AGRICULTURE & WATER
- Yakima Health District looks at changes to give it more control over Group B water systems (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- EDITORIAL: EPA’s rush leaves stakeholders in the lurch (Capital Press)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- U.S. job openings rise slightly to 9.6 million, sign of continued strength in the job market (AP)
- SBA expands 7(a) loan program to new lenders for first time in more than 40 years (The Business Journals/Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Report: Demand for Seattle office space only 21% of normal (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Uber, Lyft agree to pay combined $328 million for withholding money from drivers (KNWN Radio)
- PCC to close its downtown Seattle store due to poor sales (The Seattle Times)
- HoneyHole employees unpaid after owner disappears, but not for the first time (MyNorthwest)
CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
- Daylight saving time sends Seattle into the dark (Axios – Seattle)
- This Seattle ‘auntie’ went to Gaza to make prosthetics for children. After being trapped in the war, she finally escaped (KUOW Radio)
CONGRESS
- Republicans confront Tuberville over military holds in extraordinary showdown on Senate floor (AP)
- Sen. Cantwell: First of its kind program to clean up space junk (KPQ Radio)
COURTS (STATE)
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
- King County bus murder case may have been unprovoked attack (MyNorthwest)
- North Seattle residents, crime prevention groups work towards a solution to rising crime (KOMO TV)
- Gang members allegedly went to Benton City grad party looking for trouble. 1 ended up dead (Tri-City Herald)
DRUG CRISIS
- WA’s new drug law could help needle exchanges — or restrict them (Crosscut)
- Waiting on numbers after drug possession law goes into effect (FOX 13)
- Quinault Indian Nation finds success with Aberdeen drug treatment facility (KING TV)
EDUCATION
- A milk carton shortage might be coming to Washington schools. Here’s why (KING TV)
- Centralia High School pilots green energy career and technical education program (The Chronicle)
- OPINION: Why isn’t Seattle Public Schools fighting for our kids? (Sarah Nau MSW, a parent of two children in Seattle public schools/The Seattle Times)
ELECTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOMELESSNESS
- WSDOT continues environmental cleanup of former Camp Hope site (Spokane Public Radio)
- Burien’s camping ban is now in effect (KUOW Radio)
HOUSING
- Washington state continues search for housing affordability solutions (The Center Square)
- Rents in Washington show signs of stabilizing (Washington State Standard)
- Rent hike displaces residents after a $7 million mobile home park sale near Puyallup (The News Tribune)
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Courts take action as police reform stalls (Axios – Seattle)
- Charges dismissed for man accused in Bothell police officer’s death (The Seattle Times)
- Tacoma Police official cites racial bias in resignation amid ethics probe (KNKX Radio)
- Thurston County Sheriff’s Office facing budget cuts (KIRO TV)
LEGISLATURE
- WA Legislature expected to reconsider campaign finance voucher program in 2024 (The Center Square)
- Attention WA teens. Apply now to serve as a page during 2024 legislative session (The Olympian)
- Application window to serve as legislative page in upcoming session now open (The Chronicle)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Seattle debates gunfire detection technology — again (Axios – Seattle)
- After weeks of absences, Clark County Council mum on chair Bowerman’s return (The Columbian)
- Survey asks: Should Port of Everett expand its boundaries? (The Everett Herald)
- Port of Kennewick honored with Governor’s Smart Communities Award for Clover Island restoration (KEPR TV)
MENTAL HEALTH
- Risk a $250K fine or months without pay? Pilots have few reasons to get mental health help (The Seattle Times)
- COLUMN: Young adults on medication for depression, anxiety surge in Seattle area (Gene Balk/The Seattle Times)
SCHOOL SAFETY
STATE GOVERNMENT
TAXES
TRANSPORTATION
TRIBAL ISSUES
- ‘Like an open wound’: Washington task force holds event to highlight missing and slain Indigenous women (The Spokesman-Review)
- Washington governor, tribes talk business, fish and fentanyl (The Chronicle)
WEATHER & CLIMATE
WILDLIFE
- Many people in Okanogan County say ‘don’t bring in’ grizzlies (NW News Network)
- U.S. Rep. Newhouse among those opposing feds’ grizzly bear proposal (The Center Square)
- Plans to restore grizzly bears in Washington has people drawing a line in the sand (FOX 13)
- Some Inland Northwest bird species to be renamed in light of racism from historic namesakes (The Spokesman-Review)