The 2013 regular session adjourned April 28. A special session began May 13 - budget writers and caucus leadership are negotiating an agreement before other members are called back to Olympia to vote on a final budget.
The Capitol Buzz is a daily summary of online news clips from across the state, discussing policies and politics affecting Washington state.
Today's Capitol Buzz
TOP STORY
- ‘Miracles’: 3 survive I-5 collapse (The Seattle Times)
- Bridge collapse will cause holiday travel headaches (The Seattle Times)
- Span wasn’t built to take critical hit (The Seattle Times)
- Collapsed Mount Vernon bridge built in 1955 (AP/The Seattle Times)
- Collapsed WA bridge was used by 71,000 cars a day (AP/The Seattle Times)
- I-5 bridge collapse caused by truck hitting span (AP/The Seattle Times)
- I-5 bridge collapse survivor: ‘You hold on’ (AP/The Seattle Times)
- Interstate 5 bridge collapses over Skagit River (Seattle P-I)
- Lawmakers lack answers on bridge (The News Tribune)
- Gov. Inslee says bridge repair will cost $15M (AP/The Olympian)
- Sen. King: Bridge collapse highlights funding priorities (Tacoma News Tribune/Yakima Herald Republic)
- Nine Yakima County bridges called ‘structurally deficient’ (Yakima Herald Republic)
- Snohomish County has its share of well-worn bridges (The Everett Herald)
- Attention turns to fixing the I-5 Skagit River bridge (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- No fatalities in I-5 bridge collapse; traffic nightmares ahead (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- I-5 bridge over Skagit River collapses (Crosscut)
- Officials: No one is believed dead in bridge collapse (Skagit Valley Herald/Crosscut)
- NTSB’s findings on bridge collapse have political consequences (Minneapolis Post/Crosscut)
- Engineer says truck strike could bring down bridge (NW News Network)
- OPINION: How WSDOT will manage the I-5 collapse (Paula Hammond, former secretary of transportation/Crosscut)
AGRICULTURE & WATER
BORDER STATES
- Cheaper state parks passports selling in Idaho (The Spokesman Review)
- Oregon public universities want to raise tuition about 5 percent (The Oregonian)
BUDGET & TAXES
- BLOG: Poll: ‘Cut spending’ beats ‘Raise taxes’ (Jim Camden/The Spokesman Review)
- EDITORIAL: Budgeting tip: It’s not raining (The Columbian)
BUSINESS, LABOR & ECONOMY
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
ENERGY & UTILITIES
GAY RIGHTS
HEALTH CARE
- Some unions now angry about health care overhaul (AP/Tri-City Herald)
- Norovirus outbreak confirmed, precautions urged (The Columbia Basin Herald)
- OPINION: Fluoridation good for our health, good for our budgets (Jeff Smith M.D./The Bellingham Herald)
HIGHER EDUCATION
- It is harder to be a Husky this year; more turned away at UW (The Seattle Times)
- WSU votes to limit tuition hike to 2 percent (AP/Kitsap Sun)
- Wash. college students ask Congress for stability (AP/Kitsap Sun)
- OPINION: The U.S. House of Representatives should reject GOP student loan bill (Lynne K. Varner/The Seattle Times)
- COLUMN: The multiplier effect of skimping on higher education (Lance Dickie/The Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: Students help expand scholarship opportunities (The Seattle Times)
LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS
LEGISLATURE
- State lawmakers vote ‘no’ on flaws, ‘yes’ to photo retouching (The News Tribune)
- BLOG: Shin bill to help disabled students becomes law (The Everett Herald)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MARIJUANA
MEDIA
POLITICS
LOCAL
STATE
NATIONAL
STATE GOVERNMENT
- No pay raise for Washington governor this year (AP/Kitsap Sun)
- EDITORIAL: Let’s toast the liquor law (The Everett Herald)
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