AGRICULTURE & WATER
How Washington farmers are moving to smarter water solutions (Crosscut)
Protesters in Longview decry GMOs, Monsanto (The Daily News)
Did WSU goof in naming new apple Cosmic Crisp? (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
Lawmakers to discuss Whatcom’s water issues at Lynden meeting (The Bellingham Herald)
BORDER STATES
EDITORIAL: Oregon gay marriage ruling shows a bias for equality (Oregonian)
BUDGET & TAXES
BLOG: Inslee probably not giving away the store (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)
OPINION: Portables aren’t the best choice for our kids or our wallets (The Everett Herald)
EDITORIAL: Lawmakers running out of time (The Olympian)
BUSINESS, LABOR & ECONOMY
Washington seeks $70 million composites grant (don’t think aerospace) (Puget Sound Business Journal)
China lifts Washington geoduck ban (Puget Sound Business Journal)
The PSBJ interview with Inslee: How Washington could lead the carbon-fiber revolution (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Industrial Growth: Lower Columbia ship traffic poised to explode (The Daily News)
Crunch Pak keeps up with local deliveries despite layoffs (The Wenatchee World)
Pfizer pulls plug on push to buy AstraZeneca (AP/The Olympian)
Hacking case belies profitable US links with China (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
EDITORIAL: Housing market looks to be healthy (Daily Record)
EDITORIAL: Reauthorize Export-Import Bank for the sake of Boeing and other Northwest companies (The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: State Court of Appeals Workers’ compensation ruling a signal for further reform (The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: Memorial Day should include call to action on care of vets (The Olympian)
EDITORIAL: Obama’s failed foreign policy (The Everett Herald)
EDITORIAL: Senate should follow House on military-base roads bill (The Olympian)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
Lottery system set up for senior food program (The Everett Herald)
CONGRESS & FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Obama seeks to reframe foreign policy as war ends (AP/The Seattle Times)
Overload at the VA: Flood of cases, long waits for medical care (The Olympian)
Lawmakers call for tighter grip on VA hospitals (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
How VA clinics falsified appointment records (AP/The Olympian)
Kilmer introduces ocean acidification bill (The Daily World)
Sen. Murray: Give poor families money to feed kids in summer (McClatchy Washington Bureau/The Bellingham Herald)
Redskins to senators: Team’s name is ‘respectful’ (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
EDITORIAL: Wasteful Approach (The Columbian)
EDITORIAL: Airlines’ bid to hide taxes flies low on transparency (The Spokesman-Review)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
Ex-Walla Walla University professor pleads guilty in $800,000 theft case (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
Emphasis patrols target distracted, unbelted motorists (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
OPINION: Prison remains economic asset (Mike Fredrickson, Port of Walla Walla /Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
EDITORIAL: Brace for inevitable inaction (The Everett Herald)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
Smaller classes will create space crunch in Bremerton, other local schools (Kitsap Sun)
Closing schools stabilized North, Central Kitsap against enrollment decline (Kitsap Sun)
PSNS engineer is go-to gal for local STEM projects (Kitsap Sun)
District scrambles to save summer school lunches in Granite Falls (The Everett Herald)
Elma School District transportation co-op step closer to reality (Montesano Vidette)
EDITORIAL: Explore what works — preschool for all (The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: Every student a leader at Waterville High School (The Wenatchee World)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
PUD Officials Visit Chehalis River Research Area (The Chronicle)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
State delivers interim Teanaway rules (Daily Record)
Sharp rise in West Coast oil trains, fears abound (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
FISH CONSUMPTION
State’s appetite for fish stirs battle over industry, environment (AP/The Seattle Times)
GAY RIGHTS
No need for wedding bells for 3,700 state couples (The Bellingham Herald)
HEALTH CARE
Providers alert for Medicaid overflow (The Columbian)
State’s Medicaid program now covers naturopaths (AP/The Seattle Times)
Kitsap Mental Health Services has more work since Medicaid changes (Kitsap Sun)
2015 health-care rate hikes may not be as daunting (AP/The Seattle Times)
Seattle Children’s case: One family’s experience (Puget Sound Business Journal)
State exchange hopes to connect families to affordable health care options for baby (The Spokesman-Review)
Autism Center at Everett hospital to officially open in August (The Everett Herald)
BLOG: Turned away: Washington exchange glitches create problems for patients (Valerie Bauman/Puget Sound Business Journal)
EDITORIAL: Gorge Amphitheatre should pick up medical tabs from events like Sasquatch! (The Seattle Times)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Interior Secretary urges Whitman graduates to be involved (with videos) (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
OPINION: How to graduate more students with bachelor’s degrees in Washington state (Eric Spangenberg, leaving as dean of The Carson College at Washington State University to become dean of The Merage School at University of California Irvine/The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: Campus Brings Many Benefits (The Columbian)
LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS
Chelan County sues to remove ‘illegal’ RV park (The Wenatchee World)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Minimum wage debate: ‘I own Subway stores, not the entire chain’ (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Funding stormwater work: County prepares to pay its water bill (The Columbian)
Street legal ATVs OK’d by county (Daily Record)
Chelan City Council tables ATV ordinance (The Wenatchee World)
Salary commission to meet, determine pay for county officials (The Everett Herald)
EDITORIAL: Changes needed as Pe Ell policing problem persists (The Chronicle)
MARIJUANA
Marijuana revenues still mostly a guess (The Columbian)
Medical marijuana users living in limbo (The Columbian)
Tacoma doctor sues state over sanctions against cannabis ads (The News Tribune)
Weed and the workplace (Skagit Valley Herald)
Should health insurance cover medical marijuana? (Oregonian)
Pot moratorium continued 90 days as license looms (The Daily World)
Third recreational marijuana license issued in Whatcom County (The Bellingham Herald)
COLUMN: Fight heroin with marijuana (Froma Harrop/The Seattle Times)
MILITARY
A day to remember and a very personal day for some (Washington State Wire)
World War II Memorial honors war service on Washington state Capitol Campus in Olympia (Oregonian)
Red, white and blue gets brighter at Kitsap’s veterans memorials (Kitsap Sun)
Hundreds gather at Memorial Day services on Capitol Campus in Olympia (The Olympian)
Whatcom County Memorial Day ceremonies a reminder of sacrifices made for freedom (The Bellingham Herald)
Group not giving up on saving USS Ranger (Kitsap Sun)
BLOG: A close-to-home look at tough problems in the VA, and hopeful treatment for PTSD (The Seattle Times)
OPINION: Epidemic of military suicides can’t end while no one discusses it (John Anderson/The Everett Herald)
COLUMN: It’s time to show our veterans love (Leonard Pitts Jr./The Seattle Times)
COLUMN: Plaque dedicated to Stadium’s war dead again in its proper spot (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune)
EDITORIAL: Honor Their Sacrifice (The Columbian)
EDITORIAL: Be grateful, respectful for the fallen on Memorial Day (Tri-City Herald)
EDITORIAL: Sacrifices beyond measure (The Everett Herald)
OSO LANDSLIDE
County may add slide disclosure to some building permits (The Everett Herald)
Body found Thursday at Oso slide is that of Steven Hadaway (The Everett Herald)
Navy officer, wife are remembered on Memorial Day (The Everett Herald)
Students to tidy up fire station to say thanks for Oso response (The Everett Herald)
POLITICS
ELECTIONS
EDITORIAL: Candidates and primary voters get no vacation this summer (Yakima Herald-Republic)
EDITORIAL: Changing the system (The Daily News)
LEGISLATURE
OPINION: The gender imbalance in state politics (Alexis Oliver, chair of the National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington Diversity Committee/The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: A make-believe Democrat on the 31st District ballot (The News Tribune)
STATE
Newhouse names county campaign chairs (Daily Sun News)
Libertarian challenges Harris for House seat (The Columbian)
NATIONAL
GOP Senate primary points may haunt party in fall (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
Health law: Embrace, avoid or in between for Dems (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
GOP seeks election edge with Benghazi, IRS probes (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
RNC files lawsuit to raise unlimited cash (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
STATE GOVERNMENT
Whistleblower fight heats up (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Capitol Campus parking may get tighter (The Olympian)
TRANSPORTATION
Many Washington bridges need work, year after I-5 span hit (The Spokesman-Review)
Seattle-to-Portland Amtrak alarm goes haywire: ‘We didn’t know if the train was about to blow up’ (Oregonian)
State inspection upgrades North Fork Bridge (Skagit Valley Herald)
No silver bullets among last ditch efforts to stave off bus service cuts (Crosscut)
Lawsuit: State shunned Chinese investors ready to fund 520 Bridge replacement for visas (Seattle P-I)
County-maintained bridges face same funding shortage as state (Skagit Valley Herald)
Train derails north of Centralia (The Dailly World)
Puget Sound & Pacific faces 4th Derailment in three weeks (Montesano Vidette)
BLOG: Time to narrow down new ferry names (Kitsap Sun)
OPINION: Cut King County Metro costs after Prop. 1 failure (Bob Pishue, transportation director for the Washington Policy Center/The Seattle Times)
OPINION: Transportation projects will improve economy (Ted Sprague, Cowlitz Economic Development Council/The Daily News)
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