BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- Layoffs imminent? Companies struggle with decisions on staffing and bonuses at year-end (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- How long Boeing Machinists’ strike could last and how it impacts WA (The Seattle Times)
- ‘We want what’s fair’: Boeing workers on strike in Washington take to the picket lines (Washington State Standard)
- They ‘have fueled so much of Boeing’s success.’ Washington officials react to machinist strike (KUOW Radio)
- Boeing workers strike after rejecting contract offer (Axios – Seattle)
- A state’s experience with grocery chain mergers spurs a fight to stop Albertsons’ deal with Kroger (AP)
- Lawsuit to block Kroger-Albertsons merger goes to trial Monday (KIRO TV)
- Amazon boosts pay for subcontracted delivery drivers amid union pressure (AP)
- Program to award grants to 32 local businesses in Yakima County (Yakima Herald-Republic)
CENSUS
- Bellingham’s median income dropped $12K in 2023, poverty up 54%, new Census Bureau data says (The Bellingham Herald)
- COLUMN: New race data shows a stable Seattle and a shifting Portland (Gene Balk/The Seattle Times)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
CONGRESS
CORONAVIRUS
CORRECTIONS & JAILS
- WA prisons sent 100 staffers to Norway. The goal: A humane system (The Seattle Times)
- Gary Ridgway transferred out of King County Jail (The Seattle Times)
- Gary Ridgway back in Walla Walla prison after brief King County Jail booking (KREM TV)
COURTS (FEDERAL)
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
- Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says (AP)
- Three sex offenders from eastern Washington arrested by U.S. Marshals (KXLY TV)
- EDITORIAL: Violence is unacceptable on all transportation, not just I-5 (The Seattle Times)
CYBERSECURITY
DRUG CRISIS
- Despite opioid epidemic, drug court enrollment is down. King County hopes to change that (KUOW Radio)
- ‘Your addiction is stalking you.’ New Franklin County program is helping push back (Tri-City Herald)
- Facing Fentanyl Together event planned Sept. 20 in Yakima (Yakima Herald-Republic)
EDUCATION
- WA districts are banning student cellphone use. Here’s how it’s going (Washington State Standard)
- OPINION: Seattle school closures: Cuts in all the wrong places (Michael DeBell, on the Seattle Public Schools board from 2005-2013/The Seattle Times)
- COLUMN: Seattle’s school closure plan slashes what works, not what doesn’t (Danny Westneat/The Seattle Times)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- WA state energy council finally votes on 24-mile wind farm along Tri-Cities skyline (Tri-City Herald)
- EFSEC approves Horse Heaven wind and solar project (Capital Press)
- Tri Cities wind/solar project moving forward after Friday vote (The Center Square)
- Washington starts clean energy projects thanks to your taxes (KONA Radio)
- For big businesses, tapping into grid in Clark County is tough (The Columbian)
ENVIRONMENT
- Soy foam product seen as safer firefighting alternative to ‘forever chemicals’ (Washington State Standard)
- WA Dept. of Ecology, WSP, grocery stores team up to combat littering (KEPR TV)
- Is state cutting down its ‘legacy’?: Conservationists want to curb the logging of old-growth trees (Columbia Insight/The Columbian)
- Check out what a new bridge and restored estuary could look like in downtown Olympia (The Olympian)
- $7.3 million state grant will go toward cleanup of contaminated Bellingham Bay site (The Bellingham Herald)
FISH
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOMELESSNESS
- Chelan and Douglas counties want citizen input on how best to address homelessness (KOZI Radio)
- ‘It’s not a safe place for us’: Homeless camp along Mill Plain sound wall sparks fear, anger in neighbors (The Columbian)
- Warming fire gets out of control in Hazel Dell homeless camp (The Columbian)
HOUSING
- Mortgage rates have dropped, but homeowners are not moving (The New York Times/The Seattle Times)
- Rent is eating up a greater share of tenants’ income in almost every state (Washington State Standard)
- 210-unit apartments underway near downtown Spokane (The Spokesman-Review)
- EDITORIAL: City’s housing plan good step, but issues remain (The Columbian)
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- High-tech drone helps resolve standoff in downtown Olympia (KOMO TV)
- Police pursuit south of Arlington ends in fatal crash (The Everett Herald)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- The clock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid (AP)
- Spokane’s structural deficit reduced to $10.9M; no further cuts to public safety (The Center Square)
- Spokane mayor pulls plan to relocate CAT; potential ethical concerns around funding (The Center Square)
- Newly approved Pierce County 2025 budget still needs county executive’s OK (The Center Square)
- 3 years after recall, a records lawsuit over ex-sheriff costs Benton taxpayers $45K (Tri-City Herald)
OTHER STATES
- Hundreds of noncitizens were registered to vote in Oregon through state error (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- Report finds ‘no evidence’ Hawaii officials prepared for wildfire that killed 102 despite warnings (AP)
PARKS
- Washington State Parks to co-host international coastal cleanup (The Chronicle)
- Pierce County seeks input on long-term plan for parks, open spaces and recreation opportunities (KING TV)
PRIVACY
- This is the best privacy setting that almost no one is using (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SCHOOL SAFETY
SOCIAL MEDIA
SPORTS
- WSU board gives Schulz power to negotiate with newest Pac-12 members (The Spokesman-Review)
- Washington State reclaims Apple Cup with late stand to top Washington 24-19 (FOX 13)
- Lynden School Board asks for change to WIAA gender identity participation policy (Lynden Tribune)
STATE GOVERNMENT
- WA board cancels training by ex-Minnesota cop who killed Daunte Wright (The Seattle Times)
- Washington Labor & Industries interpreters file wage-theft lawsuit (Cascade PBS)
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSPORTATION
- New HOV ramps open between westbound SR 520 and Montlake neighborhood (KING TV)
- Kitsap Transit secures most of funding needed for ferry replacement (Washington State Standard)
WILDLIFE
- A river otter attacks a child at a Seattle-area marina (AP)
- River otter attacks child at Bremerton Marina, issue with infestation was known (Kitsap Sun)
- New rules on bear attractants for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest (NCW Life Channel)
WOLVES