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The Daily E-Clips: August 20, 2014
Associated Press
Panel votes on limiting free meals for lawmakers (Hansen, Pedersen)
Oregon state regulators reject coal terminal on Columbia
Prison company pays $8 million in back wages
Aberdeen Daily World
Certification of primary vote today; recount likely Friday in commissioner race
Ballard News Tribune
Lockhaven tenant fights back against ‘illegal eviction’ and ‘retaliation’
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Blog: Lobbyist limit proposed for WA legislators: 12 free meals a year
Blog: Pro-coal terminal group’s statement appears to sidestep reality
Columbian
Column: Washington View: Too many of state’s youths still seek jobs
Column: Jayne: Mental illness knows no social, economic boundaries
The Daily News
New state standards will double Kelso’s public defender budget in 2015
Everett Herald (subscription required)
State switching to 6-year driver’s licenses from 5-year cycle
Arlington bans smoking in city parks, on trails
Editorial: In Our View/Oregon’s rejection of Morrow Pacific: Coal terminals’ death rattle
Island Guardian
CenturyLink May Face Penalties For Last Years Phone, DSL And 911 Service Outage (Ranker)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State says fish got to swim; Bremerton is not so sure
News Tribune (subscription required)
State AG asks judge to uphold Fife’s pot ban, but rejects city’s claim that federal law trumps I-502
SPU shooter: Despite troubling history, law let him have guns
Olympian (subscription required)
Unemployment rates remain low in Pierce, Thurston counties in July
Lacey Planning Commission recommends no further rules for pot stores
State AG asks judge to uphold Fife’s pot ban, but rejects city’s claim that federal law trumps I-502
Op-ed: The net neutrality myth
Editorial: The “McCleary” of state’s transportation system
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Lawmakers turn up the heat on troubled ferry system (Seaquist, Rolfes, Hansen)
Bainbridge protester comes down from tree after sit-in
Our dismal primary turnout: 31 percent
Editorial: Innovation would be stifled under FCC’s plans
Spokesman Review
WDFW chief retiring at end of the year
Tri-City Herald
Columbia Basin College, Kadlec Regional Medical Center seek $16.1M expansion of college’s health care programs
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
State budget mix-up brings ferry worker instead of cadet to Fauntleroy dock (Nelson, Fitzgibbon)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Lawmakers have power to cut benefits
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Boeing 777X is now attracting new companies to Washington
Bainbridge Island tree protester comes down
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Sickle-cell anemia sufferers suspect racial profiling in emergency rooms
Auburn Man arrested for hate crime on Capitol Hill
KIRO 7 looks at the history of tree-sitting protest
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Teen ends protest, comes down from Bainbridge Island tree
KOMO NewsRadio
State Lawmakers Voice Outrage Over Latest Ferry System Woes (Appleton, Seaquist)
KPLU FM
Wash. Attorney General: If You Like Legal Marijuana, Support Local Pot Bans
How To Make Sense Of Health Insurance Alphabet Soup
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Endangered animals of Washington
NW Public Radio
Ethics Board Settles On 12 Lobbyist-Paid Meals Per Year
Q13 TV (FOX)
Bremerton police may be wearing body cameras by next year
Protester comes down after spending 36 hours in a tree
Pre-K education plans for Seattle fight it out in court
Web
HDC Advance
UW, WSU named in Top 50 LGBT-friendly list
Horsesass.org
Are You a Dues-Paying Member of HA Local 1?
Dear Seattle Times: Retract Your Misleading “Death Tax” Editorial
Still No Retraction on Seattle Times’ Bogus “Death Tax” Editorial
Slog
Oregon Does Great Thing, Rejects Coal Terminal
Women Are Punished for Asking for Flex Time to Raise Families; Men Are Rewarded
Tuesday, August 19
Associated Press
Government wants to make cars talk to each other
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Environmentalists vow to continue fight in Whatcom after Oregon coal terminal is rejected
Bothell Reporter
WSDOT calls for volunteers to help tally cyclists, walkers this fall in Bothell
Columbian
Retailers must move drug paraphernalia from easy view
Editorial: In Our View: Seeing the Forest (environmental concerns versus economic development)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: Attorney General Bob Ferguson: Justice for child immigrants
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Lawmakers call for new ferry leadership following latest blunder in Bremerton (Seaquist, Appleton, Rolfes, Hansen)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Op-ed: The follies of higher ed
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Mental health care gaps can’t be ignored
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Editorial: Law enforcement’s Tweet Smart campaign is hard to enforce
Opinion: How to help patients after the end of psychiatric boarding
Skagit Valley Herald
Credit help for small business
Spokesman Review
Spokane’s first new skywalk in decades OK’d
Dry, warm weather taking toll on wheat crops
Wood stove maker opposes stricter pollution limits
Editorial: Railroads need to help ease conflict at crossings
Tri-City Herald
Kennewick planners vote to recommend ban on marijuana businesses
BROADCAST
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Woman sitting in tree to protest development hours from being arrested
New West Nile virus case in Washington State
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Teen camping in tree to protest Bainbridge Island development
Aggressive bears close Fort Simcoe State Park in Central Wash.
KPLU FM
Oregon Agency Rejects Coal Terminal On The Columbia River
Oregon’s Pot Legalization Supporters Kick Off Ad Campaign
Washington Legislative Ethics Panel To Consider Free-Meals Rule
As Life Rebounds, Rangers Offer Tour Of Elwha’s Once-Underwater Landscapes
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Washington State Ferries plagued by problems over past year
NW Public Radio
Five Hospitals In Washington and Oregon Among Victims Of Computer Hack
Firefighters Cautiously Optimistic in Washington
Q13 TV (FOX)
PROTEST IN THE PINES: Woman refuses to leave tree in bid to stop clear-cutting
Think you’ll cross that bridge when you come to it? Maybe not in Index
WEB
Crosscut
Coal export plan suffers setback in Oregon
HDC Advance
Washington state No. 4 for boosting health coverage
Seattle P.I.
University of Washington ranked among world’s top 20 schools
Bad news for Big Coal: Oregon rejects proposed export terminal
Slog
Washington State Court of Appeals Will Take Up Legal Fight Over SPU Surveillance Video
The Most Misleading Seattle Times Editorial Ever?
Guest Editorial: Seniors Need Affordable Housing, Too (Chopp)
Monday, August 18
Aberdeen Daily World
Work to move Enchanted Valley Chalet set for September
DNR to permit campfires on some state lands
Biologists to conduct annual elk census in Olympic National Park
Associated Press
Washington high court to hear charter school case
Seattle VA: Progress made in cutting wait times
Have insurers found new ways to avoid the sick?
Tax refunds for wildfire-damaged homes in Okanogan
Too many aboard Washington ferry; 480 had to leave
Washington ferries executive placed on leave
Bainbridge Island Review
Sen. Murray: Country can do much more to help returning veterans
Ballard News Tribune
The cost of cannabis: Where are Ballardites buying their herb?
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
BNSF: Coal terminal needs wouldn’t block Bellingham waterfront access
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Restoring the River(Columbia River restoration projects)
Editorial: In Our View: Global Trade Hits Home
Everett Herald (subscription required)
State switching to 6-year driver’s licenses from 5-year cycle
McCusker: With immigration data missing, common sense will have to do
Muhlstein: ‘Everyone has a role’ in preventing suicide
McArdle: Vicious cycle of bad credit, inequality
Editorial: State needs to join others in creating ‘Amber Alert’ system for elders
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Three-boat service restored on Southworth ferry route
Maple Valley Reporter
Attorney General Bob Ferguson supports legal representation for children in deportation hearings
News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Open government: The battle never ends
Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia’s first legal marijuana retailer will open when supplies arrive
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Promise of a ‘clean coal’ future far from reality
Premera and LifeWise will include Children’s in coverage
Westneat: Feds’ failed school rules inspire revolting response (Reykdal)
Editorial: Allow DSHS to overspend its mental-health budget to fix ‘boarding’ problem
Editorial: What’s troubling mental-health care?
Editorial: One budget-buster down: pension lawsuits; another around the corner: Initiative 1351
Opinion : Auditor Kelley makes a right move in Insurance Commissioner’s case
Blog: Local college-completion effort draws White House’s attention
Spokesman Review
Oil, coal left out of grant request
Spokane City Council preparing laws to aid domestic violence victims
Thousands of parents will get letters explaining why their kids’ school is failing
Hobbyists flying drones threaten firefighting efforts
Spin Control: Court ruling on pensions, longshoremen’s agreement bring relief
Tri-City Herald
Public hearing planned Monday about banning pot-related businesses in Kennewick
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Message of compassion is one worth spreading
Yakima Herald Republic
Cost of school supplies on the rise
New residency payment structure greatly needed, local medical providers say
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
A third of people have nothing saved for retirement
KUOW FM
The Power Of The Peer Group In Preventing Campus Rape
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
How safe is your favorite restaurant? King County cooking up new rating system
Why can’t WSDOT build the new 520 bridge any faster?
NW Public Radio
What Happens When Callers To 911 Speak No English?
Justice Dept. Closes Criminal Inquiry Into Tesoro Refinery Blast Without Charges
Oregon’s Citizens’ Initiative Review Could Expand To Other States
Oregon To Decide On Controversial Coal Export Dock Permit
WEB
Crosscut
Bertha: Wasting money while the Viaduct risks grow?
HDC Advance
Oil throwing WA agriculture off the tracks
Horsesass.org
Quite Possibly the Most Dishonest Seattle Times Editorial Ever
Seattle P.I.
Hundreds kicked off overloaded ferry before Seahawks game
The Daily E-Clips: August 15, 2014
Associated Press
Legislature could ditch public pension increases, court rules (Hunter)
Washington officials plan to add psychiatric beds
Washington health exchange needs 171 more fixes
State receives $170,000 education grant
Deal to protect salmon calls for pesticide-free zones (EPA)
Demolition blast planned at Hanford reactor site
Inmate escapes from Washington prison near Forks
Aberdeen Daily World
Aberdeen’s cost of public defense to double in 2015
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Skagit County adds conditions for Shell rail project permits
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: STEM Must Welcome All
The Daily News
Sen. Murray helps celebrate new low-income housing complex in Woodland
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Woman’s death raises questions about state’s tracking system
Editorial: Preserving shellfish — and us
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State adds mental health beds
News Tribune (subscription required)
State plans 50 mental-health beds to start addressing court mandate
Here are the ‘failing school’ letters that are now going to parents
Olympian (subscription required)
Eugene Robinson: Paying today for the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Op-ed: Start early with STEM education
Editorial: Time to take ocean acidification seriously
Guest Editorial: A sales tax holiday not worth celebrating
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Ban on boarding mentally ill in ERs could force the release of many
Editorial: Death tax imposes cost on family business stability
Lessons from Ferguson: Citizens have right to capture photos, videos of militarized police
Spokesman Review
Canna Con caters to Washington state’s blossoming marijuana business
Editorial: I-1351’s goals don’t justify its high cost
Tri-City Herald
Hanford explosion planned early Saturday
Vancouver Business Journal
Clark County taxable retail sales up 7.8 percent
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
High court to decide whether to hear trial access issue
Washington needs another medical school
Broadcast
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Dozens protest plans to kick out elderly from low-income units
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
King County plan will lower bus fares for low-income riders
KPLU FM
Wash. State Radio Station For The Visually-Impaired Fades To Quiet This Week
Washington Races The Clock To Find New Beds For 200 Psychiatric Patients
Police Ask Public To ‘Tweet Smart’ During Ongoing Crises
Legislature’s Pension Cuts Were Legal, Wash. High Court Rules
KUOW FM
U.S. Highway 12 Through Washington’s Cascades Reopened After Mudslide
Addressing Sexual Assault At The University of Washingto
Web
Crosscut
The puzzling state of Washington’s economy
Want to change international climate change policy? Use your body.
Court says state can ax pension perks (Carlyle)
New city transportation head: Can he match the city’s goals with its resources?
HDC Advance
Looking at our state from all different angles
Horsesass.org
Actions Speak Louder than Words: State Senator Andy Hill’s Dismal Record on Reproductive Rights
Don’t Tax, but Spend
Seattle P.I.
Metro will have special fares for lower income riders
Slog
King County Metro Will Offer Reduced $1.50 Fare to Low Income Riders
The Daily E-Clips: August 14, 2014
Associated Press
State jobless rate falls to 5.6%
Large mudslide closes 30 miles of US Highway 12
Aberdeen Daily World
Forest Service holding open house to talk about roads
Solutions for Olympic Gateway Mall access six to seven years away
Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
Washington State Parks announces ‘free day’ for Aug. 25
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Bertha Offers Vital Lessons (transportation funding)
The Daily News
State’s unemployment rate drops to 5.6 percent
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing starts demo to make room for 777X wing plant
Woman’s death raises questions about state’s tracking system
Editorial: Take the politics out of trade
Kirkland Reporter
Campfires prohibited in all state parks
Washington State Parks announces ‘free day’ for Aug. 25
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Kitsap mental health officials search for answers after court ruling
News Tribune (subscription required)
28 superintendents to parents: Schools are not failing
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Time for a new approach to firefighting budgets
Puget Sound Business Journal
Some 777X workers likely to be replaced by robots, but loss could be offset by demand for more planes
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Failing-school letters to go out, but not without districts’ retort
Boeing, politicians celebrate 777X wing-plant construction
SPU shooter: Despite troubling history, law let him have guns
Job growth in state eclipsing go-go ’90s; jobless rate falls
Blog: Study: Dropout risk goes up with higher math/science hurdle
Editorial: Close call on grain exports offers a lesson
Editorial: How to arm children with the school supplies they need to succeed
Op-Ed: Guest: Washington state needs another medical school
Seattle Weekly
Weed Wars: The Fury in Fife
The Tipping Point: Will the $15 Minimum Wage Increase Affect Server’s Tips?
Skagit Valley Herald
State extends comment period for in-water rule change
Spokesman Review
Editorial: FEMA aid denied, neighbors care for Carlton Complex fire victims
Users frustrated with administration of Washington health exchange
Arson arrests made in connection with Carlton Complex fire
Rain falls on some Eastern Washington wildfires
Tri-City Herald
Editorial: Our Voice: We’re thankful for chance to understand each other
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Nuclear reactors may have future in Washington state
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Letters to parents say schools are ‘failing’
Hundreds of Seattle workers prepare for layoffs
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
28 superintendents fire back after schools get failing marks
WEB
Horsesass.org
Seattle Times Blames Public Employee Unions for “Disastrous Run Up in State Spending” that Never Happened
Seattle P.I.
Powerful D.C. lobbies join fight against Seattle minimum wage
Slog
You’ll Never Guess Who’s Joining the “Legal Fight Against Seattle’s Minimum Wage”