AGRICULTURE
- ‘Appley McAppleface’ need not apply: In a week, apple naming contest gets 7,000 entries (Capital Press)
- New ‘salmon-safe’ wine certification is now available for WA vineyards. How it works (Tri-City Herald)
- OPINION: WA is losing farms and food-producing land. Does anyone care? (Pam Lewison, fourth-generation farmer in Eastern Washington and director of the center for Agriculture at the Washington Policy Center/The Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: Apple-naming contest fun celebration of state icon (The Everett Herald)
BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- High inflation is costing Americans an extra $1K a month (FOX 13)
- Boeing pushes back on whistleblower’s allegations and details how airframes are put together (AP)
CONGRESS
CORRECTIONS & JAILS
- Deaths at rural Washington jails highlight perilous conditions: ‘Failures at almost every level,’ critics say (KUOW Radio)
- Songer claims move by commissioners to close Klickitat County jail is personal (KIHR Radio)
- OPINION: People incarcerated in WA prisons have political power now. Here’s how we’re using it (Christopher Blackwell, 43, is an award-winning journalist currently incarcerated in Washington; and Antoine Davis is a licensed minister at Freedom Church of Seattle currently incarcerated at Washington Correction Center/The News Tribune)
COURTS (FEDERAL)
- Supreme Court gives some military veterans more generous educational benefits (AP)
- Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth (AP)
- OPINION: Supreme Court upholds constitutional safeguards against undue building fees (Olivia Johnston, contributor, Mountain States Policy Center/Capital Press)
COURTS (STATE)
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
- 46 pro-Palestinian protestors arrested for blocking road to Sea-Tac airport (KOMO TV)
- 46 people arrested in pro-Palestinian protest at Sea-Tac Airport (The Seattle Times)
- AG Ferguson announces DNA collection from thousands of violent offenders (FOX 13)
- Teen suspect in Renton homicide was on electronic home monitoring for a pending drive-by shooting case (FOX 13)
DRUG CRISIS
EDUCATION
- WA’s incoming high school juniors will be allowed to enroll in college courses this summer (Washington State Standard)
- EDITORIAL: Time for school graduation waiver has passed (The Columbian)
ENVIRONMENT
- Foam coolers, takeout containers will be banned in Washington starting June 1 (Washington State Standard)
- Why environmental justice matters, from the founder himself (The Seattle Times)
- Bellingham explores wastewater facility upgrades due to air emissions violation (The Center Square)
FISH
GUN RIGHTS
- WA Supreme Court to consider emergency stay on high-capacity magazine ban (The Center Square)
- EDITORIAL: Continue to defend law banning high-capacity gun magazines (The Seattle Times)
HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS
- Seattle plastic surgery provider illegally blocked bad Yelp reviews, judge rules (The Seattle Times)
- OPINION: State-funded drop-in center in Yakima is a positive for our community (Jodi Daly, CEO of Comprehensive Healthcare/Yakima Herald-Republic)
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOMELESSNESS
- Growing Seattle encampment unmoved despite public drug use, local safety concerns (KOMO TV)
- COLUMN: Democrats fight to keep homeless living in unsafe housing, claim ‘science’ of drug contamination isn’t settled (Jason Rantz/MyNorthwest)
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Washington law enforcement org weighs in on upcoming changes to pursuit law (The Center Square)
- In reversal, more states allow high-speed police chases (Stateline/Washington State Standard)
- Washington rescue dogs graduate as skilled K9s (MyNorthwest)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OPERATING BUDGET
OTHER STATES
- Dozens arrested after protesters block traffic on I-5 in Eugene (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- No veto this year: Little signs Idaho library bill to allow lawsuits over ‘harmful’ books (Idaho Statesman/The Columbian)
SCHOOL SAFETY
SPORTS
STATE GOVERNMENT
- WA homeless youth program closes after contractor ‘misspent’ $330k (Cascade PBS)
- Washington police use of force database project faces delays (The Center Square)
- Corrections officer assaulted as inmate was about to be released (Peninsula Daily News)
TAXES
TRANSPORTATION
- Washington’s average gas price over $1 more than national average (KOMO TV)
- Hundreds of flights delayed after protest blocks SR 518 to SEA airport for hours (KING TV)
- Crews begin $1.8 million project to repave Vantage Highway in Kittitas County (KAPP/KVEW)
WATER
- How many acres get lower Snake River water? Irrigators, Corps differ by 44,500 acres (Capital Press)
WOLVES