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AGRICULTURE
- Senate panel OKs 5-year farm bill (Spokesman-Review)
- OPINION: Challenges for farming communities (Eric Maier, Washington Wheat Growers Association/Daily Sun News)
BUDGET & TAXES
BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
- South Carolina is ambitious for more Boeing work (Seattle Times)
- Economic growth slowed to 2.2 percent in first quarter (Oregonian)
- BLOG: Mini-mart liquor rears its head in Washington (Pete Jackson/Crosscut)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
- State Supreme Court throws out pot case over defective warrant (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Agent added to Tri-City-area conspiracy case (Tri-City Herald)
- Son of Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman charged with child rape (Seattle P-I)
- 2nd death at Wash. mental hospital (AP/The Daily News)
- Wash. high court: Warrant in pot bust no good (AP/The Daily News)
- EDITORIAL: Review of governor’s public records exemption welcomed (Spokesman-Review)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
- Oregon Board of Education may ban Indian mascots (AP/The Daily News)
- Report: Seattle principal can’t account for missing donations (Seattle P-I)
- OPINION: Superintendent speed dating (Alison Krupnick, former employee of the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development/Crosscut)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- Sheldon gets new term on Energy NW board (Tri-City Herald)
- Attention PSE: coal plant in need of analysis (Crosscut)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
- Snake River dams should go, says judge now off the case (Seattle Times/Yakima Herald-Republic)
- A snail can tell us a lot about global warming (Green Acres Radio/Crosscut)
- EDITORIAL: Water-quality standards must note reality of fish consumers (Yakima Herald-Republic)
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HANFORD
HEALTH CARE
IMMIGRATION
- ACLU sues U.S. Border Patrol, alleging illegal traffic stops (Seattle Times)
- COLUMN: The immigration debate is retreating across the border (Froma Harrop/ Seattle Times)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Everson responds to auditor’s findings on accountability (Bellingham Herald)
- Pierce County tries to shutter hookah depot over smoking ban (The News Tribune)
- BLOG: Ethics board dismisses complaint against Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland (Kim Bradford/The News Tribune)
- COLUMN: Seattle’s recent mayors: One is ready to make the statewide grade (Knute Berger/Crosscut)
MARIJUANA
- Initiative to regulate, tax marijuana stirs lively discussion at forum (Seattle Times)
- Marijuana-focused eateries expanding in Oregon (Oregonian)
MILITARY
- Headquarters at JBLM to focus on mentoring, not deployments (Olympian)
- JBLM paratroopers rescued from trees (Olympian)
POLITICS
ELECTIONS
- OPINION: The ‘crucial’ Hispanic vote debunked (Joe Guzzardi/Daily Sun News)
- OPINION: 167 years of voting on Tuesday — it’s time for a change (Alicia Halberg/Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: FCC should shine light on political advertising (Seattle Times)
LEGISLATURE
LOCAL
- Some voters can be partisan when selecting precinct officer (Spokesman-Review)
- Reardon, other top Snohomish County officials to get pay raises (Seattle Times)
SALMON
- Oregon seeks to kill cormorants to protect endangered salmon (AP/Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: Mixed signals over Sound salmon (Olympian)
SECURITY
STATE GOVERNMENT
- State Pays Tribute to Fallen Workers (Washington State Wire)
- Lawsuit against Lone Star Funds accuses Oregon Public Employees Pension System trustees of risky investment business (Oregonian)
- State auditors questioned nearly $8 million in public funds in 2011 (Oregonian)
- OPINION: Is the state’s new liquor-privatization law legal? (Jim Cooper and Steve Williamson/Seattle Times)
TOBACCO
TRANSPORTATION