AGRICULTURE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM
- COLUMN: Gov. Jay Inslee called 40% of state ‘miscreants’ for disagreeing with him (Jason Rantz/MyNorthwest)
- EDITORIAL: Inslee and the ‘miscreant’ climate policy critics (Capital Press)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
CONGRESS
- Senate Committee approves legislation that helps monitor PNW volcanoes (The Chronicle)
- Majority in House: 4 races still uncalled to finalize size of GOP lead (FOX 13)
- U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez proposes bipartisan electoral reform committee (The Chronicle)
CORRECTIONS & JAILS
COURTS (FEDERAL)
COURTS (STATE)
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
- Even blue states are embracing a tougher approach to crime (Stateline/Washington State Standard)
- Uncle Sam’s conundrum for crime victims (The Washington Observer)
DRUG CRISIS
EDUCATION
- Many schools across western Washington still closed due to power outages (KOMO TV)
- Seattle school closure plans face uncertain future (The Seattle Times)
- SPS proposal for turf sports field in Wallingford park stirs debate (The Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: Lawmakers must make financial proficiency a graduation requirement (Yakima Herald-Republic)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- Lawsuit against governor on windfarm decision to go to Supreme Court (KNDO/KNDU)
- How many days will the power be out in western WA? Here’s what we know (FOX 13)
- Between cyclones, WA line workers bear burden of keeping lights on (The Seattle Times)
- Enumclaw, hit with cyclone’s highest winds, recovers without power (The Seattle Times)
- OPINION: Hydrogen is likely to replace diesel in agriculture (Don C. Brunell, former president of Association of Washington Business/The Chronicle)
- What to know during the Western WA bomb cyclone power outage (Cascade PBS)
ENVIRONMENT
- WSDA Compost Reimbursement Program to accept more applicants (The Wenatchee World)
- Mystery of disturbing September odor that wafted through SW Washington, Portland area might be solved (The Oregonian)
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & THE WHITE HOUSE
HANFORD
HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS
- New report shows the most unsafe hospitals in western WA. See if your hospital is listed (The Olympian)
- Western WA hospitals, clinics face windstorm-related outages, closures (The Seattle Times)
- Washington state seeing huge uptick in whooping cough cases (KONP Radio)
HOMELESSNESS
HOUSING
- Washington low-income home buying program underused, auditor says (Cascade PBS)
- Ambitious effort to bring more housing to Tacoma’s neighborhoods passes City Council (The News Tribune)
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Clark County council split on how to pay for sheriff department staffing (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- EDITORIAL: Adequate law enforcement not zero-sum equation (The Columbian)
LEGISLATURE
- Rolling out the Re-Wire Agenda (The Washington Observer)
- Rep. Ybarra named STEM Legislator of the Year (NCW Life Channel)
- Rep. Peter Abbarno encourages students in 20th District to apply for Washington State House Page Program (The Chronicle)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Pierce County workers alleged culture of racism inside their department. They’ll get $1M (The News Tribune)
- Tacoma’s cash assistance pilot program leads to improved quality of life for families (KING TV)
- ‘Our revenues are not keeping pace with our rising costs’: Clark County faces $10M shortfall in general fund for 2025 (The Columbian)
- Yakima County facing budget shortfall in 2025, commissioners looking at cuts (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Here’s why Kennewick shoppers will pay more sales tax starting in 2025 (Tri-City Herald)
- Spokane Valley City Council votes unanimously to further criminalize homelessness (The Spokesman-Review)
MEDIA
MILITARY & VETERANS
OPERATING BUDGET
OTHER STATES
- Oregon House Republicans bring back Christine Drazan as leader (The Oregonian)
- New Oregon economic forecaster predicts higher state revenue (Oregon Capital Chronicle/Washington State Standard)
- Chronic absenteeism finally begins to rebound in Oregon schools. There’s still a long way to go. (The Oregonian)
- Facing special education workforce shortage, Oregon to give special education teachers, paraeducators one-time stipends (The Oregonian)
- Idaho education board will consider eliminating diversity offices from UI and other state colleges (The Spokesman-Review)
POLITICS
ELECTIONS
TRANSPORTATION
- Fines for license plate covers start in 2025 (MyNorthwest)
- SR 112 closed from Neah Bay to Sekiu due to slides (KONP Radio)
WATER
WEATHER & CLIMATE
- Two killed, more than 600,000 without power in Western Washington amid Pacific bomb cyclone winds (KUOW Radio)
- ‘It almost killed me’: Bomb cyclone wreaks havoc in Snohomish County (The Everett Herald)
WOLVES