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Monday, March 2
Associated Press
Tribes discuss legal marijuana
Apple maggots threaten Spokane yard waste recycling
AAA: Average price of gasoline in Washington $2.72
Bill on animals locked in cars clears Washington Senate (Kohl-Welles)
Police body-camera bill stirs debate over privacy, power (Hansen)
Seattle high school to boycott spring tests tied to Common Core
Senate passes bill to notify Washington families when guns are returned
Washington flu season most deadly in years, but not over
Aberdeen Daily World
Editorial: Oil — The risks outweigh the rewards
Oped: Governor’s carbon bill good for environment and business
Ballard News Tribune
36th Legislative District town hall to be held March 14 (Kohl-Welles, Carlyle, Tarleton)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Washington lawmaker tries to tackle thousands of untested rape kits in state (Orwall)
Bothell Reporter
Presidential primary puts parties in same old quandry | Cornfield
Senate transportation package comes with ‘poison pill’ (Habib)
Beyond McCleary: Education opportunity — equal but unequal? (Jayapal, Santos, Ortiz-Self)
Columbian
Senator: Share marijuana money to fight crime
In Our View: A Majestic Mission
The Daily News
Pair of bills seeking to transform state’s oil transport policies
Legislative Roll Call Report (Feb. 27) (Blake, Takko, Hatfield)
Marijuana bill advancing through Legislature would clamp down on medical side (Blake, Hatfield, Kohl-Welles)
Capitol Dispatch: Move to thoroughly map potential disasters (Hansen)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Bill would allow public records fees to be based on size of request (Chopp)
Boeing gives 319 workers layoff notices
Guest column: E-cigarettes have their place for those who want to quit smoking
Editorial: Value workers as shareholders
Editorial: Progress that honors victims (Oso landslide)
Highline Times
Strong support voiced (Hobbs, Liias, Jayapal, Habib, Ranker)
Kirkland Reporter
Senate transportation package comes with ‘poison pill’ (Habib)
Kirkland resident serves as page in Olympia
Presidential primary puts parties in same old quandry
Beyond McCleary: Education opportunity — equal but unequal? (Jayapal, Ortiz-Self)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Editorial: OUR VIEW | Making a primary matter
News Tribune (subscription required)
Some parts of state budget can’t be raided for schools (Hunter)
Federal investigators will probe discrimination claims at Tacoma’s Lincoln High School
Despite ban, marijuana shop opens in Parkland
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Geologic hazards bill deserves swift passage
Peninsula Daily News
Jamestown S’Klallam remain cautious while discussions of tribal marijuana businesses elsewhere continue
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington state’s $600 billion IT industry: Study shows tech jobs drive economic growth
Investments in Seattle companies up more than 700 percent in January
Companies spent $20 billion acquiring Washington state businesses in 2014
WSU med school takes a step toward reality
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Gas-tax increase hits surprise bump in state Senate (Hobbs, Sullivan)
Even with overhaul, black market for pot could remain
Nathan Hale to boycott test, risking fed funding to state
Telemedicine making sense for more doctors and patients
Danny Westneat: State Senate doing its oily best to ignore us on transportation
Editorial: Keep higher education healthy and affordable
Spokesman Review
WALeg Week 8 on tap: On the floor.
House budget panel approves changing law to allow medical school (Hansen, Riccelli, Cody)
New state rule on apple maggot puts Spokane yard waste recycling at risk
Spin Control: Excuses for not voting run the gamut (Hunter)
Winds fan 150-acre fire in southwest Spokane County
Flu taking bigger toll this season
Editorial: College prep programs need smart funding
Letter: Support true oil train bill (Rolfes, Ranker)
Tri-City Herald
Mid-Columbia business expect long-term effects from port slowdown
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial – Establishing wine wastewater permitting process off to strong start
Editorial: Uptick in revenue should cover state expenses
Yakima Herald Republic
Dual-credit high school and college courses may face changes (Reykdal)
Common Core exams begin soon, and many school districts are ready to go
Editorial: Take steps to assure safety of oil trains
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Healthplanfinder overbilling mistake leaves one couple broke
Washington gas tax increase rule to be decided Monday (Cleveland)
Alaska Airlines wants delay in Everett airport vote
Washington gas prices up 28 cents in one week
Small distilleries say new bill would help them grow
Medical marijuana trial pits state vs. federal laws
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Pot shop opens in Pierce County despite ban
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
‘It just looked ridiculous’: First I-90 weekend closure strains drivers
Hindu temple leaders unite to denounce recent vandalism
KPLU FM
Seattle’s Nathan Hale High Will Not Give Juniors A Required Standardized Test This Year
UW School Of Law To Start Clinic For Worker Rights
Will The Same High School Student Do Better In Life As ‘Johnny’ Or ‘Amari’?
KUOW FM
Higher Bus Fares, Hiring Spree Now In Effect For King County Metro
Washington Animal Cruelty Law Could Be Enhanced To Cover Pets in Hot Cars
Seattle Police Contract, Legislation Will Tackle Controversial Appeals Process
People With Low Incomes Say They Pay A Price In Poor Health
Cleanest Energy Of All Could Soon Come From Small Redmond Lab
NW Public Radio
Oregon Lawmakers Vote To Dissolves Health Insurance Exchange
Human Cargo: Washington’s Jail Bed Economy
Behind Bars And Far Away
Q13 TV (FOX)
Flu season is deadliest in years, still not over in Washington
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Democrats challenge Senate transportation proposal over two-thirds supermajority rule (Nelson, Cleveland, Jayapal)
Lawmakers address questions of teacher COLA (Sullivan)
Judges could disarm potentially-violent gun owners under bill (Jinkins)
Crosscut
Olympia: Minimum wage, gas tax on the agenda (Farrell, Jinkins)
Democrats stall a Senate transportation package (Cleveland, Habib, Nelson)
Publicola
Friday Likes and Dislikes: Undoing Payday Loan Regulations (Pettigrew, Santos, Tarleton, Ryu)
Democrats Challenge Two Thirds Rule in State Senate (Cleveland, Jayapal, Habib, Hobbs, Liias, Frockt, Nelson)
Slog
What Can Washington State Do to Make the Feds Move Faster on Oil Train Safety?
Is King County About to Embarrass Seattle on Paid Parental Leave?
The Stand
Opinion: Refinery strikers are in a fight for their lives
Washington State Wire
The Green Sheet for March 2 – All Eyes on Owen (Cleveland, Fitzgibbon, Santos, Moscoso)
Friday, Feb 27
Associated Press
Lawyer: 2nd autopsy shows Pasco officers shot man from behind
Regulators OK net neutrality rules for Internet providers
House Republicans uncouple Homeland, immigration issues
DC mayor: City to legalize pot despite threat from Congress
Ports return to normal; Washington apple exports pick up
Washington health exchange needed 4 days to fix overbilling
Aberdeen Daily World
Oped: Paul Noe — Governor’s carbon bill would make mills less competitive
Auburn Reporter
Gov. Inslee interviews people in class at Auburn’s WorkSource Center
Opinion: Increase in oil trains poses a risk to our valley
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Competing plans would relax, increase rules on where pot businesses can locate (Hurst)
Indian tribes looks to marijuana as new moneymaker
Central Kitsap Reporter
Legislation would raise awareness of, and efforts against, human trafficking (Kohl-Welles)
Op-Ed: Presidential primary politics
Chinook Observer
Zoey Warner legislative page (Blake)
Columbian
Merging recreational, medical pot has backers, opponents
Training helps officers deal with mental illness at jail
In Our View: Federal Action Needed
Columbia Basin Herald
CWU hopes to help students work, learn (Sawyer)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Senate passes bill for expanded mapping of hazardous areas
Volunteers count fish eggs to evaluate health of marine waters
Two-thirds of smokers will die early
Chase, Ryu to hold town-hall event Saturday in Shoreline (Ryu, Chase)
Obama talks oil-train safety in Oregon TV interview
Parry: Presidential primary is a cherished waste of money
Muhlstein: No more dawdling: A decision on Paine Field flights is needed
Editorial: Let Export-Import do its work
Islands’ Sounder
Dorn’s education bills move forward
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
No. 2 in ferries system stepping down
News Tribune (subscription required)
Gig Harbor Republican looks to keep Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolls from going up
Under the Dome: Friday, February 27, the 47th day of the 105-day legislative session (Chopp)
Inslee tax would nearly double cost of vaping
Competing plans would relax, increase rules on where pot businesses can locate (Hurst)
Pot retailer plans to open in Pierce County despite ban
Tacoma light rail expansion could nab $75 million federal grant
Editorial: State’s presidential primary should mean something
Olympian (subscription required)
Ecology: 9,600 gallons of hydrogen peroxide spilled from tank at Port of Olympia
Editorial: Hunting doesn’t belong in our state parks
Editorial: Wildfire victims deserve federal relief
Peninsula Daily News
Changes at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor topic of meeting Tuesday in Chimacum
Port of Port Angeles offers alternative to Navy’s plan for new pier at Ediz Hook Coast Guard station
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Bertha is advancing into position for repairs
Teaching is a natural human ability that starts developing in childhood, author says | Education Lab
Pot retailer plans to open in Pierce County despite ban
Gun-regulation bill gets emotional hearing in Olympia (Jinkins)
Guest Opinion: Let WSU open a medical school in Spokane
Editorial: Retirement advisers should provide advice in clients’ best interests
Spokesman Review
Official account in Pasco shooting disputed
Speed limit boost for I-90 stretch gains traction
Three bills in Washington would create new license plate designs (Clibborn)
Editorial: Public records fees should match cost of meeting requests
Spokane Journal of Business
Senate bill would create justice centers to aid seniors (Billig, Cleveland)
The Daily News
Kalama School District seeks two-year waiver on graduation requirements
Tri-City Herald
No direct answers from energy secretary on Hanford cleanup along the Columbia
West Seattle Herald
Murray, Godden announce Paid Parental Leave program for City of Seattle Employees
Yakima Herald Republic
Dual-credit high school and college courses may face changes (Reykdal)
Labor dispute revealed statewide economic impact, port commissioner says
Editorial: Now’s time for solution to wineries’ wastewater
Blog:
Report: State minorities will be majority in 2056
Governor, AG support Obama immigration order
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Bill would mandate Native American history in WA schools
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
New store defies Pierce Co. ban on recreational pot sales
KPLU FM
Boeing To Lay Off More Than 300 Workers In Wash. State
KUOW FM
Sound Transit’s Slow Train To Growth In The Rainier Valley
Who Loses, Who Wins In FCC’s Net Neutrality Ruling?
Undocumented Students Push For Access To State-Funded College Scholarship (Hudgins)
Tired Of Oil Trains? State Senator Wants To Consider Wash. Pipeline
Education Spending In Focus As Washington Legislature Nears Halfway Mark
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Despite increasing sales, legal pot businesses warn of impending disaster if changes not made
DUI victim’s family pushes for drunk driving felony consequences
NW Public Radio
Human Cargo: Washington’s Jail Bed Economy
Trial Begins in Federal Court for Marijuana Grow Operation in Eastern Washington
Q13 TV (FOX)
Students at Seattle’s Ingraham High School diagnosed with whooping cough
Autopsy shows unarmed man shot from behind by police in Pasco, attorney says
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Idea to raise speed limits to 75 mph gets over bump in House (Riccelli)
Crosscut
The oil trains and the cities: How safe?
Field Notes from Olympia: What if lawmakers were more like the people they serve?
Horsesass.org
Former State GOP Chair Urges Lifting of Eyman’s Stoopid 1% Property Tax Cap
Publicola
Only Sally Bagshaw Remains Unopposed (Farrell)
Seattle P.I.
‘Net neutrality essential’ — state, city officials cheer FCC’s new rules
Thursday, Feb 26
Associated Press
Official: Mexican man hit by several of Pasco officers’ 17 shots
Report: Oregon wolf count up, livestock attack cases down
Marijuana to be legal in D.C.
Body-cameras bill spurs debate in Washington Legislature (Hansen)
Aberdeen Daily World
State approves razor clam dig starting March 2
Ballard News Tribune
Whittier Elementary students visit the Capitol (Kohl-Welles, Carlyle)
Bellevue Reporter
Senate transportation package comes with ‘poison pill’ (Habib)
Senate bill would put all police training costs on cities, counties
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Shepard: WWU can’t keep up high marks for quality if state continues to cut funding
Autopsy reports differ in shooting death of Pasco farmworker
Bellingham hopes to lure more builders to low-income housing program
Blog: Senate bill would look to install crude oil pipeline across Washington state
LTE: Warns state of pesticide dangers
Bothell Reporter
State Senate votes to develop new geologic hazards map
Central Kitsap Reporter
Surplus state-held water rights targeted for irrigation, local uses | 2015 Session
Columbian
Animal groups alarmed by legislation (Mullet)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Inslee avoids talk of possible taxes in address to aerospace executives (Carlyle)
Transportation bill yet to win over Monroe, Oak Harbor lawmakers
State Senate passes McAuliffe bill on teaching athletes about cardiac arrest (McAuliffe)
Op-ed: Helping small businesses get access to capital
Guest column: Political infighting isn’t helping veterans
Editorial: Approve WSU medical school
Kirkland Reporter
Heated discussions dominate public hearing on 405 tolls at Kirkland City Hall
State Senate votes to develop new geologic hazards map
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Bill would make toll hike unnecessary this year
Meeting to discuss Vashon ferry dock project
News Tribune (subscription required)
Lawmakers all over the map in how often they charge state for trips home (Fraser, Hatfield, Ranker)
Under the Dome: Thursday, February 26, the 46th day of the 105-day legislative session
Hundreds of students from across the state to gather in Tacoma for conference on Latino education
Editorial: Schools shouldn’t be hostage to an anti-tax minority
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: State still needs to raise new revenue
Opinion: Dental therapists could help end shortage of dentists to meet need
Peninsula Daily News
Federal agency studying how to expand protections for endangered orcas after group’s petition
Puget Sound Business Journal
Suspend your cynicism: Portland author argues government can work, and business can learn from it
Mayor Murray on mental health, homelessness: ‘Seattle needs to get its act together’
WSU just got one step closer to making its medical school plan a reality
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Mayor: Interest groups should lobby for mental health, homeless resources
Lawmaker proposes pipeline to ferry oil across state
Tech leaders urge state to help pay for new UW computer science building
Active bills include one to split Seattle schools into two districts | Education Lab (Pettigrew)
Guest Opinion: Guest: Lift the 1 percent cap on property tax
Editorial: Cities should use the Golden Rule when dealing with homelessness (McBride)
Spokesman Review
House budget writers question med school costs (Riccelli, Hunter, Cody)
Kettle Falls Five reduced to three
Hauser corn maze fined in teen worker’s death
Family mourns victim of Pasco police shooting
Other police-involved deaths in Tri-Cities
Editorial: Bipartisan sentencing reform wise
Tri-City Herald
Energy secretary: Some Hanford waste might go down deep boreholes
Franklin commissioners approve fourth six-month marijuana business moratorium
Yakima Herald Republic
Geologists press for better maps to avoid ‘the next Oso’ landslide
Auditor bill stalls in committee
Editorial: Some steps that fight auto thefts in Valley, state
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Transportation projects which never happened
Child porn task force needs ‘help’ (Sawyer)
Good to Go! passes fail in certain cars
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
US Transportation Dept.: Roads, bridges will get worse without action
KPLU FM
Seattle Mayor Urges Business Leaders To Lobby For Mental Health Funding
What Net Neutrality Rules Could Mean For Your Wireless Carrier
Wash. Bill Would Stop Local-Federal Coordination On Deportations (Moscoso)
KUOW FM
New Visa Rule For Foreign Tech Couples Helps Some, Not All
Truckers Cautious, And Some Optimistic, As Port Gets Back to Work
Farmers Fear Legal Status For Workers Would Lead Them Off The Farm
High Court Leans Toward Religious Protection In Headscarf Case
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
State senator proposes oil pipeline across Washington
NW Public Radio
Ports of Seattle & Tacoma Work On Ship Backlog
Q13 TV (FOX)
Bill in Legislature would boost task force going after child porn criminals (VIDEO)
Police: Pasco cops fired 17 shots at man who had thrown rocks, hit him 5 or 6 times
Federal trial of medical marijuana growers begins in Spokane
WEB
Crosscut
Would a new pipeline ease state’s oil train worries?
Unanswered questions about oil trains (Springer, Farrell)
Some transportation votes close in Senate
House oil train bill advances (Fitzgibbon, Carlyle, Farrell)
Horsesass.org
Autopay Error Hits 13,000 WA Health Exchange Customers (Including Me!)
Publicola
Will the GOP Defy Conventional Wisdom?
Conservative Ericksen Doesn’t Vote Either Way on Transportation Package (Nelson)
Schmudget
New Data Shows Social Programs Lifted 241,000 Kids Out of Poverty in Washington
Seattle P.I.
Overbilling hits 13,000 Washington Obamacare health exchange customers
Slog
The Morning News: Bertha Workers Allege Drunkenness on the Job, Washington’s New Shark
The Stand
Massive walkout at Seattle U. in support of adjunct faculty
Legislative Update: Which side are they on? (Ryu, Farrell, Jinkins)
TVW examines state employee pay raises
Washington State Wire
Sen. Baumgartner Proposes Cross-State Crude Oil Pipeline (Farrell)
Wednesday, Feb 25
Associated Press
Spokane medical school plan advances in Legislature
Proposals push nuclear energy in Washington state
Alaska quietly becomes 3rd state to legalize marijuana
Aberdeen Daily World
Hoquiam residents pressure council on oil
Hospital talks about rebranding; 2014 losses worse than first thought
Bainbridge Island Review
Bipartisan bill to help students train for computer jobs advances out of committee (Hansen)
Bothell Reporter
Bothell resident Chou serves as page in Olympia
Central Kitsap Reporter
Op-Ed: Legislative Update: Dropout prevention for at-risk youth
Columbian
Shumway residents glad to be rid of massage business (Wylie)
Wilson: Don’t let Oregonians on RTC vote
Camden: An update on bills grinding through the Legislature
In Our View: Jail Proposal a Rare Win-Win
The Daily News
Editorial: Fishing bills in Olympia fail the smell test
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Bill allows wildfire response law to cover other emergencies (Hunter, Goodman)
Burbank: Close loophole and college can be affordable
Muhlstein: Issue of racism ‘belongs to all of us’
Op-ed: Federal roadmap for energy infrastructure must not burden state
Editorial: Pay young athletes their due
Letter: Women need mammogram bill
Journal of the San Juan Islands
ACLU sues Skagit public hospital over abortion rights
News Tribune (subscription required)
Under the Dome: Wednesday, February 25, the 45th day of the 105-day legislative session
Editorial: Public records bills should serve openness, not secrecy
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Presidential primary offers a choice
JBLM’s division headquarters will go on yearlong mission to Southern Afghanistan
Peninsula Daily News
ACLU sends letter to Jefferson Healthcare claiming hospital is going against state law on abortion services
Puget Sound Business Journal
Medicare ranks Seattle area’s best and worst nursing homes
Like it never happened: In 3 weeks, backlog at Seattle, Tacoma ports will be cleared
Redmond Reporter
Beyond McCleary: Education opportunity — equal but unequal? (Jayapal, Santos)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
How Alaska and Washington pot laws compare
Oil industry not buying Inslee’s cap-and-trade plan (Ranker)
Animal advocacy groups lobby for legislation in Olympia (Mullett)
Guest Opinion: Gov. Jay Inslee should remove fuel standards from negotiations
Editorial: Use Washington State Opportunity Scholarship as a pathway to STEM and health care
Editorial: Legislature should shoot down state park hunting proposal (Blake)
Seattle Weekly
Are Patients Considering Death With Dignity Getting All the Information They Need?
Higher Ground: Driving While Stoned and Native Americans Pow-Wow Over Pot
Skagit Valley Herald
Spokane medical school plan advances in Legislature
Spokesman Review
Proposed low-carbon fuel standard draws praise, criticism
Budget panel OKs med school bill, warns WSU and UW (Billig)
Washington lawmaker calls for focus on nuclear energy
Washington Senate honors early Civil Air Patrol members
Shawn Vestal: Too quick to mock lawmaker for anatomy query
Editorial: State legislation vital to ensuring oil train safety (Farrell)
Tri-City Herald
New Hanford pricetag: $110.2 billion through 2090
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Editorial: State should partner with us to keep dock around
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Jail mug shots should be public record
Woodinville Weekly
Bothell struck twice by racist vandalism last week (Moscoso, Stanford, McAuliffe)
Yakima Herald Republic
Public agencies could appeal audits under House measure
Editorial: GMO debate ensnares state apple industry
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Booze-for-perks scheme alleged at Seattle tunnel site
Here’s how much a ticket will raise your insurance rates
Disabled support staff in Washington want higher wages
Auditor criticizes SPD’s hiring practices, disciplinary system
Many Washington rail crossings never inspected
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Billing blunder: 13,000 in Wash. overbilled for health insurance
KPLU FM
Gunshot Victims Have High Risk Of Being Shot Again In The Future, UW Researchers Find
Wash. State To Have Better Understanding Of Why Schools Suspend, Expel Kids
Marijuana Is Now Legal In Alaska, The 3rd U.S. State With Legal Pot
KUOW FM
Rep. Pettigrew’s ‘Open-Door Policy’ For Police (Pettigrew)
Ordinance Limits Rent On Seattle Micro-Housing Units
Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
Northwest Faces Greater Risks From Acidifying Waters
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
800 customers of state health exchange request tax form corrections
13,000 customers billed incorrect amounts through state health exchange
Port dispute is rotten for state’s agriculture industry
Don: Stop giving teachers convicted of sex crimes their pensions; give it to their victims
NW Public Radio
Lawmakers Consider Bill To Stop Conversion Therapy
Tribe OKs Same-Sex Marriages
Immigrant Deportation Debate Spills Over To State Capitol (Moscoso)
Q13 TV (FOX)
Medical school plan advances in Legislature despite dispute
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
State Senate advances bill to discourage ‘patent trolls’ (Frockt, Jinkins)
Crosscut
The Daily Troll: Paid parental leave in Seattle. Oil train plan stalled. ‘Nefarious’ drones.
HDC Advance
Surplus or deficit: Which is it? (Sullivan)
Seattle P.I.
‘Not Under Our City’ — Oil train protest speaks defiance to power
The Stand
Opinion: DHS shutdown dangerous, demoralizing
Washington State Wire
Meeting McCleary & Improving the Schools: Only a Matter of Dollars and Cents? (Sullivan, Ortiz-Self, Reykdal, Sells, Nelson)
Tuesday, Feb 24
Associated Press
City of Seattle employees may get 4 weeks off for new child
Washington justices weigh warrantless searches of records
State had big highway fund increase in decade before 2013
AAA: Average price of gasoline in Washington $2.44
State lawmakers struggle to move forward on REAL ID compliance (Clibborn)
Saving for retirement: Obama proposal sets up Wall St. fight
Tobacco companies fighting over claims on smoking’s effects
Skagit oil-by-rail project to get full environmental review
Alaska becomes 3rd state with legal marijuana
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
EU: Washington state’s Boeing tax breaks are illegal
Whatcom County wins appeal, doesn’t need to restrict rural wells
Op-Ed: Legislature should invest in I-5/Slater Road interchange, safer roads for Whatcom residents
Bothell Reporter
Bothell student serves as page for Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe (McAuliffe)
Central Kitsap Reporter
Op-Ed: Legislative Update: Legislative session off and running
Columbian
Guard commander worries about big quake
In Our View: Primary Challenge
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Everett schools dealing with surprisingly high enrollment
Labor dispute: Delayed cargo ships only downside at Everett port
Washington’s Boeing tax breaks are illegal, Europe charges
County leaders like Senate’s roads plan, but it has a bumpy road ahead (Sullivan, Hobbs)
Bloomberg commentary: Survey shows anxiety among poor nearing retirement
Editorial: Your part in aiding homeless
Highline Times
Surplus state-held water rights targeted for irrigation, local uses
Education opportunity: Equal but Unequal? Legislators tackling student-achievement gap (Jayapal, Santos, Ortiz-Self)
The Islands’ Weekly
Oil spill preparedness and response workshop
International Business Times
America’s Oysters, Clams Imperiled By Acidic Oceans
News Tribune (subscription required)
State not joining revolt against Common Core learning model (Chase)
Would voters still like I-1351 with tax included?
Under the Dome: Tuesday, February 24, the 44th day of the 105-day legislative session (Dunshee)
Oregonian
National ocean acidification study finds Northwest among hardest-hit regions
Marijuana possession and cultivation now legal in Alaska; marijuana advocacy group launches public education campaign
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Retirement crisis for elderly is here (Mullet)
Opinion: School boards are looking to add diversity to reflect students
Puget Sound Business Journal
What will health care in the Puget Sound region look like in the future?
Seattle mayor proposes 4-week paid maternity, paternity leave as model for businesses
Renton Reporter
Board of Health joins call for increasing the age to purchase tobacco and vapor products
Seattle Times (subscription required)
I-594 groups seek to fight suit by gun-rights backers
Bertha gets a breather while repair pit is tidied up
Why higher ed is getting a smaller slice of the budget pie
Jerry Large: For a change, common sense trumps political ideology
Editorial: Make passing school bond measures easier (Gregerson)
Guest Opinion: Paid parental leave is good for parents and business
Spokesman Review
Idaho Rep. Vito Barbieri’s abortion question stirs up social media
Washington bill would ban open pot containers in vehicles
Editorial: Levy issue resolution worth going to courts, Legislature
Letter: Support rail-safety bills
Letter: Expanded preschool crucial
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Oregon’s test with mileage tax makes sense
Yakima Herald Republic
Hunting could be allowed at four state parks (Blake)
Pasco residents concerned about diluting the Hispanic vote
Lawmakers want to work with tribes on regulations for legal pot (Hurst)
Guest editorial by Rep. Sam Hunt: State Voting Rights Act lets us solve own problems (Hunt)
Letter: Districts not enough
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
State spends millions on convicted teachers retirements (Ormsby)
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
5th grader brings marijuana-laced candy bar to school
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Pasco police shooting victim’s family: ‘We want justice’
Light rail expansion worries Shoreline residents (Video)
KPLU FM
School Eye Exams Don’t Identify All Who Needs Glasses, Say Education Advocates
Controversial School Reforms Could Complicate Funding Debate In Wash. State
Administration Bars Health Plans That Won’t Cover Hospital Care
KUOW FM
Seattle Proposal Would Provide City Employees Four Weeks Paid Parental Leave
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Republicans dismiss invitations to discuss gas tax; it’s indefensible
Skagit County oil train project blocked for full environmental review
NW Public Radio
Port Backlogs Could Take Months To Clear
Controversial School Reforms Could Complicate Funding Debate In Washington State
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
House considers extension of electric vehicle sales tax exemption
Bills face first policy cutoff
Crosscut
For universal Pre-K, the devil is in the details
City Council takes first step toward a comprehensive privacy plan
Publicola
Cascade Bike Club Supporters Circulate Petition to Preserve Political Advocacy Work
Seattle P.I.
Paid parental leave coming for Seattle city employees
Slog
Mayor Ed Murray to Announce Paid Parental Leave for City Employees
The Stand
Washington’s tax system: Unfair, outdated (Carlyle)
Opinion: Texas, Big Oil puts higher ed money where their mouth is
Washington State Wire
How Safe is Your Information Online? Lawmakers Debate Upping State Requirements for Data Breaches (Hudgins)
Western Front
All Washington police officer may soon be required to wear body cameras