Wednesday, July 16

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Aberdeen Daily World
Oped: A “no” vote on hospital comes at a high cost, senator says (Hargrove)

Associated Press
Groups petition to ban older tank cars for oil
Washington wildfires prompt state of emergency declaration
7 groups file proposals for Washington charters
Poll: Strong support for gun background checks
U.S. 101 bridges need repair after being hit by truck
Washington state park closes over health scare

Bellingham Herald
Whatcom County’s raspberry, blueberry harvest off to a good start
Plan would move contaminants, cap others at Bellingham waterfront site
Study: US millennials buying homes later
Bill ensures emails, photos won’t die with you

Bothell Reporter
State extends burn ban on DNR-protected land to Western Washington
State launches new boating information app

Columbian
Older oil rail cars would be phased out under industry proposal
Blog: New poll: Measure expanding background checks on gun sales gaining support

The Daily News
Are herbicides to blame for region’s hoof rot woes?
State investigating dumping of toxic liquids in West Longview

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Burbank: Legislature’s turn to raise minimum

Islands’ Sounder
Forage fish research project is underway on beaches

Kirkland Reporter
Foodborne illnesses keep rising, government report finds | Gustafson
State extends burn ban on DNR-protected land to Western Washington

News Tribune (subscription required)
Pension committee looks for middle-way on rising retirement costs for state, local government and employees(Conway)

Olympian (subscription required)
WSDOT: All five bridges in Thurston County struck by excavator boom will need repairs

Peninsula Daily News
Peninsula’s first pot shop expected to open Saturday in Discovery Bay

Puget Sound Business Journal
Inslee: Washington state’s back on top as nation’s aerospace hub

Renton Reporter
State grant helps Renton Schools maintain fund balance in 2014

Seattle Times (subscription required)
I-90 work: Drivers on Eastside may just want to stay home
Wildfires prompt state of emergency declaration
Central American kids coming to JBLM? Neighbors concerned
Wenatchee doesn’t want to be test case for state-feds pot conflict
Common Core in Wash. schools: tougher testing on the horizon

Seattle Weekly
When Fathers Are Deported, Families Are Left Behind, Often Hanging by a Thread
Four Immigrants in Seattle Await Their Fate; Should U.S. Pay For Their Lawyers?

Spokesman Review
Spokane veterans’ hospital struggles with specialty care
Politically divisive Export-Import Bank gains support of Inslee, Otter
Inslee talking up WA in UK

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Schools pass budget for next year with $1 million in added revenue

Voice of the Valley
State and local pension payments could increase by $1.2 billion for 2015-17
DNR to use unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor wildfires

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Lawmakers get refresher course on transparency

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Wildfires force governor to declare state of emergency
Seattle I.D. cards explored by city council

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
State of Emergency declared due to wildfires in Eastern Washington
Drones get green light for wildfires
Target left for volunteers supporting gun show background checks

KPLU FM
NTSB: Systematic Errors Led To Skagit Bridge Collapse

KUOW FM
600 Border Kids Could End Up At Base Near Tacoma
Cell Phone Use Partly To Blame For Skagit River Bridge Collapse
Report: Nearly 87 Percent Of Mentally Ill People In Washington Are Unemployed

NW Public Radio
Long Sentences, Aging Inmates May Strain Washington’s Clemency System

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Was tolling agency really in the dark about upcoming I-90 closures?
Gov. Inslee fights for Export-Import Bank

Q13 TV (FOX)
State of emergency declared in much of state as fires rage

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Crosscut
Daily Troll: WSDOT faulted in I-5 Skagit bridge collapse

HDC Advance
Soybeans challenge corn in nat’l plantings standings

Horsesass.org
Forward Seattle’s Anti-$15 Minimum Wage Referendum Mathematically Eliminated from the Ballot
Gun Nuts Exercise Their 1st Amendment Right to Use Their 2nd Amendment Right to Threaten Our 1st Amendment Right

Publicola
On other blogs today: Cars, kitties, and commute costs

Tuesday, July 15

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Associated Press
In Seattle, budding entrepreneurs deliver legal pot illegally
In rush to cut benefits backlog, VA made errors
Inslee, UK minister further climate change work
Inslee lauds flight test center

Central Kitsap Reporter
West Nile Virus Found in Mosquitoes in Washington State

Columbian
Letter: Letter: Affordable accessibility removed (insurance)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Tulalips wield new power against domestic violence

Federal Way Mirror
Washington sees 43 percent increase in participation in Death with Dignity Act

Highline Times
Op-Ed STEM programs should be inclusive

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Six elected officials receive 2 percent raise
Ferry worker dies at federal detention center

Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Court helps veterans gain control of their lives
Letter: Hobby Lobby confuses two different, distinct principles

Puget Sound Business Journal
Will retail pot be able to compete with cheaper black-market weed?

Renton Reporter
Boeing, Okay Airways announce order for 737 MAXs, Next-Generation 737s

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Math ideas + teamwork = big gains at struggling Renton school
Seattle City Council approves compromise rules for ride services
Babies practice speech long before they can talk, according to UW study
Suicide at SeaTac detention center
More doctors are a click away, but some say it’s not a healthy trend
Moving money instead of students could save big bucks, lawyers say
Jerry Large: Until we act on gun laws, we can’t move on from tragedies
Danny Westneat: Oso spirit slides a bit on story of landowner’s pricey demand
Guest Opinion: Thwart highway traffic jams with state, federal investment
Blog:Filets aren’t the issue in Inslee’s remarkable fish-consumption decision

Seattle Weekly
Pete’s Pot Predicament: City Attorney Apologizes For Bringing Weed to City Hall
WTF? WSDOT Never Told Transportation Commission It Was Shrinking I-90 to One Lane

Spokesman Review
Mitsubishi to test jet in Moses Lake
Another shooting rattles Deaconess Hospital
Editorial: Empower yourself by voting for the ‘prefers’

Vancouver Business Journal
Local alliance ready to shape state health care reforms

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Open government training will benefit elected officials, taxpayers

Yakima Herald Republic
U.S. House passes Hanford budget proposal

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Feds consider JBLM for immigrant children
Pot unwelcome on federal land in Washington
Blame game begins over 520 tolling during I-90 lane closures

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Metro riders have final opportunity to voice opinions on looming cuts

KPLU FM
Is Carrying A Knife A Constitutional Right? Recent Wash. Case Highlights Divide

KUOW FM
Moses Lake Selected As Test Flight Location For Mitsubishi Regional Jet

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Gov. Jay Inslee touts Washington’s aerospace prowess to Airbus, Boeing competitors
Move over Boeing Machinists, robots to build 777

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Horsesass.org
Stick a Fork in It: Forward Seattle’s Anti-$15 Minimum Wage Referendum Will Not Qualify for the Ballot

Publicola
Fizz: A tax preference logic chain
Deep difference in mood along the cascade curtain

The perfect gift for newlyweds? Health care coverage!

Before the legislature passed and Washington voters approved marriage equality, our state’s same-sex couples could enter a “domestic partnership”. On June 30th, domestic partnerships that had yet to be converted to marriages were automatically switched.

This conversion is important for a number of reasons, including health care coverage.

In order to accommodate couples who find themselves newlyweds, Washington Healthplanfinder has announced a special enrollment period. According to Healthplanfinder, “The 60-day enrollment window provides these couples with a unique opportunity to enroll in a Qualified Health Plan before the next enrollment period that starts on Nov. 15, 2014.”

Last month, our state’s online health insurance marketplace announced a similar special enrollment period for recent graduates. Graduation and marriage are both categorized as a “qualifying life event”. Other qualifying life events include having a baby, adoption, relocation and loss of a job.

To learn more about special enrollment periods and to see if you qualify, click here.

Monday, July 14, 2014

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Aberdeen Daily World
State firefighters want Inslee to halt Bakken crude by rail till safety concerns addressed

Columbian
Businesses weigh wage increase
Editorial: In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (school funding)
Blog: Oil trains? What about them?

The Daily News
Want to buy legal, recreational marijuana locally? You’ll have to wait
State: Sanctions not needed over education funding
Editorial: Gov. Inslee wading into our murky water rules

Everett Herald (subscription required)
U.S. has $71 billion budget surplus in June
Op-ed: Saving the sea that feeds us
Editorial: WSU med school: No case yet

Issaquah Reporter
Summer not so fun for kids who are hungry; things you can do to help

News Tribune (subscription required)
State hopes to avoid court sanctions over school funding in McCleary case

Olympian (subscription required)
Marijuana ads signal new strategy in push to legalize
Editorial: Court helps veterans gain control of thier lives

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Governors group skirts ‘radioactive’ Common Core
Obama seeks governors’ support on immigrant kids
Providers mostly keep up with more insured, but worries loom
Large: Until we act on gun laws, we can’t move on from tragedies
Editorial: Filets aren’t the issue in Inslee’s remarkable fish-consumption decision
Editorial: The Hobby Lobby ruling and the need to protect access to health care

Spokesman Review
Industries fight to shape new oil train regulations
WSU Spokane expands cancer, sleep research
State voter roll hits new high
Washington education board sets rules for high school graduation
Sunday Spin: Covering pot — interesting, but no sampling
Editorial: Inslee’s water quality plan has promise, and a tough audience
Editorial: Legalized marijuana a mixed bag

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: State Legislature should allow remote testimony
Editorial: Politics, not science, drive Inslee’s water-quality decision

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KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Public, industry weigh in on oil train safety

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Washington fire grows; more storms expected
Let loose the Amazon drones

WEB

Crosscut
Across borders, foster care youth ask: What’s missing?

Horsesass.org
Just Finding A Balance (fish regulation)

Friday, July 11

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Aberdeen Daily World
Letter: Time for local lawmakers to weigh in on oil (Tharinger, Van De Wege, Hargrove)

Associated Press
Central Washington wildfire grows dramatically
Washington’s blueberry crop growing to 45,000 tons
Gov. Inslee sharpening state water-quality rules with high fish-consumption rates
More details soon will come online about who pays your physician
Inventor pushes solar panels for roads, highways

Bellingham Herald
Environmentalists want limits on BP Cherry Point dock

Bothell Reporter
DelBene helps introduce legislation in response to Supreme Court decision on contraception

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Jobless benefit claims near 7-year low
U.S. growth likely to exceed 3 percent
Editorial: Sink or swim on renewables

Puget Sound Business Journal
Federal money adds 24 new medical residencies in Washington state’s most doctor-starved regions
3 reasons recreational marijuana should be legal in all 50 states

Seattle Times (subscription required)
In the forecast: heat wave, wildfires
State Supreme Court ruling reins in scope of police frisks
Pot supply is low and stores can’t meet demand
State board protects 17 core graduation credits from waivers 
Jonathan Martin:Remember the reason for legal pot |
Guest Opinion: The economy needs oil trains

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Was Mike Boyer really fired for buying weed in Spokane?

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Privatized liquor fulfills some, not all promises

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KING 5 TV (NBC)
Bill Gates urges Congress to pass immigration bill
Measles cases in Washington have quintupled
Whatcom Co. case shows problems with ‘no extradition’ warrants

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Pierce County leaders ‘frustrated’ to know nothing of immigrant plans at JBLM

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Boeing Co. raises forecast for new airplane demand

KPLU FM
New High School Diploma Rules Make Clear Which Credits Students Can Waive — And Which They Can’t
Washington Supreme Court Says ‘Stop And Frisk’ Went Too Far

NW Public Radio
Washington Supreme Court Says ‘Stop And Frisk’ Went Too Far
Washington Breaks Own Record For Registered Voters

Q13 TV (FOX)
Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Sheldon Adelson blast House Republicans, demand immigration reform

WEB

Horsesass.org
Because Bars and Restaurants Simply Can’t Afford to Pay a $15 Minimum Wage…

Slog
A Year Without Eyman