Monday, May 20, 2013

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Featured Stories

The Daily News

Editorial: Sobering facts about driving drunk

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)

Senate majority names 33 bills for budget talks (Sullivan, Murray, Fraser, Mullet, Hatfield, Hobbs, Eide)

Crosscut

Tax exemptions are starting to draw an uncomfortable spotlight

Print

AP

Small-business health plan finder delayed

States with tsunami debris to get money from Japan

Rising consumer demand fertilizes organic industry's political power

Seahawks, Sounders license plates on sale in Jan.

Employment increases in 40 states

Tougher Washington law against drunken boating

Snohomish transit organization rejects anti-gun ad

Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs

Aberdeen Daily World

Letter to the editor: What happened? ($70 for license tabs)

Ballard News Tribune

Plans move ahead to build new North Precinct police station

Columbian

Editorial: In Our View: Pot Rules Announced

Covington/Maple Valley Reporter

State veterinarian urges owners to vaccinate horses against West Nile virus

Liquor Control Board issues initial draft recreational marijuana rules for public comment

The Daily News

Tougher Washington law against drunken boating

Everett Herald

Local hospital billing compared

Op-ed: Modest change to workers comp would help reserves (Sells, Chopp, Hobbs)

Editorial: Higher ed remains the key

Blog: License plates coming for Seahawks, Sounders

Federal Way Mirror

Education funding: FW schools brace for state budget impact

Issaquah Press

Students with severe allergies may be treated at school (Mullet)

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)

Kitsap Transit seeking opinions about 6-year plan

SKSD superintendent says cautious budgeting is warranted

State relies on Bremerton landlords for ex-cons

Letter: Let's hold state accountable (school budgets)

Letter: A conversation on school consolidation

News Tribune (subscription required)

Narrows tolls to rise; more hikes possible as debt and lack of traffic may push maximum amount over $6 prediction

Bill-job conflict: It’s not unusual in Olympia (Kirby, Sells)

Editorial: Texting while driving an epidemic among teens

Editorial: Gateway needs heroes in Olympia (Fey, Morrell / transportation)

Op-ed: Navigation 101: An idea that should be rescued from budget cuts (career-planning in high school)

Olympian (subscription required)

Bill-job conflict: It’s routine in Olympia (Kirby, Morrell, Cody, Sells)

Highway fatalities down 50 percent so far in Thurston, Pierce

Traffic, debt can affect bridge tolls

Op-ed: We must make all children get quality education

Blog: State hospitals asking Gov. Inslee for partial veto on hospital-infection reporting bill (Riccelli, Schlicher)

Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend board delays decision about charter schools

Port Orchard Independent

Seahawks, Sounders FC license plates available in 2014 (Eide)

Law gets tough on boating under the influence  

Puget Sound Business Journal

State's marijuana rules to keep feds away may hurt small businesses

Seattle Times (subscription required)

Sip, spit: Underage wine students try a taste

In local suburbs, poverty hits home

Op-ed: Building a community to close the education achievement gap

Editorial: Preschool benefits trickle up

Editorial: State legislators shouldn’t delay budget work

Editorial: Upgrade protections of digital records

Blog: Gun-control group putting ads on Metro Transit buses

Spokesman Review

State, USDA sharing data to catch fraud

Editorial: Full-day kindergarten a risk worth funding

Editorial: Stakes high for state as marijuana is legalized

Tri-City Herald

Editorial: Thumbs up to Oregon lawmakers for taking action against skin cancer

West Seattle Herald

What can we expect walking into a pot shop for the first time?

Yakima Herald Republic

More doctors, staff being hired to prepare for health care law

Editorial: For time being, nothing special is coming from special session

Broadcast

KING 5 TV (NBC)

State Patrol on distracted driving, seat belt watch

Will marijuana legalization lead to more violence in Wash. state?

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)

Report: Canadians boosting e-commerce in Whatcom County

KPLU FM

Should the state OK equity crowdfunding?  (Habib)

CIA vanishes from list of federal agencies with fictitious Wash. IDs

Most young adults won't pay more for coverage under Obamacare

Controversial florist sues Wash. state, says she 'will not wilt'

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)

Distracted driving emphasis patrols begin Monday

NW Public Radio

Wash. and Ore. Get More Tsunami Debris Cleanup Money

Q13 TV (Fox)

Picking up that phone could cost you (txtn whl drvn)

Suburbs now home to majority of poor
 

Web

HDC Advance

Unemployment now below Dec 2008 rate

HorsesAss.org

I-502 Updates (legal marijuana)

Publicola

On other blogs today: Suburban scandal, Sacramento sale, and more (Hargrove)

Seattle PI

Blog: McDermott on Congress/IRS: Get truth, don’t go crazy

Joel Connelly: Religious liberty: Does it mean freedom to discriminate?

Washington Ledge

CIA Disappears From List Of Federal Agencies With Fictitious Washington Licenses