WA juvenile detention agency under fire over juvenile justice crisis; Washington embarks on once-a-decade update of wildlife conservation plan

ABORTION

• Helping a minor travel for an abortion? Some states have made it a crime (Stateline.org/The Columbian)

AGRICULTURE

• NCW farmers apply for compost reimbursement in state program’s 2nd year (The Wenatchee World)
• Walla Walla Valley wheat harvest wraps with reports of above-average yields (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• California is racing to combat deepfakes ahead of the election (Los Angeles Times/The Seattle Times)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Nationwide education effort touts increasing public union opt-outs (The Center Square)
• Some disabled workers in the U.S. make pennies per hour. It’s legal. (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)
• Where Washington ranks with other 50 states for the price of groceries (KPQ Radio)
• Seattle-area hotel workers strike as part of national work stoppage (The Seattle Times)
• On Boeing’s factory floor, workers feel ‘overmanaged and undersupported’ (The Seattle Times)
• OPINION: Serious on-the-job injuries drop in WA, but number is still too high (Joel Sacks, director of the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries/The Seattle Times)
• OPINION: Workers, indoors and outdoors, are bearing the brunt of extreme heat (Jessica E. Martinez, executive director of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health/The Seattle Times)

COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES

• Nearly half of parents overwhelmed by stress, new study reveals (KOMO TV)
• A father’s search for a son who didn’t want to be found (The New York Times/The Seattle Times)

CONGRESS

• Newhouse introduces “Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries” Act (The Wenatchee World)

CORONAVIRUS

• New COVID vaccines arrive in WA as respiratory virus season approaches (The Seattle Times)

CORRECTIONS & JAILS

• WA juvenile detention agency under fire over juvenile justice crisis (FOX 13)
• Washington authorities are on the hunt for an escaped inmate (MyNorthwest)

COURTS (FEDERAL)

• Divided federal court says Uber owed murdered WA driver ‘duty of care’ (The Seattle Times)

COURTS (STATE)

• Seattle sued over Pier 58 construction (The Seattle Times)

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

• 4 injured in I-5 shooting spree across King, Pierce counties (KOMO TV)
• Seattle wrestles with gray area around nightclub laws after fatal shooting (The Seattle Times)

DRUG CRISIS

• Fentanyl vaccine heads for clinical trials, with goal of saving lives (The Dallas Morning News/The Seattle Times)
• How UW scientists are using AI to fight the opioid epidemic (KING TV)
• ‘It’s not a cake walk’: Overdose event spotlights treatment in Snohomish County (The Everett Herald)
• International Overdose Awareness Day event in Yakima highlights need for more inpatient treatment options — and compassion (Yakima Herald-Republic)

EDUCATION

• Districts need stricter cell phone policies, Washington schools chief says (KUOW Radio)
• Bremerton school board votes to dismiss superintendent, releases investigative reports (Kitsap Sun)
• Yelm teachers, district reach tentative agreement to avoid strike (KIRO TV)
• ‘Actions must be taken’: Camas schools face $14M budget shortfall (The Columbian)
• OPINION: With schools, money does indeed matter; so does how we spend it (David S. Knight, assistant professor of education finance and policy at the University of Washington, and Pooya Almasi, research scientist in education finance and policy at the University of Washington/The Seattle Times)
• COLUMN: Charters were supposed to be labs for school improvement. What lessons do they offer? (Claudia Rowe/The Seattle Times)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES

• Spokane and regional 911 communications system remain at impasse (The Spokesman-Review)

ENERGY & UTILITIES

• NCW residents can qualify for $200 off electric bill through state (The Wenatchee World)

ENVIRONMENT

• WA created its own wildfire air quality detection tech. Here’s how you can access AQI data (Tri-City Herald)

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & THE WHITE HOUSE

• Feds killed plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling after industry opposition (KFF Health News/The Seattle Times)

FISH

• This popular recreation area in the Cascades could close for a decade (KING TV)

FOOD SAFETY & SECURITY

• ‘An ongoing issue’: Local leader addresses food insecurity in rural town (The Spokesman-Review)
• OPINION: Don’t put raw milk regulations out to pasture (Madi Clark is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Mountain States Policy Center/The Spokesman-Review)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Psychedelic pioneer is unfazed about MDMA’s prospects, despite FDA setback (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)

HOMELESSNESS

• How WA cities are responding to the Supreme Court homelessness ruling (The Seattle Times)
• 80+ propane tanks removed from Seattle park during encampment cleanup (FOX 13)
• Auburn considers stricter enforcement of homeless camping ban to protect parks (KOMO TV)
• Edgewood approved new homeless encampment removal policy. Will it change anything? (The News Tribune)
• Burien faces another homelessness lawsuit, this one about religion (The Seattle Times)
• Sheriff’s office eyes “lawful” crackdown on homeless encampment (KPQ Radio)
• New service center for youth & young adults at risk of homelessness opens in Walla Walla (Tri-City Herald)
• Wenatchee to open 43 new low-barrier pallet shelter beds to combat homelessness (The Wenatchee World)

HOUSING

• In Seattle, few people of color, women are building multifamily housing (The Seattle Times)
• WA race-based home loan program serves 19 in first months, 20 more pending (The Center Square)
• Seattle mother falls for rental scam (FOX 13)
• OPINION: We can’t build our way out of the housing crisis. We must increase public investment (Dave Toler, campaign coordinator for Olympia All’s Housing Justice/The Olympian)
• COLUMN: The culture of bullies who run American’s homeowners associations (Ed Palm/Kitsap Sun)
• COLUMN: How feasible are office-to-apartment conversions in Seattle? (Gene Balk/The Seattle Times)

IMMIGRATION

• EDITORIAL: King County’s surge of migrants deserve to be treated with dignity (The Seattle Times)

INSURANCE

• Soaring insurance costs could ‘end’ affordable housing in some states (The New York Times/The Seattle Times)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• DACA recipients now eligible to be police officers in Washington (Cascade PBS)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Spokane speed cameras turn on Tuesday, now with cheaper tickets (The Spokesman-Review)
• City of Lakewood raises illegal parking fines by more than $100 (MyNorthwest)
• Thurston County won’t get a remodeled courthouse after all. Here’s what it might get instead (The Olympian)
• COLUMN: The ‘quixotic’ no-youth-jail, no-police dream has finally ended in Seattle (Danny Westneat/The Seattle Times)

LONG-TERM CARE

• Seattle-area assisted living comes with a crushing price tag (The Seattle Times)

MENTAL HEALTH

• How a leading chain of psychiatric hospitals traps patients (The New York Times/The Seattle Times)

OPEN GOVERNMENT

• Spokane fails a basic public records test 24% of the time. An audit and new hire aims to improve (The Spokesman-Review)

OTHER STATES

• Drug possession is a crime again in Oregon. Here’s what you need to know (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
• Hard drugs illegal again in Oregon as first-in-nation experiment ends (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)
• First 4 people arrested in Multnomah County, 2 sent to deflection under Oregon’s new drug crime law (The Oregonian)
• Oregon’s timber sector is cutting jobs: Here is where the industry matters most (The Oregonian)
• Feds will auction two wind energy sites off southern Oregon coast in October (Oregon Capital Chronicle/Washington State Standard)

POLITICS

NATIONAL

• Why this WA professor thinks politics and beer are a good combination (The Seattle Times)

SCHOOL SAFETY

• What safety measures will be in place on first day of school in Seattle? (The Seattle Times)

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide (AP)

SPORTS

• Seahawks drops in Forbes rankings of NFL’s most valuable teams (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• Husky fans aren’t happy with Comcast dispute leading to blackout: ‘A kick in the face’ (The Seattle Times)
• Pac-12, Mountain West ‘too far apart’ as negotiations over 2025 scheduling partnership break down (The Seattle Times)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• WA prisoners pay millions in fees to the state. Most of the money isn’t being used (Washington State Standard)

TECHNOLOGY

• OPINION: Smart data center policy ensures opportunities in WA (Sen. Judy Warnick and Mark Riker, executive secretary for the Washington State Building and Construction Trades Council/The Seattle Times)

TRANSPORTATION

• Often delayed, I-5 Bridge replacement environmental impact statement expected in September (The Columbian)
• Travelers reached their breaking point this summer. Is loyalty dead? (The Seattle Times)
• Sea-Tac Airport continues recovery from cyberattack during busy weekend (The Seattle Times)
• Tugboat owner says allegations that he left his crew without enough food, water are untrue (KING TV)
• What to know about connecting to the new Lynnwood light rail line (The Seattle Times)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• Despite federal dams, Columbia and Snake River tribes fight to keep fishing traditions alive (Washington State Standard)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• String of brush fires burn throughout greater Spokane area (KHQ TV)

WILDLIFE

• Washington embarks on once-a-decade update of wildlife conservation plan (Washington State Standard)
• Hunters and trappers now required to submit lower jaws of harvested bobcats to WDFW (NCW Life Channel)