ABORTION
BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- Seattle’s construction hiring program sees Black worker retention rate of 56% (The Center Square)
- At Bartell Drugs ‘reunion,’ former workers mull Rite Aid bankruptcy (The Seattle Times)
- Amazon promised 1,000+ Pasco jobs for massive warehouse two weeks ago. Where are they? (Tri-City Herald)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
COURTS (FEDERAL)
- The Supreme Court rules for Biden administration in a social media dispute with conservative states (AP)
- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends (AP)
- Seattle anti-police protesters awarded $680,000 in First Amendment case (MyNorthwest)
- More people join lawsuit against railway company over Tunnel Five fire (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
COURTS (STATE)
- Washington high court to decide if Seattle officers who attended Jan. 6 rally can remain anonymous (AP)
- WA Supreme Court: state can intervene in local tenant evictions (KONA Radio)
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
- ‘Stretched too thin’: SPD chief addresses homicides, gun violence amid staffing shortage (KOMO TV)
- Washington tied with Texas for second highest number of active shooter incidents in 2023 (KING TV)
- Vandal shatters windows that displayed support for Palestine at Freedom Socialist Party offices (KING TV)
- Downtown Olympia businesses vandalized during protest, police say (The Olympian)
- COLUMN: Downtown Seattle is on life support, but media, politicians turn a blind eye to root causes (Jason Rantz/MyNorthwest)
CYBERSECURITY
DAMS
EDUCATION
- Free summer meal programs available for WA children, teens (FOX 13)
- Families won’t know which Seattle schools may close until fall (KUOW Radio)
- Marysville School District gets ‘historic’ state oversight amid budget woes, resignations (FOX 13)
- Marysville parents call for upheaval of school district leadership amid turmoil (KING TV)
- Did Tri-Cities schools really manage to dodge COVID’s fiscal bullet? Here’s what we found (Tri-City Herald)
- EDITORIAL: Seattle School Board: Listen to your community, it has lots to say (The Seattle Times)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- A signature Biden law aimed to boost renewable energy. It also helped a solar company reap billions (AP)
- Largest solar array in Washington to take flight in Arlington (The Everett Herald)
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & THE WHITE HOUSE
HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOMELESSNESS
HOUSING
IMMIGRATION
- Homeland Security says border arrests fall more than 40% since Biden’s halt to asylum processing (AP)
- For migrants on way to Seattle, border shelters serve as temporary stop (The Seattle Times)
INSURANCE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Airsoft guns creating dangerous, deadly scenarios for police in WA (FOX 13)
- Vancouver police video shows assault suspect holding apparent gun and a knife as officers shoot him (The Columbian)
- Richland was expected to announce new police chief finalists in June. What happened? (Tri-City Herald)
LEGISLATURE
LGBTQ+
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Seattle City Council outlines plans to curb illegal street racing (MyNorthwest)
- Spokane County Commission opts to continue offering signing bonuses to help fill vacant deputy positions (The Spokesman-Review)
- Spokane approves $7.6M in grants despite requiring local match amid deficit (The Center Square)
- Spokane City Council calls for new traffic-calming measures after recent deaths (The Center Square)
- Traffic and homelessness dominate conversation at Vancouver City Council forum (The Columbian)
MEDIA
- Everett Herald strike continues, as owners aim to resolve layoffs (The Everett Herald)
- Everett NewsGuild to return after company agrees to negotiate following strike (KOMO TV)
- EDITORIAL: Local news decline imperils elections, democracy (The Columbian)
MENTAL HEALTH
OTHER STATES
- Gusty winds help spread fast growing Central Oregon wildfire and prompt evacuations (AP)
- Portland will begin enforcing new homeless camping ban Monday (The Oregonian)
- Libraries brace for new law restricting ‘harmful’ materials (The Lewiston Tribune)
SCHOOL SAFETY
- Seattle schools ponder clear backpacks, required IDs to improve safety (The Seattle Times)
- Seattle schools to increase student safety measures before next school year (The Center Square)
- Two Mead High football players allege assaults, racial bullying following last year’s camp incidents (The Spokesman-Review)
- Monroe teacher arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with student (MyNorthwest)
SOCIAL MEDIA
STATE GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORTATION
- WA transportation projects score nearly $90M in federal grants (Washington State Standard)
- Study: Seattle has 10th-worst commute in the US, 27th-worst in world (FOX 13)
- Seattle ranks as 2nd-worst city for pedestrians killed by cars: Study (FOX 13)
- Your phone can now be an ORCA card, if you’re an Android user (The Seattle Times)
- OPINION: Transition to green commercial trucks costly, burdensome (Sheri Call, President and CEO, Washington Trucking Associations/The Center Square)
WATER
WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE