AGRICULTURE
BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- Is the middle class shrinking? Here’s how much you have to make to be in WA’s middle class (The News Tribune)
- How Spokane tourism grew into a $1.5 billion industry in 2023 (The Spokesman-Review)
- Amazon CEO wants to use cash to build, not for dividends (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- COLUMN: How Seattle’s economy is managing in this uncertain season (Jon Talton/The Seattle Times)
CANNABIS
CHILD CARE
- As employers help with child care, some worry it’s a short-term fix (The Seattle Times)
- Child-care costs are soaring and putting pressure on employees (The Business Journals/Puget Sound Business Journal)
COURTS (FEDERAL)
- WA joins Ticketmaster lawsuit, demands compensation for overcharged customers (Washington State Standard)
- What the Ticketmaster lawsuit means for ticket prices, fees and you (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)
- Lawmakers dial up pressure on Alito to recuse from elections cases (The New York Times/The Seattle Times)
COURTS (STATE)
- Lawsuit challenges ‘parents’ bill of rights’ passed by WA legislature (The Seattle Times)
- Lawsuit seeks to block Washington ‘parental rights’ initiative (Washington State Standard)
- Prosecutors wanted 2 to go back to jail. Why WA Supreme Court said no (The Seattle Times)
- Washington Supreme Court rejects bid to return convicted murderer, documentary star to prison (MyNorthwest)
- Judge dismisses 2 of 3 murder charges Yakima man was facing in death of Vancouver police officer (The Columbian)
- Seattle Children’s Hospital loses bid to quash lawsuit based on alleged health care racism (KING TV)
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
DRUG CRISIS
EDUCATION
- Washington students to get SUN Bucks summer meal cards in new federal program (The Center Square)
- SPS won’t reschedule graduations that fall on Muslim holiday (The Seattle Times)
- Spokane Public Schools considering ‘balanced’ school schedule (KREM TV)
- Tacoma teachers, students demand school district take care of ‘rodent infestation’ (KOMO TV)
- Pasco School District to offer online learning for K-8 students statewide (The Center Square)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- Inslee rejects recommendation to shrink footprint of massive wind farm (Washington State Standard)
- Massive wind farm proposal in Tri-Cities area gets new life from Gov. Jay Inslee (AP)
- WA Gov. Inslee rejects plan to limit turbines on proposed huge Tri-Cities wind farm (Tri-City Herald)
- Inslee sends Horse Heaven power project recommendation back to site council (Capital Press)
ENVIRONMENT
FISH
HANFORD
HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS
HIGHER EDUCATION
- NCAA, leagues back $2.8 billion settlement, setting stage for current, former athletes to be paid (AP)
- WWU student employees reach tentative contract agreement after two-day strike (The Bellingham Herald)
- Vandalism, assault reported as pro-Palestinian encampment continues at WWU (KOMO TV)
HOMELESSNESS
- Seattle Councilmember asks for pause to KCRHA CEO search as candidates withdraw (The Center Square)
- Search for new homelessness czar continues despite mounting concerns (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Documents detail chaos at giant homeless camp where Olympia firefighters were assaulted (KOMO TV)
- EDITORIAL: Reboot King County Regional Homelessness Authority with the tools and culture for success (The Seattle Times)
HOUSING
- Constitutional change needed to fix backlog of thousands of Washington eviction cases (MyNorthwest)
- As supply shifts, here’s how home prices are trending in the Seattle area (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- With June 1 rent increases looming, mobile home residents face uncertain future (Kitsap Sun)
- EDITORIAL: Investment in housing belated, necessary (The Columbian)
INSURANCE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Public weighs in on plan to install more than 74 surveillance cameras across city of Everett (FOX 13)
- Clark County Council rejects quick action to help Vancouver pay for 150-bed homeless shelter (The Columbian)
- Ellensburg council reinstates remote public comment but adds one condition (Daily Record)
- COLUMN: Humble, stubborn and relentless: Tacoma needs more leaders like Catherine Ushka (Matt Driscoll/The News Tribune)
MILITARY & VETERANS
- As Memorial Day arrives, bill unveiled in Congress to assist Purple Heart recipients (States Newsroom/Washington State Standard)
- What’s that noise on Whidbey Island? UW study finds Navy jet noise impacts residents’ health (KING TV)
OTHER STATES
- Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water (AP)
- Oregon’s top judge orders courts to hold people arrested on serious drug crimes in jail (The Oregonian)
- Medical backlog at Oregon’s only women’s prison leaves hundreds waiting months for care, report says (The Oregonian)
PARKS
- Reservations to be required for Mount Rainer from May through September (KNDO/KNDU)
- Seattle has one of the country’s best park systems (Axios – Seattle)
STATE GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORTATION
- Panel discusses Interstate 5 Bridge tolling scenarios, including low-income program, weekend rates and heavy truck tolls (The Columbian)
- Sound Transit to keep South Lake Union light rail station next to Aurora (The Seattle Times)
TRIBAL ISSUES
WATER
WILDLIFE