New police pursuit rules, ‘parents bill of rights’ become law in Washington; Report suggests fixes for WA housing crisis

AGRICULTURE

• Women step up at Farm Bureau leadership, advocacy summit (Capital Press)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• Labor Department releases AI principles. Here’s what they mean for businesses. (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• PNNL scientists looking to ask AI the best way to experiment (KNDO/KNDU)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Puget Sound electrical workers vote on whether to end two-month strike (KUOW Radio)
• OPINION: Regulations aren’t meant to hurt Washington small business — but that’s what happens (Patrick Tuohey, co-founder of Better Cities Project and a senior fellow at the Show-Me Institute/The News Tribune)

COURTS (FEDERAL)

• Supreme Court sides with Native American tribes in health care funding dispute with government (AP)

COURTS (STATE)

• Washington Supreme Court will hear case on high-capacity ammo magazine ban (Washington State Standard)
• Kelso Gator’s Guns case heads to Washington State Supreme Court (The Daily News)
• Washington Supreme Court to review Spokane homelessness initiative (The Center Square)
• Jury delivers verdict in trial of man accused of restraining Tacoma cop who ran him over (The News Tribune)

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

• A stretch of downtown Spokane has been plagued by shootings. Can residents’ love of community transform it? (The Spokesman-Review)

DRUG CRISIS

• Fatal drug overdoses declining slightly in King County after 2023 surge (KUOW Radio)

EDUCATION

• WA schools superintendent responds to new ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ (FOX 13)

ENVIRONMENT

• Crew begins removing contaminated soil from Walla Walla Chevron (KWHT Radio)
• Finley warehouse has burned for 7 weeks, Benton County Commissioners tell owners to fix it, faster (NW News Network)
• OPINION: Why fight so hard to keep sewage in Puget Sound? Tacoma’s court case raises questions (Alyssa Macy, CEO of Washington Conservation Action and a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon/The News Tribune)

FISH

• EDITORIAL: Success of Hood Canal summer chum gives hope for salmon recovery (The Seattle Times)

GUN RIGHTS

• Open-carry now banned in WA transit stations, libraries, zoos (The Center Square)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• A racially biased test miscalculated kidney health for Black patients (KING TV)
• Group continues push to create public hospital district in Kitsap (Kitsap Sun)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• Hey mate, Washington State Ferries wants to give you a full ride (The Everett Herald)
• WSU College of Medicine to move to downtown Vancouver (The Columbian)
• OPINION: WA students, don’t forget the FAFSA; it could change your life (Paul Francis, executive director of WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Ruben Flores, executive director of WA State Council of Presidents, and Terri Standish-Kuon, president and CEO of Independent Colleges of WA/The Seattle Times)
• OPINION: New UW faculty get to know Spokane, and some of the ways UW students are helping promote better health in the region (Hilary Godwin, dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health. André Ritter, dean of the UW’s School of Dentistry/The Spokesman-Review)

HOMELESSNESS

• King County Regional Homelessness Authority abruptly fires interim CEO (The Seattle Times)

HOUSING

• Report suggests fixes for WA housing crisis (Columbia Basin Herald)
• Is Seattle’s housing market overvalued? (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• They bought homes intending to refinance. Now they’re stuck (Los Angeles Times/The Seattle Times)

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

• Sacramento teen missing since April 19 seen in Seattle; police concerned she’s a human trafficking victim (MyNorthwest)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• New Washington police pursuit law goes into effect, repealing controversial reform (The Olympian)
• ‘He was screaming for help’: Bus rider records video of apparent Seattle police beating (MyNorthwest)

LEGISLATURE

• New police pursuit rules, ‘parents bill of rights’ become law in Washington (NW News Network)
• New WA laws in June 2024 include guns, police pursuits, income tax, more (FOX 13)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Inside Seattle’s political clash over equitable development money (Cascade PBS)
• Clark County Council again raises doubts about funding for Vancouver homeless shelter (The Columbian)

MEDIA

• Cascade PBS wins 7 SPJ awards, including General Excellence (Cascade PBS)
• At 50, Seattle Gay News starts a new chapter (KUOW Radio)

OTHER STATES

• Plans for an ailing Oregon forest include logging; environmentalists object (The New York Times/The Seattle Times)

PARKS

• Kayak Point, the county’s most popular park, to reopen by next weekend (The Everett Herald)

SCHOOL SAFETY

• 17-year-old student dies after being shot multiple times at Seattle’s Garfield High School (KUOW Radio)
• Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, SPD Interim Chief Sue Rahr speak after shooting near school (FOX 13)
• I gave the Garfield High School victim CPR. Now I’m pulling my son from school (KUOW Radio)

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids (AP)

SPORTS

• NBA eyes expansion after finalizing media deal; Seattle may see Sonics return (KOMO TV)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• Could police training center relocate to iconic corporate site? State weighs options (The News Tribune)
• Young adults in Washington Foster Care to receive assistance more easily (KREM TV)
• Washington public employees offered health care discount to watch DEI conference (The Center Square)
• Washington officials investigating why bodies were improperly stored at a Bellingham funeral home (KING TV)

TECHNOLOGY

• Tech lobbying spending surges in states (Pluribus News)

TRANSPORTATION

• WSDOT responds to stakeholders about future I-90/SR 18 projects (Snoqualmie Valley Record)
• Traffic deaths continue to climb in Kitsap, Washington state (Kitsap Sun)
• Bellevue Police Department has had enough with traffic fatalities (MyNorthwest)
• It’s illegal to lock dogs in your car. It’s also illegal to rescue dogs from a locked car (The Olympian)
• Recycling asphalt? It’s one trick Tacoma is using to make street repair climate friendly (The News Tribune)

WATER

• Water allotment drops to 47% in the Yakima Basin (Yakima Herald-Republic)
• Irrigating with wastewater: Oregon faces regulatory logjam hindering water recycling (Capital Press)

WILDLIFE

• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife seeks public input on pygmy rabbit status (The Wenatchee World)