Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

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Featured Stories

Seattle Times

Earthquake scenarios show potential for huge damage, loss of life

News Tribune

Party lines blur at transportation rally (Clibborn)

Spokesman Review

WSU head criticizes UW recruiting for med school

Print

AP

Wash. gov. signs derelict vessels bill

Inslee speaks at transportation revenue rally

Inslee signs $8.7 billion transportation budget (Clibborn)

WSU president upset about enrollment

Bellingham Herald

Blog:  Caveman politics

Bothell Reporter

Frockt bill to expand health care access signed into law (Frockt)

Columbian

Inslee vetoes $81M for CRC

The Daily News

Wash. gov. signs derelict vessels bill

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)

North Kitsap High School students voice opposition to school cuts (Appleton, Rolfes)

Derelict vessel bill signed into law

News Tribune (subscription required)

Judge upholds ruling on mentally ill, hospitals

Hospitals fight to limit reports on infections

OLYMPIA: New law has option to keep people detained

Editorial: Vets deserve a soft landing in employment

North Kitsap Herald

Inslee signs bill strengthening the state’s ability to address derelict vessels (Hansen)

Olympian (subscription required)

Sequester will reduce unemployment benefits

UW Huskies’ coach Sarkisian once is again top-paid state employee, earning $2.7 million in 2012

Editorial: Seizure of media records shows a trust betrayed

Seattle Times (subscription required)

UW adds online courses with MIT, Harvard program

UW Medicine, Catholic health system join up

Governor signs derelict-vessel law

Police: Brother-in-law ‘heavily involved’ in disposal of Susan Powell’s body

Inslee signs $8.7 billion transportation budget (Clibborn)

South Whidbey Record

Tons added to Kwa-di Tabil class ferries for level look (Seaquist)

Spokesman Review

Bill on police-involved deaths now law (Kline)

Inslee removes funds for Columbia bridge

Yakima Herald Republic

Editorial: Business comes calling to state, and expletives are deleted

Broadcast

KING 5 TV (NBC)

Rally for transportation package despite I-5 bridge concerns

Electric car fast-charging network hits road bumps

KIRO 7 TV (CBS)

Drunken driver hits funeral director on way home from comforting grieving family

KPLU FM

Backers of gas tax rally at Capitol  (Eide)

KUOW FM

UW Students Seek End of Fossil Fuel Investments

NW Public Radio

Wash. Governor Inslee Signs Derelict Vessels Bill

Crowdfunding Coal Science

Q13 TV (Fox)

Inslee: Gas tax increase needed to repair roads, bridges

Vote is unanimous: Higher tolls start July 1 on Tacoma Narrows

Web

The Capitol Record

Rally at Capitol for transportation funding (Eide)

Crosscut

Journalistic obfuscation: The mystery around newspaper editorials

HDC Advance

One fish, two fish, red fish, who knows fish? (Blake)

Texting while driving? Tell it to the judge!

Draft Marijuana Rules Released by the Liquor Control Board

Publicola

On other blogs today: Starbucks expands, Burgess withdraws, and more

SDC Hopper

AUDIO: Hundreds rally on Capital steps for transportation package

Seattle PI

State's highest paid worker? Football coach

Slog

No Wonder So Many Drivers Resent Seeing Their Tax Dollars Spent to Subsidize Transit

Op-Ed: We Say Stop the Coal Trains (Carlyle)

Washington Ledge

Backers Of Washington Gas Tax Package Rally At Capitol (Eide)