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Friday, March 13
Associated Press
Big fees to view public documents discourage public access
Governor signs bill to limit time mentally ill in jails
Washington Legislature 2015 session: What’s alive, dead
Bill to make it easier to detain mentally ill in Wash. dies
High school kids tell survey pot easy to get
Bills banning most vaccine exemptions fail in Washington, Oregon legislatures. North Olympic Peninsula officials dismayed (Robinson)
Injuries on the rise for troubled Seattle tunnel project
Bill would study effects of closing Montana coal plant (Fitzgibbon, Ranker)
Aberdeen Daily World
Simpson: Aberdeen crude moratorium up to council, not a concern
Bainbridge Island Review
Op-Ed: Inslee’s Boeing tax break under fire (Robinson)
Ballard News Tribune
Kohl-Welles’ anti-trafficking bill advances (Kohl-Welles)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
N. Dakota loading facility sanctioned in oil train leak discovered at BP Cherry Point
Columbian
Vaping rises among Clark County youth
In Our View: Keep Young Drivers Safe
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Bill ties Marysville, Arlington businesses’ tax breaks to jobs (McCoy)
Legislative District town-hall events Saturday in 1st, 21st, 32nd districts (Moscoso, Stanford, McAuliffe, Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Liias, Ryu, Chase)
Editorial: Get No Child Left Behind waiver, funds back (Hobbs)
Kirkland Reporter
Rep. Goodman’s bills bring financial health to crime victims and justice system (Goodman)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Survey: More teens say use of pot not harmful
News Tribune (subscription required)
Some lawmakers reversed stance on No Child Left Behind waiver bill (Cleveland, Frockt, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Pedersen, Habib, Mullet, Chopp)
Under the Dome: Friday, March 13, the 61st day of the 105-day legislative session (Ortiz-Self)
Washington Senate votes for sunshine on ‘dark money,’ within limits (Billig)
Olympian (subscription required)
Crowd gathers to support $15 per hour wage in Olympia
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Gun-law activists miss target as Olympia holsters most bills (Jinkins)
Which bills are still alive at Legislature’s halfway point
Poor offenders must be asked if they can afford to pay fines, state Supreme Court says
Takeaways from statewide survey about kids and marijuana
Washington’s two-faced recovery
Jonathan Martin: Shameful conditions at state institution reflect deeper problems
Guest Opinion: Give voters a voice in selecting presidential nominees
Editorial: Debate on climate change should be over (Habib, Hatfield)
Seattle Weekly
Jay Inslee’s Proposed Cigarette Tax Is Good Business for Smoke-Smugglers
Spokesman Review
Inslee won’t block WSU med school
House panel discusses Inslee’s carbon cap-and-trade proposal
State’s first Karelian bear dog retiring after 12 years
Editorial: Waste-to-energy plant at least as green as tiny N-reactors
Tri-City Herald
Safety board: Better control of safety risks needed for Hanford cleanup projects
Our Voice: Inslee’s cap and trade a bad idea for Washington
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Further limits on cellphone use in cars make sense
Yakima Herald Republic
In new King Mountain lawsuit, USDA seeks $6.3 million in tobacco assessments
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Ricky’s Law: More than a name – a man on a mission
Injuries on the rise for troubled Seattle tunnel project
Veterans helping state fight cybersecurity war
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State lawmakers looking to legalize powdered alcohol
KUOW FM
IRS Budget Cuts Hurt Low-Income And Elderly Taxpayers
Why The Nuclear Energy World Is Thinking Small
Bills Die, Live To See Another Day As Washington Legislature Heads Into Second Half
Ditching The Common Core Brings A Big Test For Indiana
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Washington film industry fights for business as other states offer far greater incentives (Kohl-Welles)
New standardized test causing stress, conflict for students, parents and schools
Government micromanaging can cause more problems than it solves
NW Public Radio
Why The Nuclear Energy World Is Thinking Small
Wash AG Ferguson Sues Ticket Broker Over Alleged Super Bowl Scam
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Bills fall by the wayside after mid-session cutoff
New deadline for mental-health evaluations
‘Alicia’s Law’ bills pass out of state House, Senate (Sawyer)
Transportation, minimum wage, mental health bills make cutoff
Crosscut
Inslee carbon plan would raise big money for education (Fitzgibbon, Tharinger)
Does the Northwest need electric trains? (Moscoso, Hasegawa)
How quick is too quick? (Carlyle)
Gender-pay bill is before state Senate (Senn)
No split for Seattle Public Schools (Cantos, Pettigrew)
Horsesass.org
Election Endorsements Have Consequences (climate change)
Are Liberals Getting Played?
Publicola
Sawant May Delay Tent City Vote
Senate Passes New Campaign Finance Disclosure Rules (Billig, Kohl-Welles)
Slog
More Tunnel Workers Were Hurt While Bertha Was Stuck Than in the Previous Two Years Put Together
The Stand
Editorial: No on SB 5899: Payday loans don’t solve crisis, they create one (Hatfield, Hobbs, Keiser, Liias, Ranker)
Cutoff carnage: The good, bad, and undead (Senn, Farrell, Jinkins, Ryu, Gregerson, Robinson, Reykdal, Cody, Ormsby, Liias)
USW, Shell reach deal; strike may soon end
Washington State Wire
Cap-and-Trade: Not Just Smokestacks, But a Broader Tax Based on Energy Consumption
Thursday, March 12
Associated Press
Bill to remove ‘personal beliefs’ exemption for vaccinations dies in House (Robinson)
UW study shows teens, adults not clear on Washington pot law
Washington state suing Super Bowl ticket seller
Senate passes bill to cut tuition at state universities (Frockt, Hargrove)
Bothell Reporter
House passes Stanford’s bill to improve railroad worker safety (Stanford)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Vaccination exemptions survive after bill loses steam
Inslee takes a neutral stance on Boeing tax breaks (Robinson)
Editorial: Senate bill a path for carbon reduction
Highline Times
Keiser, Orwall, Gregerson schedule telephone town hall for 33rd District (Keiser, Orwall, Gregerson)
Kirkland Reporter
House passes Stanford’s bill to improve railroad worker safety (Stanford)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
OUR VIEW | Small fish a big deal on Elwha
News Tribune (subscription required)
Ample state funding? Not for school construction (Hunter, Dunshee, Pedersen)
Under the Dome: Thursday, March 12, the 60th day of the 105-day legislative session
WA Senate passes measure aimed at regaining No Child Left Behind waiver (Mullet, Nelson)
Washington Senate votes to ban aversion therapy for sexual orientation, drug use (Liias)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington state’s equal pay law may soon get first major upgrade in 70 years (Senn)
Queen Anne News
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Renters legislation adjusts to rental market (Kohl-Welles)
Redmond Reporter
Attorney General Ferguson files lawsuit over deceptive Super Bowl ticket sales
Seattle Times
State sues Super Bowl ticket broker that failed Hawks fans
Poll: Voters like charter schools but want more oversight (Darneille)
Lawmakers kill effort to slow ‘revolving door’ of state officials turned lobbyists (Carlyle, Sullivan)
State Senate OKs bill to include test scores in teacher evaluations
Guest Opinion: Collaboration can bring positive, disruptive innovation
Skagit Valley Herald
Skagit well water access bill gains Senate approval
Spokesman Review
Washington state Senate passes bill to slash college tuition rates (Hunter, Kohl-Welles)
Lawsuit filed over Super Bowl tickets that never came
Pope Francis appoints Thomas Daly as new Catholic Bishop of Spokane
Washington Senate passes disclosure bill aimed at nonprofits (Billig)
Editorial: Washington leading way on suicide prevention
The Suburban Times
Conway to host town hall meeting, Mar. 14 (Conway)
Tri-City Herald
Brown bills pass state Senate as cutoff passes
West Seattle Herald
34th District Democrat meeting packed with heartfelt pitches against unfavorable legislation
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Should mentally ill killer be allowed free?
Home detention bill approved by state House
State rules may relax for payday lenders
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
New complaints filed against Seattle cop tied to golf club arrest
Report finds greater chance of mega earthquake
Hispanic leader says he’ll talk to Justice Dept. about Pasco shooting
To vaccinate or not? Debate rages on for Washington parents
KPLU FM
Bill Aims To Simplify Washington’s Business And Occupation Tax
Would Feds Withhold Education Funding Over Seattle High School’s Refusal To Test?
The Boss Can Force You To Buy Company’s Health Insurance
KUOW FM
Why Seattle Is At The Center Of The High Stakes Test Debate
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Washington to sue Super Bowl ticket seller
NW Public Radio
Bills Die, Live To See Another Day As Wash. Legislature Heads Into Second Half
Oregon, Washington Lawmakers Balk At Tougher Vaccination Mandate
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Transportation, minimum wage, mental health bills make cutoff
Vaccine exemption bill stalls in state House (Robinson)
Crosscut
Families would see a small increase in costs from carbon tax (Fitzgibbon)
Senate wants to lower tuition costs (Fraser)
Count Us In survey shows numbers of homeless youth holding steady
Attorney General files lawsuit against Super Bowl ticket pre-seller
Publicola
City Council Fundraising Totals (Payday lending; Pettigrew, Santos, Nelson, Habib, Hatfield, Hobbs, Liias, Keiser, Ranker)
Slog
Morning News: Olympia Gives Poor People the Finger, Police Chief Shakes Up Command Staff (Jayapal, Liias, Chopp)
How a Bill to Roll Back Payday Lending Reforms Got One Step Closer to Being Law (Liias, Jayapal)
The Stand
‘$15 for Olympia’ campaign launches today with rally
‘1,000 Days Without a Raise’ rally Mar. 18 at Space Needle
Opinion: By every standard, guaranteeing paid sick days is a winner
Washington State Wire
Inslee Cap-and-Trade Bill to Open Legislative Session’s Second Act
West Seattle Blog
VIDEO: Mayor Murray Q/A at 34th District Democrats’ meeting (Nelson)
Wednesday, March 11
Associated Press
Senate OKs bill paving way for WSU medical school in Spokane
Washington Senate passes bill to revamp payday loan industry (Liias)
Senate OKs PTSD as qualifying condition for medical pot
State Senate passes oil train safety bill (Conway, Ranker)
State Senate OKs watered-down language on climate change
Senate votes to ban smartphone use behind the wheel (Liias)
Businesses seek to block portion of Seattle minimum wage law
Senate votes to lower age to 40 for work injury settlements
Aberdeen Daily World
2014 a record revenue year for the Port
Jobless rates increase on the Twin Harbors in January
Bainbridge Island Review
23rd District lawmakers to host town halls (Rolfes, Appleton, Hansen)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Blog: Climate change human caused? Wash. Senate says maybe (Frockt, Habib, Ranker, Chase, Hargrove, Hatfield)
Columbian
Local middle school students spend week at the Capitol (Wylie)
In Our View: Two-Thirds is Voters’ Will
The Daily News
Officials try to remain optimistic in wake of failed bid at gas export site
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Washington gains 100,000 new jobs
Lawmakers seek your views at town halls (Liias, McCoy, McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford, Peterson, Ortiz-Self, Chase, Ryu, Sells, Robinson)
Burbank: Paid sick leave helps workers and businesses
Editorial: Work first, then we’ll talk pay (Pay raise for legislators)
Letter: Silly citizens, liberty is for the rich
Islands’ Sounder
Senate Democrats: Oil train bill lacks key safety provisions (Ranker, Rolfes, McCoy)
News Tribune (subscription required)
WA cigarette smuggling could increase under Inslee tax (Carlyle, Habib)
Washington Senate passes bill to revamp payday loan industry (Liias, Jayapal, Habib)
Under the Dome: Wednesday, March 11, the 59th day of the 105-day legislative session
Negotiated body-cams bill would let police withhold footage to protect privacy (Hansen)
Olympian (subscription required)
Voting Rights Act deserves a vote (Moscoso, Habib)
Peninsula Daily News
It’s official: Olympic Mountains — source of our water supply — in a state of drought
Puget Sound Business Journal
Senate approves law change that paves way for WSU medical school
Uber wants to put 1 million women worldwide at the wheel
Queen Anne News
State Teacher of the Year visits Capitol with students (Kohl-Welles, Carlyle)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
State Senate passes expanded limits on using cellphone while driving (Eide, Hargrove)
Franchises: Seattle’s minimum wage discriminates
Bill would mandate larger crew on oil trains (Conway)
Bill to change payday lending rules wins approval, 30-18, in the state Senate (Liias, Jayapal)
How the federal medical-marijuana bill could affect Washington
Student group seeks end to UW coal investments
WSU wins House and Senate approval for medical school
Danny Westneat: State Senate’s collision with science and climate change
Guest Opinion: Reform school finance and education accountability
Editorial: Seattle’s minimum-wage law unfairly discriminates against franchise owners
Spokesman Review
Senate passage puts WSU step closer to medical school (Billig, Frockt, Riccelli, Pedersen)
Bill to revise wolf plan passes Washington House
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Senate plan to fund Highway 12 worthy of support
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: It’s now time for serious negotiation on transportation
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Lawmakers could link teacher pay to location (Hunter)
Gov. Inslee’s personal emails range from trivial to political
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Historic bill would allow Wash. marijuana businesses to use traditional banking services
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State 911 system wasting time, money on bogus calls
KPLU FM
Deaths, Lawsuits Spur Mental Health Bills In Washington Legislature
KUOW FM
Attorneys Debate Constitutionality of Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Law
NW Public Radio
Juvenile Killer Barry Massey Gets Hearing In Advance Of Presumed Release
Q13 TV (FOX)
‘I was mortified’: Parents say district not addressing kindergarten bully problem
WEB
Capitol Record
Nurses would receive meal, rest breaks under bill (Reykdal, Sells)
Abortion insurance bill passes state House (Cody)
WSU could open new medical school under bills approved in both chambers (Riccelli, Pedersen)
Distracted driving law update passes in state Senate (Hargrove)
Crosscut
Initiatives costing at least $25 million must be noted (Pedersen, Liias)
Lynnwood Today
21st District legislators hosting telephone town hall on Wednesday (Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Liias)
My Edmonds News
21st District legislators hosting telephone town hall on Wednesday (Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Liias)
Publicola
Tenants Union Leader Challenges Tim Burgess (Habib, Liias)
Schmudget
Invest in TANF to Help Strengthen Families
Seattle P.I.
A WSU medical school in Spokane gets thumbs up from Legislature (Hargrove, Riccelli)
Tuesday, March 10
Associated Press
House sends fast-tracked mental health bill to Gov. Inslee (Jinkins)
Gun ownership declining, new trend survey says
House OKs bill paving way for WSU medical school in Spokane
Senate passes oil train safety bill (Conway, Ranker)
State Senate OKs watered-down language on climate change (Habib)
After climate change debate, Senate OKs bill giving utilities option on renewable energy (Ranker, Habib, Frockt)
Owen rules climate change vote allowed on energy bill (Owen, Habib)
Senate OKs bill requiring ballots to note initiative costs (Owen)
State officials ask lawmakers for $9M in case of drought
US job openings reach a 14-year high, and more workers quit
Aberdeen Daily World
Officials send off three remaining pontoons
Sheldon motorcycle bill passes Senate
Three lawmakers float new I-5 bridge plan
Ballard News Tribune
36th Legislative District town hall to be held March 14 (Kohl-Welles, Carlyle, Tarleton)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Blog: Republicans dodge climate-change discussion in WA Senate
Bothell Reporter
How did 46th District representatives for Kenmore vote? | March 2-6 (Frockt, Pollet, Farrell)
How did 1st District representatives for Bothell vote? | March 2-6 (McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford)
1st Legislative District town hall in Bothell March 14 (McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford)
Hindus urge Washington Governor to create task force on hate crimes
Central Kitsap Reporter
Visit state parks for a ‘free day’ March 19
Op-Ed: MacEwen introduces bill to modernize B&O tax
Columbian
State lawmakers could get 11 percent pay increase (Wylie, Moeller, Cleveland)
Cowlitz Tribe gets reservation near La Center
In Our View: Poverty Hits Classrooms
Don Brunell: Our state must avert California’s water wars
The Daily News
Wyoming Legislature approves bill to support coal port bonds
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: Forests not the place for training
Kirkland Reporter
House passes McBride bill to uphold religious rights and protect the homeless (McBride)
1st Legislative District town hall in Bothell March 14 (McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford)
Lake Washington student serves as page in Olympia (Goodman)
How did 1st District representatives for north Kirkland vote? | March 2-6 (McAuliffe, Moscoso, Stanford)
How did 45th District representatives for Kirkland vote? | March 2-6 (Springer, Goodman)
How did 48th District representatives for Kirkland vote? | March 2-6 (Habib, Hunter, McBride)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Angel bill would ease, extend bridge tolls
News Tribune (subscription required)
Doctor shortage keeps Western State Hospital from taking detained patients (Jinkins)
Under the Dome: Tuesday, March 10, the 58th day of the 105-day legislative session
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Federal oil train rules are inadequate
Puget Sound Business Journal
UW launches website to take on WSU, sell expanded medical school program
UW Medical School ranked No. 1 primary care program in U.S.
Curious why Boeing and Legislature are paying for a ‘Baffled-Tube Ram Accelerator?’ Find out at UW event
Washington state lawmakers: Uber, Lyft need more oversight (Kirby, Habib)
Obama launches TechHire initiative to train more workers for technology jobs
Boeing holds rank as world’s largest arms exporter
Redmond Reporter
Eastside lawmakers host mid-session town hall in Redmond on Saturday (Habib, Hunter, McBride)
House passes bill to uphold religious rights and protect the homeless (McBride)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Cascade Bicycle Club may pull back from politics
Seattle politicians oppose proposal to loosen state’s payday lending law
Transparency training offered to government leaders
UW’s medical school again tops list for best primary care, rural medicine and family medicine programs
Cut class and go to jail? Courts find that truancy petitions do little good
Danny Westneat: $16 in ’16’: Nick Hanauer threatens initiative if lawmakers don’t bump wages
Editorial: Legislature’s plan to protect drone footage should not take off
Spokesman Review
Doug Clark: WDOT reverses course on toll, fine (Riccelli)
Palouse wheat farmers hopeful, cautious about early growth
Renewable energy bill stirs climate-change debate in Washington Senate (Frockt)
Bill would require statement on initiatives’ funding on ballot
Washington House passes mental health bills (Riccelli)
WSU medical school gets House approval (Riccelli)
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Look below the surface of minimum wage increases
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Allow ex-convicts to earn opportunity to be employed
West Seattle Herald
Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon honored as ‘Community Champion’ by Futurewise for work on environment (Fitzgibbon)
Surplus state-held water rights targeted for irrigation, local uses
Yakima Herald Republic
Legislature honors Capitol Theatre’s CEO
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
I-5 traffic delays in Seattle skyrocket
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Seattle leaders against payday loan bills under consideration by lawmakers
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State lawmaker looks to beef up rules on Uber, Lyft (Habib)
KUOW FM
Separated From Family, Border Kids Land In Northwest Homes
Don’t Call Us Homeless: Living On A School Bus In Seattle
The Numbers Add Up To This: Less And Less Opportunity For Poor Kids
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
If it’s so great, then why not immediately adopt Nick Hanauer’s $16 minimum wage?
NW Public Radio
Group Claiming To Be ISIS Hacks South Sound Magazine
Northwest Lawmakers Debate Vaccine Exemptions
Government Signs Land Into Trust For Cowlitz
Deaths, Lawsuits Spur Mental Health Bills In Washington Legislature
WEB
Capitol Record
Sheena and Chris Henderson Law, other mental health bills, pass House
Nurses would receive meal, rest breaks under bill (Reykdal, Sells)
Uber, Lyft are target of bills in the House, Senate (Habib)
Crosscut
The downsides of a (low-carbon) diet
Senate, House at odds over oil-train safety steps (Ranker, McCoy, Farrell)
Initiative measures could carry price tags (Pedersen, Liias)
Senate passes bill to give utilities carbon flexibility (Habib, Hobbs, Hatfield)
Publicola
State Senators Squabble Over Climate Change (Habib, Carlyle)
City Lines Up Against Port on Shell Terminal (Habib)
SDC Hopper
Senate Democrats: Oil train bill lacks key safety provisions (McCoy, Ranker, Rolfes)
Slog
If a Tunnel Boring Machine Breaks Underneath Seattle, Do We Have a Right to Know Why?
The Stand
Attend your legislators’ town hall meetings (McAuliffe, Stanford, Moscoso, Billig, Ormsby, Riccelli, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Bergquist, Liias, Peterson, Ortiz-Self, Rolfes, Appleton, Hansen, Darneille, Jinkins, Fey, Conway, Gregory, Chase, Ryu, Kohl-Welles, Carlyle, Tarleton, McCoy, Sells, Robinson, Senn, Clibborn, Pedersen, Chopp, Walkinshaw, Goodman, Springer, Habib, Hunter, McBride)
Washington State Wire
State Senate Warms to Climate Change, Moves First on Carbon Reduction (Chase, Hatfield, Habib, Ranker)
Monday, March 9
Associated Press
State officials ask lawmakers for $9M in case of drought
Justice Dept.’s Ferguson report resonates across U.S.
House votes to strike local bans on church homeless camps (McBride)
Workers prepare to lift part of tunnel machine out of pit
Washington residents are nation’s 9th top wood-burning polluters
Aberdeen Daily World
Faces in the Fields
Oped: Jim Walsh — On gun rights, our state Constitution doesn’t equivocate
Bainbridge Island Review
Oped: More compromise needed (Hobbs, Fain, Liias, Rolfes)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Search our data: How many kids are vaccinated at your school?
Rates of vaccine-exempt kids soar above 10 percent at many Whatcom schools
Drones, oil safety, transportation bills pass first house during busy week in Olympia (Morris, Moeller)
Central Kitsap Reporter
Oped: The Petri Dish: Hump day for the legislative session (Chopp)
Columbian
Local Republicans unmoved by Wylie’s plea for oil-train bill (Wylie, Farrell)
Spokane wants to intervene in Vancouver oil terminal talks
Editorial: Voting Rights Act is Needed (Moscoso)
Editorial: Senate Bill Snubs County (Transportation package, Cleveland, Moeller)
The Daily News
Capitol Dispatch: Legislative wheeling, dealing in full swing (Blake, Jenkins, Takko, Hatfield)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Education spending not enough, but it’s a start (Ortiz-Self, Kagi)
U.S. economy has a weight problem
Op-ed: State must restore Medicaid payment rate
Op-ed: Passage of Joel’s Law only a start to fixing the problem
Guest column: College doesn’t mark end of parenting
Editorial: Give distilleries a fair shot
Editorial: Help vets continue education (Stanford)
Federal Way Mirror
Gregory’s legislation helps teachers learn new specialties (Gregory)
Miloscia’s proposal to raise smoking age passes House committee (Orwall)
Kirkland Reporter
House passes Rep. Larry Springer’s bill to increase affordable housing in King County
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Feds watch closely as state updates water-quality standards
Sheldon motorcycle bill passes Senate
News Tribune (subscription required)
Lawmakers consider region-based funding of teacher salaries (Hunter)
Tacoma march commemorates civil rights activists who crossed Selma span 50 years ago
Bills seek more funding for child porn investigations (Sawyer)
Group of teachers asking state to set standards for training (Lytton)
Businesses elsewhere report few problems with sick leave laws
State House: Sex offenders should return to home counties (Kilduff)
Editorial: Don’t reduce medical schooling to cross-state rivalry
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Low-income project needs new site
Opinion: Natural resources need more help in the budget
Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON OLYMPIA: Property crime, flame-retardants measures advance (Hargrove, Van De Wege, Tharinger)
Redmond Reporter
Transportation package will affect 520 into Overlake area (Habib)
Poll shows that voters feel STEM education is important
Seattle Times (subscription required)
House passes two bills to help low-income renters (Walkinshaw, Springer)
Next task: Lift Bertha’s face to the surface
Health coverage in limbo for many small-business employees
Mapping Seattle’s disappearing middle class | FYI Guy
Push for climate-change vote stalls state Senate (Habib, Cleveland)
Transportation, Kshama Sawant, payday lending: your week in review | Politics NW Now
Editorial: An important step by the Legislature on mental-health reform
Editorial: Keep the Senate’s passed transportation package moving (Hobbs, Liias)
Guest: Don’t touch the 1% property tax cap | columnist
Spokesman Review
Spokane seeks seat at talks on proposed Vancouver oil terminal
EWU’s newest president making waves with advocacy, innovation
200 supporters rally at NAACP after delivery of racist materials
Bills seek to boost state nuclear efforts (McCoy)
Bill would block release of sex predators who refuse treatment (Goodman)
Medical providers opening facilities as more are insured
Spin Control: Something rare from a politician: A sincere apology (Hasegawa, Peterson. Moeller)
Yakima Herald Republic
Column: Health coverage in limbo for many workers in state
Editorial: Yakima needs to cut losses on district voting
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
New video of Oso slide aftermath shows saturated hillside
New WSP tool promises to clear crash scene faster
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Tunnel work could bury Hwy. 99 commuters in congestion
Justice Department’s Ferguson report resonates in Pasco
State officials ask lawmakers for $9 million in case of drought
KPLU FM
Amid Push For Alternatives, Judges Cling to Juvenile Detention For Truants
Washington State Senator Apologizes After ‘Colored’ Remark
KUOW FM
Why Franchise Owners Hate Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage
Washington Tribe’s Whale Hunt Proposal Gets First Look From Regulators
Washington Lawmakers Race Key Cut-Off Deadline
Lawsuit: Should the Government Provide Lawyers for Kids Facing Deportation?
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee reveals his personal/government email habits
NW Public Radio
In Long-Running Dispute Over ID Cards, Feds Call Idaho’s Bluff
Q13 TV (FOX)
State concerned about below average snowpack
Northwest residents, with wood to burn, among top polluters
Spokane wants to intervene in Vancouver oil terminal talks
WEB
Crosscut
Nuclear energy scores 2 victories in Olympia (McCoy, Rolfes)
Oil train bills: A political collision? (Farrell)
Commentary by Chris Vance: Will Olympia work through its divisions?
Revenge porn could become a crime (Wylie)
Horsesass.org
Rob McKenna, Crappy Economist
My Edmonds News
21st District Town Hall set for March 14 at Meadowdale High School (Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Liias)
Publicola
State House Passes Oil Train Regulations (Moscoso)
King County Labor Leader Looks for Common Ground on Affordable Housing
Slog
#HoneyfordResign: Students Call on Republican Senator to Step Down After “Racist” Comments
The Stand
Urge state reps to support Family Unity Act (Moscoso)
Washington State Wire
With $5B Spending Increase, Inslee Cuts to Disability Programs Leads to Criticism (Kagi, Hunter, Keiser, Hargrove)
Green Sheet for March 9 – Climate Change Ruling Forthcoming, While Another Key Deadline Looms (Reykdal, Hudgins, Farrell)