Thursday, May 16th, 2013

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Oregonian

Columbia River Crossing could collapse in Olympia (Clibborn)

KUOW FM

DEA Letters "Tap The Brakes" On Legal Marijuana

Slog

It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or Gay; It Doesn't Matter if You're at a Lunch Counter or a Bakery (Richland Florist Discrimination)

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AP

Wash. set to release draft rules for pot industry

Path to legal pot a long, wild trip

Wash. lawmakers look to make recall process easier

April unemployment rate drops in Washington

Spokane schools expand all-day kindergarten

McKenna portrait hung alongside other former AGs

Inmate who killed Wash. guard sentenced to death

Aberdeen Daily World

Ferguson talks about courthouse security, legal costs

Ballard News Tribune

East Ballard neighbors feel vulnerable after string of car break-ins

Bellingham Herald

Blog:  Governor makes it official: Whatcom gets fourth judge  (Hudgins, Lytton)

Columbian

Editorial: In Our View: Hold Off on Celebration (economy)

The Daily News

Spokane schools expand all-day kindergarten

Everett Herald

McAuliffe bill to increase number of STEM degrees becomes law (McAuliffe)

Auditor’s office looking for help in writing voters guide

Harrop: Consumers not the best drivers in health care 

Op-ed: Alternative high school sets the standard

Editorial: Erosion of press freedom

Highline Times

District proposal keeps Highline school security officers armed

Airport workers, community allies launch employment initiative in SeaTac

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)

SK students protest cuts at School Board meeting

Letter: Don't hurt ferry riders again

News Tribune (subscription required)

State jobless rate hits 5-year low

State budget writers bound by pasts, not vision (Hunter)

Olympian (subscription required)

Planned Puget Sound Energy rate hike gets hearing

State budget writers bound by pasts, not vision (Hunter)

Editorial: State’s computer problems need to be fixed – and soon

Blog: Gov. Inslee, 200-300 senior citizens to take a stroll around Capitol grounds at noon Thursday (Reykdal, Fraser)

Blog: April jobless numbers may be better but Wash still 45,500 jobs shy of 2008 peak

Puget Sound Business Journal

Unemployment at its lowest since December 2008

Seattle Times (subscription required)

Seattle's failed bid for the Kings: No NBA team and no promises

State’s unemployment drops to 7 percent

Large column: Just say yes to tougher DUI laws

Editorial: Yes on ‘mutual consent’ bill to end forced placement of teachers

Blog: NBA in Seattle: Our day will come… at Seattle Center

Blog: The Stranger’s obsession with The Seattle Times

Spokesman Review

Spokane expands full-day kindergarten to all schools

A calm day in Olympia

Tri-City Herald

Committee approves DOE budget request

Vancouver Business Journal

April unemployment rate drops to 7 percent

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)

Editorial: Drivers can save $124 by putting down cellphones

Yakima Herald Republic

Open Mike: Frank Purdy talks about the special session

Broadcast

KING 5 TV (NBC)

NBA owners vote against Kings relocation

Capital punishment in Washington State

Looming layoffs spark student protests at South Kitsap schools

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)

First draft of legal pot ground rules to be released today

Your tax money will pay to clean up forest after shooting club used it for decades

NBA owners decide to keep Kings in Sacramento; Seattle relocation bid denied

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)

NBA rebuffs Seattle again, denies Kings' move north

KPLU FM

Immigrants to be largest driver of U.S. population growth

Go fish (somewhere else): Warming oceans altering catches

KUOW FM

Wash. Supreme Court Considers SPD Dash-Cam Video Policy

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)

NBA commissioner insults, outrages Seattle fans

NW Public Radio

Marijuana Quality Control Bible Nearing Completion

Portable Wind Turbines Bring Renewable Energy To Cities

Web

Crosscut

The Daily Troll: NBA kills Seattle. Again. A loo to love in Pioneer Square? Good news from the north for coal port supporters.

Op-ed (Doug MacDonjald): Trans-poor-tation 3: No high five for I-5

HDC Advance

McCleary NOT about education reform

Washington House full of ‘Citizen Legislators’ (McCoy)

Publicola

Fizz: The data (Carlyle)

On other blogs today: Basketball, buses, Boeing, and more

Jolt: McGinn’s human services director bolts, DelBene schools Holder, and bad news for Sonics fans

Fizz: Lined up to make their case (Fitzgibbon, Farrell, Frockt, Hunter)

SDC Hopper

AUDIO – Sen. Kline discusses impaired driving bills (Kline)

Seattle PI

Blog: In final vote, NBA rejects Sacramento Kings’ relocation to Seattle

Blog: A fifth of gays, lesbians live in states where they can marry

Slog

"Bus service shouldn't be optional—it should be a right." (Local Transportation Revenue)

Washington Ledge

Marijuana Quality Control Bible Nearing Completion