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Friday, April 11, 2014
AP
Proposed Hoquiam terminal would get ND crude by rail
Third oil-by-rail terminal proposed on Wash. coast
Personal data found on surplus Wash. computers
No federal water for Washington pot farms
Feds OK pot background checks by Washington state
Columbian
State OKs clam digs next week at certain beaches
State Supreme Court to hear argument on psychiatric boarding
Analyst: Look at oil-by-rail big picture
Everett Herald
What to do with 530
State computers with private information sent to surplus
News Tribune (subscription required)
Boeing moving 1,000 more engineering jobs to California
Olympian (subscription required)
2014 salmon fishing seasons set for Washington state waters
State Capital Museum closes for renovations
Boeing moving 1,000 more engineering jobs to California
Letter: Students driven mad by grad requirements
Blog: State audit says state agencies sold computers with confidential data as surplus
Puget Sound Business Journal
Audit reveals state got rid of computers with confidential information still present
Washington takes a step toward reforming its own health care purchases
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Audit: State sold computers containing personal information
Boeing moving 1,000 more engineering jobs to California
Businesses push back on minimum-wage demands
Gov. Inslee orders higher heating aid to block food-stamp cuts
Water agency deciding on marijuana policy
Appeals court kicks ‘psychiatric boarding’ case to state Supreme Court
A strong voice for WSU’s Puget Sound presence | Lance Dickie / Times editorial columnist
Blog: U.S. Sen. Murray wants answers about oil-train safety
Editorial: Business delivers on big-bucks scholarship program
Skagit Valley Herald
Drones plot upriver elk herd’s size
The Daily World
Tharinger, Van De Wege to host telephone town hall
Yakima Herald Republic
I-90 snowshed starts coming down Sunday
‘Strong indication’ Reclamation will forbid water for marijuana farmers
BROADCAST
KPLU FM
Hearing Set For T-Mobile Workers’ Unfair Labor Practice Claims
Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Is Resigning
Audit: State Gave Away, Sold Computers Containing Sensitive Personal Data
911 Outage In Washington, Oregon Due To 2 Separate Problems, Says CenturyLink
Boeing Moves 1,000 Customer Support Jobs Out Of Wash. State To SoCal
KUOW FM
Is Common Core A Good Fit For Kindergarten?
Oregon, Washington Consider Alternative To Amtrak For Cascades Rail Service
Propane And Butane Export Terminal Proposed For Longview, Wash.
Q13 TV (FOX)
On the phone or texting while driving? Police crackdown gets under way
State regulators to investigate 911 emergency call outage
Boeing to move 1,000 local jobs to California
WEB
Crosscut
The Daily Troll: State computer privacy lapses. Are Democrats stirring for a Senate fight? Farewell to media monitor. (Eide)
HDC Advance
Washington loses a great woman
Seattle PI
DSHS suit: Outrageous sexual abuse
The state may have cash for you
Blog: The Washington News Council is going out of business
Blog: Meet your legal marijuana growers
Slog
The Gates Foundation Tries to Defend Its Investment in Private Prisons
The Stand
Op-Ed: It’s time to admit it: Affordable Care Act is working
Thursday, April 10
Associated Press
Reflecting on progress, Obama honors civil rights
Possible causes of Wanapum Dam crack narrowed
Another chance to get insurance
GOP blocks gender pay bill
Bainbridge Island Review
Rep. Appleton appointed to Joint Committee on Veterans’ and Military Affairs (Appleton, Chopp)
Bellingham Herald
Communities not prepared for risks of crude oil train derailments, Congress told
Columbian
Former First Citizen and state legislator Val Ogden dies
The Daily News
State extends deadline to finish Obamacare signup
Everett Herald
Sirens: 911 service iffy, here are alternate numbers
Work to begin on 777X wing fabrication building
Tragedy spurs passage of Green Mountain Lookout legislation
Medicare record release irks doctors
Harrop: Let there be light on health spending
Milbank: GOP kisses votes good-bye
Editorial: Federal Drug Schedule: Need to reclassify cannabis
Islands’ Sounder
U.S. Senators write letter to keep Nunez on Orcas for another year (Ranker)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Suquamish Tribe approaches state about marijuana sales
News Tribune (subscription required)
State Supreme Court to hear argument on psychiatric boarding
Editorial: Drone bill needs Inslee’s promised overhaul
Column: Restrictions on political money not solution
Olympian (subscription required)
PIRG report gives Washington a B grade for spending transparency
Editorial: Use strong hammer on Hanford cleanup
Puget Sound Business Journal
Opinion: Insurance commissioner’s new regulations will send health care costs soaring
Seattle Times (subscription required)
State’s ophthalmologists top Medicare payment list
Statewide 911 service fixed after overnight outage
Sen. Murray seeks safety assurances as state oil-train transport increases
New rules for school discipline: Time for the public to weigh in
Editorial: State’s proposed fish-consumption number may be hard to swallow
Blog: Three newspapers: Appoint an Eastern Washington justice, Gov. Jay Inslee
Guest Opinion: Raise the minimum wage to keep middle class strong
Spokesman Review
Lawmakers scrutinize oil train safety standards
911 services restored statewide in Washington
Tukwila Reporter
Mayors to speak at chamber April membership luncheon Friday (Gregerson)
Yakima Herald Republic
Union Gap nearing decision on marijuana businesses
Pacific Avenue jail could be reopened after Legislature OKs contract
BROADCAST
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
911 service restored in Washington after statewide outage
KPLU FM
Sen. Murray Calls Federal Hearing On Risks, Procedures For Rail Shipment Of Crude Oil
Inslee Happy With Federal Aid For Landslide, But Says It Won’t ‘Make People Whole’
Why Are Seattle Restaurant Owners Pushing For A So-Called ‘Tip Credit’?
KUOW FM
Health Reform May Free People From ‘Job Lock’
Federal Government Blazes Ahead On Comprehensive Fire Management Plan
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray disappointed villages in Ireland ahead of Seattle in providing internet
To regulate or not to regulate: This is the party bus
Q13 TV (FOX)
Lawsuit seeks to put an end to Big Bertha
WEB
Ballard News Tribune
Annual Ballard Criterium has maritime industry worried
Capitol Record
Environmental review set to begin for Grays Harbor oil storage proposals
Crosscut
Ramps to Nowhere: Now we’re getting Somewhere
Op-ed by Carlyle: You want a truly transparent state budget?
HDC Advance
Does your health care plan meet federal requirements?
Meeting – and exceeding – our health care goals
Horsesass.org
Governor Jay Inslee Won’t Earn a Single Vote or a Single Endorsement by Appointing a Justice from Eastern Washington
MinnPost.com
SeaTac, Wash., fast becoming epicenter of ‘livable wage’ debate (Gregerson)
Publicola
Jolt: The day after equal pay day
Seattle PI
Blog: Big Oil, railroads keeping first responders in dark on volatile cargoes
Wednesday, April 9
Associated Press
A year after death, Wash. urges escalator caution
Bainbridge Island Review
Rolfes bill to improve educational opportunity enacted into law (Rolfes)
Hansen bill to boost college opportunity signed by Gov. Inslee (Hansen)
Islanders look at impacts of oil trains on Puget Sound (Rolfes)
Bothell Reporter
What happened to the state transportation package? (Clibborn)
Columbian
Spotlight on Youth (Page program, Stonier)
Editorial: In Our View: Derelict Vessel Saga’s Lessons
Column (satire): Callaghan: Putting the fun back in the school funding discussion
Blog: Washington state near top of the class with “B” for gov’t spending transparency
Everett Herald
Obama to meet with families in April 22 visit
Retail marijuana sales face regulatory delays
Burbank: Time for opponents to support ACA
Singletary: IRS’s new leader has ACA, other challenges
Editorial: Atwood’s example of service
Letter: Sells concerned about conflict? (Sells)
The Islands’ Weekly
Larsen joins congressional coalition calling for continued support for salmon recovery
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Just 10 marijuana business licenses issued statewide
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
States making changes to improve timeliness of newborn screening (Riccelli)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Education backers launch I-1351 to reduce class sizes
Boeing to use robotics to speed 777X production in Everett plant
Column: To fix health care, recognize it’s a right first
Column: Feds say oil trains should have two-man crews
Olympian (subscription required)
Time running out for parents of disabled adults to claim retroactive tax refund
Editorial: Inslee’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund veto saves jobs
Oregonian
Washington’s attorney general seeks to civilly commit a 60-year-old sex offender
Peninsula Daily News
Dungeness pot grower is first to be licensed on North Olympic Peninsula
Medical pot facility opens in south Jefferson County
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington salmon industry relieved as Alaska mine investor drops out
Washington’s exchange will open special enrollment period
Why one advocate thinks Medicaid should cover autism
4 things you should know about the pay gap between men and women
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Expert baffled by ferocity, distance of ‘freakish’ mudslide
Study: Two Washington cities on opposite ends of U.S. obesity scale
Missed health-insurance signup deadline? Here’s what to do
Mudslide death toll hits 35; 11 people still missing
State wants $60,000 from Kirkland for pension reimbursement
Washington officers to crack down on distracted driving
Power of parents: Education department issues new guidelines for family engagement
Spokesman Review
Obama will visit Oso mudslide area
Political grades for WA and ID
Yakima Herald Republic
Rising fees on public lands taking a toll
For many teens, formal sex ed comes too late, research shows
Dems hope equal pay issue will mobilize women voters
BROADCAST
KPLU FM
San Francisco Officials: Living Wage For Airport Workers ‘Has Gone A Long Way’
KUOW FM
Statewide Special Patrols To Crack Down On Distracted Driving Starting Thursday
Washington Teachers’ Union Supports Families Opting Out Of State Testing
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
With Bertha at a halt, Seattle tunnel opponent files lawsuit
NW Public Radio
Mudslide Insurance Rare and Expensive
Q13 TV (FOX)
Study: Washington has some of fattest — and slimmest– residents in nation
WEB
Capitol Record
Should all private workers in Washington have access to a state retirement plan? (Conway)
Crosscut
Op-ed: Education: A local and global priority
HDC Advance
A legislator’s full plate gets fuller (Moeller)
Helping families with disabilities
Horsesass.org
Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage May All Come Down to a Fight Over “Tip Credit”
Cheaters Prosper: How a Tip Credit Incentivizes Wage Theft
Publicola
On other blogs today: Metro funding and equal pay
SDC Hopper
Democratic lawmakers host retirement insecurity work session (Reykdal, Chase, Conway, Fraser, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kohl-Welles)
Seattle PI
Obama visit to Oso mudslide will strengthen recovery, Gov. Inslee says
Slog
Why Is Today “Equal Pay Day”?
Seattle Youth Commission Reminds Us How Bus Cuts Will Affect Seattle’s High-Schoolers
Leaked E-Mail Shows Big Business Trying to Use Small Businesses to Weaken $15 Minimum Wage
Study Says American Corporations, Including Microsoft, Are Keeping More Than $2 Trillion Overseas
The Stand
Labor laws set and ‘The Sky Remains Aloft’
Senate work session tackles issue of retirement insecurity (Reykdal, Conway, Chase, Fraser, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kohl-Welles)
Tuesday, April 8
Associated Press
‘U Text. U Pay’: Crackdown on distracted driving in Wash. state
Washington considering more party bus regulations
Obama To Visit Site Of Deadly Mudslide
Senate OKs jobless bill; House prospects slimmer
Obama: Students need help to get ’in-demand jobs’
Survey confirms gains in health insurance sign-ups
Medical association won’t stop Medicare doc data release
Initiative to reduce Washington school class sizes
Licensed medical pot shops get to work
Bainbridge Island Review
Islanders look at impacts of oil trains on Puget Sound (Rolfes)
Bellingham Herald
Medical pot users complain they’re caught between Obama, Congress
Columbian
Blog: Taking the issue of public-school class sizes to voters
Blog: Mo’ Money (per diem; Moeller, Wylie, Stonier, Cleveland)
Everett Herald
President to visit Oso mudslide and nearby towns on April 22
Federal aid not just for victims of mudslide
Backers of smaller class size work on ballot measure (Liias)
Boeing to shut California plant 3 months earlier than expected
Editorial: Finally, some very good news (Darrington, Wash.)
Highline Times
Tunnel update: Here’s what’s going on with the big tunnel dig
Islands’ Sounder
Larsen joins congressional coalition calling for continued support for salmon recovery
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Seventeen vie for single FH pot retail license; lottery pick in store
News Tribune (subscription required)
Report: Washington ranks No. 12 among states for running good elections
Why Gov. Inslee used veto to spare $20M funding for life-science research
Marijuana raises issue of tribal authority
Gov. Jay Inslee vetoes drone regulations
Editorial: Hanford cleanup: Calling Robert Oppenheimer
Olympian (subscription required)
With friends in government, Motorola beats a path to telecom supremacy
Appeals Court upholds Olympia Food Co-op’s boycott of Israeli goods
Opinion: Measles warning shows value of immunization
Blog: Report: Washington ranks No. 12 among states for running good elections
Blog: 22nd LD lawmakers to talk about 2014 session Tuesday in Lacey (Fraser, Hunt, Reykdal)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
PDC survey: Put politicians’ financial disclosures online?
Washington officers to crack down on distracted driving
Tracking kids over decades shows effect of early-childhood lessons
Editorial: Gov. Jay Inslee saves worthy research fund — but tone down rhetoric
Editorial: Gov. Jay Inslee’s astute drone veto
Skagit Valley Herald
Timber manager says Oso cut followed rules
Spokesman Review
Editorial: Supreme Court decision a win for tolerance
Problem for county pot growers
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: TVW broadcasts essential for open government
Editorial: Local crackdown on booze thefts is positive step
Yakima Herald Republic
Fighting fires cuts Forest Service funds for other programs, report shows
BROADCAST
KPLU FM
Seattle City Council Mulls Creating Park District To Fund Repairs
After Deaths Nationwide, Washington Regulators Target Party Buses
Central Wash. Home To Nation’s Biggest Bitcoin Mine, More Coming
NCAA Head Emmert: Unionization ‘Grossly Inappropriate’
KUOW FM
‘Silicon Forest’ Could Gain New Meaning With High-Tech Uses For Trees
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
President Obama to visit site of Oso mudslide
Boeing to ban headphones on factory floor; Machinists call it morale killer
Don’t get sentimental: End of Windows XP era could put personal information at risk
NW Public Radio
Northwest Senators To Address Oil Train Safety
Q13 TV (FOX)
Some party buses present clear danger, state agency says
WEB
Capitol Record
On TVW this week: Retirement insecurity, outdoor task force, fish and wildlife meeting
Crosscut
Fed up with Olympia: Can smaller class sizes make the ballot? (Goodman, Liias)
Daily Troll: New oil train safety money? Bezos gives big to Hutch. Parks district hearing.
HDC Advance
New law a “three-for” for students, schools, accountability (Robinson)
Is the state holding your unclaimed property?
Monday, April 7
Associated Press
U.S. growth is outpacing other major global economies
Obama presses ahead on pay equality measure
New partisanship challenges Oregon health reforms
Officials promise continued federal aid for mudslide victims
AAA: Average price of gasoline in Washington $3.71
Inslee vetoes drone bill
Job market improves for 25- to 54-year-olds
US Open loses help of Wash. state patrol for now
Gov. Inslee vetoes $1.5 million disaster fund cut
Would landslide victims have a legal case?
Bainbridge Island Review
Inslee signs bipartisan bill to increase state push against derelict and abandoned vessels (Hansen)
Bellingham Herald
Medicaid enrollments higher than expected
State lawmakers Lytton, Morris open new office in Bellingham (Lytton, Morris)
Editorial: Hanford cleanup: Calling Robert Oppenheimer
Letter: Questions senators on health care
Bonney Lake Courier-Herald
Gov. Inslee signs derelict and abandoned vessels bill (Hansen)
Bothell Reporter
Will Inslee wield veto pen?
The Daily News
Editorial: Lawmakers weigh in on 2014 session (Blake, Carlyle, Takko)
Everett Herald
Long-term jobless are strong hires
Inslee vetoes bill regulating use of drones by government (Morris)
Two-year budget adds to education without raising taxes
Better approach sought for inmates with addictions, mental illness
Davis: How putting people over profit pays off over time
Op-ed: Federal budget : Oppose cuts to Senior Corps programs
Op-ed: A vote in favor of school bond is critical for Everett students
Op-ed: Viewpoints: $456,000 distributed in emergency aid is just the start (Oso landslide)
Op-ed: Affordable Care Act: We couldn’t afford it before, or now
Op-ed by US Sens. Murray and Boxer: Affordable Care Act: A winner for all, especially women
Editorial: Time for the hard questions (Oso aftermath)
Editorial: Slow, deliberate steps forward (Oso aftermath)
Islands’ Sounder
Ranker calls treatment of Nunez ‘unAmerican’ (Ranker)
President declares disaster for Washington
Op-Ed: Vote yes on the fire levy (Ranker)
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Larsen joins congressional coalition calling for continued support for salmon recovery
News Tribune (subscription required)
Tacoman who lost his child to melanoma fought to restrict youths’ use of tanning beds (Darneille)
Marijuana raises issue of tribal authority
Veterans push to smoke pot to ease PTSD, other ailments
Tanning salons get ready to implement law
State lawmakers Lytton, Morris open new office in Bellingham (Lytton, Morris)
Editorial: Hanford cleanup: Calling Robert Oppenheimer
Letter: EDUCATION: State doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel
Olympian (subscription required)
Inslee vetoes drone bill, cites privacy issue
2015 Open loses help of State Patrol for now
Editorial: Farmers Market opening makes us shout ‘Yay!’
Blog: Why Gov. Inslee used veto to spare $20M funding for life-science research (Hargrove)
Oregonian
Marijuana news: Legalized pot in U.S. spurs growth in heroin trade
Peninsula Daily News
State Sen. Hargrove ‘disappointed’ by drone measure’s veto (Hargrove, Tharinger, Van De Wege)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Inslee Oks bills to reshape state’s health care purchasing (Cody, Morrell, Keiser)
Governor’s veto saves funding of Life Sciences Discovery Fund
Bertha’s wall: Noise-blocking structure to rise alongside viaduct
This week in health care: Premera’s power, cutting ER visits, and doctor pay fix fumbled
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Looking to complete that degree? UW adds another online option | Education Lab
Rehab counselor? Some jobs stand out in Wash. city statistics
Mudslide has claimed the lives of 33 people
Lands Commissioner Goldmark refuses to talk about logging on Oso slope
Legislature: Gains, frustrations for state’s mental-health system (Cody, Green)
Danny Westneat: Fanaticism on both sides of gay-rights issue
South Whidbey Record
Gov. Inslee signs second round of derelict vessel rules into law (Hansen)
Spokesman Review
Initiative season brings a nuke proposal
Getting a closer look at IT spending
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Mudslides occur here; keep homes out of way
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Oso landslide death toll rises to 33
KPLU FM
A Conversation Between Homeless Youth, Part 1
How Public Health Advocates Are Trying to Reach Nonvaccinators
KUOW FM
Popular King County Bus Routes On The Chopping Block If Prop. 1 Fails
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Governor’s veto sends lawmakers scrambling for basic education funds
Q13 TV (FOX)
Federal officials assure mudslide victims they’ll get assistance
WEB
Capitol Record
Drone bill vetoed by Gov. Inslee (Morris)
Gov. Inslee signs supplemental budget, vetoes a funding cut for life science fund
Crosscut
Inslee vetoes Legislature’s controls on official drones (Morris)
Inslee protects research fund from legislative ax
HDC Advance
Derelict vessels: The voyage ends (for now) (Hansen)
Governor Inslee signs Supplemental Transportation Budget (Clibborn)
Horsesass.org
We Can’t Raise the Minimum Wage Because Failing Businesses Might Fail, or Something
Publicola
McCleary report due to court by end of month (Frockt)
Jolt: Inslee vetoes bipartisan bill regulating government drones (Morris)
Seattle PI
Blog: Coal port builders: Help, we’re being outgunned
Slog
Governor Inslee Vetoes Bill Regulating Drones
The Percentage of Americans Who Worry “A Great Deal” About Climate Change
The Stand
Think what ‘less government’ means before you fight for it