Gig Harbor baby’s injuries raised red flags. Did child-welfare system fail her parents? (The News Tribune), With state policy stuck, a county charts its own path to allow more rural housing (Washington State Standard)

AGRICULTURE

• Washington state farmworkers sue U.S. Department of Labor over depressed wages (KUOW Radio)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Seattle’s not the lure it once was for college grads (Axios – Seattle)
• Rollbacks to Seattle gig worker minimum wage law to go before full city council (The Center Square)
• Thousands of grocery workers in region approve union contract (The Spokesman-Review)
• Ex-Boeing engineer sidelined after a 787 critique defends troubled plane (The Seattle Times)
• Boeing firefighters locked out by company say safety is being compromised (The Center Square)

COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES

• Washington ranked within top 10 ‘Best States’ in the US (KOMO TV)

CORRECTIONS & JAILS

• Trans inmate says Monroe prison staff retaliated over safety concerns (The Everett Herald)

COURTS (STATE)

• One of state’s most senior judges retires from Snohomish County bench (The Everett Herald)

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

• Washington ranks high in car theft, Whatcom County sees trends going down (KGMI Radio/My Bellingham Now)
• ‘The city has failed him’: Man stabbed to death at Capitol Hill light rail station (KING TV)

DRUG CRISIS

• More addiction patients can take methadone at home, but some states lag behind (Stateline/Washington State Standard)
• Seattle to use $7M for post-overdose care (The Center Square)
• OPINION: Use the data to help address overdose epidemic (Dr. Bob Lutz, public health physician/The Spokesman-Review)

EDUCATION

• Four things to know about Seattle’s plan to explore closing schools (The Seattle Times)
• OPINION: Closing schools, Seattle? Don’t forget what happened last time (Danny Westneat/The Seattle Times)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES

• Washington state qualifies for millions in flood mitigation funds (KONA Radio)

ENERGY & UTILITIES

• Can overcast Seattle be a solar-powered city? Is it even worth trying? (The Seattle Times)

ENVIRONMENT

• Washington trees are dying, cause yet to be determined (KGMI Radio/My Bellingham Now)
• In goal to reduce garbage to ‘nothing,’ Everett recyclers try Ridwell (The Everett Herald)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Washington nurses union files unfair labor practice charge against PeaceHealth (The Columbian)
• Seattle Children’s Hospital seeks to throw out lawsuit alleging health care racism (KING TV)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• UW protesters say they have no intention of ending encampment (The Seattle Times)
• Pro-Israel march at UW comes face-to-face with liberated zone encampment on campus (MyNorthwest)
• Pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protestors clash at UW, protests remain peaceful (KIRO TV)
• Central declares failed search for diversity leadership position, hires interim (Daily Record)
• WWU student employees vote to strike (KGMI Radio/My Bellingham Now)
• WCC expansion: What Seattle U and Grand Canyon mean for the conference (The Seattle Times)

HOMELESSNESS

• Tiny home villages more effective than group shelters at getting formerly homeless people permanently housed, study finds (The Oregonian)
• Ending homelessness in downtown Seattle may be harder than expected (The Seattle Times)
• Pierce County wants to open a new homeless shelter. Where to put it has become a problem (The News Tribune)
• In Burien, ‘the soap opera continues’ as quarrels grow over city’s camping ban (KUOW Radio)

HOUSING

• With state policy stuck, a county charts its own path to allow more rural housing (Washington State Standard)
• WA older adults fight isolation by rethinking senior housing (The Seattle Times)
• Where are Seattle’s first-time homebuyers? Some are leaving town (The Seattle Times)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Proposed Seattle police recruitment program to face final vote later this month (The Center Square)
• Business owners blast Spokane City Council plan to relocate House of Charity (The Center Square)
• Franklin County possibly facing multi-million dollar deficit (KNDO/KNDU)
• ‘I’m here to be difficult’: Spokane Valley closes investigation into councilmember (The Center Square)
• Ex-health district director accused of secretly videotaping Tri-Cities staff (Tri-City Herald)

OTHER STATES

• OPINION: End of 90-day fentanyl crisis reveals a mission left unaccomplished (Sharon Meieran, Multnomah County Board of Commissioners/The Oregonian)

SCHOOL SAFETY

• Riverside School District employee investigated for alleged child pornography possession (The Spokesman-Review)

SPORTS

• Sports Commission CEO on which big events Seattle will target after 2026 World Cup (Puget Sound Business Journal)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• Gig Harbor baby’s injuries raised red flags. Did child-welfare system fail her parents? (The News Tribune)
• EDITORIAL: State must return foster youths’ federal benefits (The Everett Herald)

TRANSPORTATION

• After traffic cameras went in, Everett saw 70% decrease in speeding (The Everett Herald)
• Most Washington IDs won’t fly in a year, state officials say, urging people to get their enhanced licenses for airplane travel (The Spokesman-Review)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• Chinook Indian Nation closer to securing ancestral winter village land (Underscore News/KNKX Radio)

WATER

• ‘Well below average’: Chelan County PUD predicts decades-low water levels (The Wenatchee World)
• City of Kennewick finds PFAS in drinking water; What’s next? (KAPP/KVEW)
• State is testing surface water in East Selah for PFAS as Army installs more home filter systems (Yakima Herald-Republic)

WEATHER & CLIMATE

• Climatologists expect La Nina to return before summer ends (Capital Press)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• The Northwest could face a tough fire season – or maybe not (Spokane Public Radio)
• Firefighters urge the public to take fire preventive steps leading into fire season (KNDO/KNDU)
• Volunteers power wildfire mitigation efforts in the Tri-Cities (Cascade PBS)