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ABORTION

• Right to Life Walk this weekend (Columbia Basin Herald)
• BLOG: Could abortion bill split Senate coalition? (The Spokesman Review)

AGRICULTURE & WATER

• Inslee proposes bill to improve Wash. water supply (AP/The Seattle Times)
• Inslee wastes no time in pushing for ag water bill (Yakima Herald-Republic)

BUDGET & TAXES

• Lawmakers work for tax break on textbooks (Columbia Basin Herald)

BUSINESS, LABOR & ECONOMY

• Whatcom County is Washington state’s most prosperous (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• B&G Farms in Grant County fined $20,000 by state (Tri-City Herald)
• Seattleites, visitors diving into Lake Union recreation (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• EDITORIAL: Bruce Harrell’s background-check proposal unduly burdens business (The Seattle Times)
• EDITORIAL: No liquor bailout (The Olympian)

COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT

• State looks at stern rules for juveniles with guns (AP/The Seattle Times)
• Man who threatened to shoot up Washington schools sentenced to 3 months (AP/The Oregonian)
• BLOG: ‘Massive changes’ at top of Seattle Police, pledges Burgess (Seattle P-I)

ENERGY & UTILITIES

• EDITORIAL: Homegrown biofuel technology ought to benefit Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald)

FAMILY ISSUES

• Dueling bills introduced on paid family leave act (AP/The Seattle Times)
• EDITORIAL: Unlicensed day cares need more oversight (The News Tribune)

GUN RIGHTS

• Firearms Freedom Act bill unlikely to pass (The Spokesman Review)
• EDITORIAL: Gun debate must include care for mentally ill (The Spokesman Review)

HEALTH CARE

• Plan would save state $31 million on ER visits (The Seattle Times/The News Tribune)

LEGISLATURE

• State senators have changed committee assignments (The Everett Herald)
• Meet Don Benton, state Senate bill-monger (Crosscut)
• The Oly ‘Animal House’ frat face-off (Crosscut)

MARIJUANA

• With marijuana legal, entrepreneurs move to cash in on cannabis (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• Pot leaving Washington is federal concern (The Spokesman Review)
• Packed hearing on new pot law (The Seattle Times)
• Retired Gen. McCaffrey no fan of pot law (Yakima Herald-Republic)
• Hundreds pack Seattle City Hall to talk legal marijuana (Jon Humbert, KOMO staff/Seattle P-I)
• Full speed ahead for marijuana, declares Inslee – proud first for evergreen state (Washington State Wire)
• Washington man imprisoned in Nebraska for attempted pot deliver (AP/The Oregonian)
• Longview council designates areas for medical marijuana gardens (The Daily News)
• BLOG: Inslee wants state to closely track distribution of pot (Andrew Garber/The Seattle Times)

MILITARY

• Historic move charts new paths for women (The News Tribune)
• JBLM women react to lifting of combat ban (The Seattle Times)

POLITICS

LOCAL

• Diverse candidates vie for PUD spot (The Olympian)

STATE

• BLOG: Friday politics: Rob McKenna’s what next, Chuck E. Cheese bridge, slothful ballot counting (Joni Balter/The Seattle Times)

TRANSPORTATION

• Transit advocates discuss how to fund bus service (The News Tribune)
• How to fix our broken state ferries system (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• 520 ‘ramps to nowhere’ to come down (The Seattle Times)
• State transportation package will hurt Lewis County, commissioner says (The Chronicle)
• EDITORIAL: Naming rights can help take road funds in right direction (Yakima Herald-Republic)

TRIBES

• Commissioners ready to drop pact with Spokane Tribe over proposed casino (The Spokesman Review)

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