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Thursday, May 1, 2014
Aberdeen Daily World
Grain car derailment in Aberdeen spurs debate over crude by rail shipments
Associated Press
State’s marijuana license lottery will not pause for appeals
Seattle mayor says he’ll announce $15 wage plan
WA counties dropping immigrant jail holds
Colorado lawmakers want pot industry bank option
Arlington Times
Local access to Darrington provided via Seattle City Light maintenance road
Bainbridge Island Review
Legislature is still lagging on fully funding education (Sullivan, Hunter)
Rolfes: Real results for public school students are still ahead (Rolfes)
Bellingham Herald
Conservatives wary as state enters Whatcom water negotiations
Gas prices top $4 a gallon in Bellingham
Legislators miss first assignment from state Supreme Court
Bothell Reporter
Democrats’ plan will frame K-12 funding debate says Sen. Frockt (Frockt)
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Inslee’s Climate Balancing Act:
Blog: Oil train derails in Virginia; Oil tankers in Oregon get safer
The Daily News
Global Partners vows to use enhanced-safety rail cars for local oil transport
Retail marijuana lottery results to be announced Friday — except for Longview
New study sheds light on contaminants in Columbia River fish
Everett Herald
Legislators miss first assignment from state Supreme Court
Highline Times
Highline teachers don’t appreciate plan to hire TFA members
Islands’ Sounder
Orca and chinook salmon recovery projects in place
News Tribune (subscription required)
Colorado eyes edibles rules as more people eat pot
Op-ed: Poor lawmaking allows exploitation of workers
Olympian (subscription required)
Local governments will pay more for patients’ detox
State’s marijuana license lottery will not pause for appeals
65 workers statewide died from work-related injury or illness in 2013
Editorial: Post politicians’ disclosure reports online
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Common sense calls for repeal of second amendment | Jerry Large
Too much focus on short-term results hurts schools, report says | Education Lab
Rep. Rick Larsen: U.S. should create ambassadorship to Arctic
King County shows strong job growth, weaker wage growth
Editorial: Clemency is a good first step to ending failed War on Drugs policies
Blog: A reprieve in Washington’s drug treatment crisis
Skagit Valley Herald
Clean Puget Sound starts at home
Spokesman Review
State to dispensaries: Pay your taxes
Spokane pot businesses could bank on credit union
Tri-City Herald
Inslee offers staff meeting with TRIDEC about Hanford
Hanford B Reactor park part of national defense bill
State report informs schools of possible dangers
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Seattle mayor to reveal minimum wage plan today
6 Western Wash. schools at ‘high’ risk for landslide
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Activists rally for stricter regulations of crude oil transported via rail
Another try: Mayor Murray to announce $15 minimum wage proposal
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Small Washington town looks to strike it rich with pot
KPLU FM
First-Of-Its-Kind Draft Report Outlines Threats Of Natural Diasters To Wash. Schools
McCleary Attorney: Wash. Lawmakers’ School Funding Report ‘A Bunch of Malarky’ (Hunter)
KUOW FM
Digital Ticket Exhaustion The Reported Cause Behind April 911 Outage
Legislature’s Report On Education Funding ‘Highly Unlikely’ To Satisfy Supreme Court
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
How Russia’s involvement in Ukraine affects Boeing’s bottom line
NW Public Radio
Federal Government Finds Harmful Contaminants In Columbia River Fish
Oregon Audit Outlines ‘Achievement Gap’ In State Middle Schools
Q13 TV (FOX)
Ready to pay more for ferry trips?
WEB
Capitol Record
Education funding report to state Supreme Court says 2015 session will be ‘critical’
Crosscut
A green line of governors: Can Inslee, Kitzhaber stop energy exports?
HDC Advance
Call for more diversity on college campuses supported (Gregerson, Moscoso, Ortiz-Self, Pettigrew, Santos, Walkinshaw, McCoy)
Schools struggle with population boom, need more classrooms
Horsesass.org
Mayor Murray to Announce Minimum Wage Proposal Today
Publicola
Morning Fizz: Mayor Murray to Announce Minimum Wage Deal with Supermajority of Committee
WSDOT Head: “We Are Concerned” About Future of Tunnel Project
Seattle P.I.
Blog: Why legal pot will be good for state’s kids
Blog: Gun lobby group receives open government award (Kohl-Welles)
The Slog
Amazon Doesn’t Hire Women for Top Positions
Wednesday, April 30
Aberdeen Daily World
Grain cars derail in Aberdeen
North Beach wonders about representation, cost of public hospital
Associated Press
Gov. Inslee signs order for climate change process
Washington lawmakers prepare education report card (Nelson, Sullivan)
Hanford leaders questioned at Richland meeting
Washington state ferry fares going up May 1
Colorado eyes edibles rules as more people eat pot
U.S. Senate ready to sink effort to boost minimum wage
Former Justice Stevens: Campaign cash isn’t speech
Bainbridge Island Review
Tribal leaders say efforts often hampered by bureaucracy
Bainbridge council moves away from allowing marijuana farms on residential land
Letter (by Hansen): STEM event got kids excited to learn
Bellingham Herald
US economy grows as weakest pace since 2012
Blog: Ericksen: Gov’s climate order will ‘choke’ jobs, raise costs (Ranker)
Blog: Geologist: Whatcom parcel map ‘about worst in state’
Central Kitsap Reporter
Kids get hands-on at West Sound STEM Showcase
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Our Children Left Behind
Column: Camden: Some squabbles continue long after campaigns end (liquor sales)
The Daily News
CAP cuts housing payments for 15 disabled residents
Everett Herald
Panel to assess threat of catastrophes similar to mudslide
On school funding, Legislature still has far to go (Hunter, Sullivan)
Editorial: A plan for carbon pollution
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
New rules imposed for oil recycling
Some Long Lake residents critical of proposed lake management fee
News Tribune (subscription required)
65 workers statewide lost lives to work-related injury or illness in 2013
Here are details of Gov. Inslee’s major executive order on climate change
Lawmakers turn in their homework to court on McCleary school-funding case
Editorial: Put officials’ financial data online
Olympian (subscription required)
Lawmakers turn in their homework to court on McCleary school-funding case (Sullivan)
Editorial: Project puts traffic offenders on the road to recovery
Blog: Here are details of Gov. Inslee’s major executive order on climate change
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Let’s give these tunnel ideas a hand | Danny Westneat
Poll: Americans think Obamacare missed its goals, support birth control
Three public hearings planned about Metro bus cuts
Legislators admit they’re late on court-ordered school-aid plan (Hunter)
High poverty, high test scores: Auburn elementary school is a shouting success
Healthplanfinder site fixes potential password problem
Guest Opinion: State courts could return to secrecy in cases
Editorial: Auburn’s K-12 success is proof teaching makes difference
Editorial: Sonntag right to urge scrutiny of Indian gas-tax deals
Skagit Valley Herald
Skagit Valley College named one of the top 150 in nation
Spokesman Review
More funding needed for state education, report says
Inslee task force to tackle issue of carbon emissions
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
New ferry fare increases take effect Thursday
Calls for safety changes date back decades at Hanford
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Washington state has no comprehensive plan if oil trains crash
WSDOT acknowledges there’s a risk Bertha could be abandoned
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
State DOT: Taxpayers won’t have to cover costly tunnel delays
KPLU FM
Wash. Lawmakers Submit ‘Partial Plan’ To Meet McCleary School Funding Mandate (Hunter)
Inslee Calls For New Cap And Trade Program (Fitzgibbon, Ranker)
High Prices Of Milk And Beef Spur A Northwest Cattle Rush
Washington Pot Growers May Not Get Federal Irrigation Water
Progress In Turning Woody Debris From Northwest Forests Into Biofuels
KUOW FM
Despite Deadline, Still No Education Funding Plan From Washington State Legislators (Frockt)
Federal Government Finds Harmful Contaminants In Columbia River Fish
New Rule Promises ‘No Surprises’ From Health Insurance Plans
Bertha Costs: Who Will Pick Up The Tab?
Governor Inslee Announces New Plan To Address Climate Change
The Five Hardest Minutes Working The Mudslide
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Legislature blows off Supreme Court demand (Frockt, Rolfes)
WSDOT: No guarantee Seattle tunnel project will be completed
NW Public Radio
Wash. Lawmakers Deliver K-12 Funding Report To High Court (Hunter)
Q13 TV (FOX)
Mudslide victim frustrated at donations, how they’re being distributed
WEB
Capitol Record
Inslee signs executive order that aims to reduce carbon pollution
Crosscut
Legislature agrees on its education story for the court (Sullivan)
Meet the Governor’s new climate change attack plan
The Daily Troll: State sticking to tunnel contract. Inslee launches new climate push. Seattle writer gets Tony nomination.
Op-ed: Helping schools should start with winning back federal funds
Education Week
Washington State Lawmakers Admit Pain in Meeting Mandated Spending Hikes (Hunter, Sullivan)
HDC Advance
Student debt below average in Washington
Publicola
Fizz: Historically conversant (Nelson)
On other blogs today: Unaffordable housing, untenable transit proposals, and more
Jolt: WSDOT Sec says “small possibility” tunnel won’t be built
Inslee seeks carbon cap, vehicle miles traveled fee
Fizz: Treading water (Pollet)
SDC Hopper
Joint Select Committee on Article IX Litigation adopts education report (Frockt)
Seattle P.I.
State DOT chief: Taxpayers not on hook for $125M for tunnel
Inslee’s drive against greenhouse gases must be fueled by Legislature
Op-ed: Helping schools should start with winning back federal funds
The Slog
Governor Inslee Unveils Underwhelming Climate Change Offensive
Arne Duncan Has Labeled Garfield High School—And Every School in Washington State—A Failure. Cue the Revolt.
Today in Tunnel News: Our State Transportation Secretary Admits the Tunnel Might Never Get Finished At All
Burger Flipping Is the New Normal, Get Used to It
Tuesday, April 29
Aberdeen Daily World
Great Divide: Gap between poor and wealthiest continues to widen
Associated Press
Hundreds at Wash. school march for diversity
Active search for bodies in Washington mudslide ends
Outside lab asked to review Hanford vapor problem
Campus rape addressed by White House task force
Bellingham Herald
Rep. Morris recognized as one of ‘tech-savviest’ legislators (Morris, Ranker)
Bothell Reporter
Prop 1 failure has local leaders scrambling to figure out what’s next for Metro
Columbian
I-5 Bridge replacement project focus of new coalition effort (Cleveland)
Confusion on the ballot? Gun measures to duel
Column: Washington View: Fossil fuels’ benefits are taken for granted
Blog: Report: 5 percent of Wash. bridges structurally deficient
Everett Herald
State ferry fares climb, starting this week
Letter: Regardless, WEA would oppose it
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Ferry fares going up Thursday
News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Graduation rate shows we can do better
Olympian (subscription required)
House office building secures first ‘LEED’ green rating on Capitol Campus
State honors 44 community volunteers
Medicaid rates pinch treatment centers (Hunter)
Editorial: State rolls dice with loss of child-left-behind waiver
Renton Reporter
Full-day kindergarten coming to all Renton elementary schools next year
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Taxes for parks? Seattleites will vote in August, council decides
Now it’s Brenda’s turn to tunnel (Farrell)
Insurance chief OKs ‘no surprises’ rule for health-plan networks
U.S. Labor Department offers states $150 million for job training
Minimum wage: Is a firm with 500 employees a small business?
How to make students eat salad | Thanh Tan / Times editorial columnist
Editorial: Arm the ATF to enforce gun laws
Editorial: Congress must not undo state toxics regulations
Seattle Weekly
Gondola Dreamin’
Watch Out Cigarette Smokers, Move Afoot To Raise Minimum Age to 21
Spokesman Review
Water ruling will affect pot growers
Tri-City Herald
Teachers in Mid-Columbia say Common Core tests are stressing students
Tank vapors cause evacuation of Hanford C Tank Farm
Pasco moves toward banning pot businesses
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Supermajority for school bonds is reasonable
Wenatchee World (subscription required)
Wenatchee-area entrepreneurs get NCW’s first license to grow pot
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
New SR 530 access route opens after Oso landslide
Offender’s home detention included trips to bar, beach vacation
Are Seattle homeowners about to hit tax fatigue?
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Oso Landslide: SR 530 access road opens, search for victims scaled back
Fast, furious and fatal: Kent’s street racing crisis
KPLU FM
Washington’s Fictitious Driver’s License Program Larger Than First Reported
New Wash. Rules Target Cheap Health Plans
KUOW FM
Tunnel Machine Set To Dig Under Seattle, But It’s Not Bertha
Homeland Security: Don’t Use Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Until Bug Fixed
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Bertha’s little sister set to begin new Seattle tunnel
NW Public Radio
Flood At Washington State Archives; County Birth and Death Records Wet
WEB
HDC Advance
Nation’s venture capitalists like what they see in Washington
Horsesass.org
A Simpler Way to Target Min Wage Relief at Small Business: Math!
Publicola
Anti-density group invites Pollet to speak (Pollet)
Seattle P.I.
Blog: Republican trustee defends WWU president against GOP legislator
The Slog
The Cost of Fixing Bertha? Could Be One-and-a-Half Times What It Cost to Build Bertha. So: How Else Might We Spend That Money?
DNR Defers Helicopter-Logging Sale Near Oso
Transit Advocates Have Filed Their Initiative to Save Seattle’s Bus Service
Monday, April 28
Aberdeen Daily World
Anti-oil message heard loud and clear at EIS scoping meeting (Takko)
Tank car fleet is inadequate for crude oil, rail industry says
Seaport’s $435K land sale will help develop Seaport Landing
Hospital continues to make its pitch
Arlington Times
Business owners meet with elected officials on Oso slide aftermath
Associated Press
Washington school districts struggle with growth (Dunshee)
Feds needed 8 years to shut down Skagit gun shop
Pasco one of Washington school districts struggling with growth
Reports of problems vex Washington pot lottery
Video offers look into legal Washington pot grow
Fastest and slowest growing school districts
Documents: Seattle tunnel builder wants $190M more
Feds took 8 years to shut down gun shop
Financial data for state’s elected officials may go online
Bainbridge Island Review
Input sought on Seattle ferry terminal plans
Bothell Reporter
County Council accepts rail corridor report
Metro details service reductions as temporary funding ends, replacement revenues defeated
Columbian
Medicaid puts strain on system
Potential lack of federal water would hurt pot growers
Everett Herald
State loses waiver to No Child Left Behind Act
Editorial: The limit to good intentions (Sells)
Op-ed: Encourage Private Investment in Education
Op-ed: Investment in technical programs pays off for all of us
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Local pollution prevention program makes statewide splash
Fate of orcas? Depends on fish—and lately, both have been scarce
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
New forested park a ‘game-changer’ for North Kitsap (Hansen, Rolfes)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Microsoft: Tax breaks not the factor in choosing Iowa for data center
Elected officials’ financial data might go online
Editorial: Make kids’ health the priority for e-cig rules
Editorial: Students pay price for lawmakers’ spinelessness
North Kitsap Herald
First Forest & Bay purchase celebrated (Hansen, Rolfes)
Olympian (subscription required)
Will feds give water to pot growers?
Panel supports posting elected officials’ financial data online
Flood at State Archives caught “in the nick of time”
Editorial: College diversity can survive high court’s decision
Letter: Pot farm debate about destroying rural areas
Letter: Keep pot vending units out of Washington state
Letter: Lawmakers should abide same rules as employees
Letter: Tie maximum wages to the minimum-wage rate
Letter: Poor people will spend money at local business
Blog: Microsoft: Tax breaks not ‘the’ factor in choosing Iowa for data center
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Skagit County gun shop may have been worst in U.S.
High poverty, high test scores: Auburn school a shouting success
Days after slide, firefighters panel worried about ‘fractured’ response (Hunter)
Tunnel partner known to fight tough with public agencies
While US graduation rates climb, Washington hovers below average | Education Lab
Signature drive to start for $15-wage vote
Washington archive flooded by water hose leak
Danny Westneat: Give Metro voters a positive spin next time
Guest Opinion: Districts must provide path for schools to innovate
Blog: Newspaper editorials lambaste Washington lawmakers for loss of No Child Left Behind waiver
Blog: Would a $15 minimum wage be a disaster for Seattle’s human services?
Spokesman Review
Spokane Tribe members want more time to review Midnite Mine cleanup plan
Initiative fights continue after elections end
GMO labeling group faces legal action for campaign violations
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: State must get back control of Title 1 dollars
BROADCAST
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Snohomish officials to discuss ending active search in Oso landslide
KPLU FM
What’s At Stake For Tacoma Preschoolers Now That Wash. State Lost Its NCLB Waiver
Flood At Washington State Archives Dampens County Birth And Death Records
KUOW FM
University Of Washington’s Secret Society Of Undocumented ‘Dreamers’
Giving Up On Its Obamacare Exchange No Cure For Oregon’s Ills
My Northwest.com
Documents: Seattle tunnel contractor wants $190M more
NW Public Radio
Candidates Jump On Cover Oregon’s Troubles
Q13 TV (FOX)
Search for mudlside victims to be suspended
WEB
Crosscut
The Daily Troll: Police chief names leak out. One recipe for police reform. Seattle transit plan filed.
The Smartypants Guide to May’s Civic Cocktail: Talking with Jay Inslee. And Oso mudslide relief.
Government Technology
Meet the Tech-Savviest Legislators in the U.S. (Carlyle)
HDC Advance
Government: Enemy of innovation? Maybe not…..
Publicola
Fizz: “I will have to pass on your offer” (Hudgins)
Jolt: Republican Rep. Shea stands by Bundy
Seattle P.I.
Blog: Oso slide: The federal government IS here to help
The Slog
What Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Can Do About the Metro Funding Mess
Now That He Has No Political Power, Former Justice Stevens Says We Should Legalize Pot
West Seattle Herald
OPINION- $15 minimum wage would be disastrou
Friday, April 25
Associated Press
$5M in federal transportation money for landslide
Record wet spring for Seattle; 19 inches of rain
Avalanche warning for Mount Hood, Mount Rainier
Washington loses waiver on No Child Left Behind
Columbian
Closing the STEM gender gap
Blog: Report: 5 percent of Wash. bridges structurally deficient
The Daily News
Northwest Innovation Works planning methanol export facility in Tacoma
Everett Herald
Tougher penalty sought for Iowa-based group backing I-522
Editorial: Bridge the gap in road repair
Highline Times
Seatac Municipal Court Announces Lineup Of Events For 2014 Law Week, April 28 – May 2 (Gregerson)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Interior secretary calls for more land to be placed in tribal trust status
News Tribune (subscription required)
Washington 1st state to lose No Child Left Behind waiver
Gov Inslee disappointed in loss of No Child Left Behind waiver
State schools chief Randy Dorn responds to loss of waiver under NCLB
PDC refers another I-522 financing complaint to attorney general to allow bigger fines
Washington state tribes ask for action on climate change
Editorial: Raw milk movement puts children needlessly at risk
Northwest Asian Weekly
Women of Color Empowered honors ‘Rising Stars’ (Gregerson)
Olympian (subscription required)
State loses No Child Left Behind waiver (Sullivan)
Letter: Legislature must fix liquor system issues
Letter: Expand Army courses, offer them through state
Blog: PDC refers another I-522 financing complaint to attorney general to allow bigger fines
Puget Sound Business Journal
Stuck in the system – 14,000 wait to join Washington health exchange
Seattle Times (subscription required)
First cuts to transit spread all over area
Accord on minimum wage: not yet
Loss of No Child Left Behind waiver means schools will be labeled ‘failing’ (McAuliffe)
GMO-label promoters failed to disclose donors, could face a fine
Why colleges are pushing diversity (Pollet)
Editorial: Crack down on online prostitution sites like backpage.com
Blog: Backpage.com’s adult ads continue to normalize, increase demand for sex trafficking
Apart from Seattle’s minimum-wage debate, America needs a pay raise | Lance Dickie / Times editorial columnist
Seattle Weekly
State loses waiver on No Child Left Behind
Vancouver Business Journal
Franz Family Bakeries brings corporate administrative office to Vancouver
Yakima Herald Republic
Local educators disappointed by loss of waiver
Editorial: Rancher should follow laws — and lawmakers should know that
BROADCAST
KPLU FM
Washington Becomes First State To Lose ‘No Child Left Behind’ Waiver
Feds Weigh Protecting Orcas In West Coast Waters
KUOW FM
Using Technology To Fix The Texting-While-Driving Problem
Residents Voice Fear And Concern On Grays Harbor Oil Terminals
Even University Mathematicians Have Role In Marijuana Legalization
Tribes Optimistic About Returning Salmon To Upper Columbia Basin
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Seattle Non-Profits Say a $15 Minimum Wage Could Kill Them
WEB
Capitol Record
Feds rescind No Child Left Behind waiver from Washington state (Nelson)
Crosscut
Federal crackdown on education standards creates state questions (McAuliffe, Nelson)
Western Washington University: The surprising new right-wing target
The Daily Troll: Murray wage proposal not ready for prime time. Feds cancel state’s school achievement waiver. Soccer=success.
HDC Advance
Process for choosing a President closer to changing
Washington may be facing a farm labor shortage, again
Publicola
On other blogs today: Walking, sharing, waiving, and more
Seattle P.I.
Blog: Washington becomes first state to lose No Child Left Behind wavier
The Slog
It’s Official: Washington State’s Schools Are Very, Very Bad
Democratic Rep. Fires Back After Obama Yanks Washington’s No Child Left Behind Waiver (Reykdal)
Canada Bans Explosion-Prone Oil Tanker Cars, We’re Stuck with Them for Another Decade
King County Metro Boss: Defensive, Defeated, and Laying Out the Service Cuts
Contrary to Dire Business Predictions, Paid Sick Leave Is Great for Seattle
West Seattle Herald
Metro details service reductions as temporary funding ends, replacement revenues defeated