Are Washington teachers safe? Investigation reveals problem of violence against teachers; Missed chemo treatments, water-crossed lovers separated: Washington state’s broken ferry system

AGRICULTURE

• OPINION: American agriculture needs farm workforce modernization (Madi Clark, senior policy analyst, Mountain States Policy Center, and Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, chairman of the House Interior and Environment Subcommittee on Appropriations/Capital Press)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• AI is already impacting the 2024 elections. Experts are nervous. (Cascade PBS)
• Colorado blazes trail with AI regulation bill (Pluribus News)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Can’t keep up with Seattle-area rising food prices? You’re not alone (The Seattle Times)
• What employers need to know about the FTC noncompete ban (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• The Playbook: The surprising new twist in the remote-work debate (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• Biden weighs in on Boeing lockout of firefighters in Everett, elsewhere (The New York Times/Everett Herald)
• Seattle council committee approves new wage rules for gig workers (The Seattle Times)
• OPINION: Nurturing the creative economy: Infrastructure is key (Grae Drake, BARN executive director/Kitsap Sun)
• COLUMN: It’s now time to address the Boeing Problem or more turbulence awaits (Jon Talton/The Seattle Times)

CANNABIS

• EDITORIAL: Update banking rules around pot businesses to save lives (The Seattle Times)
• EDITORIAL: Get over ‘Reefer Madness’ fears. End the cannabis store ban in Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald)

CONGRESS

• Senate passes FAA bill, after spat over Congress’s favorite airport (AP)

COURTS (STATE)

• Camas homeowners association rule dispute heads to Washington Supreme Court (The Columbian)
• Everett substitute judge faces discipline for forged ‘joke’ document (The Everett Herald)
• Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says (AP)

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

• Agents hope new Washington law will help break up animal fighting rings (KING TV)

DRUG CRISIS

• Seattle to open post-overdose recovery center (The Seattle Times)
• Seattle will soon have a place for people to go after surviving an overdose (KUOW Radio)

EDUCATION

• As Seattle weighs school closures, parents demand answers (The Seattle Times)
• New report names best elementary schools in Washington State (KIRO TV)
• EDITORIAL: Cellphones are a threat to learning, so where are the adults? (The Seattle Times)

ELECTIONS

• EDITORIAL: Idaho’s election transparency could be model (The Columbian)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES

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

ENVIRONMENT

• Mossback’s Northwest: Early WA eco-advocacy captured in color (Cascade PBS)

FISH

• Low Chinook runs endanger prime fishing rivers in Snohomish County (The Everett Herald)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Owners of Centralia, Chehalis Pharmacies visit D.C. to advocate for independent pharmacists (The Chronicle)
• OPINION: March-in rights pose threat to new therapeutic development (Elana Robertson, executive director of the Global Health Innovation XChange and vice president of the Washington Global Health Alliance/Puget Sound Business Journal)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• UW regents met with chants to ‘free, free Palestine’ (The Seattle Times)
• Pro-Palestinian students protest UW’s Board of Regents meeting, address the board with demands (KING TV)

HOMELESSNESS

• Why advocates hope a new law will reduce homelessness for youth leaving foster care (KING TV)

HOUSING

• Home sales up despite higher interest rates (Columbia Basin Herald)
• Seattle Metro ranks 3rd for highest mortgage rates, new Bankrate study says (KIRO TV)
• ‘Renting down.’ One local city is pursuing market-rate apartments to ease housing crunch (The News Tribune)
• Down payment on home out of reach as Clark County’s high rents challenge middle-income family (The Columbian)

IMMIGRATION

• Asylum seekers in limbo as Seattle grapples with hotel payments and relocation plans (KOMO TV)

INVASIVE SPECIES

• Washington to begin aerial spraying to kill tree-destroying spongy moth (The Center Square)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• ‘It will cause a storm.’ Elected Franklin officials investigated for criminal conspiracy (Tri-City Herald)
• Yakima citizens group files lawsuit against city over advisory committees (Yakima Herald-Republic)

MEDIA

• COLUMN: Pew: Most Americans value local news, but few are paying (Brier Dudley/The Seattle Times)

OTHER STATES

• Lawmakers bolster children’s online privacy protections (Pluribus News)
• First responders, veterans hail benefits of psychedelic drugs as California debates legalization (Washington State Standard)

SCHOOL SAFETY

• Are Washington teachers safe? Investigation reveals problem of violence against teachers (KIRO TV)
• ‘My daughter could have died’: Thurston Co. middle school student attacked in video (FOX 13)
• Former Seattle student wins settlement against Seattle Public Schools (KIRO TV)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• WA officials remind public to practice water safety as temperatures rise (FOX 13)

TECHNOLOGY

• As millions lose federal help to pay for internet, some areas aim to fill the gap (Washington State Standard)

TRANSPORTATION

• Missed chemo treatments, water-crossed lovers separated: Washington state’s broken ferry system (KUOW Radio)
• New Washington State Ferries leader aims to flip the script with success stories and worker empowerment (Kitsap Sun)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• Underground fire still burning in a landfill on Eastern State Hospital nearly a year after Gray fire (The Spokesman-Review)

WILDLIFE

• Northwest beekeepers battle against leading killer of honeybees (KING TV)