WA state workers plan walkout to spotlight intensifying contract talks; Washington truckers warn California emissions policy threatens supply chain

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

• YWCA Yakima nears fundraising goal for second domestic violence shelter (KAPP/KVEW)

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

• Beloved 80-year-old Seattle dogwalker killed in violent carjacking (KIRO TV)

EDUCATION

• Cheney teachers vote to strike if district, union don’t reach contract agreement before the first day of school (The Spokesman-Review)

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

• News is good and bad for Southwest Washington fish populations (The Columbian)

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

• Lawsuits charging WA hotels for facilitating sex trafficking (MyNorthwest)

INVASIVE SPECIES

• Idaho finds dead zebra mussels in aquarium product (Capital Press)

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

• EDITORIAL: Where is Seattle Public Schools on student safety? (The Seattle Times)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• OPINION: State celebrates program that harms low-income workers (Elizabeth New is director of the Center for Worker Rights at the Washington Policy Center/The Spokesman-Review)

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)