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.
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AGRICULTURE
BUDGET & TAXES
- Still no budget deal, but lawmakers closer (The Olympian)
- Clock ticking, but lawmakers end night without budget deal (AP/Seattle Times)
- Budget deal may be near (Spokesman-Review)
- Wash. lawmakers labor on fine details of agreement (AP/The Daily News)
- Solons meet for hours with governor as another special session looms – no sign of deal (Washington State Wire)
- Signs of progress, but no firm budget deal (Everett Herald)
- BLOG: Sen. Sheldon: Talks will ‘blow up’ again (Brad Shannon/The Olympian)
- BLOG: $1.1 billion in projects, jobs hanging in balance(Brad Shannon/The Olympian)
- BLOG: Gov. Chris Gregoire pitches new plan to legislators (Jordan Schrader/The News Tribune)
- BLOG: Republicans: Still no deal, but K-12 benefits worked out (Jordan Schrader/The News Tribune)
- BLOG: Lawmakers may have framework of deal (Jordan Schrader/The News Tribune)
- BLOG: Still no budget deal as day ends, but lawmakers continue to negotiate (Christina Salerno/TVW)
- EDITORIAL: House Democrats: embrace reforms, finish the budget, go home (Seattle Times)
BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
- Federal stimulus funds amounted to a shot in the arm for science (Seattle Times)
- U.S. coal exports highest since 1991 (AP/Spokesman-Review)
- Microsoft planning Wyoming data center (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- OPINION: Could world’s fair take place today? (Don Brunell/The Columbian)
- COLUMN: Mariners seek to hog the public arena trough (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Cops deaths: Could procedural changes have made difference for Trooper Tony Radulescu? (Seattle Weekly)
- Allah© vs. Monroe Prison: Nation of Islam inmate claims false imprisonment in bizarre lawsuit (Seattle Weekly)
- Officers testify on first day of Scherf hearing (Everett Herald)
- Kitsap judges back veterans court (Kitsap Sun)
- COLUMN: Attorney in school-shooting case is seeking too much (Nicole Brodeur/Seattle Times)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
- Report: WA dollars not going far enough for pre-K (AP/Kitsap Sun)
- BLOG: Senate passes K-12 health insurance bill, balanced budget bill (Christina Salerno/TVW)
- OPINION: Seattle needs stable school leadership (Sherry Carr, Seattle School Board/Crosscut)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- Former Quincy mayor battles tech firms over potential server-farm pollution (Seattle Times)
- PA mayor thanks Nippon for biomass project (Peninsula Daily News)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
- Global warming ‘hiatus’ in recent years helps spur skepticism (Oregonian)
- Trial over Columbia River pollution cleanup — possibly up to $1 billion — set for September (Oregonian)
- BLOG: Server farms are powering up high-polluting backups (Pete Jackson/Crosscut)
- OPINION: Beyond the ‘spill’ — finding the next step for Northwest salmon and people (Ron Richards/Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: Complacency on wildfires can be costly (Yakima Herald-Republic)
FAMILY ISSUES
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HANFORD
HEALTH CARE
HIGHER EDUCATION
- CBC’s Hispanic-serving status helps all students (Tri-City Herald)
- Sen. Ron Wyden pushes bill that would show students costs and benefits of a college degree (Oregonian)
- The strange saga of ex-Evergreen instructor Jorge Gilbert (Seattle Weekly)
HOUSING
LEGISLATURE
- Sen. Rodney Tom absent until after special session (AP/The News Tribune)
- Sen. Hewitt returns to Senate week after surgery (AP/The News Tribune)
- OPINION: House GOP offered solutions (Rep. Dan Kristiansen, 39th District, R-Snohomish/Everett Herald)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Public breastfeeding becomes a protected civil right in Seattle (Seattle P-I)
- Edmonds finds 2013 budget challenging (Everett Herald)
- State Auditor’s Office to Bainbridge: We’re watching you (Kitsap Sun)
MEDIA
MILITARY
- Strykers escort convoy across hostile territory (The News Tribune)
- Soldiers at war in fog of psychotropic drugs (LA Times/Seattle Times)
POLITICS
ELECTIONS
- If Inslee had delayed resignation, Washington taxpayers might have saved million, officials say (Washington State Wire)
- GOP demands Inslee pay cost of election to pick replacement (Seattle Times)
- Partisan brawl over cost of special election for Inslee’s former congressional seat (Seattle Times)
- Inslee team argues voting cost (AP/The Olympian)
- BLOG: Details from today’s political dust-up over “costs” of special election to replace Jay Inslee (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune)
- BLOG: New Justice Party to hold first meeting in Olympia (Brad Shannon/The Olympian)
- EDITORIAL: Inslee camp deflects blame (Everett Herald)
STATE
- McKenna discusses education priorities in Kennewick (Tri-City Herald)
- BLOG: Heck passes $1 million mark in 10th congressional race (Brad Shannon/The Olympian)
- BLOG: Republicans to Inslee: Pay for special election (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I)
NATIONAL
STATE GOVERNMENT
TOBACCO
- Public cigar, pipe smoking effort still alive (The Olympian)
- CIGARS: State bill to create smoking lounge stays alive (Tri-City Herald)
TRANSPORTATION
- Transportation Commission seeks input on proposed Narrows Bridge tolls (Kitsap Sun)
- BLOG: Transit and parking: What sort of future do we want? (Roger Valdez/Crosscut)
- BLOG: New 520 bridge rules to impact boaters (Deborah Bach/Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: Passenger rail service on ideal track (The Olympian)