BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- Largest rail union rejects contract agreement, heads back to bargaining table (NPR/OPB)
- Ostrom Mushroom workers allege continued mistreatment amid AG lawsuit (The Seattle Times)
- Inflation, low donations and rising demand hit Seattle food banks (Crosscut)
- Whatcom County could see major impacts amid potential grocery merger (The Bellingham Herald)
CONGRESS
- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries makes historic bid to lead House Democrats after Pelosi (AP/FOX 13)
- A year later, bipartisan infrastructure law has sent $3.7 billion to Washington, $1.1 billion to Idaho (The Spokesman-Review)
- Lawmakers push for federal assistance for fishermen following crab harvest cancelations (KOMO TV)
COURTS (FEDERAL)
COURTS (STATE)
CRIME
- Friday’s I-5 carjacking suspect was fatally shot at the scene, Thurston Coroner says (The Olympian)
- Dude, where’s my catalytic converter? Probably back in the supply chain (The Seattle Times)
- Unlike Tacoma, Seattle Police swears by crime data (MyNorthwest)
- Tacoma homicide adds to deadliest year on record (MyNorthwest)
- COLUMN: Family ‘wrecked’ after two-time ‘Three Strikes’ killer gets early release (Dori Monson/MyNorthwest)
DAMS
- Snake River ag stakeholders comment on Klamath dam removal (Capital Press)
- Douglas PUD makes contract changes biggest project ever at Well Dam (KONA Radio)
EDUCATION
- Schools struggle to staff up for youth mental health crisis (AP)
- Washington’s special education age limit is illegal, lawsuit claims (The Seattle Times)
- Parking is ‘a big hassle’ for students at this local school. It may be harder in 2023 (Gateway News/The News Tribune)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- Electric truck stops will need as much power as a small town (Bloomberg/The Seattle Times)
- Environmental groups oppose pipeline expansion in Pacific NW (AP)
ENVIRONMENT
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & THE WHITE HOUSE
FISH
- Washington bans fish-farming net pens, citing salmon threat (AP)
- Public Lands Commissioner bans fish farming in Washington waters (The Center Square)
- Common chemical in tires caused mass Coho salmon deaths in Puget Sound, scientists say (KING TV)
GUN RIGHTS
HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS
- WA pediatrician shares tips to battle child respiratory infections and stay out of ER (The News Tribune)
- How a Kitsap County hospital illustrates WA’s emergency care crisis (The Seattle Times)
- There used to be 3 emergency rooms in Kitsap. Now there’s just 1, and it’s swamped (Kitsap Sun)
- Clark County hospital beds almost full (The Columbian)
- EDITORIAL: WA lawmakers should heed nurses’ warning they are staffed too thin (The Seattle Times)
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOMELESSNESS
- State auditor: Spokane homeless fixes should be more data-driven (The Center Square)
- Gov. Jay Inslee visits Camp Hope on Sunday (KXLY TV)
- Fine line between housed, homeless for many in Clark County (The Columbian)
- Clark County opens winter shelter locations (The Reflector)
- Winter homeless shelter to reopen in Toppenish (Yakima Herald)
- Solar panels installed on Quixote Village tiny homes will save nonprofit thousands per year (The Olympian)
- EDITORIAL: Friction provides no warmth to homeless in county (The Everett Herald)
HOUSING
- Partnerships, policies offer housing solutions for Clark County (The Columbian)
- OPINION: Remove the barriers to building more affordable housing in WA (Greg Lane, executive vice president, Building Industry Association of Washington/The Seattle Times)
- OPINION: Density is necessary but insufficient to ease the housing crisis (Gregg Colburn, assistant professor, Runstad Department of Real Estate, UW College of Built Environments, and Rick Mohler, associate professor, Department of Architecture, UW College of Built Environments/The Seattle Times)
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Criminal trial for Pierce County sheriff starts Monday. Here’s what we know about the case (KING TV)
- Yakima Co. Sheriff hiring deputies for ProAct team, traffic detective to reduce crime (KAPP/KVEW)
LEGISLATURE
- Republicans hit blue wall in WA: Meet your new state Legislature (The Seattle Times)
- Rep. Peter Abbarno elected to leadership position by House Republican colleagues (The Chronicle)
LGBTQ
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Mayor Harrell appoints panel to address sexual assault, police reform (KUOW Radio)
- COLUMN: Seattle Councilmembers are trying to defund the police again (Jason Rantz/MyNorthwest)
- EDITORIAL: Seattle City Council should stay strong on building back public safety (The Seattle Times)
MENTAL HEALTH
OTHER STATES
- Oregon Senate will have new leader for first time in about 20 years (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- Sheriff, group sue to block strict Oregon gun control law (AP)
- Oregon’s strict new gun limits under Measure 114 go into effect even sooner, state says (The Oregonian)
- Homeless vote in Portland, Oregon, delayed in angry meeting (AP)
- How did things unfold before, after University of Idaho killings? A timeline of events (The Idaho Statesman/The Seattle Times)
- Idaho’s wolf managers eye effectiveness of new tactics (Capital Press)
- Cigars, booze, money: How a lobbying blitz made sports betting ubiquitous (The New York Times/The Seattle Times)
POLITICS
LEGISLATURE
LOCAL
SCHOOL SAFETY
- SPS superintendent details new security measures in wake of deadly Ingraham High School shooting (KIRO TV)
- ‘I don’t want to die at school’: Ingraham shooting prompts protest (Crosscut)
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Online mobs are now coming for student journalists (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)
- COLUMN: Why I’m not celebrating Twitter’s troubles (Naomi Ishisaka/The Seattle Times)
STATE GOVERNMENT
- New WA agency seeks to end practice of police investigating themselves (The Seattle Times)
- Western State employees who got $2M for patient attacks sue again for records violations (The News Tribune)
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TAXES
- WA’s state budget forecast grew $762M despite recession worries (Crosscut)
- WA state revenue continues to grow in latest forecast (The Seattle Times)
- Washington expected revenue up $762M for two years; next budget up $681M (The Center Square)
TRANSPORTATION
- Death toll rises to 4 in Snohomish County plane crash; aircraft broke apart in midair (The Seattle Times)
- New ‘ramp support’ over I-5 needs to be replaced (MyNorthwest)
- As Bellingham expands EV charging stations, this is what drivers will pay (The Bellingham Herald)
- EDITORIAL: Support for light rail depends on transparency (The Columbian)
TRIBAL ISSUES
- WA tribes wary as Native child welfare law challenged in Supreme Court (The Seattle Times)
- State’s Native American crisis hotline is first in the nation (The Everett Herald)
- Meet the Chehalis artist weaving a new Native narrative (Crosscut)
WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE
- Studies show prescribed burns key to forest resiliency (NW News Network)
- November wildfires putting strain on state resources (KING TV)
WILDLIFE