshaw)
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Exclusive: Pres. Obama talks with KING 5 News
Attorney says officer wasn’t assaulted with skateboard
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Lawyer: No skateboard assault in Olympia police shooting
KPLU FM
State Issues Ultimatum For Seattle Charter School: Get Fixed Or Lose Funds
Stericycle Fine Heralds New Regulations For Pharma Waste Handling
KUOW FM
Poach Fish, Get Caught, Keep Your License
NW Public Radio
Washington Lawmakers’ Visit to U.S. Open Will Be Closed to Public
Q13 TV (FOX)
E. coli bacteria that sickened kids in Whatcom County linked to barn where milk festival held
WEB
Civic Skunkworks
U.S. Paid vacation standards totally suck
Crosscut
Puget Sound’s transportation future: Some key considerations
Getting teens to care about climate change
Slog
Are State Republicans Addicted to Marijuana? (Carlyle)
Sightline Institute: Pacific Northwest Could Become “Speed Bump on a Fossil Fuel Highway to Asia”