KPLU FM
Research Shows Seattle’s Program To Connect Low-Level Offenders With Services Is Working

KUOW FM
Puget Sound Lawmaker Pitches New Bridge Built With Old Aircraft Carriers
Civilians Can Record Police Encounters, But When Is It Interference?
Washington Highway Speed Limit Increase Now In Governor’s Hands
How Do You Make Laws For Killer Robots?
Two Kirkland Moms Debate The Ethics Of Skipping Testing

NW Public Radio
Puget Sound Lawmaker Pitches New Bridge Built With Old Aircraft Carriers
Mostly Silent Now, But In 2012 Troy Kelley Addressed Allegations
Washington Highway Speed Limit Increase Now In Governor’s Hands    

Q13 TV (FOX)
Video captures heated exchange with Kennewick police: ‘So would you like to be part of my quota tonight?’
Report: Snohomish county high school, middle school students use heroin at alarming rates

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Capitol Record (TVW)
House passes ban on aversion therapy on minors; bill heads back to Senate (Jinkins)
Democrats say sending class size initiative back to voters risks unbalanced budget (Sullivan, Nelson)
Senate hears testimony on $3.9 billion capital budget proposal

Crosscut
Carbon tax: Rising from the ashes in Olympia? (Fitzgibbon)

Horsesass.org
Smaller and Better Things (Kohl-Welles, Carlyle, Tarleton)

Publicola
GOP Budget Doesn’t Only Ignore Supreme Court, It Cuts It (Pedersen)
Inslee Says Carbon Cap Still in Play, Polling Says… (Fitzgibbon, Chopp)

SDC Hopper
Can you find the GOP’s hidden taxes?

The Stand
Celebrating 125 years of proud labor history in Pierce County (Darneille, Kirby)

Washington State Wire
Opinion: Wyoming’s Investment in Washington State’s Future

 
Associated Press
House passes notification bill on police-returned guns
Distracted driving bill dies in Olympia (Clibborn)
Senate OKs post-conviction preservation of DNA (Hasegawa, Orwall)
Senators propose $3.9 billion state construction budget (Dunshee)
Legislature approves landslide mapping bill; goes to Inslee
Some Washington state VA facilities face wait times woes
Washington tribe sues to block oil trains across its land
Snow that replenishes Washington reservoirs sets record low

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Swinomish tribe suing rail company to stop Bakken oil trains
Lawmakers can’t mandate $1,000 annual raises for state workers
State suspends license of Whatcom County nurse accused of pointing handgun at six people
Legislature approves landslide mapping bill; goes to Inslee
Editorial reprint: State should collect online sales tax

Bothell Reporter
House approves two-year budget, invests billions in education (Sullivan, Santos, Kagi, Jinkins, Hunter)

Columbian
At Vancouver VA, 4.1% of wait times at least 31 days
Cantwell: Act now on oil trains
Senate’s construction plan includes Vancouver waterfront funds (Cleveland)
Editorial: ‘Levy Swap’ for Schools
Camden: Senate games over budget votes cross into foolishness

The Daily News
Guest Column: Cities need their fair share of marijuana revenue

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Landslide-mapping bill approved and sent to governor
Cornfield: Balance of power between GOP and Dems should bode well in the state legislature (Chopp)
Washington Post: 9% in U.S. have anger issues, access to guns
Milbank: Why must we humiliate those in poverty?
Op-ed: Transit agencies need state, federal support
Letter: State laws are actually quite clear

Kirkland Reporter
House approves two-year budget, invests billions in education (Sullivan, Santos, Kagi, Hunter, Jinkins)
Governor, lawmakers meet to discuss budget (Chopp)
Governor praises Kirkland, others for increasing solar energy installations

News Tribune (subscription required)
Washington taxpayers face the middle ground; Alaska does best, Illinois worst in national survey
Lawmakers can’t mandate $1,000 annual raises for state workers
Lawmakers look to add mental health beds (Keiser, Conway)
Under the Dome: Thursday, (April 9), the 88th day of the 105-day legislative session
Opinion: Matt Driscoll: Budget writers eying pot revenue is business as usual in Olympia

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: State should collect online sales tax (Carlyle)

Peninsula Daily News
State Senate capital budget proposes millions in funding for Peninsula projects — with impacts from Forks to Port Townsend (Hargrove, Tharinger, Van De Wege)

Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington one of two states with dip in health exchange enrollment
Boeing’s South Carolina workers make $10 less per hour than those in Everett

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Footage of police shooting makes a difference
LEAD program for low-level drug criminals sees success
Seattle School Board not keen to enter charter-school business
Editorial: State must rise to federal judge’s rebuke on mental health system
Guest Opinion: It’s time to change our thinking about those with mental illness

Spokesman Review
WaLeg Day 87: Lots of votes expected (Orwall)
Washington House passes gun bill based on Spokane murder-suicide (Billig, Ormsby)
Fruit shipper sues BNSF railroad
Bill to raise I-90 section to 75 mph heads to Inslee (Billig, Liias)
Editorial: WSU leadership has taken school far in push for med school

Vancouver Business Journal
Cantwell joins local leaders, calls for oil train safety

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Magical thinking in Olympia isn’t going to conjure up a state budget

Yakima Herald Republic
Sen. Patty Murray sounds out YVCC students about challenges paying for education

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Washington’s first charter school given deadline to address concerns
Student activists interrupt UW Board of Regents meeting
Study suggests fracking could release radon from ground
Winter snowpack at only 22 percent of normal on April 1

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Sen. Cantwell: Don’t wait for oil train explosion to improve safety

KPLU FM
Research Shows Seattle’s Program To Connect Low-Level Offenders With Services Is Working

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Extreme ‘Distracted Driver’ bill deserved to die in committee (Clibborn)

Q13 TV (FOX)
Inquest ordered in fatal shooting of man by Kent police

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Capitol Record (TVW)
Senate hears testimony on $3.9 billion capital budget proposal
Cutoff deadline: What’s alive, what stalled

Crosscut
Opinion: Tax reform is the only way to ensure seniors get the care they deserve
Senate wants to protect concert tickets from computer ‘bots’ (Van De Wege)
State looking to do more for homeless youth
Tunnel Expert Review Panel: Project won’t exceed $3.1 billion budget

Publicola
Voters Don’t Like Legislature’s Decision to Ignore Class-Size Initiative (Kohl-Welles, Traleton, Pedersen)
GOP Budget Creates McCleary Collision Course (Frockt)

The Stand
Minimum Wage History Project launches Saturday in Seattle

 
Associated Press
Agreement on new U.S. education law would aid Wash. state (Santos)
Tacoma, Seattle ports meet privately about merger
Transportation officials: New cracks on Alaskan Way Viaduct
State buying 1,700 acres of forest on Olympic Peninsula
Poll: Voters don’t want to ignore class size initiative (Hunter)
Bill to revamp terms of payday loans all but dead in House (Hudgins, Liias, Ryu)
Washington attorney general sues over student loan practices
Flaw in reporting tribal cases stymies gun background checks

Aberdeen Daily World
Stafford Creek bike program gives inmates chance to give back
PUD looking to refinance bonds, could save an estimated $5 million
Funds for homelessness not keeping up with the need

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Attorney asks Gov. Inslee to reconsider special prosecutor in Pasco police shooting
Tribal history curriculum gets boost  (McCoy)
Blog: Montana Congressman: Don’t let Cherry Point terminal become next Keystone XL

Bothell Reporter
Sen. Frockt statement on why he voted against Senate budget (Frockt)

Central Kitsap Reporter
Op-Ed: Working across the aisle gives bills a better chance

Columbian
‘First step’ on new I-5 bridge brushed back (Moeller)
City: Review NuStar proposal
Agreement on new U.S. education law would aid Washington (Wylie)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Proposed change to education law would aid Washington
Distracted-driving bill hits a guardrail in Olympia (Clibborn)
Burbank: Voting Rights Act would level election field (Moscoso)
Milbank: Corporations turning tide on climate change denial
Editorial: Get voters’ OK on I-1351 change
Letter: McCoy should know ‘list’ exists (McCoy)

Herald and News
‘First step’ on new I-5 bridge brushed back (Moeller)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Under the Dome: Wednesday, April 8, the 87th day of the 105-day legislative session
Inmate rehabilitation program needs changes, officials say

Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia council extends moratorium on new medical marijuana outlets
Editorial: Tribal history curriculum gets boost (McCoy)
Editorial: New prison idea for Maple Lane (Dunshee, Fraser)

Puget Sound Business Journal
Senators, fire chief worry oil trains could explode in 1905-era tunnel below downtown Seattle

Redmond Reporter
House approves two-year budget, invests billions in education (Sullivan, Santos, Kagi, Hunter, Jinkins)
Rep. Goodman sponsors Redmond page in Olympia (Goodman)

Seattle PI
First responders likely wouldn’t fight oil-train fire in Seattle rail tunnel

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Students opting out of Common Core exams
Tech workers’ spouses ready, eager to work under new immigration rules
No Child Left Behind plan would give power back to states (Santos)
Study finds health-insurance sign-ups on state-run exchanges lackluster
Poll: Voters back smaller classes, but will they pay? | Politics NW Now
Danny Westneat: Anti-gay-marriage windfall flows to fined florist
Guest Opinion: Legislators need more say in setting state worker pay
Editorial: Preparing students to compete in a high-tech job market

Seattle Weekly
How Seattle Business Owners Are Paying the New Minimum Wage

Spokesman Review
Grant will fund work to reduce wildfire risk in northeast Washington
Smaller class sizes still popular idea in Washington, poll says
Washington attorney general sues student loan processor
Columbia ranks No. 2 on endangered rivers list
Efforts address backlog of rape kits
Editorial: Federal education bill provides important revisions

Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: House leaders got it right in delaying budget hearing (Hasegawa, Chopp)

Yakima Herald Republic
Education law rewrite would give power back to states (Santos)

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Crowdfunding classrooms becomes popular
Teachers, parents speak out against SBAC standardized test
Transportation officials say new cracks on viaduct
WA Senate plan to cut college tuition receives support
New idea floated for old 520 pontoons

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Cantwell pushes for oil train safety sooner

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Distracted driving bill dies in state legislature (Clibborn, Carlyle)

KPLU FM
Cantwell, Fire Chiefs Pressing For More Regulation Of Oil Trains
More Seattle High Schoolers Refusing To Take Required Tests, Forcing Garfield To Improvise

KUOW FM
Train Crew Transport Safety Bill Dies In Washington Senate
Ban On Holding A Cell Phone And Driving Dies In Washington House (Clibborn)
Puget Sound Tribe’s Lawsuit Aims To Keep Oil Trains Off Its Reservation
Amid Seattle’s Affluence, Homelessness Also Flourishes

NW Public Radio
Puget Sound Tribe’s Lawsuit Aims To Keep Oil Trains Off Its Reservation
Train Crew Transport Safety Bill Dies In Washington Senate
Common Weed Could Become New Northwest Cash Crop

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Capitol Record (TVW)
GOP lawmakers say voters could change minds on class size initiative
State Senate passes budget, modifies class size initiative (Keiser, Liias)

Crosscut
Class size initiative could vex Legislature to the end (Hunter)
Tunnel Expert Review Panel: Project won’t exceed $3.1 billion budget

Huffington Post
What Every State Can Learn From Washington’s Program To Reduce Drive-Alone Commutes

Publicola
New Elway Poll Shows Voters Split on State Budget Proposals

Slog
Washington Is the Only State with Legal Marijuana That Doesn’t Allow Home Grows (Blake, Kohl-Welles)

The Stand
Civil rights movement continues with WA Voting Rights Act (Moscoso)

Washington State Wire
Opinion: K-12 System Leaves Low Income and Minority Children Behind

 
Associated Press
Senate approves bill modifying class-size initiative
Senate passes two-year state budget plan (Keiser)
NTSB recommends faster oil tank car upgrades
Water supply forecast gloomier
Senate approves bill modifying class-size initiative
DOT: White River Bridge to be fixed by Friday commute
Starbucks sweetens its college tuition program for baristas
Handful of holdout tribes dig in against gay marriage

Aberdeen Daily World
Oped: Jerry Lowe — Sport fishermen already getting enough

Bainbridge Island Review
73 YEARS LATER: History remembered, progress celebrated at memorial

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
The new state tests: How will Washington students measure up?
NTSB: Equip oil trains with fire protection within 5 years

Columbian
Local Republicans say budget good step (Cleveland)
In Our View: Evergreen, Ever Vigilant

Everett Herald (subscription required)
After lots of trash talk, budget talk will get real in Olympia (Hunter, Sullivan)
Rep. Kagi waits for Senate to consider House budget, capital-gains tax (Kagi)
New immigration program seeks to reunite Central American families in U.S.
Harrop: Narrowing the gap between left and right
Editorial: Latest tests offer advantages
Letter: Need action to fix Highway 522

Highline Times
Connor McClean is House page (Orwall)

Kirkland Reporter
Sen. Cyrus Habib votes on on Senate budget (Habib)

News Tribune (subscription required)
Red Star Over Olympia: Chinese flag marks ambassador’s visit
Whatcom Farmers Cooperative moves forward with merger proposal
Editorial: Nip dangerous hash oil production in the bud

Olympian (subscription required)
Under the Dome: Tuesday, April 7, the 86th day of the 105-day legislative session (Hargrove)
Inmate rehabilitation program needs changes, officials say

Oregonian
Columbia River named nation’s 2nd most endangered

Puget Sound Business Journal
Former Boeing exec: Want a strong Washington aerospace industry? Get more girls into STEM
Starbucks expands college tuition program to cover all four years of school

Seattle PI
Poll says state divided on Olympia budget brawl

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Community college students learn math by using it
Starbucks’ employee plan to cover all 4 years of college
Protesters board Shell oil rig headed to Seattle
Seattle City Council gives OK to launch of preschool program
More Seattle students opt out of new Common Core tests
Politics NW Now | Poll finds voters divided over new taxes to fund education
Editorial: Ensure marijuana revenues are used for prevention
Guest Column: Digging into data to find impact of Seattle’s $15 minimum wage
Guest Opinion: Patients have unique needs that recreational marijuana stores don’t serve
Guest Opinion: Community colleges moving students further and faster

Spokesman Review
Senate OKs budget plan calling for another class-size vote (Liias)
State replacing highway signage near Spokane airport

Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Washington shelves are no place for powered alcohol

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Public has right to know names of its employees being investigated

Yakima Herald Republic
Committee working to make Teanaway Community Forest a place for all

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
DOT looking at raising clearances on older truss bridges
King County’s detox services faces dilemma
Starbucks ups college plan to 4 years

KPLU FM
‘This Is Our Moment’: Early Learning Advocates Hoping For Big Year In Olympia
Modern-Day Debtors Prison Target Of Bill In Wash. Legislature

KUOW FM
How Seattle Will Enforce Its New Minimum Wage Law
After Horrific Crash, Train Crew Safety Gets Lawmakers’ Attention
Stand-Off In Olympia Before Budget Negotiations Even Begin

NW Public Radio
Stand-Off In Olympia Before Budget Negotiations Even Begin

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Capitol Record (TVW)
Payday lending bill stalls in House committee
Voters split on budget, Elway Poll reveals

Crosscut
Try again: Minimum wage enforcement job goes begging
A lesson in resilience, from New Orleans to Seattle

The Stand
‘Wrong’ pay plan, Spokane sick leave, gutting workers’ comp… (Robinson)

Washington State Wire
Senate Ties Cuts to I-1351 Costs to Budget Action (Hargrove, Habib, Mullet)
‘This Is Our Moment’: Early Learning Advocates Hoping For Big Year In Olympia

 
Associated Press
Lawmaker: State shouldn’t pay for extra Seattle buses
Timber sale near Index proceeds after another look
Marijuana trimmers use tiny scissors but eye big careers

Bothell Reporter
Legislature misses chance to limit vaccine exemptions

Central Kitsap Reporter
Kitsap student named ‘Youth of the Year’ (Rolfes)
Op-Ed: The Petri Dish: Do voters really want smaller class sizes?

Columbian
Traffic on I-5, I-205 bridges increasing
In Our View: Lessons In Education
In Our View: Find Middle Ground (Moeller)
Harrop: Some sexism lawsuits hold women back

The Daily News
Columbia County commissioners to discuss extending pot moratorium
Capitol Dispatch: Last bill to boost state’s minimum wage dies in committee

Everett Herald (subscription required)
House passes capital budget with local projects intact
Only a little time left for legislators to vote on Boeing tax breaks bill (Robinson, Carlyle)
Op-ed: Point-Counterpoint: A look at safety record for oil transportation
LA Times editorial: Reining in payday loan industry
Op-ed: Using test scores in teacher evaluations ineffective, unfair
Editorial: Our response when rights clash

Islands’ Sounder
Senator Ranker ‘disgusted’ by defeat of anti-discrimination amendment (Ranker)

Kent Reporter
Attorney General opposes legislative committee’s vote to raise smoking age to 19 rather than 21 (Orwall)

Kirkland Reporter
How did 48th District representatives for Kirkland vote? | March 30 through April 3 (Habib, Hunter, McBride)
How did 45th District representatives for Kirkland vote? | March 30 through April 3 (Springer, Goodman)
How did 1st District representatives for Kirkland vote? | March 30 through April 3 (McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford)
Op-ed: Legislature misses chance to limit vaccine exemptions

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
For employers, pot legalization changes little
Plan to address toxins watered down in Olympia

News Tribune (subscription required)
Washington covets online sales tax revenue, may take the risk of budgeting for it (Carlyle)
Gov. Inslee rescinds Indiana travel ban
Editorial: Money to fight youth marijuana use should stay put

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: TVW has helped us navigate politics
Opinion: Our lives are longer thanks to public health

Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: Partisan dust-up over budget irks 24th District senator (Hargrove, Tharinger)

Puget Sound Business Journal
Want new transportation investments? You’ll have to wait for Bertha to finish, says House

Redmond Reporter
Letter to the editor: Washington tax system most regressive in nation
Letter to the editor: What about addressing light rail, Sen. Hill?

Seattle Times (subscription required)
How WSU beat odds in fight to create med school (Kohl-Welles, Hansen, Frockt)
GOP lawmaker wants Seattle on hook for buses during delayed tunnel project (Clibborn)
$54M PacMed remodel a political tug of war (Chopp, Pedersen, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Pettigrew, Santos, Walkinshaw)
How state budget plans differ for Democrats, GOP
Thanh Tan Column: To see the effects of the minimum wage hike, follow the pho
Editorial: How to get closer to solving state’s budget mess
Editorial: King County makes progress on youth incarceration
Guest Column: Digging into data to find impact of Seattle’s $15 minimum wage
How to get Puget Sound traffic moving: Allow a vote on a package to fully fund light rail

Spokesman Review
Nuclear energy getting Washington legislative support
Fourth DUI a felony under bill OK’d by Washington Senate
Spokane County projects worth $95 million in House’s Capital Budget
Washington’s Senate Republicans hope to broaden 2006 energy sources law
Spin Control: Marathon budget session an exercise in futility (Hargrove)
Editorial: Legislature deserves court’s reproof after mental health cuts
Editorial: Washington Voting Rights Act offers sound steps for resolving disputes

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
State grant funds healthy food stamp purchases
Editorial – Record-breaking college applications create competition
Editorial – Shoreline Community College idea should be adopted statewideial – Using marijuana tax to pad state’s general fund budget is bad idea

Yakima Herald Republic
WSU’s president was key in getting medical school OK (Hansen, Kohl-Welles, Frockt)
Editorial: Competing budgets offer plenty of room for compromise

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Lawmaker says state shouldn’t pay for extra Seattle buses

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Lawmaker: State shouldn’t pay for extra Seattle buses during tunnel project

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Repair work underway on damaged White River Bridge

KPLU FM
Group Launches Initiative For A Carbon Tax In Washington
When Corporations Take The Lead On Social Change

NW Public Radio
Group Launches Initiative For A Carbon Tax In Washington

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Capitol Record (TVW)
State Senate delays vote on budget, institutes ‘supermajority’ rule change (Nelson, Ranker, Hargrove)

Crosscut
Lawmakers pull all-nighter – and some shenanigans – over budget (Nelson, Chopp, Ranker)
Guest Opinion: Why fish hatcheries remain essential

Horsesass.org
Money (or the Lack Thereof)
It’s Chilly in Hell: Seattle Times Endorses State Capital Gains Tax

Publicola
Today’s Only Kinda Likes: The Democrats’ Gotcha and Expedia’s Move (Ranker, Cleveland, Rolfes)

SDC Hopper
Minority Rules: Republican majority institutes minority rule in attempt to pass partisan budget
Mullet: Budget amendments sought to protect Issaquah, taxpayers (Mullet)

Seattle P.I.
Tom Douglas backs away from surcharge at restaurants to pay for higher minimum wage
Inslee rescinds travel ban after Indiana changes ‘religious freedom’ law

Slog
Gov. Jay Inslee Rescinds Indiana Travel Ban
The Morning News: Republicans Make It Harder to Change Their Budget, Tom Douglas Backpedals on Minimum Wage Surcharge
A Transgender Food Service Worker’s Minimum Wage Story

The Stand
Senate GOP changes rules to block raises for state workers (Hargrove)

Washington State Wire
The Green Sheet for April 6, 2015 (Chopp, Nelson)

Western Front
Washington State Legislature reviews sexual assault procedures and resources