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
- COLUMN: Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing face pushback for tax dodging (Knute Berger/Crosscut)
- EDITORIAL: Capital projects help government work as it should (Yakima Herald-Republic)
BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
- Data-Center fumble costs jobs in Washington state – and maybe big money (Washington State Wire)
- First airline Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental leaves Everett (Seattle P-I)
- Privatization of liquor sales may not boost public safety after all (The Olympian)
- COLUMN: Some of this economics stuff just doesn’t add up (Shawn Vestal/Spokesman-Review)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Some arrested in May Day protests could face felonies (Seattle Times)
- Rain drives May Day protesters away after earlier outbreak of vandalism (Seattle Times)
- May Day protests turn violent in downtown Seattle (Seattle P-I)
- May Day protesters march on Jefferson County Courthouse (Peninsula Daily News)
- OPINION: Occupy’s May Day in Seattle: No way to create change (Jordan Royer/Crosscut)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
- Midday Scan: Here’s to the new supe, again picked as the only option (Crosscut)
- Southern Cal. superintendent likely to be Seattle’s new superintendent (KOMO-TV/Seattle P-I)
- COLUMN: Incoming superintendent Banda should tap into region’s innovative spirit (Lynne Varner/Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: Seattle Public Schools needs to tighten money controls (Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: Some sensible steps forward (Everett Herald)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- Construction starts on wind farm (Spokesman-Review)
- Robert F. Kennedy to attend coal opponents’ rally in Portland (The Daily News)
- EDITORIAL: Desert Claim: Hard to say what’s next (Daily Record)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
- State urges agencies to minimize vulnerability to weather (The Columbian)
- BLOG: Gregoire to Obama admin.: Protect San Juans (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I)
FAMILY ISSUES
- Study: State is 45th in church membership and attendance (The Olympian)
- COLUMN: The left’s favorite bad statistic: Women make less than men do (Rich Lowry/Oregonian)
GUN RIGHTS
HANFORD
- New doubts about Hanford tanks’ safety (Crosscut)
- Last irradiated fuel shipment leaves area near river at Hanford (Tri-City Herald)
- Hastings worries about key DOE jobs being vacant (Tri-City Herald)
- Critics say new Hanford Nuclear Reservation waste permit has big holes (Oregonian)
HEALTH CARE
- Franciscan asks state to reconsider home-health decision (Kitsap Sun)
- EDITORIAL: Social media effective tool for medical community (Spokesman-Review)
HIGHER EDUCATION
IMMIGRATION
- Wash. farm fined $1M for using illegal immigrants (AP/The Daily News)
- Duvall herb farm fined $1 million for firing, rehiring illegal workers (Seattle Times)
- Gov. Kitzhaber promises action on immigrant driver’s license issue (Oregonian)
- Hundreds rally at Oregon Capitol; governor seeks solution for immigrant driver’s licenses (Oregonian)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- City Council needs $300 million for Elliott Bay Seawall (Seattle P-I)
- Granite Falls mayor loses cafe when owner evicts him (Everett Herald)
- Would you pay tax to fix Tacoma’s potholes? Issue might hit ballot (The News Tribune)
POLITICS
LEGISLATURE
LOCAL
- BLOG: Democrats overwhelmingly approve resolutions on coal terminals (Jared Paben/Bellingham Herald)
STATE
- Constituents question Herrera Beutler on health care, CRC (The Columbian)
- Rob McKenna addresses ‘get-a-job’ confrontation over reproductive parity (Crosscut)
- McKenna campaigns on relief for small businesses (Seattle Times)
- Cutting small-business costs spurs job growth, GOP governor candidate McKenna says (AP/The Olympian)
- BLOG: McKenna pushes jobs plan, plugs work with NASCAR driver (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald)
- BLOG: Politico: WA governor’s race third most competitive in nation (PubliCola/Crosscut)
- OPINION: Inside Politics 2012: D.C. may stay gridlocked but change is coming in Olympia (Chris Vance/Crosscut)
SUPREME COURT
NATIONAL
- Gingrich to abandon presidential run on Wednesday (AP/Seattle Times)
- Romney campaigns for small-business vote in VA (AP/Seattle Times)
- Obama ad accuses Romney of outsourcing U.S. jobs (AP/Seattle Times)
- BLOG: Fundraising in federal races near $2 billion in 2011 (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald)
- EDITORIAL: Presidential candidates’ budget solutions don’t add up (Seattle Times)
SECURITY
SEX OFFENDERS
STATE GOVERNMENT
- States scaling back worker pensions to save money (AP/Seattle P-I)
- EDITORIAL: Rules need to ensure government jobs go to new hires before PERS retirees (Oregonian)
TRANSPORTATION
WAR AGAINST TERROR