ABORTION
40 Days for Life: prayer vigil on abortions coming to Planned Parenthood in Centralia (The Chronicle)
BORDER STATES
Program allows Portland police to send low-level drug users to help instead of jail (The Oregonian)
OPINION: All Oregonians need access to dentists (Sean Benson, DDS, Associate Dean of Hospital Dental Services at OHSU/The Oregonian)
BUDGET & TAXES
Why Republican lawmakers are pushing for votes on Democratic governor’s tax raises (The News Tribune)
$30 billion in new taxes get theatrical GOP support in Washington Senate (The Spokesman-Review)
OPINION: Give Washington’s working people a (tax) break (Andy Nicholas, associate director of fiscal policy for the Washington State Budget & Policy Center, Rachael Myers, executive director of the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance/Crosscut)
COLUMN: House Democrats pass plan to address McCleary, but is it serious? (Keith Schipper/Washington State Wire)
EDITORIAL: Legislature must give the public a chance to weigh in on K-12 funding (The Seattle Times)
BUSINESS, LABOR & ECONOMY
Senate bills take aim on Washington’s minimum wage (Yakima Herald-Republic)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
FFA chapters provide wide range of skills to local students (The Chronicle)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
Rapists would lose parental rights in Washington under bill (The Spokesman-Review)
Body cams now standard issue, but cops can turn them off (Crosscut)
State spent $34k on flight for prisoners in 2014 (AP/Kitsap Sun)
DAMS
Tri-City levees, Snake dams get better safety ratings (Tri-City Herald)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
Teachers get educated about the rights of student immigrants at Tacoma gathering (The News Tribune)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
Chiefs: Lewis County has most fire-related deaths in Washington (The Chronicle)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
Would pipeline threaten terminal at Port of Vancouver? (The Daily News)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
Sewage spill closes beaches near Bangor (Kitsap Sun)
Damage to West Point treatment plant could top $25 million (The Seattle Times)
Judge won’t dismiss Seattle’s suit against Monsanto over PCB cleanup (The Seattle Times)
HEALTH CARE
State GOP lawmakers suggest ACA repeal and replace could be an ‘opportunity’ (Washington State Wire)
HOMELESSNESS
OPINION: At $2,200 each, tiny houses can shelter the homeless (Sharon Lee, executive director of the Low Income Housing Institute/The Seattle Times)
LEGISLATURE
Washington House votes to make March 31 Cesar Chavez Day in Washington (The Spokesman-Review)
Latinos want Washington lawmakers to create ‘safe harbor’ (NW News Network)
‘Engaged’ Latino leaders converge on state Capitol to seek lawmakers’ help (The News Tribune)
MARIJUANA
Washington pot stores could give away lock boxes (The Spokesman-Review)
Ducky’s bill advances out of committee (The Daily World)
U.S. AG on marijuana: “it remains a violation of federal law” (Puget Sound Business Journal)
MEDIA
EDITORIAL: Protect legal protest (The Columbian)
MENTAL HEALTH
Mental health becoming an issue that crosses the aisle (Washington State Wire)
Employees’ mental health really is your business (Katie Loehrke, editor at J. J. Keller & Associates, specializing in employment law/Puget Sound Business Journal)
POLITICS
LEGISLATURE
State Senate honors former Tri-Citian (Tri-City Herald)
LOCAL
Coalition wants to ‘Trump-proof’ Seattle with income tax (The Seattle Times)
Superwealthy Seattle entrepreneur pushing property tax to battle homelessness (The Seattle Times)
NATIONAL
Inslee now ‘more concerned’ after meeting with Trump on health care, immigration (The Seattle Times)
Inslee ‘more concerned’ after meeting Trump in person (NW News Network)
TRANSPORTATION
Franklin County turns attention to $2 million in road repairs (Tri-City Herald)
Benton blasts revival of I-5 Bridge talks (The Columbian)
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