BORDER STATES
Oregon court allows rule banning overnight protests at Capitol (Chris Lehman/NW News Network)
Indian land buyback program to include Coeur d’Alene Tribe (AP/The Spokesman-Review)
Chief clerk of Oregon House, Ramona Line, resigns over PERS lobbying (Oregonian)
BLOG: 9th Circuit puts same-sex weddings in Idaho on hold (AP/The Seattle Times)
BLOG: Appeals court blocks gay marriage in Idaho — for the moment (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I)
BUDGET & TAXES
$1-per-pack hike in cigarette tax would create state cancer fund (The Seattle Times)
BUSINESS, LABOR & ECONOMY
Boeing’s Frederickson plant to build tail for new 777X jet (The Seattle Times)
Providence offers severance packages to 37 workers at detox center in Lacey (The Olympian)
Vancouver rally urges minimum wage hike (The Columbian)
Seattle port plan: Buy big cranes to attract huge new ships (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Lawmaker: Don’t monkey around with tanker (Puget Sound Business Journal)
BLOG: Boeing loses unfair labor case: NLRB rules in favor of union (Ben Miller/Puget Sound Business Journal)
OPINION: Where’s the Boeing we used to know? (Stan Storcher, labor representative, Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace/Puget Sound Business Journal)
EDITORIAL: A saner path toward labeling engineered foods (The News Tribune)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
OPINION: New housing, case management helps homeless; saves Whatcom, Bellingham community money (Regina Delahunt, director of Whatcom County Health Department, and Elya Moore, deputy director of Whatcom Alliance for Health Advancement/The Bellingham Herald)
OPINION: Build more to drive down Seattle housing costs (Roger Valdez, director of Smart Growth Seattle/The Seattle Times)
CONGRESS & FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Somebody change the Senate’s litter box: Cat fight blocks tax extenders bill (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Joint chiefs divide over cuts to commissary savings (The Everett Herald)
Sen. Patty Murray grills VA chief (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
Walla Walla VA undergoes audit; concerns raised about method (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
Shinseki: VA ‘must do better’ on patient care (AP/The Columbian)
BLOG: Inslee seeks federal help after North Bend explosion (AP/The Seattle Times)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
Ilwaco retiree could be first charged under new law banning feeding of bears (Tom Banse/NW News Network)
Judge says doctors may forcibly medicate murder defendant (The Everett Herald)
EDITORIAL: Reminders in Texas, Okla. to end the death penalty (The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: Put brakes on trafficking (The Columbian)
EDITORIAL: Washington Supreme Court should reject proposal that would allow sealing of more records (The Spokesman-Review)
EDITORIAL: Texting can make police standoffs more challenging (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
DAMS
EDITORIAL: A cracked dam is still a deal (The Wenatchee World)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
East County schools cope with so-called failing status (The Montesano Vidette)
Pasco School District to spend $1M on iPads, apps to help kids learn over summer (Tri-City Herald)
Program assesses teachers’ readiness (The Columbian)
OPINION: Here’s what quality pre-K looks — and sounds — like (Matthew O’Connor, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teacher at South Shore PK-8 in Seattle/The Seattle Times)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
EDITORIAL: Firefighting resources lag, so residents must prepare (Yakima Herald-Republic)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
Railroads claim national security in keeping oil train routes secret, but feds say not so (Oregonian)
OPINION: Where is Gov. Inslee on the oil issue? (Carol Seaman, Aberdeen resident/The Daily World)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
EPA issues fines to local businesses for environmental violations (The Daily News)
Elwha dams: Will bringing down NW dams really help salmon? (Crosscut)
COLUMN: Inslee looks to learn climate lessons from Europe, Asia (John Stang/Crosscut)
HEALTH CARE
Feds OK health-cost controls that put dollar limit on some procedures (AP/The Seattle Times)
Mentally ill boy held in ER for 2 weeks (Skagit Valley Herald)
Public health officials keeping close watch for MERS cases (Yakima Herald-Republic)
BLOG: Washington Health Alliance board names four new health executives to its board (Atia Musazay/Puget Sound Business Journal)
HIGHER EDUCATION
South Puget Sound Community College event to honor school desegregation ruling (The Olympian)
Medical drama: UW, WSU wrangle over a second medical school (Puget Sound Business Journal)
LEGISLATURE
Manweller wants Gorge ticket fee (Columbia Basin Herald)
Lawmaker’s proposal would impose $1 fee on Gorge concert tickets (Yakima Herald-Republic)
Lawmaker wants $1 fee on Gorge tickets (AP/The News Tribune)
Yakima County settles lawsuits with ex-employees (Yakima Herald-Republic)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Hire for Spokane Fire Department faces challenge (The Spokesman-Review)
County seeks $2.5 million in water rights to aid rural home development (Daily Record)
BLOG: Murray adds a ‘training wage’ to $15 minimum wage proposal (Jonathan Martin/The Seattle Times)
BLOG: Mayor’s minimum wage bill has eight Council sponsors — but not Sawant (Seattle P-I)
BLOG: Sawant the lone holdout on mayor’s wage plan (Marc Stiles/Puget Sound Business Journal)
BLOG: New Seattle police chief to be named Monday morning — none too soon (Seattle P-I)
MARIJUANA
Thousands of pot applications still under investigation; 640 wait for an investigator (The Olympian)
First two recreational marijuana licenses issued in Whatcom County (The Bellingham Herald)
BLOG: Meet your growers! List of marijuana licensees in Washington jumps to 31 (Seattle P-I)
MEDIA
FCC votes to move ahead on ‘net neutrality’ plan (The New York Times/The Seattle Times)
MILITARY
Medal of Honor recipient helping JBLM Stryker brigade raise funds for memorial to its fallen (The Olympian)
JBLM Special Forces unit observes early Memorial Day, honors fallen soldiers (The Olympian)
Phoenix-type appointment practices used at Spokane VA, retiree says (Shawn Vestal/The Spokesman-Review)
OSO LANDSLIDE
Highway 530 at mudslide could be cleared for use in June (The Everett Herald)
More mudslide damage claims filed against county, state (The Everett Herald)
BLOG: Highway 530 in slide area could reopen by late June, Inslee is told (The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: Now is the time to head north (The Everett Herald)
POLITICS
ELECTIONS
Ross, Holmquist to be on fall ballot (Daily Sun News)
EDITORIAL: Today is filing deadline; candidates be prepared (Tri-City Herald)
LEGISLATURE
Steve Owens’ challenge to Rep. Reykdal is first in 22nd district since redistricting (The Olympian)
One day of filing left: Will some incumbents be safe? (The Bellingham Herald)
Scott seeks re-election to state House (Skagit Valley Herald)
More file as legislative district candidates (The Columbian)
COLUMN: Candidate mysteries in 2 key suburban districts come down to final day (John Stang/Crosscut)
LOCAL
Preschool for all in Seattle: Murray’s big plan starts small (The Seattle Times)
Third candidate joins race for Kitsap County prosecutor (Kitsap Sun)
Seattle mayor: Trade a latte a month for universal preschool (Crosscut)
BLOG: Map: Only Seattle, Lake Forest Park favored Prop. 1 tax increase (The Seattle Times)
BLOG: Murray asks taxpayers for preschool money: It’s a ‘moral obligation’ (Seattle P-I)
STATE
4th District race field grows to 10 (Yakima Herald-Republic)
SUPREME COURT
Disbarred lawyer seeks high court post (The News Tribune)
BLOG: Supreme Court race: Mary Yu declares candidacy, Bruce Hilyer decides not to run (Christina Salerno/TVW)
TRANSPORTATION
Third grain train derailed (The Daily World)
BLOG: Bertha’s repair pit now under construction (The Seattle Times)
TRIBES
Lummi Reservation among Indian lands up for consolidation (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
BLOG: 5 Washington tribes to benefit from federal land-buying program (AP/The Seattle Times)
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