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BORDER STATES
Business and elected leaders debate pension cuts versus new taxes (The Oregonian)
Could Oregon be better than No. 48 in high school graduation? (The Oregonian)
Portland will tax public companies where CEO pay is 100 times employee average (The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: Gov. Brown punts on leadership opportunity (The Oregonian)
BUSINESS, LABOR & ECONOMY
How Seattle became ‘Cloud City’: Amazon and Microsoft are leading a tech revolution (The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: Boeing Tweet Off-Base (The Columbian)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
Olympia parks will be smoke- and vape-free in 2018 (The Olympian)
Goldendale lawmaker pushing to get Travis Alert moving quickly in Legislature (Yakima Herald)
Rick Steves pledges $2 million for Edmonds waterfront center (The Everett Herald)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
Deaf former inmate files complaint against jail (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
Everett research lab fined $185,000 in deaths of 38 monkeys (The Everett Herald)
Fallen Tacoma officer to make final trip through city he served (The News Tribune)
Washington state suing Monsanto over PCB pollution (The Seattle Times)
After 38 monkey deaths, Everett research lab fined $185,000 (The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: Adopt new deadly force standard for police in Washington (The Spokesman-Review)
EDITORIAL: AAA’s wake-up call on dangers of dangers of drowsy driving (The Everett Herald)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
New computer science learning goals adopted for state (The Olympian)
Washington charter school law best in nation, according to report (The Spokesman-Review)
FISH
‘Seafood sleuths’ study mystery of Pacific Northwest salmon declines (The Seattle Times)
GUN RIGHTS
'He tried to buy a gun' words domestic violence survivors never want to hear (NW News Network)
HEALTH CARE
As mumps outbreak grows, Auburn tells nonimmunized students to stay home (The Seattle Times)
EDITORIAL: 21st Century Cures Act offers hope for mental-health reform (The Seattle Times)
HIGHER EDUCATION
Ex-student arrested for carrying rifle on Seattle Central College campus (The Seattle Times)
New study by Everett instructor shows value of real-world context in teaching algebra (The Seattle Times)
WSU Research and Extenstion Center celebrates facility's 10-year anniversary (Skagit Valley Herald)
City, CWU officials discuss housing crunch (Daily Record)
IMMIGRATION
Everett police won’t ask crime victims’ immigration status (The Everett Herald)
LEGISLATURE
Eastern Washington lawmakers file bill to split state (Seattle P-I)
Local state legislators preparing for session (Yakima Herald)
Rivers is fined for campaign finance reporting errors (The Columbian)
Walsh sworn in as new state legislator (The Daily News)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
County Commissioner elected to president of state organization (Daily Record)
MILITARY
‘I paid my price:’ Chehalis veteran who died this week slipped through cracks in the VA system (The Chronicle)
POLITICS
LOCAL
DeBolt: county makes call on senior center cuts, not lawmakers (The Chronicle)
EDITORIAL: Commissioners are making seniors face financial consequences (The Chronicle)
STATE
Washington state GOP leader Susan Hutchison says she might work for Trump (The News Tribune)
McMorris Rodgers expected to be Trump’s pick for Interior secretary (The Spokesman-Review)
NATIONAL
Trump picks fast food executive Andrew Puzder for Labor (AP/The Seattle Times)
SECURITY
COLUMN: Spokane psychologist who developed CIA’s waterboarding program has become a torture pundit amid Trump’s ‘torture works’ rhetoric (Shawn Vestal/The Spokesman-Review)
TRANSPORTATION
Tacoma Narrows Bridge commission: No toll increase needed (The News Tribune)
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