Capitol  Buzz

ABORTION

• Do not cooperate with abortion-related investigations, Inslee tells law enforcement (The News Tribune)
• Inslee orders state patrol to refuse cooperation with other states’ abortion investigations (The Spokesman-Review)
• After Roe ruling, Edmonds to consider abortion rights measure (The Everett Herald)
• Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., supports a national strike over Roe’s demise (KNKX Radio)

AGRICULTURE & WATER

• Farm input costs continue to rise, USDA report shows (Capital Press)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed remains a high 6.3% (AP)

CONGRESS

• Herrera Beutler announces $2.8 million for Lewis County public safety radio communications (The Chronicle)

COURTS (FEDERAL)

• WA reacts to Supreme Court decision curbing EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (The Seattle Times)
• Inslee, Northwest lawmakers react after Supreme Court restrict EPA’s ability to regulate carbon emissions (The Spokesman-Review)
• A ‘crying shame’: Inslee slams U.S. Supreme Court EPA decision (KNWN Radio)
• Washington governor slams ruling on power plant emissions (AP)
• Does SCOTUS ruling on public school prayer cross the line dividing church and state? (KUOW Radio)

COURTS (STATE)

• Washington justices blast racist questioning by prosecutor (AP/The Columbian)

CRIME

• Spokane leaders blame recent violence on county’s ‘850-1,500’ gang members and soft-on-crime laws (The Spokesman-Review)

EDUCATION

• Legislator calls for fraud audit of state’s largest charter school chain (KUOW Radio)

ENERGY & UTILITIES

• Public comment period open for largest proposed energy storage project in Washington (Northwest News/KNKX Radio)
• WA had states’ fifth-highest number of power outages last year. Here’s how to prepare (The News Tribune)

ENVIRONMENT

• WA state leaders want to ‘accelerate’ climate efforts after Supreme Ct. limits EPA’s power (The Olympian)

FISH

• Sockeye salmon numbers exceed expectations in Columbia River, open for fishing in Pasco July 1st (KNDO/KNDU)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• EDITORIAL: Blood supplies are low this week — help out if you can (Yakima Herald-Republic)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• Washington State athletics bracing for ripple effect caused by UCLA, USC joining Big Ten (The Spokesman-Review)

HOMELESSNESS

• Pierce, King counties announce new safe parking lot programs for RVs and other vehicles (KUOW Radio)
• Colville asks county for $125,000 to prepare homeless camp (The Center Square)

HOUSING

• Seattle’s housing market is going into ‘hibernation.’ But it’s not all good news (KUOW Radio)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• Tacoma fights release of internal police records related to officers charged in death of Manuel Ellis (KNKX Radio)
• OPINION: Bringing humanity into the science of policing (Monica Alexander, executive director, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission/The Seattle Times)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Yakima Council supports potential creative district, updated plan for downtown (Yakima Herald-Republic)

MILITARY & VETERANS

• Walla Walla VA will continue as primary medical center, lawmakers say (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)

OTHER STATES

• House majority leader visits Oregon to pitch $52B CHIPS Act: ‘Our competitors are not sitting still’ (The Oregonian)
• Portland leaders poised to limit expansion of fossil fuel terminals (OPB)

PARKS

• As Deception Pass turns 100, WA’s favorite state park cultivates next generation of ‘dreams and memories’ (The Seattle Times)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• Whistleblowers can’t be muzzled under new Washington law (The Center Square)
• EDITORIAL: Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler should resign (The Seattle Times)

TRANSPORTATION

• No timeline determined for repairs to State Route 109 bridge (The Daily World)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• WA launches new alert system for missing Indigenous people (Yakima Herald-Republic)
• Washington state set to activate nation’s first Missing Indigenous Person Alert system (The News Tribune)

WILDLIFE

• Boaters, sightseers told to keep distance from southern resident orcas deemed ‘vulnerable’ (The Seattle Times)
• Washington issues emergency order to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales (The News Tribune)
• Bear hunt may be rejected before it’s proposed (The Lewiston Tribune)
• Washington Fish and Wildlife opens aquatic invasive species check station at Clarkston site (The Lewiston Tribune/The Spokesman-Review)

WOLVES

• WDFW tried more range-riders before shooting wolves (Capital Press)