BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- WA state workers plan walkout to spotlight intensifying contract talks (Washington State Standard)
- FAA requires inspections of Boeing 787 engine anti-ice system (The Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: International trade vital to state’s economy (The Columbian)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
EDUCATION
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- State council releases revised Horse Heaven clean energy project proposal (The Center Square)
- Washington council to again take up Horse Heaven energy project (Capital Press)
- OPINION: ‘A great injustice.’ Demand rational decision-making in the Horse Heaven Hills Wind Project (Paul Krupin, Dave Sharp, Karen Brun, and Pam Minelli of Tri-Cities CARES/Tri-City Herald)
ENVIRONMENT
- Washington truckers warn California emissions policy threatens supply chain (The Center Square)
- What Lake Washington’s mud can tell us about toxic chemicals (The Seattle Times)
FISH
HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS
- UW getting $21 million for 3D imaging and AI to improve cancer surgery (The Center Square)
- FDA approves over-the-counter syphilis test amid national and Spokane County surge (The Spokesman-Review)
- 1,100 Kadlec workers on strike. They say the hospital escorted them off the job early (Tri-City Herald)
HOMELESSNESS
- Homeless face arrest as Lakewood camping ban goes into effect (MyNorthwest)
- OPINION: Status quo will not restore our downtown (Emilie Cameron is president and CEO of the Downtown Spokane Partnership/The Spokesman-Review)
HOUSING
- Another downtown Seattle office tower is set for housing conversion (The Seattle Times)
- Latest decision on Tacoma shared youth housing project is unlikely to please anyone (The News Tribune)
- New tool shows King County’s housing affordability crisis in real time (Puget Sound Business Journal)
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
INVASIVE SPECIES
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Spokane County considering litigation against Meta, Tik Tok and other platforms (The Center Square)
- Chelan County to conduct tourism impact study (KPQ Radio)
- OPINION: Why Seattle’s idea for banishment in crime ‘hot spots’ won’t work (Lisa Daugaard, co-executive director of Purpose Dignity Action, and Katherine Beckett, professor at the University of Washington/The Seattle Times)
OTHER STATES
- After rolling back Ballot Measure 110, Oregon’s drug recriminalization plans come into focus (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
- Bryan Kohberger’s defense doubles down on moving Moscow murder trial to Boise (Idaho Statesman/The Seattle Times)
SCHOOL SAFETY
STATE GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORTATION
- Sound Transit prepping for grand opening of $3 billion Lynnwood light rail extension (The Center Square)
- Truckers ask Washington to change course on electric big rigs (Capital Press)
- Poulsbo adding traffic cameras to police speeding, red light violations (Kitsap Sun)
- North Cascades Highway remains closed as crews clear 7,000 tons of landslide debris (KGMI Radio/My Bellingham Now)
WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE
- Five brushfires in one day are all suspected to be arson (The Spokesman-Review)
- Level 3 evacuations reduced on Stayman Flats Fire (The Wenatchee World)
- Firefighters battle wildfire threatening small Western Washington town (KUOW Radio)
- Second wildfire sparks near Chelan, WA as Pioneer Fire rages on (FOX 13)