How Supreme Court public homelessness ruling could impact Washington cities; Why Washingtonians’ RX prices are surging

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Amazon joins exclusive club, crossing $2 trillion in stock market value for the first time (AP)
• NTSB rebukes Boeing after top exec discloses detail on Alaska Airlines blowout (The Seattle Times)
• Ex-worker of Boeing subcontractor says reporting 787 issues got him fired (The Seattle Times)
• Walgreens woes continue with earnings miss, guidance cut and plans to shutter more stores (AP)
• Mass layoffs planned at McKinley paper mill (Peninsula Daily News)

CONGRESS

• Senator Cantwell to tour Clarkston TriState Health and celebrate new lifesaving imaging machines (KLCK Radio/Gorge Country Media)

CORRECTIONS & JAILS

• Late-night releases from Clark County Jail leave people on streets with nowhere to go (The Columbian)

COURTS (FEDERAL)

• How Supreme Court public homelessness ruling could impact Washington cities (KING TV)
• The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling (AP)
• The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma (AP)
• Chelan, Douglas and Grant county PUDs sue Bonneville Power and U.S. Army Corps over Columbia River Treaty delays, overpayment (The Wenatchee World)

COURTS (STATE)

• Verdict reached in Auburn police officer’s murder trial, but not yet announced (The Seattle Times)
• Court appearance delayed for former Central professors facing hate crime allegations (Daily Record)
• Monroe prison guard guilty of shooting roommate to death in 2021 (The Everett Herald)

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

• Washington ranks 4th in home burglaries: How safe is your state? (KPQ Radio)
• Seattle’s early summer violent crimes prompt renewed calls to address police shortage (FOX 13)
• ‘It’s out of control’: Seattle leaders, community members discuss public safety issues at Alki Beach (KING TV)
• WA AG to launch hate crime hotline for King County in 2025 (The Seattle Times)
• Clark County chosen for hate-crime hotline pilot program due to high number of reported hate crimes (The Columbian)

EDUCATION

• Contentious K-5 reading curriculum will be tested in Pierce County. What does it teach? (The News Tribune)
• Marysville School District under OSPI financial oversight amid budget woes (The Center Square)
• Bremerton school board votes not to extend superintendent’s contact (Kitsap Sun)

ENERGY & UTILITIES

• Seattle proposes higher utility rates while moving forward huge tunnel (The Seattle Times)
• EDITORIAL: A tale of two wind projects (Capital Press)

ENVIRONMENT

• Seattle and King County granted extension for wastewater projects by EPA, DOJ (KIRO TV)

GUN RIGHTS

• Spokane eyes local gun control despite preemption, concerns over legal challenge (The Center Square)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Why Washingtonians’ RX prices are surging (KING TV)
• Harborview nurses take health care to Seattle streets, help reduce ER visits (FOX 13)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• UW ranked top 10 in the world, above many Ivy schools, in 2024-25 US News global rankings (The News Tribune)

HOMELESSNESS

• Nonprofit requests $2.6M to continue homeless aid on Seattle’s infamous corridor (The Center Square)

HOUSING

• Spokane drafts letter to Inslee over delay to affordable housing incentive (The Center Square)

IMMIGRATION

• Asylum seekers camped out next to Kent freeway demanding housing (The Center Square)

INVASIVE SPECIES

• Invasive freshwater mussel monitoring to ramp up in WA waters (KWHT/KTEL/KWVN – Elkhorn Media)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• EDITORIAL: Police shooting investigations solution reasonable (The Columbian)

LEGISLATURE

• New laws go into effect in Washington on July 1 (KING TV)

LGBTQ+

• Cal Anderson’s legacy was built ‘in the trenches’ | Seattle Pride at 50 (The Seattle Times)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• King County Council punts on vote as it mulls future of youth jail (The Seattle Times)
• Seattle’s dual dispatch police alternative is expanding citywide (Cascade PBS)
• Seattle crisis response team could quadruple in new proposal from mayor (The Seattle Times)
• Franklin commissioner tries to fire top employee rather than agree to $130k severance (Tri-City Herald)
• COLUMN: Tacoma unveiled a new logo — and the internet reacted. ‘It looks like a drunk panda’ (Matt Driscoll/The News Tribune)
• EDITORIAL: Some Seattle workers are back at City Hall. The rest should follow (The Seattle Times)

MEDIA

• OPINION: Journalism vital to community, keep The Herald robust (Jared Mead, chair of the Snohomish County Council, and Sen. John Lovick/The Everett Herald)
• COLUMN: WA, Oregon newspaper cuts show why press support is needed (Brier Dudley/The Seattle Times)

MENTAL HEALTH

• Seattle plans to send more mental health specialists to 911 calls (KUOW Radio)

OPERATING BUDGET

• State revenues tumble nearly $500 million but WA lawmakers aren’t fretting (Washington State Standard)

OTHER STATES

• Prospects dim for quick shift to statewide teacher salary schedule in Oregon (The Oregonian)
• Gov. Little signs executive order to protect Idaho water (KREM TV)

RURAL BROADBAND

• Notoriously slow internet gets a boost on Highway 530 corridor (The Everett Herald)

SCHOOL SAFETY

• Seattle Public Schools to spend $2M on safety in the wake of recent shootings (FOX 13)
• Seattle Public Schools explores reintegrating police officers for student safety (The Center Square)
• Snohomish preschool evacuates over bomb threat (MyNorthwest)
• Monroe High School teacher arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor (KING TV)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• Inslee’s budget director leaving for state investment board post (Washington State Standard)

TAXES

• Pierce County property values went up 6% this year. Here’s what that means for taxes (The News Tribune)

TRANSPORTATION

• Damaged Mukilteo-Clinton ferry could shake up holiday travel (The Everett Herald)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• Colville Tribes acquire 11 acres of native Wenatchi land in Cashmere (KPQ Radio)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• Are power shutoffs coming? Avista officially shifts into fire safety mode (The Spokesman-Review)
• Gold Creek fire near Carlton at 277 acres (The Wenatchee World)