Capitol Buzz: Gun-rights supporters sue to block I-1639; Final recommendations from orca task force to be presented to Gov. Inslee
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11/16/2018 10:46 AM PST
BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- Tariffs costing Washington consumers and exporters, according to anti-tariff campaign (The Spokesman-Review)
- Seattle Mariners reportedly have ballpark naming rights deal with T-Mobile (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Boeing hit with what may be first U.S. suit over Lion Air crash (The Seattle Times)
- UW will shutter Mt. Baker laundry, putting nearly 100 employees out of work (The Seattle Times)
- Shipping company Uline builds new distribution center in Lacey, adding 220 jobs (iFiberOneNewsRadio-KMAS)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
- Former Kelso minister and family lose everything in Paradise, Calif., fires (The Daily News)
- YMCA on track to break ground on first Shelton site next year (The Olympian)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Man who raped dying Everett teen gets less than three years (The Everett Herald)
- ‘Might as well let him walk free.’ Washington man gets 34 months in rape of dying teen (The Bellingham Herald)
- Spokane police oversight panel pushes for further probe into officer conduct during summer protest (The Spokesman-Review)
- DSHS: Former care facility employee investigated for alleged sexual abuse (KEPR TV)
- Basden named Clallam Superior Court judge (KONP Radio)
- EDITORIAL: Denounce bigotry (The Columbian)
EDUCATION & SCHOOL SAFETY
- Hoquiam High School warns parents after some students contract chickenpox (KBKW Radio)
- Port Angeles School District may take paras/teachers to court to force them back to work (KONP Radio)
- Centralia teacher remains on paid leave after allegations of misconduct (The Daily Chronicle)
- Anti-LGBT group targets Battle Ground sex ed (The Columbian)
- OPINION: Career and technical education is win-win for students, job creators (Chris Reykdal, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Ray Conner, retired Boeing vice chairman and president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes/The Seattle Times)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS
- Dirty air advisory posted for SW Washington (The Daily News)
- OPINION: With the carbon fee defeat, what next on climate? (Susan Woodward, The Climate Reality Project/The Olympian)
FISH
- Salmon management meetings set for Montesano (The Vidette)
- Why famished orcas may have to wait 90 years for more salmon (KUOW Radio)
GUN RIGHTS
- NRA sues to block new Washington gun-control measure (AP/Tri-City Herald)
- Gun-rights supporters sue to block I-1639 (The Spokesman-Review)
- Gun initiative I-1639 fires up questions (The Columbian)
- Warning signs now required at all King County gun shops, firing ranges (KCPQ TV)
- Republic, Washington, considers becoming a ‘sanctuary city’ to protect gun rights (The Spokesman-Review)
HANFORD
HIGHER EDUCATION
- Black scholars find support, success in Highline College pilot program (The Seattle Times)
- Mike Leach’s tweet of doctored Obama video cost WSU $1.6 million in donations (The Lewiston Tribune/The Seattle Times)
HOMELESSNESS
- Seattle breaks ground on 102 new affordable housing units for homeless (KIRO TV)
- ‘No Child Sleeps Outside’ campaign launched to help homeless families (KOMO-TV)
- Crews prep new men’s shelter for Friday ribbon-cutting (KEPR TV)
HOUSING
LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MARIJUANA
MENTAL HEALTH
- $800M for a new Western State Hospital? Washington ponders replacement amid mental-health-system woes (The Seattle Times)
- Secretary realigns administration to move forward on governor’s vision for mental health (iFiberOneNewsRadio-KMAS)
MILITARY & VETERANS
- Stennis joins forward deployed carrier Reagan in Philippine Sea (Kitsap Sun)
- EDITORIAL: Veterans are our friends and neighbors. Don’t let them drown in medical debt (The News Tribune)
- EDITORIAL: World War II Memorial is great fit at Fort Walla Walla (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
OPEN GOVERNMENT
OPIOIDS
OTHER STATES
- 5 earthquakes hit 100 miles off Oregon coast (The Oregonian)
- Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler: ‘Cannot wait’ for term to be over (The Oregonian)
- Federal authorities grant ODFW permission to kill sea lions near Willamette Falls (KATU-TV/KOMO-TV)
POLITICS
ELECTIONS
NATIONAL
TAXES
TRANSPORTATION
- Sound Transit board approves new contract, 11 percent raise for CEO Peter Rogoff (The Seattle Times)
- Get a preview of the SR 99 tunnel closure (KOMO-TV)
- Are you ready for the longest highway closure Puget Sound has ever seen? (KCPQ TV)
- Part of Seattle tunnel to be unearthed in coming weeks (KING TV)
- Shortcut to the Tacoma Dome is returning. McKinley overpass opens Friday (The News Tribune)
- With Paine Field nearly ready for commercial flights, how will it impact Bellingham? (The Bellingham Herald)
WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE
- South Kitsap firefighter injured in California (Kitsap Sun)
- EDITORIAL: Invest now to limit destruction from wildfires (The Everett Herald)
WILDLIFE
- Final recommendations from orca task force to be presented to Gov. Inslee (KIRO TV)
- ‘Stressed and depressed’ orca researchers reflect on deadly summer (KCPQ TV)
- OPINION: To whale watch, we all must make sacrifices (Fred Felleman is a Seattle Port Commissioner and a consultant for environmental organization Friends of the Earth/Crosscut)
WOLVES