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Monday, Dec 8
Associated Press
State attorney general: PSE overcharging customers
State: competency wait lists not that bad
Washington lawmakers face new rules for free meals (Pedersen)
Workers rally around Puget Sound for $15 wage
AAA: Average price of gasoline in Washington $2.98
State attorney general: PSE overcharging customers
2 Washington teachers on short list for $1M prize
Feds contend state Hanford request too expensive
Aberdeen Daily World
Workers call for $15 an hour minimum wage
Bothell Reporter
Lawmakers get donations from opponents | Cornfield
Columbian
New adoption law solving mysteries
Washougal to host oil train discussion with BNSF
Issaquah Reporter
House Democrats elect Rep. Larry Springer to Deputy Majority Leader (Springer)
Islands’ Sounder
Corpse of killer whale recovered; failed pregnancy likely cause of death
CenturyLink faces $2.9 million penalty for statewide 911 outage
Kirkland Reporter
House Democrats elect Rep. Larry Springer of Kirkland to Deputy Majority Leader (Springer)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Facebook blackout? Local politicians advised to stay away
Pot shop opens as statewide supply begins to steady
Pot grows prompt new power questions
Maple Valley Reporter
Washington tops nation in new board-certified teachers
Olympian (subscription required)
Lawmakers facing new rules for free meals in January – and a new session (Hunt, Pedersen)
Gov. Inslee’s budget office says $583 million of pay adjustments for state-paid workers are “financially feasible” (Sullivan)
One county jail offers relief for state prison overcrowding (Hunt)
Puget Sound Business Journal
What’s in all those containers on the docks? Here are Washington state’s top 25 exports
Revenues up dramatically for Washington’s top 50 minority-owned businesses
11 things the insurance commissioner wants to know about state health exchange snafus
Report: Insurers predict ‘lots of chaos,’ wealthy enrollees in Washington’s health exchange
Seattle Times (subscription required)
New delay in Bertha rescue: Viaduct settling is uneven, risky
Suspending kids doesn’t fix bad behavior; schools look for answers
Judge: Uncle Ike’s pot store can stay open until 2015 suit is heard
PSE charging too much, attorney general contends
Two Washington teachers up for $1 million international prize
Editorial: Unregulated medical-marijuana market is creating a hazy future
Editorial: Solutions for the sex trafficking crisis in Seattle, King County
Jonathan Martin: It’s time for progressivism in tax policy
Blog: How I learned it’s ridiculously easy to buy pot at Seattle medical marijuana dispensaries without a “green card”
Skagit Valley Herald
State funds help two Skagit street projects
Spokesman Review
Washington dropping mandate to replace license plates
Pearl Harbor survivors mark 73rd anniversary in Spokane
Two years of legal marijuana mean revenue, but unexpected hurdles
Lawmakers face new rules on free meals
State GOP’s 1982 intraparty clash spawned badge of honor: troglodyte
Number of same-sex marriages in Washington in 2014 likely down from 2013
State may increase medical residencies on East Side (Riccelli)
Spin Control: By any name, it’s a very hopeful scene
Editorial: I-594 needs clarity before state creates more gun laws
Guest opinion: Update state’s 1917 public medical school law
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
DOE says state Hanford requirements would cost $18 billion
BROADCAST
KCTS 9 TV (PBS)
The Affordable Housing Crusader (Chopp)
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Tacoma closer to shutting down medical marijuana collectives
Popular portion of Seattle seawall project is half done
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Shifting ground near ‘Bertha’ settling unevenly
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Soil beneath Viaduct collapsing unevenly; Bertha pit halted
KPLU FM
A Burger Joint Pays $15 An Hour. And, Yes, It’s Making Money
KUOW FM
Child Abuse Reports Increase; Washington Case Workers Face Down ‘Crisis’ (Kagi)
Seattle’s Viaduct Sinks An Inch Near Bertha Rescue Shaft
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Tax per mile: Plan in the works to tax you a ‘road usage charge’
NW Public Radio
Lawsuit Payouts Top $150 Million As Washington CPS Requests More Workers
Ferguson Protesters March In Olympia, Block Rush Hour Traffic
Washington Cities To Lobby For Cut Of Pot Tax Revenue (Carlyle)
Q13 TV (FOX)
Uneven settling near Alaskan Way Viaduct, work on Bertha access tunnel interrupted
7 arrested during Seattle protests of police killings
Feds contend state Hanford request too expensive
WEB
Crosscut
Up in smoke: WA pot firms say their profits are getting burned down by tax bills (Hatfield)
Inslee is eyeing a tax on oil shipments arriving by rail
Legislature is likely to try to measure how Boeing is using its tax breaks (Carlyle)
Horsesass.org
It’s Time for Our Editorial Boards to Step Up and Urge WA’s Legislature to Raise Revenue
Publicola
The Power Went Out
Slog
Op-Ed: We Can’t Address Climate Change Without Addressing Income Inequality
Washington State Wire
Washington State Sets Pace For Cybersecurity Initiatives Across Country-Hudgins Announces Legislation (Hudgins)
Friday, Dec 5
Associated Press
Initiative 594 group calls for additional gun measures
Washington colleges pledge change at D.C. summit
Average Affordable Care premiums going up in 2015
Study: Killing wolves means more livestock attacks
Deal conserves rainforest on Olympic Peninsula
Jobless applications fall to 297,000
Canada hopes avian flu is contained to 4 farms
Workers rally around Puget Sound for $15 wage
Ballard News Tribune
Kohl-Welles seeks local students for legislative page program (Kohl-Welles)
Bothell Reporter
Bothell will ask lawmakers to help save North Creek Forest
Central Kitsap Reporter
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and IMF to hire 850 workers
Columbian
Census: Clark County incomes outpace U.S., on average
Killing Wolves No Aid to Livestock
HealthCare.gov average premiums going up in 2015
Editorial: In Our View: State’s Road Needs Stall
The Daily News
State Salmon Recovery Funding Board funded grants totalling $2.7 million
Centralia’s Sen. Braun named Senate deputy majority leader
Everett Herald (subscription required)
$320M fix prescribed for Everett’s aging sewers
Costs of blame in deadly mudslide already adding up
E-recycling has kept tons of waste out of state landfills
Autism care coverage improves but costs a worry
McCusker: Ranking teacher training programs has merit
Editorial: State budget should include funding for Stilly Valley Youth Project
Federal Way Mirror
How will process to replace Rep. Freeman unfold? | Inside Politics (Freeman)
Fain, Miloscia earn leadership spots in Senate
Islands’ Sounder
San Juan County faces lawsuit
The Inlander
School Rivalry (Riccelli)
Journal of the San Juan Islands
CenturyLink faces $2.9 million penalty for statewide 911 outage
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Defense bill passed that includes PSNS overseas overtime
Maple Valley Reporter
Kent-area fast-food workers join state, national fight for higher wages
News Tribune (subscription required)
Restaurant workers rally for higher minimum wage
Editorial: Midair near-misses show need for tighter drone controls
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: State DFW needs visionary leadership
Renton Reporter
Kent-area fast-food workers join state, national fight for higher wages
Seattle Times (subscription required)
I-594 backers plan to ask Legislature for new gun laws
Family of woman killed by ex-boyfriend sues state
Workers rally across region to demand higher minimum wage
Exchange, insurance commissioner at odds over glitches and transparency
Minimum-wage increase in the spotlight — now for the whole state
Medicaid lawsuit targets school consultants
Blog: Recap: 8 things to know about Seattle, King County’s sex trafficking crisis
Blog: An unexpected activist for children in the immigration reform debate
Skagit Valley Herald
Planned Alger pot farm faces county zoning roadblocks
$1.2M awarded for Skagit salmon habitat projects
Ecology wants comments on state wetland plan
Spokesman Review
Editorial: Hanford site deserves historical park status
Tri-City Herald
House approves B Reactor park, Rattlesnake Mountain access, Hanford land transfer
DOE disputes missed radioactive sludge deadline
Editorial: Our Voice: Remote testimony would give more people a voice
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Op-Ed: Cuts make it tougher to put food on the table
Yakima Herald Republic
PNWU has ambitious campus master plan
Editorial: State-tribe gas tax tiff needs a fix that’s fair
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
State lawmakers work on proposals to support police body cameras (Takko)
Could more instruments warn of Northwest mega-quake?
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
A year after breakdown, Bertha tunneling date pushed back again
KPLU FM
Low-Wage Workers Rally In Olympia In Support Of $15 Minimum Wage (Chopp)
KUOW FM
New Background Checks Take Effect For Washington Gun Sales; Backers Announce Next Steps
Illegal Four-Wheeling Takes A Toll On Public Lands
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Bertha timetable to resume drilling delayed again
NW Public Radio
Gun Control Leader Unfazed By Gun Transfer Event
Q13 TV (FOX)
Fast food workers rally in Olympia for higher minimum wage
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Minimum wage debate revived at Capitol
Crosscut
Labor & Industries report paints dismal picture of Metro’s bathroom network
Minimum wage in Washington: Enough to make it?
A bigger Puget Sound port sails ahead
Horsesass.org
NRA Spokesman Who Belittled Jews for Supporting Stronger Gun Laws Emerges from Hiding to Lobby Olympia (I-594)
Publicola
“Unfortunately Still Relevant”
Slog
The Contradictory Legal Layer Cake of Marijuana Laws Across Washington State
The Stand
Fair wages, quality public services embody holiday season’s values
Fast-food strikes, cost of Boeing tax cuts, Obama vs. Warren…
Washington State Wire
Dozens of Protesters Rally At The Capitol, Demand $15 Minimum Wage (Reykdal, Sells)
Thursday, Dec 4
Associated Press
Tests expected to determine BC avian flu strain
$15 minimum wage strikes planned in Washington
7 Washington colleges at White House summit
Study: Killing wolves means more livestock attacks
3 nurses at state psychiatric hospital assaulted
Washington has 946 new board certified teachers
Final pontoons arriving for Lake Washington bridge
Aberdeen Daily World
Quinaults undertake plan to move Taholah to higher ground
Bainbridge Island Review
Op-Ed: Contributions continue to flow after the final ballots have been counted
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
This year’s flu shots look like poor match for circulating viruses
Bothell Reporter
Bothell 1st District Rep. Luis Moscoso joins AG Ferguson in consumer alert (Moscoso)
Jackson, Inslee address crowd at Washington STEM Summit
Columbian
Judge upholds ban on marijuana in Clark County
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Schwab: Look at facts of immigration might surprise
Editorial: How to make oil trains safer
Maple Valley Reporter
Washington tops nation again in new board-certified teachers
Mercer Island Reporter
Councilmember Tana Senn to step down in January (Senn)
Olympian (subscription required)
Inslee touts stormwater treatment plant at port (Fraser)
State tops nation in new board-certified teachers; 37 hail from Thurston County schools
Defense budget steers billions to Puget Sound for Boeing jets and Navy bases, but much less for JBLM
U.S. House vote extends state sales-tax deduction for 2014 IRS returns
New appointees to PDC include John Bridges, who decided governor’s election challenge in 2005, and Anne Levinson
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington State University establishes first U.S. bioplastics research center
Renton Reporter
State resources board begins planning next decade of timber harvests on state trust lands
Seattle Times (subscription required)
VA delay triggers $6K bill for dying vet
Mayor Murray pushes medical-marijuana regulation to next year
Killing wolves to protect livestock doesn’t work in long run, WSU study says
Odds grow in Congress to enlarge Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Jerry Large: Deaf ears lead to sound of protests
Editorial: Education funding needs to be for more than K-12
Guest Opinion: Why the EPA’s plan is the best way forward for the Duwamish River
Spokesman Review
Wolf kills increase livestock deaths, WSU study says
Human rights group asks police for transparency on military equipment
Stevens Elementary teacher gives STEM subjects a musical remix
State gets grade adjustment of voter guide
Editorial: Children enslaved by sex trafficking deserve help
Vancouver Business Journal
“Erroneous cancellation” nixes 6,000 state health exchange accounts
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima Valley sees reduction in gang crime
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Tighter gun restrictions take effect Thursday
$15 minimum wage strikes planned in Washington
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Washington State’s new gun background check law goes into effect
Fast-food workers in local cities participating in nationwide strikes
Councilmember Kshama Sawant charged with disorderly conduct
Boeing on track to deliver planned quota of 787 Dreamliners
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
I-594 passage leads to wave of gun sales
Body cameras to debut with Seattle police
KPLU FM
Study: Offshore Fault Where The ‘Big One’ Originates Eerily Quiet
Gun Store Owner Wary Of Participating In Wash. Background Check Law
KUOW FM
How Killing Wolves Might Be Leading To More Livestock Attacks
NW Tribes Bring Coal Concerns To National Conference
Commission Urges Mapping Of All Washington Landslide Zones
Washington Prisons Aim To Learn From Inmate Suicides
NW Public Radio
Draft Report On Oil Transportation Delivered To Lawmakers
Congress Set to Pass Public Lands Bills
Q13 TV (FOX)
Think health care costs are soaring?
Kshama Sawant charged with disorderly conduct, could face jail time
Capitol Record (TVW)
Senate, House leaders talk about priorities for session (Sullivan)
WEB
Crosscut
Legislators are pursuing answers about small nuclear reactors’ value (Wylie, McCoy, Fey)
HDC Advance
KIRO investigators: Confusing state law allows violent felons to get guns (Kagi)
Publicola
City and County Priorities in Olympia
West Seattle Blog
When will Highway 99 tunneling resume? That question & more addressed as stakeholders’ group meets
Wednesday, Dec 3
Aberdeen Daily World
State DOE releases draft report on oil shipments
Associated Press
Agency staff recommends $2.9M fines in 911 outage case
Health Exchange error cancels 6,000 accounts
EPA releases cleanup plan for Seattle’s only river
Tacoma: ‘Dropout factories’ to record graduation
Study: more to do as oil trains pose new risks
CWU leaving 57 positions unfilled
32 States Haven’t Tried To Establish an Exchange. Are They Making a Huge Mistake?
Inslee backs EPA plan to cut emissions
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Oil trains report is packed with recommendations for reducing public risks
Whatcom County councilors like Facebook; public-records rules remain fuzzy
Columbian
Ethics panel eyes lawmakers’ meals (Pedersen)
Lawmakers announce WSU medical school bill (Riccelli)
The Daily News
Local residents spend an eye-opening hour in CAP simulation of being poor
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Forest funding in doubt
Inslee names Bridges, Levinson to Public Disclosure Commission
Jesse Jackson joins Gov. Inslee urging STEM diversity at Microsoft talk
Burbank: We would do well to live by Advent’s four ethics
Editorial: Basing policy on evidence in Congress
Blog: PDC gaining two well-known members
The Island Guardian
Pro & Con Of Land Use Regs On Marijuana Grow
Guest column: Moratorium On Marijuana Growing Facilities
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Divide surfaces over pot farms
Next stop for lawsuit over long-gone council subcommittees? State supreme court
News Tribune (subscription required)
Tacoma to tell unlicensed pot shops to close by summer
Oil trains report is packed with recommendations for reducing public risks
Editorial: Vaping’s a threat to kids – especially little ones
Olympian (subscription required)
Body cameras for Olympia police? City wants clarification in state law first
Oil trains report is packed with recommendations for reducing public risks
Editorial: Will Congress choose cleaner air, again?
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle workers saving more away for retirement, says survey
Redmond Reporter
Jackson, Inslee address crowd at Washington STEM Summit
Renton Reporter
EPA’s cleanup plan will remove 90 percent of Duwamish pollution, at $342 million cost
Seattle Times (subscription required)
CenturyLink fine up to $2.9M suggested for big 911 failure
Another glitch afflicts an estimated 6,000 health exchange customers
Tacoma to shut down medical marijuana businesses by summer
Hanford’s B Reactor closer to becoming national park
Report: How fast teacher pay rises is as important as top salary
Round-up: Lawmakers unveil bills for WSU med school, LAUSD shelves contract with Apple
Report: Just 9 of 100 kids born in Washington will get a STEM job here
Danny Westneat: At local motels, no room for the homeless, paid or not
Seattle Weekly
The Decade-Long Dance Between Alaska Airlines and Minimum-Wage Activists
Seattleland: The Columbia City Police Shooting Was Our Ferguson
Skagit Valley Herald
State’s E-Cycle program hits 250 million pounds
Spokesman Review
State legislators support new medical education model (Riccelli)
O holiday tree. O holiday tree.
Editorial: Top priority at Hanford: setting priorities
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Double testing students not necessary for high standards
Yakima Herald Republic
Inslee talks up kids’ health at Yakima YMCA
Pot shops hard-pressed to match black market prices
Editorial: Legislature should allow testimony by remote video
KING 5 TV (NBC)
6,000 state health care plans accidentally canceled
Seattle-area officers experience ‘anti-police’ backlash
Effort to save Alaskan Way Viaduct could head to ballot
BROADCAST
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Protesters to swarm Seattle City Council chambers
KPLU FM
Washington DOC Will Try To Learn From Recent Suicides
KUOW FM
The Boy In Cell No. 7 At King County Juvenile Jail
Pilots In Northwest Reporting More ‘Near Misses’ With Drones
NW Public Radio
Report: Idaho and Oregon Have Most Unauthorized Immigrants Who Stand To Benefit From Obama Action
Gonzaga and Legislature Enter Medical School Conversation (Riccelli)
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
Mark Schoesler elected Senate majority leader (Chopp, Sullivan, Pettigrew)
Crosscut
Can decentralization improve Seattle schools?
Should we monitor the results of Boeing tax breaks?
HDC Advance
Workers’ comp rate increase is way below expectations
Publicola
“It Has Yet to Attract Any Firms.”
Seattle P.I.
The Duwamish: EPA cleanup plan ‘huge day’ for Seattle’s river
Republicans go rural in Washington State Senate leadership
Washington State Wire
‘Creating a Win-Win’: Washington Business Alliance Pitches Climate Plan
Lawmakers Are Limited To 12 Free Meal A Year, But Is Another Step Needed? (Pedersen)
Tuesday, December 2
Associated Press
Study: More to do as oil trains pose new risks
Jesse Jackson urging tech jobs for minorities
Safety recommendations from Oso mudslide
Legislators unveil bills for new WSU medical school (Riccelli)
Q & A: Gov. Inslee eyes directives for cleaner fuels
Ecology report details plans to make oil trains safer
US construction spending climbs 1.1 pct in October
Inslee wants to reduce new cases of HIV in state
Columbian
Vancouver approves breaks for big, high-wage employers
Benton ousted as majority deputy leader
E-cigarette poisoning calls on the rise
The Daily News
Woodland council bans recreational marijuana stores
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing overhauls health plan, promises better care at lower cost
Schoesler is state’s new GOP Senate majority leader
Snohomish man evades third strike law
Harrop: Obamacare does benefit the middle class
Editorial: I-594 won’t burden gun owners (Kagi)
Federal Way Mirror
Outgoing Sen. Eide served with distinction | Inside Politics (Eide)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Edmonds-Kingston ferry route down briefly Monday
News Tribune (subscription required)
Carol Gregory is Democrats’ top choice for the late Rep. Roger Freeman’s job
Mark Schoesler elected Senate majority leader
Editorial: IRS shouldn’t allow churches to disregard tax law
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Big-money: the bane of American politics (Carlyle)
Column: The GOP’s shameful suit against Obamacare
Puget Sound Business Journal
Out with WSU, in with the new: Gonzaga to partner with UW in med school program
Seattle Times (subscription required)
UW, WSU give future engineers a ‘redshirt season’
GOP state senators elect Mark Schoesler majority leader
Blog: America must re-define when police should use deadly force
Guest Opinion: Think holistically about education
Seattle Weekly
The Election That Changed Washington—Ten Years Later
Marijuana’s Big-Money Marley Brand Makes a Splash
Jean Godden’s Gender Equity Crusade Prompts Town Hall on Pay Gap
Spokesman Review
Mark Schoesler chosen as Washington Senate majority leader
Legislators want 1917 law revised to allow WSU med school expansion (Riccelli)
GU weighs med school role
Tri-City Herald
DOE names new Hanford manager
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
State works to rid local beaches of old, toxic creosote pilings
Yakima Herald Republic
State fruit growers look forward to another 100 years of progress
Hort convention targets Spanish-speaking workers
Editorial: Tough time for food banks — and a good time to help
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
State re-evaluates mentally ill killer
Seattle police union president on ‘professional’ protestors
KUOW FM
Inslee Wants To Cut New HIV Infections By Half In 2020
SeaTac, Kids, Sex And Coercion: ‘The Long Night’ Movie
NW Public Radio
Initiative 1351 Brings Uncertainty To Underfunded Public Schools
WEB
Capitol Record (TVW)
On TVW: House committee week, legislative ethics board and nuclear energy
Crosscut
Growth game: Housing prices challenge Puget Sound
State report recommends better preparedness for oil-train accidents
HDC Advance
Government data shedding light on oil train routes
We can do better; Washington’s foster children are depending on us (Carlyle, Goodman, Roberts)
Seattle P.I.
How gay marriage became mainstream (Jinkins)
Slog
President Obama Allocates $263 Million for Police Body Cameras and Training
The Stand
For employers, WA state is among cheapest for workers’ comp
Washington State Wire
Cybersecurity: Public Sector’s Growing Concerns and Washington’s Growing Industry: Part 1