AGRICULTURE & WATER
EDITORIAL: Spotlight shined on agriculture (Daily Record)
BORDER STATES
Gay marriage: Judge rejects attempt to intervene; ruling to overturn Oregon ban may follow (Oregonian)
Judge: Group cannot defend Oregon gay marriage ban (The Columbian)
Oregon same-sex marriage case moves ahead in federal court: Readers react (Oregonian)
EDITORIAL: Striking down Idaho ban on gay marriage is the right move (The Spokesman-Review)
BUSINESS, LABOR & ECONOMY
Despite the arguments, poll says most people support $15 minimum wage in Seattle (Puget Sound Business Journal)
New poll shows big support for $15 minimum wage (The Seattle Times)
AstaReal celebrates plant completion (Columbia Basin Herald)
It isn’t just fun to drink: Beer brings more than $1B to the state’s economy (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Rail problems lead to temporary layoffs at Pasha (The Daily World)
Bellingham’s waterway cleanup plan could affect barge shipments (The Bellingham Herald)
Boeing scores $3.8 billion order from Chinese airline (Bloomberg News/The Everett Herald)
Plans unveiled for possible wood products facility in Chehalis (The Chronicle)
Herrera Beutler job fair attracts hundreds (The Columbian)
State unemployment hits lowest rate since Great Recession (The Seattle Times)
Report: Washington has regained lost jobs, added 6,900 jobs per month (The Spokesman-Review)
After decades of exodus, companies returning production to U.S. (Los Angeles Times/The Seattle Times)
BLOG: Fast-food workers say they’ll strike Thursday for higher wages (Paige Cornwell/The Seattle Times)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
OPINION: United Way funds distributed to groups that aid education, income, health in Whatcom County (Geoff Beaumont, operations supervisor with the Whatcom Transportation Authority/The Bellingham Herald)
CONGRESS & FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
EDITORIAL: Congress shifts food aid funds into shipping costs (The Olympian)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
New group suing over Taylor Bridge fire (Daily Record)
Clark County Sheriff will hold Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony Thursday (Oregonian)
Report cites plunge in SPD enforcement of low-level crime (The Seattle Times)
Penn Cove derelict owner fined $301k as criminal case continues (Seattle P-I)
Lawmakers raise concerns about troubled State Patrol radio system (NW News Network)
Washington Supreme Court to hear Lakewood police killings challenge (NW News Network)
DAMS
Inslee optimistic about Wanapum Dam repairs (Tri-City Herald)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
Snohomish schools make changes after audit (The Everett Herald)
Tacoma schools to lay off 18 teachers (The News Tribune)
School integration slipping 60 years after Brown (AP/The Columbian)
Extended Spokane school days put on hold for year (The Spokesman-Review)
OPINION: Don’t compromise AP classes for numbers game (Michael Jankanish and Ken Richardson, AP instructors at Tacoma’s Wilson High School/The News Tribune)
EDITORIAL: Schools at bursting point (The Columbian)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
Pierce County takes tragic lessons from South America lahar (The News Tribune)
$2 million found for MLIRD dam (Columbia Basin Herald)
Campground to remain closed due to landslide concern (The Everett Herald)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
EPA policy uncertainty upsets Seattle-area biofuel producers (The Seattle Times)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
Tiny nuclear waste fee added up to billions (Los Angeles Times/The Olympian)
Study: Modifications working for fish at Columbia River dams (AP/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
More forestry funding needed on Indian lands, tribal leader says (Yakima Herald-Republic)
BLOG: How Washington coastal cities will look when the Antarctic Ice Sheet melts (Evan Pappas/Seattle P-I)
OPINION: Inslee needs to light a fire on climate change – Part II (Patrick Mazza, a founder of Climate Solutions/Crosscut)
EDITORIAL: Planning for climate impacts (The Everett Herald)
HANFORD
$3.6B needed in 2016 for Hanford cleanup (Tri-City Herald)
HEALTH CARE
The state prepares to pilot the new Health Care Innovation Plan (Washington State Wire)
Proposed health exchange plans: A detailed look at choices, prices (The Seattle Times)
BLOG: $1,000-a-pill hepatitis C drug may be too costly for Medicaid insurers (Atia Musazay/Puget Sound Business Journal)
BLOG: Kreidler removes hearings officer in Seattle Children’s case (Carol M. Ostrom/The Seattle Times)
HIGHER EDUCATION
BLOG: UW gets $31M to fund future biotech, data science entrepreneurs (Emily Parkhurst/Puget Sound Business Journal)
OPINION: Make college discipline records publicly available (Alison Haywood, student at Pacific Lutheran University/The Seattle Times)
COLUMN: UW students keep pressure on divestment for climate change (Jerry Large/The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: Heritage honors past as it steps into future (Yakima Herald-Republic)
EDITORIAL: Create accountability in college sex-abuse claims (The Seattle Times)
IMMIGRATION
BLOG: Strange bedfellows: Is the Tea Party really supporting immigration reform? (Emily Parkhurst/Puget Sound Business Journal)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Cle Elum considers collecting agency for outstanding municipal debt (Daily Record)
Port talks railroad regulation (The Daily World)
Drop in home loan paperwork results in $800,000 shortfall for Thurston County HOME Consortium (The Olympian)
Bellingham seeks comment on converting ’100-Acre Wood’ to park land (The Bellingham Herald)
Freeholders discuss how to reduce commissioner salaries (The Columbian)
MARIJUANA
First local marijuana farm OK’d (Daily Record)
Poulsbo marijuana ordinance heads to City Council (Kitsap Sun)
BLOG: Video: Why can’t you buy medical marijuana at the pharmacy? (Emily Van Bronkhurst/Puget Sound Business Journal)
EDITORIAL: Patchwork of pot laws is a real problem (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
MILITARY
Visiting general highlights link between Vancouver, Army base (The Columbian)
OSO LANDSLIDE
Small budget, little time to promote Stilly tourism (The Everett Herald)
Arlington back to using own water source after contamination fears (The Everett Herald)
POLITICS
BALLOT MEASURES
Initiative to get big money out of campaigns having trouble raising money (The Bellingham Herald)
ELECTIONS
Filing week Day 3: Republicans enter 3 key races (The Bellingham Herald)
Several new candidates throw hats into the ring (Daily Sun News)
Auditor, legislative races top Wednesday’s filings (Yakima Herald-Republic)
EDITORIAL: Public offices are looking for a few good candidates (Yakima Herald-Republic)
EDITORIAL: No affection for election (The Columbian)
LEGISLATURE
GOP’s McKenna urging support for Sen. Sheldon in 35th race (The Olympian)
Libertarians ‘the best of both parties;’ Knutzen issues statement (The Bellingham Herald)
NK School Board member joins legislative race (Kitsap Sun)
Election Filings: Morgan challenges Orcutt in 20th District (The Daily News)
Political Smell Test: Ad attacking Tami Green doesn’t tell the whole story (The News Tribune)
OPINION: Mark Miloscia speaks out on switching political parties (Former Rep. Mark Miloscia/Washington State Wire)
COLUMN: Candidate filings set up more showdowns (John Stang/Crosscut)
LOCAL
BLOG: Seattle voters could see a car-tab fee for transit (Mike Lindblom/The Seattle Times)
COLUMN: Big issue in charter isn’t strong mayor but strong council (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune)
STATE
BLOG: 4th Cong District: Holmquist Newbry makes 8 (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)
EDITORIAL: Bigotry? Thurston Dems give Ramtha a pass (The News Tribune)
SUPREME COURT
Washington Supreme Court convenes at Clark College in Vancouver (AP/Oregonian)
STATE GOVERNMENT
Optional unpaid religious holidays coming for state employees (The Wenatchee World)
Showtime film on climate change puts Gov. Inslee in favorable activist light (The Olympian)
TRANSPORTATION
Six advancing for ferry director position (Kitsap Sun)
State studies how to improve Highways 3-304 interchange (Kitsap Sun)
EDITORIAL: Raising gas tax not answer to funding transportation (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
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