176 more people allege sex abuse at WA youth detention centers in suit; WSDOT tackles unexpected landslide on I-5, stresses importance of vegetation maintenance

AGRICULTURE

• Washington fines farm labor contractor (Capital Press)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• King County weighs 49% hike in development permit fees (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• Fewer jobs, fewer workers in Yakima County (Yakima Herald-Republic)
• Boeing Machinists head to the polls in decisive vote that could end strike (The Seattle Times)
• Boeing CEO delivered ultimatum to Machinists. Union leaders believe him (The Seattle Times)
• Fired Microsoft workers speak out (KING TV)

CHILD CARE

• OPINION: The Biden-Harris administration must extend loan forgiveness to home-based child care educators (Erica Phillips, executive director, National Association for Family Child Care/The Wenatchee World)

COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES

• What Seattle meant to Quincy Jones, and what he meant to the city (The Seattle Times)
• Placed into the ground in a wicker casket and shroud, you can decompose into nature at Spokane’s green cemetery (The Spokesman-Review)
• New $6M building is fresh start for Tri-Cities animal shelter. Some activists still worry (Tri-City Herald)
• Centralia business cites religious beliefs in refusing to cater same-sex wedding (The Chronicle)

CONGRESS

• After increased seismic activity, lawmakers seek additional information on Mount Adams (The Chronicle)
• Congressman Adam Smith’s home targeted by morning protesters with buckets, whistles (KOMO TV)

CORRECTIONS & JAILS

• 176 more people allege sex abuse at WA youth detention centers in suit (The Seattle Times)
• EDITORIAL: Demand objective review of juvenile justice program (The Seattle Times)

COURTS (FEDERAL)

• Washington state’s race-based home loan program faces federal lawsuit (The Center Square)
• Jury sides with city of Longview, officers in fatal 2020 police shooting (The Seattle Times)
• Cattlemen sue USDA over mandatory electronic ear tags (Capital Press)

COURTS (STATE)

• People charged with misdemeanors to get help under new court alternative program (The Olympian)

CYBERSECURITY

• China’s Typhoon hacks ahead of U.S. election spurred by elite competition (The Washington Post/The Spokesman-Review)

DRUG CRISIS

• Influx of mobile methadone clinics bring treatment to the streets (The Seattle Times)

EDUCATION

• College Place elementary addresses behavioral issues with CARE (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
• OPINION: To stop youth violence, we need to get kids to school (Jamie Kvistad, senior prosecuting attorney at the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Juvenile Division, and Theodore Howard II, chief accountability officer at Seattle Public Schools/The Seattle Times)

ELECTIONS

• Why ballot counting takes so long in Washington state (Axios – Seattle)
• U.S. Postal Service still looking for ballots lost while in transit to voters (The Lewiston Tribune)
• WA, OR ballot drop box makers, officials explore changes after fires (The Seattle Times)
• Gov. Inslee activates National Guard to prevent election-related unrest (MyNorthwest)

ENERGY & UTILITIES

• Data center demand reinforces states’ interest in nuclear (Pluribus News)
• Gov. Inslee approves huge Horse Heaven wind farm stretching 24 miles south of Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald)
• Washington governor OKs massive new wind farm and urges swift turbine approvals (KIRO TV)

ENVIRONMENT

• Sewage overflow taints Medina waters; residents, pets warned to stay out (The Seattle Times)
• Meydenbauer Bay sewer spill: People, pets stay out of water near Medina, WA (FOX 13)

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & THE WHITE HOUSE

• FTC’s new merger rules came from rare, bipartisan compromise (Bloomberg/The Seattle Times)

FISH

• Northern pike kept in check in northeast Washington (The Spokesman-Review)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Medicare drug plans are getting better next year. Some will also cost more (KFF Health News/The Seattle Times)

HOMELESSNESS

• Washington state doubles down on housing-first policies in 5-year plan (The Center Square)
• Pierce County awarded $3.5M for youth homelessness initiatives (The Center Square)
• Half of homeless people contacted by Tacoma outreach team refuse help. Why is that? (The News Tribune)

IMMIGRATION

• WA’s asylum-seeker response arrives months overdue (The Seattle Times)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• Tacoma police chief’s leave due to ‘personal charges’ on city phone (The Seattle Times)

LEGISLATURE

• WA lawmaker renews push to stop daylight saving time switch (FOX 13)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Proposed legislation would restore $1.6M in funding for the Seattle Channel (The Center Square)

MENTAL HEALTH

• EDITORIAL: Get serious about improving youth mental health (The Seattle Times)

MILITARY & VETERANS

• Remains of Whidbey Island aviators killed in jet crash to return to WA (AP)
• Growth at JBLM spurs regional collaboration, enhancing community support (KOMO TV)

OTHER STATES

• How rising electricity demand is hurting the push for more housing in Oregon (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
• Farmworker housing restriction alarms Oregon dairy industry (Capital Press)
• Orphaned squirrel who became social media star was euthanized after being seized from home (AP)

PARKS

• Rockslide on Chuckanut Drive closes road in Larrabee State Park (KGMI Radio/My Bellingham Now)

SCHOOL SAFETY

• Police, schools respond to parents’ attack on daughter near Timberline High School (The Olympian)

TRANSPORTATION

• WSDOT tackles unexpected landslide on I-5, stresses importance of vegetation maintenance (KOMO TV)
• Spokane Transit Authority looks to improve services in eastern portions of the county (The Spokesman-Review)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• Native American justice from Washington attends historic national boarding school policy apology (KING TV)
• Cowlitz Tribe, Washington state affirm commitment to clean energy (The Chronicle)

WEATHER & CLIMATE

• Scientists may have solved the mystery behind a top climate threat (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• Fire districts fed up with Washington homeowners insurance rating system (KING TV)
• A town in California is fireproofing homes by law. Could Washington soon follow the strategy? (KING TV)

WILDLIFE

• WDFW now accepting applications for new wildlife diversity grants (KGMI Radio/My Bellingham Now)

Animal welfare groups challenge plan to kill barred owls (The Seattle Times)