ABORTION
BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- Boeing loses $1.6 billion on fewer deliveries of airliners and higher costs for Air Force One jets (MyNorthwest)
- Convoy closure results in more than 500 job losses, state filing shows (Puget Sound Business Journal)
CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM
CENSUS
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
CONGRESS
- Mike Johnson is the latest GOP nominee for House speaker as Republican infighting shows no end (AP)
- House Republicans remain rudderless after Trump sinks another candidate for speaker (The Spokesman-Review)
- Lawmakers explore ways to crack down on illegal robocalls (KIRO TV)
CORONAVIRUS
COURTS (STATE)
- ‘Excited delirium’ at center of dispute over Manuel Ellis’ cause of death in Tacoma officers’ trial (The Seattle Times)
- Trial in death of Manuel Ellis spotlights officer who’s both witness and alternative suspect (The Seattle Times)
- Its drivers are contractors. So will Amazon be held liable for a fatal crash in Tacoma? (The News Tribune)
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
- Change in data collection impacted Washington’s 39% uptick in vehicle theft (The Center Square)
- Washington second, Oregon third in U.S. for stolen vehicle rates in 2022 (KPQ Radio)
- ‘Mission Impossible style’: Network of thieves rappel into Spokane car dealership, steal keys and nine cars (KHQ TV)
- As certain crimes rise, Pierce County might grant money to businesses to upgrade security (The News Tribune)
- OPINION: Puyallup wants to build a jail. It would be a costly mistake. Here’s a better idea (Al Rose, ormer director of justice services for the Pierce Executive/The News Tribune)
DRUG CRISIS
- Western Washington cities, tribes awarded $6 million in grants for drug treatment programs during Red Ribbon Week (KOMO TV)
- 7 take-aways from expert panel on the fentanyl crisis in King County (The Seattle Times)
- Summit, Envision helping people out of addiction, homelessness (Lynden Tribune)
- COLUMN: Seattle’s mild measures are hardly restarting the war on drugs (Danny Westneat/The Seattle Times)
EDUCATION
- Parents of special ed students who don’t speak English face another hurdle (The Seattle Times)
- Ex-school bus boss sues Pasco district, claims racial harassment by his workers for years (Tri-City Herald)
- COLUMN: Pierce County kids are idle — ‘sad, depressed, hopeless.’ New study shows where it’s worst (Matt Driscoll/The News Tribune)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & THE WHITE HOUSE
HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS
- Health care ‘game-changer’? Feds boost care for homeless Americans (Washington State Standard)
- EDITORIAL: U.S. health care system requires checkup (The Columbian)
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Bill would provide low-income student tuition at two-year colleges, tech schools (The Center Square)
- Central raises tuition for next year (Daily Record)
- Ribbon-cutting celebrates CWU’s Health Center and Nicholson Pavilion reopening (Daily Record)
HOUSING
IMMIGRATION
INSURANCE
INVASIVE SPECIES
LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Man shot, killed by Kent officer was holding knife, police say (The Seattle Times)
- New mini sheriff’s station opens south of Everett (The Everett Herald)
LEGISLATURE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Criminal justice reform advocates bash Spokane County Commission over advisory board decision (The Spokesman-Review)
- San Juan Islands consider annual tourism fee for residents, visitors (The Seattle Times)
MENTAL HEALTH
- Kids Mental Health Summit prompts talk about social media lawsuit, community collaboration (KOMO TV)
- Kids today have less independence. Is that fueling a mental health crisis? (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)
- New partnership helps families access mental health treatment for kids in Yakima Valley (Yakima Herald-Republic)
OTHER STATES
- GOP senators’ challenge to walkout penalties lands before Oregon Supreme Court (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- Former sheriff and police chief Mike Reese to lead Oregon’s struggling corrections department (The Oregonian)
- Struggling Oregon salmon fishermen getting federal help, but it may be too late (Washington State Standard)
SCHOOL SAFETY
- Seattle police to add more officers near Ballard schools following string of muggings (KUOW Radio)
- ‘Our child was a victim’: Auburn Mountainview HS athletes investigated for ‘hazing’ incident (FOX 13)
- Parents criticize district response as new details in shooting outside Evergreen High School emerge (The Columbian)
- Othello schools work to weed out gangs (Columbia Basin Herald)
SOCIAL MEDIA
- WA and 40 other states sue Meta, alleging Instagram and Facebook harm kids (Washington State Standard)
- WA, 32 other states sue Meta, alleging harm to youth mental health (The Seattle Times)
- Meta sued by states over alleged harms to youth (Pluribus News)
- Washington joins 40 other states suing owner of Instagram and Facebook, saying social media harms kids (The Spokesman-Review)
STATE GOVERNMENT
- Washington’s new youth homelessness ‘Lifeline’ service lags (Crosscut)
- Podcast | Following the COVID small-business money (Crosscut)
TRANSPORTATION