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Thursday, June 19th
Associated Press
Feds: Oil train details not security sensitive
Lt. Gov. Owen to lead trade mission to Taiwan (Moscoso, Nelson, Ranker)
Cigarette tax initiative campaign postponed
US Senators propose 12-cent gas tax increase
Unemployment rate steady, state adds 4,000 jobs
Wash. man, daughter accused in pot brownie case
Bainbridge Island review
Harrison workers’ supporters come out in force (Chopp)
Bothell Reporter
Increase in retail fireworks stand licenses issued in 2014
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Salaries (state employees) a Sad Commentary
Everett Herald
Lawmakers puzzle over how much is too much (Hansen)
Everett council boosts taxes, cuts services to balance budget
Oso slide’s financial impact small for school districts
Op-ed by Sen. Patty Murray: ‘Stop Hunger Act’ legislation: Ensuring children are fed in summer
Editorial: Working to heal polarization
Islands’ Sounder
WSF holds community meeting
News Tribune (subscription required)
Gov. Inslee budget office is asking agencies to show what 15 percent cuts would look like
Editorial: Teens texting-while-driving trending the wrong way
Olympian (subscription required)
Gov. Inslee budget office is asking agencies to show what 15 percent cuts would look like
Editorial: Washington’s the best, say labor and business – sort of
Editorial: The bitter truth about Iraq: we can’t fix it
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Earthquake concerns loom over Seattle’s underground reservoirs
City responds to cops’ lawsuit challenging SPD reforms
Setting at-risk kids on the right course | Jerry Large
Editorial: No guns in Toppenish schools
Skagit Valley Herald
No decision on farmworker housing
Sno Valley Star
Local senator sees signature legislation signed (Mullet)
Spokane Journal of Business
Aerospace industry searches for skilled workers
Spokesman Review
Washington game plan focus of meeting for hunters
Police department targets chronic offenders for program
Washington Post
The most partisan state legislatures, in one interactive chart
Yakima Herald Republic
House bill supports Yakima River Basin water storage
BROADCAST
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Obama oceans plan could boost state shellfish industry
Capitol Record (TVW)
On ‘The Impact:’ Education funding, ferry water monitoring system (Hunter)
WEB
Crosscut
Oil train information: Pleas to let public know what’s going on
HDC Advance
Stanford, Tharinger top “2014 Municipal Champions” (Stanford, Tharinger)
Drones, drones, everywhere….or at least in a few places
Horsesass.org
What To Cut (McCleary)
He’s Alive Today Because He Didn’t Have a Gun
Slog
The “First-Of-Its-Kind” College Tuition Program From Starbucks? Wal-Mart Did It Already
Wednesday, June 18
Associated Press
State residents testify against oil rail shipments
Unions join fight over fish consumption
U.S. Senate confirms Sal Mendoza Jr. as federal judge
Search starts anew for a Washington State Ferries chief
Projections show uptick in state revenue, but lawmakers point to budget challenges ahead
Latest federal plan for Columbia salmon challenged
Lawmakers: IRS lost more emails in tea party probe
Forecast shows uptick in Washington state revenue (Hunter)
2 groups want to open charters in Spokane
Montana says oil train details not confidential
Bainbridge Island Review
Search for new WSF chief to start over
Bellingham Herald
Bellingham High students march against gun violence
2 states beef up oil-by-rail and pipeline safety after string of accidents
Blog: Census data: Crude oil pipeline transportation industry employment up 70 percent in 5 years
Columbian
Gun-control backers, foes rally in Esther Short Park
Counts on oil trains dribble out
Everett Herald
A new passenger-terminal proposal for Paine Field
State predicts more revenue, but it might not be enough (Hunter)
Domestic partners to become spouses June 30
Ferries chief finalist withdraws; search begins anew
Burbank: Optimistic grads already well versed in economics
Editorial: Fretting over the nonexistent (Fish consumption standards)
Issaquah Reporter
Springer gets ‘End Hunger Award’ (Springer)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State starting new search for ferries director
Mercer Island Reporter
How will Seattle’s minimum wage law affect the Eastside? (Mullet)
News Tribune (subscription required)
State starting new search for ferries director
Legislative Ethics Board weighs limit on free meals from lobbyists
Five gun shows booked at Tacoma Dome through 2015
Olympian (subscription required)
Legislative Ethics Board weighs limit on free meals from lobbyists (Pedersen)
Column: Republican party is overdosing on tea
Puget Sound Business Journal
Whistleblower judge: You’ve got to be able to trust the state system
Queen Anne-Magnolia News
Kohl-Welles appointed maritime task force (Kohl-Welles)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Kent hair braider sues state over licensing rules
Initiative to fight big money in politics likely to fall short
Seattle joins school districts dropping senior projects
Editorial: Don’t create exception for lawmakers’ personal cellphones used for official business
Blog: Gag order in insurance-commissioner ruckus makes case for reform
Seattle Weekly
UW and WSU Football Coaches Were the Highest Paid WA State Employees of 2013
We Are Onesies: A Quest For Mother’s Rights Now and Into The Future (Keiser)
Spokesman Review
Bakken oil train safety raises concern
Economic forecast: An extra $395 million coming in?
U.S. Senate confirms Mendoza as federal judge
Tri-City Herald
Proposed Hanford 2015 budget partly restores cuts
Birds, bugs being tested for West Nile virus
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
County works to address unpermitted work on the shore
Yakima Herald Republic
‘Open Mike’ addresses agriculture guest workers
Editorial: Governments should honor ATV compromise
BROADCAST
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Intruder shocked, burned at substation; thousands lose power
More crews attack 9,000-acre wildfire in Yakima Co.
KPLU FM
Wash. ethics panel gets earful on lobbyist-paid meals for lawmakers
Gov. Inslee directs state agencies to identify 15 percent cuts
School funding lawsuit prompts hearing on separation of powers
KUOW FM
Officials: Bertha, world’s largest tunnel machine, will be more robust
Whistleblower in children’s hospital hearing alleges pressure in ruling
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
JBLM isn’t the sole problem with I-5 traffic south of Tacoma
Loud leaf blowers halting work at Capitol in Olympia?
WEB
Crosscut
A beauty contest of political blunders
HDC Advance
Prisoners and shelter dogs: a bond behind bars
Don’t let a “business” give you the business
Horsesass.org
Or, You Know, We Could Just Make a College Education Affordable Again
Publicola
Fizz: The latest numbers
Schmudget
State Tax Resources to Fall Critically Short of Current Needs
SDC Hopper
June revenue forecast shows increase in general fund revenue
Seattle P.I.
Mendoza becomes first Hispanic federal judge in Eastern Washington
Slog
Who to Blame for Bertha
Tuesday, June 17
WEB
Associated Press
Coaches best-paid state employees in Washington
Marijuana tests take longer, cost more at state crime labs
Unions join fight over fish consumption
Tech giants want overseas snooping stopped
Starbucks clears college degree path for workers
States concerned about proposed Coast Guard rules
Unions push legislatures for labor history courses
State health insurance rates to increase in 2015, but at a slower pace than before federal reform
State Supreme Court: No blanket exemption for withholding police dashboard camera footage
2 more workers say vapors made them ill
Newest Washington ferry Tokitae to run June 24
Higher education faces budget cuts
Bellingham Herald
Government numbers on crude-oil train safety don’t add up
State’s high court gets tough on education funding
Bothell Reporter
The governor’s preferred route for oil trains | Cartoon
Statewide law enforcement agencies to conduct BUI patrols
Everett Herald
Boeing public image plays a big role in interest in aerospace training
Unions denounce water quality regulations that don’t exist yet
Device on Washington ferry monitors water quality
Editorial: The pain that is Paine Field
Highline Times
(Non) Attack of the Drones yields unusual views
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Ferry Tokitae arrival delayed nine days
News Tribune (subscription required)
Pot tests take more time at Washington crime labs
Editorial: Immigration reform: Still urgent, still impossible
Olympian (subscription required)
State opts to curtail recreational, commercial fishing for smelt in Puget Sound
Spurred by an insurance commissioner case, Legislature starts its examination of the independence of hearings judges (Kline)
Editorial: Opening up jail negotiations would inform public
Puget Sound Business Journal
Alaskan Way viaduct contractor releases plan to get Bertha drilling again
Hospitals win: Judge throws out state’s tougher rules on mergers
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Bertha to beef up by 86 tons, resume drilling in March
Whistleblower testifies before state senators on fairness of OIC (Kline)
Editorial: Supreme Court menaces lawmakers on McCleary, education funding
Skagit Valley Herald
State tightens rules on Puget Sound smelt fisheries
Op-Ed: TURN networking can help schools implement Common Core
Spokesman Review
College coaches state’s highest-paid employees
Spokane losing 20 percent of water deliveries
Spokane City Council aims to protect honeybees
Suit filed over red-light camera refunds
Editorial: Let science, pragmatism decide water standards
Union leaders worry about new fish consumption standards
Tri-City Herald
Fewer dropouts, more degrees: How Walla Walla Community College does it
Our Voice: Armed school employees right move for Toppenish
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Legislature, not high court, makes school funding decisions
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: A critical time for hatcheries, fish runs
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Hanford worker: ‘When you’re dead, they have nobody to fight’add to reading list
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Policing food trucks a challenge for health inspectors
KPLU FM
Wash. state, feds set new deadline for Hanford cleanup
KUOW FM
Washington state, energy department continue talks over Hanford tank cleanup
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Seattle tunnel contractor releases detailed plan for repairing Bertha
Mom, I’m going into the pot business – UW students take advantage of new industry
Q13 TV (FOX)
Police: UW student planned mass killings, promised to ‘only kill women’
WEB
Crosscut
New rideshare plan removes driver caps, relaxes taxi regs
HDC Advance
Motorcyclists take note: new left turn law
Good news for Washington’s adoptees coming next month (Orwall)
Seattle P.I.
Unions join fight over Washington fish consumption
June 16, 2014
Associated Press
States concerned about proposed Coast Guard rules
Starbucks offers online college program to workers
Schools plan online business degrees
Supreme Court sides with gun-control groups on ‘straw purchasers’
Supreme Court OKs challenge to law banning campaign lies
Community colleges to offer quick business degree
Washington state lawmakers decry Victoria’s raw sewage dumping
Aberdeen Daily World
U.S. Development applies for permits for oil facility
Inslee directive encourages oil study
Bainbridge Island Review
Commissioners approve nine proposals for mental health tax revenue
Poulsbo bans marijuana retail operations
Ballard News Tribune
Legislators call to broaden scope of Westway and Imperium economic and environmental impact review (Kohl-Welles, Kagi, Farrell, Tarleton, Fitzgibbon, Carlyle, Pollet)
Bellingham Herald
Blog: Ethics board closer to tightening rules on lobbyist meals after Ericksen revelation (Sullivan)
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: There’s a New Law in Town
Op-ed: Lift shroud of secrecy from employment contract talks
Blog: Gov. Jay Inslee on the Bi-State Bridge Coalition
Everett Herald
Higher education could be tapped for state budget
Groups want to open 12 new charters in state
State’s ads urge parents to discuss marijuana law with kids
High court may find lawmakers in contempt of school funding order
Op-ed: To curb inequality, consider the bottom-to-middle gap
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Spike in derailments prompt new rules for trains carrying crude oil
Ranker re-appointed to national ocean council (Ranker)
Kirkland Reporter
Questions remain for Oso commission | Cornfield
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Construction of third Olympic-class ferry authorized
Mercer Island Reporter
A letter to lawmakers on terrible traffic
News Tribune (subscription required)
South Sound schools set to shrink class sizes for youngest
Election fallout: Judge says AG’s lawsuit against Grocery Manufacturers can move ahead
Recreation funding advocates lay out list of priority projects for Legislature in 2015 (Dunshee)
Editorial: Stop dumping your &#*! in our shared waters, Victoria
Editorial: California lesson: Education is more than money
Column: Peter Callaghan: More Americans barricading themselves into ideological silos
Olympian (subscription required)
Starbucks clears college degree path for employees
GPS tracking case has left unsettled questions
Health crises take toll on credit scores
Olympia seeks LGBT-friendly code revisions after low score on Municipal Equality Index
60 new teachers for poorest South Sound schools
Kids camp on Gov. Inslee’s front lawn for National Get Outdoors Day
Election fallout: Judge says AG’s lawsuit against Grocery Manufacturers can move ahead
Op-ed: Denying an education for the worth of a parent
Peninsula Daily News
States concerned about proposed Coast Guard rules’ impact on oil spill preparedness
Puget Sound Business Journal
With strawberries showing up early, Washington is having a berry good year
Seattle Times (subscription required)
High cost of college: the truth behind the myths
Readers tell how student-loan debt weighs them down
College aerospace programs to add slots for 1,000 students
Focus on science, tech pays off in soaring graduation rate
Starbucks will pay tuition for many employees to finish college
Editorial: Reform rules on wining and dining of lawmakers by lobbyists
Blog: Influencing lawmakers with free food and booze
Seattle Weekly
Gov. Inslee Dings Canadians For Dumping Raw Sewage Into Puget Sound for 20 Years
Skagit Valley Herald
Sakuma settlement leaves questions unanswered
Spokesman Review
Smart Bombs: The wages of politics
Editorial: Wringing hands not answer for gun violence
Sen. Patty Murray: Refinance bill lifts burden of student debt, strengthens economy
Editorial: Science should guide next steps as fish runs continue to recover
Editorial: Secrecy of rail cargo should not be tolerated
Sunday Spin: WA No. 1 for ‘making a living’
State Route 904 stretch will close for repaving
Spokane schools cutting course fees, supply lists, thanks to boost in funding
Hunters rile politicians about new Weyerhaeuser access fees
Tri-City Herald
WSU Extension program to mark 100th anniversary with a day of learning opportunities
Editorial: Our Voice: Thumbs up to an independent audit of TRAC
Editorial: Our Voice: Good solution for Seattle’s new minimum wage law
Yakima Herald Republic
Tribe fears hatchery work will lose funding
What’s up with the high cost of college?
Editorial: Higher skill level trumps higher minimum wage
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Voters to have final say in Seattle Pre-K program
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Mentally ill man’s brother speaks out over arrest (Green)
International District community holds vigil to talk about recent shootings
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Community colleges to offer quick business degree
KPLU FM
Washington juvenile killers could get second chance at release
Another three-strikes offender in Wash. state wins clemency recommendation
KUOW FM
Washington juvenile killers could get second chance at release
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Evergreen Point transit center a milestone in 520 project
Web
Crosscut
Homeless youth in Shelton: No place to go
Publicola
Fizz: Monitoring and Tweaking
Sobering slide show adds to McCleary crisis
Schmudget
Statement on McCleary Order: New Revenue Needed For Better Outcomes for Kids
Seattle P.I.
Washington Attorney General’s Office to 5-Hour Energy: Give us the formula
Grocery manufacturers fail to squelch money-laundering lawsuit
Stop using Strait of Juan de Fuca as toilet, U.S. lawmakers tell B.C. premier
Slog
Why Does It Cost so Much to Attend Public Colleges in Washington State?
Friday, June 13
Aberdeen Daily World
Fight could be looming over secrecy of oil shipments
Associated Press
New round of Wash. charter school proposals begins
Washington health insurance rates to go up in 2015
Inslee wants agencies to study risks of oil trains
High court to lawmakers: Why are schools still underfunded? (Sullivan)
New Washington law for motorcycles at red lights
Court: No blanket exemption for dashcam videos
US pushing local cops to stay mum on surveillance
Bellingham Herald
State Supreme Court orders state to respond to its order in McCleary school funding case
Columbian
Inslee issues oil train directive
Everett Herald
Citizen oil-train spotters challenge railroad secrecy
Weather, bureaucracy delay cleanup work at Monte Cristo
Opportunity scholarships benefit more than just students
Op-ed: Expanded opportunities create equity
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Poulsbo bans marijuana businesses, collective gardens
News Tribune (subscription required)
State Supreme Court orders state to respond to its order in McCleary school funding case (Hunter)
On eve of legislative hearing, insurance commissioner Kreidler defends agency actions to suspend, investigate his hearings judge
Editorial: Seattle makes high-risk bet on $15 minimum wage
Olympian (subscription required)
Washington lawmakers trying to help bring pilot’s remains back from Vietnam
On eve of legislative hearing, insurance commissioner Kreidler defends agency actions to suspend, investigate his hearings judge
State Supreme Court orders state to respond to its order in McCleary school funding case
Editorial: Obama does his best to alleviate student debt
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington is ‘best state for working’ for second straight year
Washington’s exchange signs up 156,000 for individual health plans
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Official: ‘Deplorable’ practice of ‘boarding’ mentally ill must end
Big cuts possible at King County public health clinics
Metro, Sound Transit may ‘take relationship to the next level’
Sakuma Brothers berry growers to pay $850,000 settlement
Enrollment surge reduces state’s uninsured by more than 370,000
Editorial: Reset King County Metro’s fiscal operations, free from political theater
Guest Opinion: Protecting mentally ill from involuntary commitment
Skagit Valley Herald
Inslee orders Ecology to study risks of oil trains (Ranker)
Vancouver Business Journal
WSDOT targets new freight plan
Editorial: Valley’s gang issue at last gets attention at federal level
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
King County to spend $1.4M updating landslide & flood maps
Hundreds of farm families could be homeless this summer
GPS monitor didn’t stop predator who murdered girl
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Suspect stabbed random man to get mental health treatment
San Francisco minimum wage plan would get to $15 before Seattle
Sandwich franchise wants to expand in Seattle despite minimum wage
KPLU FM
Gov. Inslee Orders Wash. State To Develop Oil Train Spill Plan
Wash. State Setting Traps For Moths That Attack Wine Grapes
NW Public Radio
Washington Supreme Court Orders ‘State’ To Contempt Hearing (Hunter)
WEB
Crosscut
What would make our fair city fairer?
The Daily Troll: Big day for WA DREAM-ers
HDC Advance
Could it be a banner year for Washington’s sweetest crop?
An economic story in three charts
Horsesass.org
Washington State One Step Closer to a Constitutional Crisis on McCleary
New Laws
Publicola
Jolt: WA Supreme Court blasts state legislature on McCleary. Again.
Seattle P.I.
Legal retail marijuana will be available in early July
Inslee urges movement on Victoria sewage, gets soft squishy answer
Governor Inslee on oil trains: ‘I want to know’ risks
Slog
SPD Must Stop Illegally Withholding Dashcam Records, Says WA Supreme Court