Associated Press
Storm prompts mountain pass closures, warnings
Judge: Seattle in full compliance with police reforms
Attorney general: Lawmaker records are subject to disclosure
Lawmakers in numerous states face sexual misconduct claims
Aberdeen Daily World
Could this be the year the death penalty is repealed in Washington state? (Pedersen)
New bill would deter state agency officials from misleading legislators
Auburn Reporter
Inslee: ‘It’s our state’s destiny … to fight climate change’
Senators propose ‘more appropriate’ reform of DWLS law (Frockt)
Governor rolls out carbon tax proposal and Republicans balk (Nelson, Carlyle)
Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge council flip-flops on controversial 305 bridge
State lawmakers to introduce ‘trigger modifications’ gun bill | 2018 Legislative Session
Governor rolls out carbon tax proposal and Republicans balk | 2018 Legislative Session (Nelson)
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Lawmakers in numerous states face sexual misconduct claims
Could this be the year the death penalty is repealed in Washington state?
Attorney General says lawmaker records subject to disclosure
Bothell Reporter
For opponents of a carbon tax, an initiative threat looms
The Chronicle
Water Use, Hirst Decision Set to Weigh Heavily on State Lawmakers (Van De Wege)
Columbia Basin Herald
Bill would pay tuition in rural counties (Hansen, Chapman, Tharinger, Frame)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Everett mayor orders a coordinated response to gang violence
Study calls for more security in Washington courtrooms
Lawmakers may be facing last chance to price carbon their way
Milbank: Attacking Democrats won’t aid Dreamers in their fight
Editorial: Put all district options on the table for Everett
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Trump puts Washington coasts at risk from oil spill says Ranker (Ranker)
OPALCO appoints Peter Garlock of Lopez to board
School Board Recognition Month | Guest Column
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Ferries to install cell phone boosters to help signal-challenged Chimacum (Rolfes)
Longview Daily News
Kreidler proposes plan to stabilize rural health care markets (Cleveland, Cody)
Maple Valley Reporter
For opponents of a carbon tax, an initiative threat looms
News Tribune (subscription required)
Could this be the year the death penalty is repealed in Washington state? (Pedersen)
Inslee’s carbon tax would raise costs for consumers, polluters to fund environmental projects
Editorial: More state budget transparency in 2018? Not with these loopholes
New York Times
States push back after net neutrality repeal (Hansen)
White House Backs States on Requiring Work for Medicaid
House Rejects Limits on Surveillance After Trump Roils Debate
House Republicans Issue a Hard-Line Plan on Immigration
What ‘Dreamers’ Say About the Great Immigration Debate
Immigration Agents Target 7-Eleven Stores in Push to Punish Employers
Peninsula Daily News
New wage, sick time laws affect business owners
Port Townsend Leader
Gov. Inslee lashes back at Sessions on marijuana (Sawyer)
Senate Democrats take early aim at gun legislation (Frockt, Dhingra, Darneille, Pedersen)
Puget Sound Business Journal
University of Washington opens state-of-the-art biotech building (Photos)
IRS paid $20 million to collect $6.7 million in tax debts
Seattle Times (subscription required)
More Washington students could get a meal in expanded breakfast-after-the-bell program (Stonier, Wellman)
Housing for homeless veterans threatened if Washington state lawmakers don’t pass construction budget (Springer)
Seattle police found in ‘full and effective compliance’ with court-ordered reforms
Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle will open to traffic this fall, the state and contractors say
Student test-score growth in Seattle Public Schools ranks high nationally, study says
Opioid deaths surge in Midwest and East, while West sees declines
Large: As in King’s time, civil-rights progress still requires fighting lies and promoting truth
Editorial: New regional transportation plan must put pragmatism over ideology
Opinion: Rural Washington hardest hit by Hirst water ruling
Spokesman Review
Washington House backs late breakfast programs at public schools (Stonier)
WSU researchers discover shrinking gene pool among Chinook salmon populations
Lawmakers seek task force to protect timber communities
Panel urged to approve workplace protections (Cleveland, Saldana)
USA Today
Recall of faulty lead poisoning test means kids need to be retested
Trump criticizes surveillance law his administration wants to extend, then reverses
House votes to renew surveillance law that collects Americans’ emails without warrants
Trump to tackle prison reform as part of Jared Kushner initiative
What is ‘chain migration’ and why does President Trump want to end it?
Canada increasingly convinced Trump wants to quit NAFTA
Washington Post
Decision to exempt Florida from offshore drilling sparks a bipartisan uproar
States may impose work requirements for Medicaid, Trump administration says
Walmart cites tax plan as it raises starting hourly wage to $11, expands parental leave and promises bonuses for some workers
Interior Dept. plans to move thousands of workers in the biggest reorganization in its history
Editorial: Excluding Florida from a new offshore drilling plan sure looks partisan
How California’s harrowing wildfires planted the seed for deadly mudslides
Wenatchee World
Hospital tech workers reject contract
WHS teachers voice schedule concerns
West Seattle Herald
Mayor Durkan delivers remarks following Judge Robart’s ruling on the consent decree
WSDOT looks at the year ahead for the SR 99 Tunnel; It could open as soon as this fall
Whidbey News-Times
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
New bill could put Washington salmon farms in jeopardy (Ranker, Van De Wege, McCoy)
Yakima Herald Republic
Photos: Aerial views of Rattlesnake Ridge and the Yakima Valley
Slide date keeps changing, but authorities caution that it could come at any time
Where there’s smoke, there’s a long-lasting human hazard
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington least prepared for earthquakes on West Coast
Bill to help sick Hanford workers gets new life (Keiser)
Car-tab relief proposal up for discussion in House (Pellicciotti, Clibborn)
Rattlesnake Ridge landslide: Yakima County declares disaster
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Amtrak details safety changes at first legislative hearing after deadly derailment
Republican lawmaker believes he has answer to the opioid epidemic
KNKX FM
‘Breakfast After The Bell’ May Be Coming Soon To Washington State (Stonier)
Bill Would Open Scholarships To Some Undocumented Students In Washington (Hansen)
A Child’s Death, A Legal Battle Over Her Burial, And A Proposed Change In The Law
How The Rollback Of Protections For Some Salvadoran Immigrants Will Affect Wash.
Desperate Cities Consider ‘Safe Injection’ Sites For Opioid Users
KUOW FM
Alcohol-Related ER Visits Soar, Especially Among Women
Washington lawmakers want to remove statute of limitations on rape cases
Heatwaves, wildfires, high water: Climate change is ‘already here’
Community weighs in on affordable housing plans for Fort Lawton
NW Public Radio
Northwest 7-Eleven Stores Targeted In Nationwide ICE Raid
Salmon Plan Approved Allowing More Water Over Columbia River Dams
Washington House Passes Bill For Free School Breakfast Funding (Stonier)
Web
Civic Skunkworks
The Most important minimum wage paper in decades is good news for everyone
MyNorthwest.com
Lawmakers consider more traffic cameras (Reeves, Fitzgibbon)
Pollution a ‘better thing to tax’, state rep. says (Fitzgibbon)
Publicola
A House Bill Would Remove the Statute of Limitations for Felony Sex Offenses (Orwall, Macri, Dhingra)
Slog
AG Bob Ferguson takes on Jeff Sessions in Newsweek
ICE cracks down on 7-Elevens in pre-dawn raid
West Seattle Blog
Admiral Neighborhood Association’s biggest question for City Councilmember Lisa Herbold