Capitol  Buzz

ABORTION

• Biden to sign executive order to protect travel for abortion (AP)
• US sues Idaho over abortion law, citing medical emergencies (AP/FOX 13)

AGRICULTURE & WATER

• How the climate deal would help farmers aid the environment (AP)
• Berry, tree fruit growers work to protect crops from heat wave (Capital Press)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Are things really more expensive these days? Compare prices and inflation to 50 years ago (The News Tribune)
• Starbucks says customers still opening wallets despite inflation, reports record revenue (The Seattle Times)
• Amazon’s rapid growth in 2021 slowed progress on emissions, report shows (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• Teamsters reject latest offer from Seattle-area concrete companies (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• Small businesses in Seattle eligible for tenant improvement grants up to $100K (Puget Sound Business Journal)

CONGRESS

• Democrats scramble to unite behind climate, health and tax bill (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)
• Senate OKs bill to expand aid to veterans exposed to toxic burn pits, sends to Biden (AP/FOX 13)
• Rep. Suzan DelBene visits Taiwan with Pelosi, congressional delegation (The Seattle Times)
• SPD detective reveals harrowing details of the night Rep. Jayapal’s life was threatened (MyNorthwest)

EDUCATION

• Some WA schools opt for ‘show what you know’ system over letter grades (The Seattle Times)
• School’s in session, and teachers need help (KUOW Radio)
• CV to resume process to select new sex ed curriculum (The Spokesman-Review)
• OPINION: WA schools intentionally, dangerously lie to parents about their child’s ‘identity’ (Jason Rantz/MyNorthwest)
• EDITORIAL: Dorothy Hollingsworth: A life of firsts (The Seattle Times)

ELECTIONS

• Yakima Auditor’s Office denies early release of election numbers (The Center Square)
• Yakima County prosecutor says no charges warranted over YHR election test page (Yakima Herald-Republic)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES

• Washington heat wave kills 10. Emergency rooms treat 540 heat victims (KUOW Radio)

ENVIRONMENT

• 41 large polluters to get free passes in WA carbon trading market (The Seattle Times)
• Spokane River dischargers appeal Ecology permits (The Spokesman-Review)

FISH

• Idaho sockeye salmon run third largest on record (KQQQ Radio)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Washington hospitals face acute financial crisis, experts agree (The Center Square)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• Washington State University researchers improve cement with shrimp shell nanoparticles (KQQQ Radio)

HOUSING

• South Seattle apartment building secures funds to stay affordable (The Seattle Times)
• The real estate market took an abrupt turn this spring (The Everett Herald)
• EDITORIAL: Local construction sounds like progress (Yakima Herald-Republic)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• Troopers stop more than 80 HOV lane violators in less than 3 hours (KIRO TV)
• Mistaken detention of Black Seattle driver prompts lawsuit (The Seattle Times)
• Police build bridges, fight crime with community in National Night Out (The Spokesman-Review)
• With $3.1 million approved for new Spokane police vehicles, city faces supply chain issues to replace aging fleet (The Spokesman-Review)
• Clark County voters approving police body-camera tax (The Columbian)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Seattle City Council ends COVID hazard pay for grocery stores (The Seattle Times)

MILITARY & VETERANS

• Judge rejects Navy environmental review of Whidbey Island Growler jet expansion (The Seattle Times)

OTHER STATES

• Records confirm Oregon Legislature’s conduct watchdog was dysfunctional in 2021 (The Oregonian)
• Oregon has a housing crisis. Can the next governor solve it? (OPB)

PARKS

• National Parks (including 3 in WA) are free to enter one day this week (The Seattle Times)

PRIVACY

• Cell carrier privacy settings to change now (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)

SCHOOL SAFETY

• Kennewick officers practice active shooter response (KEPR)

TECHNOLOGY

• EDITORIAL: Semiconductor woes bridge partisan divide (The Columbian)

TRANSPORTATION

• OPINION: We need our ferries fully staffed to stay afloat, even if it means dropping vaccine mandates (Dave Ross/MyNorthwest)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• Task force issues new recommendations to address missing, murdered Indigenous people (The News Tribune)
• WA task force issues list of 10 recommendations on missing Indigenous people (Yakima Herald-Republic)
• Ahead of demolition, tribes lament loss of Mukilteo research center (The Everett Herald)
• Indigenous sea gardens fed communities, preserved ecosystems (Crosscut)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• Wildfires sweep through the West in hot, dry and windy conditions (Capital Press)
• Vantage Highway fire causes haze, threatens 40 structures (Columbia Basin Herald)