Police can now engage in car pursuits more often in Washington state; Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II

AGRICULTURE

• Yakima apple packing plant to close (Capital Press)
• COLUMN: Support small-scale farms while we still have them (Sue Lani Madsen/The Spokesman-Review)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Study analyzes which states have the best economies. WA among the best. Here’s the ranking (The Bellingham Herald)
• As more California transplants find fertile soil in Clark County, Golden State retailers are following (The Columbian)

COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES

• What is Juneteenth? History behind oldest commemoration of abolition of slavery in US (FOX 13)
• ‘Terrifying.’ Tacoma leads state in dog-bite incidents against postal workers (The News Tribune)

CONGRESS

• Republicans block bill to protect contraception access as Democrats make election-year push (AP/Oregon Public Broadcasting)
• EDITORIAL: Corporate Transparency Act must not stand (Capital Press)

COURTS (STATE)

• Washington State Supreme Court to take up challenge to Spokane camping ban (KHQ TV)

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

• 2-year-old girl from Pullman missing, FBI has warrant for child’s father (MyNorthwest)

CYBERSECURITY

• Kaiser Permanente announces data breach (KHQ TV)

DRUG CRISIS

• Could WA’s health ‘hub’ model treating opioid addiction go nationwide? (Washington State Standard)
• Seattle tries new approach for treating addiction — gift cards (The Seattle Times)

EDUCATION

• One in six Seattle kids go to private school. Is that a factor in public school struggles? (KUOW Radio)
• PRIDE Prep Middle School in Spokane to close next year (The Spokesman-Review)
• State officials reviewing whistle-blower claims of ‘unethical behavior’ by Marysville district leaders (FOX 13)
• Could putting more low-income Pasco students in one high school harm their learning? (Tri-City Herald)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES

• ShakeAlert early warning system adds real-time satellite data to improve earthquake detection (KING TV)

ENERGY & UTILITIES

• Yakama Nation: Inslee dismissed Horse Heaven objections (Capital Press)
• Public power officials: Horse Heaven won’t make grid more reliable (Capital Press)
• Seattle City Light interim boss Dawn Lindell hired as permanent CEO (The Seattle Times)
• EDITORIAL: Where China leads in alternative energy (Capital Press)

ENVIRONMENT

• ‘It’s an investment in our youth’: More than 10,000 trees to be planted in Spokane County over the next five years (The Spokesman-Review)

FISH

• High levels of fatal shellfish poison detected off WA coast. DOH issues recall, closures (The Olympian)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Jesse Jones: 83 pharmacies closed across Washington State in 18 months (KIRO TV)
• Vending machine for free COVID tests, overdose meds in Tri-Cities? Where to find it (Tri-City Herald)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• Why some WA students are still waiting for college financial aid (The Seattle Times)

HOMELESSNESS

• State Supreme Court agrees to take up case against Spokane camping ban (Washington State Standard)
• KCRHA hires new permanent CEO after one year of searching (The Center Square)

HOUSING

• King County median home price tops $1M (The Seattle Times)
• Million-dollar homes are the norm in 18 Seattle-area cities (Axios – Seattle)
• Seattle real estate market heats up with inventory surge, sales growth in May (FOX 13)
• Seattle City Council committee discusses removing barriers to converting office space into housing (KING TV)

IMMIGRATION

• Asylum seekers in Kent plead for emergency housing at city council meeting (KOMO TV)
• Despite threats of removal, asylum seekers in Kent remain at camp next to empty hotel (KUOW Radio)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• Police can now engage in car pursuits more often in Washington state (KING TV)
• Police pursuit for ‘reasonable suspicion’ allowed again (KIRO TV)
• Washingtonians hope for safer streets on eve of police pursuit law change (The Center Square)
• New law loosening restrictions on police pursuits takes effect Thursday (KAPP/KVEW)
• OPA investigation finds Seattle officers waited 40 minutes to respond to domestic disturbance call (KING TV)
• OPA opens probe over incident where Seattle officers appear to be beating man (MyNorthwest)
• Community rallies for ousted Seattle Police Chief (FOX 13)
• Clark County Sheriff’s Office retail theft mission in Hazel Dell nets a dozen arrests (The Columbian)

LEGISLATURE

• Governor Inslee signs 310 new laws: police pursuits, parental rights & more (KONA Radio)
• WA ‘Stripper Bill of Rights’ goes into effect this week (FOX 13)

LGBTQ

• After nearly a dozen Pride flags slashed in Poulsbo, residents take concerns to City Hall (FOX 13)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Seattle City Council approves new rules to condemn vacant buildings (The Seattle Times)
• Tumwater mayor pauses tree removal after ‘passionate pleas’ (KING TV)
• Bucoda Mayor Rob Gordon dies Monday after cancer battle. Thurston County officials respond (The Olympian)

MEDIA

• TNT Ed Board welcomes a cop, an LGBTQ+ advocate and a former Bonney Lake council member (The News Tribune)
• What’s next after Oregon newspapers’ black Monday? (oregonlive.com/The Seattle Times)
• COLUMN: A brutal week for Oregon newspapers with more sales, closures (Brier Dudley/The Seattle Times)

MENTAL HEALTH

• Seattle sports stars team up with US surgeon general for youth mental health summit (KOMO TV)

MILITARY & VETERANS

• Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about the invasion that changed the course of World War II (AP/KING TV)
• D-Day’s 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy (AP/The Seattle Times)
• Dwindling number of D-Day veterans mark anniversary with plea to recall WWII lessons in today’s wars (AP)
• As the world marks 80th anniversary of D-Day landings, renewed war in Europe is on minds of many (AP)

OTHER STATES

• Irrigating with wastewater: Oregon faces regulatory logjam hindering water recycling (Capital Press)

REDISTRICTING

• OPINION: Washington has new Legislative Maps – again. Is it time for a new process? (Mary Coltrane, president of the League of Women Voters of Washington/The Spokesman-Review)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• WA officials seek to dismiss case of foster parents denied license over beliefs (The Center Square)

TAXES

• Sure Bezos bailed, but Seattle is minting millionaires by the thousands (KUOW Radio)

TRANSPORTATION

• Hundreds crashes in Washington each year blamed on unsecured loads; Clark County hopes to change that (The Columbian)
• Statewide campaign urges drivers to secure their loads, make roads safer for all (KNDO/KNDU)
• EDITORIAL: Let’s be civil in transition to new light rail fare inspection (The Seattle Times)

WEATHER & CLIMATE

• Climate records keep getting shattered. Here is what you need to know (AP)
• What does June rain mean for Western Washington’s 2024 summer? (KUOW Radio)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• Douglas County Webb Fire contained at 554 acres (The Wenatchee World)