Capitol Buzz: Washington House passes bill limiting vaccine exemptions; Ban on single-use plastic bags passes state Senate
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03/06/2019 1:02 PM PST
VIDEO UPDATE OF THE WEEK
ABORTION
AGRICULTURE & WATER
- Whidbey Island water lawsuit moved to South Carolina court (Skagit Valley Herald)
- State congressional delegation: Open Japanese markets to Washington apples (The Wenatchee World)
BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- REC Silicon to stay open, citing trade talks (Columbia Basin Herald)
- Next Renewable signs agreement to hire union labor to build biodiesel plant (The Daily News)
COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES
- Kids at Granite Falls Boys & Girls Club get 2,500 new books (The Everett Herald)
- Area United Methodist churches pledge open arms in wake of LGBTQ vote (The Daily News)
CONGRESS & FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- Dems struggle to respond to Omar over Israel, bigotry (AP/The Columbian)
- Spokane’s mayor to testify in Congress on water quality (The Spokesman-Review)
- T-Mobile CEO defends $195,000 in Trump hotel spending in letter to U.S. lawmakers (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Colville Forest schedules call on objections (The Spokesman-Review)
- OPINION: Republicans are wrong: Transparency is possible in the Mueller investigation (James Comey, former director of the FBI and former deputy attorney general/The Seattle Times)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
- In Washington, teen sexting is a felony — but that could change (Crosscut)
- New training for school police passes Senate (KCPQ TV)
- Washington lawmakers seek smoother path to redemption for formerly incarcerated residents (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
- Fatal police shooting of Oak Harbor man deemed justified (Whidbey News-Times/The Everett Herald)
- Pasco man is guilty of trying to kill 3 police officers (Tri-City Herald)
- As drug charges increase, courts look for more ways to divert cases (The Daily News)
- Car thieves could face community supervision after prison (The Spokesman-Review)
- EDITORIAL: Sexting teens are not pornographers (The Seattle Times)
EDUCATION & SCHOOL SAFETY
- Half of teens in foster care don’t graduate. New Tri-Cities program hopes to change that (Tri-City Herald)
- Paramount duty: tough choices ahead for Moses Lake, Wilson Creek and Wahluke (Columbia Basin Herald)
- House members support delinking standardized tests from high school graduation (KMAS/iFiberOneNewsRadio)
- Bill introduced would require seat belts on school buses (iFiberOne TV)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- Solar project, with more than a half-million panels, proposed for private and state lands near Columbia River (The Seattle Times)
- Tacoma Power offers grant opportunity for Cowlitz River basin projects (The Daily News)
- Snohomish County PUD cancels energy rate increase (The Everett Herald)
- EDITORIAL: House should follow Senate on clean energy (The Columbian)
ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS
- Ban on single-use plastic bags passes Washington state Senate (The Seattle Times)
- 4,000 gallons of sewage spills at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (AP/Seattle P-I)
- Shipyard sewage spill prompts advisory for Sinclair Inlet (Kitsap Sun)
- Bill would create community forest pilot program (The Wenatchee World)
- COLUMN: Washington’s straw ban actually mandates straws (Jason Rantz/MyNorthwest)
FISH
FOOD SAFETY
GAMBLING
GUN RIGHTS
HEALTH CARE
- Washington House passes bill limiting vaccine exemptions (AP/The Columbian)
- Clark County reports two new suspected measles cases, one exposure site (The Columbian)
- Free MMR vaccinations offered at March clinics (The Columbian)
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOMELESSNESS
- LO shuts down warming shelter after city denies funding (The Daily News)
- City clears State Ave. homeless camp despite criticism from advocates (The Olympian)
- Olympia clears away the last of its large unsanctioned encampments (KNKX Radio)
- Aberdeen may consider restrictions for social service locations (The Daily World)
- Emergency homeless ‘camps’ would be exempt from some state rules (The Spokesman-Review)
- Amid homelessness tensions, Seattle inches forward in confirming human services head (KNKX Radio)
HOUSING
LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS
LEGISLATURE
- State Senate votes to create Seattle Storm license plate (Seattle P-I)
- Washington Senate moves to amend 1909 wrongful death law (AP/The Spokesman-Review)
- Washington Senate votes to restrict non-compete contracts (AP/KOMO TV)
- Proposal to expand risk orders to minors clears Senate (AP/KOMO TV)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MARIJUANA
- Whitman County Commissioners approve pot moratorium (Moscow-Pullman Daily News/The Spokesman-Review)
- Yakima County prepares to shut down marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas (Yakima Herald)
OPIOIDS
OTHER STATES
- Cylvia Hayes, ex-Oregon first lady, agrees to settle ethics charges for $44,000 (The Oregonian)
- How does Oregon’s first-in-the-nation rent control law work? A quick guide (The Oregonian)
POLITICS
ELECTIONS
NATIONAL
- Presidential primary moving forward under Senate Bill 5273 (KXRO Radio)
- Inslee downplays sacrifice in climate-change message on his first Iowa visit as presidential candidate (The Seattle Times)
- COLUMN: Jay Inslee’s climate strategy just might work (John Carlson, KVI/Crosscut)
- EDITORIAL: Don’t count out Jay Inslee among crowd of Democratic presidential racehorses (The News Tribune)
- EDITORIAL: Will Inslee’s presidential bid unduly influence state legislation? (Yakima Herald)
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STATE GOVERNMENT
- Lawsuit claims state failed to intervene in Spokane Valley ‘child torture’ case (The Spokesman-Review)
- EDITORIAL: State DOC must do better tracking inmates’ sentences (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
TAXES
- Report: Washington state has highest tax burden for low-income earners across country (Seattle P-I)
- Most Spokane County property owners will pay less in taxes this year as school funding changes (The Spokesman-Review)
TRANSPORTATION
- Seattle drivers seem to like the new Highway 99 tunnel — but they have a few complaints (The Seattle Times)
- Seven state ferries out of service brings capacity reductions to three routes (KIRO TV)
- State seeks feedback on future of Heron and Wishkah bridges in Aberdeen (The Daily World)
- Road crews battle giant snowdrifts on state Highway 27 (The Spokesman-Review)
- I-5 lane closures coming for Nisqually bridge cleaning (The Olympian)
- Consultant sought to perform Sea-Tac Airport growth, noise impact study (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- WSDOT rules out snow fences for State Route 241 (Yakima Herald)
WOLVES