Capitol  Buzz

ABORTION

• How WA reacted to abortion ruling — from politicians to athletes to thousands on the street (The Seattle Times)
• ‘Roe v. Wade’: WA officials, advocates react to Supreme Court ruling (Crosscut)
• WA leaders representing Tacoma, Pierce County react to Supreme Court abortion decision (The News Tribune)
• Roe v. Wade ruling spurs praise and outrage in Snohomish County (The Everett Herald)
• Clark County politicians have mixed reactions to Roe being overturned (The Columbian)
• Politicians across the state, country react to overturning of Roe v. Wade (The Chronicle)
• Inslee seeks abortion rights amendment to state constitution (AP/The News Tribune)
• Republican lawmakers say they won’t pursue anti-abortion legislation, despite warnings from Inslee (KING TV)
• Gov. Jay Inslee says WA State Patrol won’t cooperate with other states’ abortion investigations (The Seattle Times)
• As Roe v. Wade overturned, WA and these two other states pledge to be a ‘safe haven’ (The News Tribune)
• Devastated, but still taking calls, a PNW abortion access fund sticks to its mission (KUOW Radio)
• What data shows about WA abortions (The Seattle Times)
• EDITORIAL: Stand up for women’s rights in face of abhorrent abortion ruling (The Seattle Times)

AGRICULTURE & WATER

• Cold weather pushing cherry harvest below average in Central Washington (Yakima Herald-Republic)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Boeing wants more workers in the office to ramp up production. Not everyone wants to go back (The Seattle Times)
• Remote work could save firms $206 billion and ease pressure on the Fed (Bloomberg News/The Columbian)

CONGRESS

• WA expected to get funding for mental health, school safety with passage of gun bill (The Seattle Times)
• House greenlights landmark bipartisan gun violence bill, sends to Biden (AP/FOX 13)
• Newhouse amendment looks to make it more difficult for foreign companies to purchase U.S. ag land (Pacific Northwest Ag Network)
• VA health records bill signed into law (Columbia Basin Herald)

CORONAVIRUS

• What to know about the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 (The Spokesman-Review)
• CDC ups COVID infection rating for both Tri-Cities counties. More deaths reported (Tri-City Herald)
• COLUMN: New data shows how many people in Seattle area and WA could have long COVID (Gene Balk/The Seattle Times)

COURTS (FEDERAL)

• Supreme Court sides with Bremerton coach who prayed on 50-yard line (The Seattle Times)
• Supreme Court sides with coach who sought to pray after game (AP)
• Supreme Court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison terms (AP)

CRIME

• One officer shot, seriously injured after reports of multiple drive-by shootings in northeast Spokane (The Spokesman-Review)
• “A chaotic scene” — shootings near South Tacoma Way leave eight injured after rave event (The News Tribune)
• 2-year-old from Poulsbo overdosed on fentanyl, police arrested mother (Kitsap Sun)

DAMS

• Dam politics: Why public power utilities are pouring cash into the campaign to support Lower Snake River dams (The Seattle Times)
• OPINION: Saving salmon requires a break from status quo (Erin Farris-Olsen, regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation/The Everett Herald)

EDUCATION

• Tri-City school board will ‘take a stand’ on CRT. But will board policy have any impact? (Tri-City Herald)

ELECTIONS

• King County considers moving most elections to even years (Crosscut)
• EDITORIAL: Misinformation undermines election system faith (The Columbian)

GUN RIGHTS

• EDITORIAL: Tough path for gun legislation becomes less clear (The Everett Herald)

HANFORD

• Feds get more time to start up massive Hanford plant. Construction began 20 years ago (Tri-City Herald)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• How nursing in WA is recovering from staff shortages and pandemic burnout (The Seattle TImes)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• No vaccinations required for WWCC students (KWHT)

HOMELESSNESS

• As Spokane makes progress on new shelter, state funds available to relocate people out of Camp Hope (The Spokesman-Review)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• Lyles inquest resumes following a week of graphic, emotional testimony (MyNorthwest)
• Yakima County Sheriff Udell seeks regional crime lab, and $2.8 million to make it happen (Yakima Herald-Republic)
• YVCG wants to create a Regional Crime Intelligence Center (Northwest Public Broadcasting)

LGBTQ

• Monroe High School student charged with anti-LGBTQ hate crime (The Everett Herald)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• What’s going on with the three Marcus Whitman statues? (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)
• Benton County makes $1.6M promise to buy KGH building for treatment services (Tri-City Herald)
• EDITORIAL: Seattle parks maintenance has gone down the toilet (The Seattle Times)

MEDIA

• KIRO Newsradio’s Heather Bosch has been awarded two prestigious Gracie Awards (MyNorthwest)
• OPINION: More publishers need a fair deal (Paul Deegan, president and CEO of News Media Canada, and Maria Saras-Voutsinas, executive director of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada/The Seattle Times)

MENTAL HEALTH

• COLUMN: Pierce County kids are crying out for mental health resources. A new program should help (Matt Driscoll/The News Tribune)

OTHER STATES

• Portland’s minimum wage might hit $16 next year — if inflation keeps up (The Oregonian)
• Abortion rights protest in Portland turns destructive (AP)

PARKS

• National Park Service releases status on Mount Rainier roads ahead of holiday (The Chronicle)

PRIVACY

• Where Apple sees security, critics see a highly profitable monopoly (Bloomberg/The Seattle Times)

SCHOOL SAFETY

• Sheriff reassuring Whatcom County residents in wake of Uvalde school shooting (KGMI Radio)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• Democratic leader: House should consider action against Washington insurance commissioner (The Center Square)
• State Sen. Muzzall on bipartisan support of insurance commissioner to resign (MyNorthwest)
• Increased licensing fees coming in Washington state (KGMI Radio)
• COLUMN: The never-ending state of emergency (Sue Lani Madsen/The Spokesman-Review)

TAXES

• How would Clark County’s new public safety tax revenue be spent? (The Columbian)

TRANSPORTATION

• BLOG: Gov. Inslee displays liberal greed by refusing to help lower- and middle- income families with state fuel tax suspension (Shift)
• EDITORIAL: Biden gas plan is a drop in the bucket for Yakima (Yakima Herald-Republic)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• ‘Keep your Indian alive’: After decades of outlawed culture, a Tulalip revival (The Everett Herald)
• Unearthing the ‘horrors’ of the Tulalip Indian School (The Everett Herald)

VAPING

• Wenatchee lawsuit against Juul remains ongoing (The Wenatchee World)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• What WA’s cold, wet spring means for summer wildfires (Crosscut)

WILDLIFE

• OPINION: We need all hands on deck to slow the spread of European Green Crab (Ed Johnstone, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission chairman/The Chronicle)