CAPITOL  BUZZ

ABORTION

• After decades defending abortion rights, Patty Murray readies for offense (The Washington Post/The Seattle Times)
• Abortion-rights supporters demonstrate in Seattle and across the U.S. (The Seattle Times)
• Starbucks will cover travel for workers seeking abortions (AP/Seattle P-I)

AGRICULTURE & WATER

• As bird flu spreads to 7 counties, Snohomish County farms on watch (The Everett Herald)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Alaska Airlines ramps up hiring in wake of pilot shortage, flight cancellations (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• OPINION: Washington delegation stands up for our state’s travel sector (David Blandford, executive director at State of Washington Tourism in Seattle, and Meg Winchester, president and CEO of Visit Spokane/The Spokesman-Review)
• OPINION: Are employers ready for Washington’s new salary disclosure law? (Maria Colacurcio, CEO of Syndio/Puget Sound Business Journal)
• OPINION: Community Voices column: Let the COVID healing begin – by waiving those nasty fines (Sen. Jeff Wilson/The Daily News)

CANNABIS

• Amid robbery rise, Washington state offering voluntary security checks for pot shops (KING TV)

COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES

• Puyallup mom searched until she cried for infant formula. Then it made her baby sick (The News Tribune)
• Northwest African American Museum still faces resistance (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• State funding could help Yakima get rid of graffiti, build community (Yakima Herald-Republic)
• EDITORIAL: Coincidence or coup? City surrenders its Pride flag (Yakima Herald-Republic)

CONGRESS

• Jayapal tests positive for coronavirus, now in isolation (The Seattle Times)

COURTS (FEDERAL)

• Clarence Thomas says abortion leak has changed Supreme Court (AP/The Columbian)
• COLUMN: The big difference between protest and intimidation (Debra J. Saunders/The Everett Herald)

COURTS (STATE)

• EDITORIAL: WA Supreme Court can do better on juvenile records reset (The Seattle Times)

CRIME

• Car thefts are on the rise in the region (MyNorthwest)
• Suspects may have committed 60 smash-and-grab crimes in King County (KING TV)

DAMS

• Dam near Kennewick is one of 50 in WA in ‘poor’ condition. What’s being done about it (Tri-City Herald)
• EDITORIAL: Electric rate hikes, power shortages must be part of breaching Snake dams discussion (Tri-City Herald)

EDUCATION

• Report on Monroe superintendent’s conduct delivered to school board (The Everett Herald)
• 35 Marysville teachers receive layoff notices after voters reject levy extensions (MyNorthwest)
• Issaquah SD’s Sunset Elementary closed Monday, Tuesday due to COVID cases, staffing shortage (KIRO TV)
• OPINION: I was a foster youth, and my high school didn’t prepare me for higher education (Nelly Braxton, student at Shoreline Community College/The Seattle Times)
• OPINION: School budget shortfalls are caused by more than miscommunication (Rep. Laurie Dolan/The Olympian)
• COLUMN: Birthdate key for kids’ success (Greg Jayne/The Columbian)

ELECTIONS

• OPINION: Ballot tracking can improve rejection-rate disparities (Pat McCarthy, Washington state auditor, Steve Hobbs, Washington’s Secretary of State, and Lori Augino, executive director for the National Vote at Home Institute/The Seattle Times)

ENERGY & UTILITIES

• Hydrogen Plant proposed for industrial park at TransAlta (The Chronicle)
• Hydrogen Valley vision for Southwest Washington gets boost from Aussies’ proposed plant (NW News Network)
• Aging gasoline storage tanks in WA pose environmental hazard, but many owners can’t afford cleanup (The Seattle Times)

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT & THE WHITE HOUSE

• Biden offers logistics support to ease formula shortage (AP/The Seattle Times)
• 13 detainees begin hunger strike at Tacoma Detention Center (Northwest Public Broadcasting)
• Follow the money with our guide to tracking federal recovery dollars (Crosscut)
• Why some WA nonprofits face high barriers to federal relief (Crosscut)

FISH

• OPINION: Our cultural survival is tied to salmon’s survival (Amy Gulick, author/The Everett Herald)
• COLUMN: Latest disappearance adds to mysterious history of Tacoma’s once-prized Soul Salmon (Matt Driscoll/The News Tribune)

HANFORD

• Judge tosses COVID-19 vaccine objections of Hanford workers (AP/KOMO TV)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Washington state health care system ranked 8th best in nation (The Center Square)

HOMELESSNESS

• Federal homelessness director says pandemic exacerbated crisis, provided lessons for Seattle, U.S. (The Seattle Times)

HOUSING

• Can Clark County housing be made affordable? (The Columbian)
• Sign here to avoid eviction but beware: You might be signing away your rights (KUOW Radio)
• Tax hikes to join booming property values in East King County (MyNorthwest)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• Flush with federal cash, WA cities steer resources to police (Crosscut)
• Aberdeen Police Department Officer Brandi Slater recognized for rescuing two men from house fire (The Daily World)
• COLUMN: Victim died as medics waited for critically understaffed Seattle Police to arrive to scene (Jason Rantz/MyNorthwest)

LEGISLATURE

• BLOG: Was Speaker Jinkins joking when she claimed Democrat legislators did “our job to govern” as Gov. Inslee abused emergency powers? (Shift)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Camas City Council signals support for strict limits on siting residential drug, alcohol treatment facilities (The Columbian)
• Bremerton City Council plans to nix Pledge of Allegiance at meetings (Kitsap Sun)
• As overtime costs mount, some Spokane City Council members mull asking to rehire unvaccinated firefighters (The Spokesman-Review)
• Pierce County Council votes $4M for police recruitment, retention bonuses (The Center Square)
• Seattle announces plan to impound vehicles out of compliance with newly enforced 72-hour parking law (MyNorthwest)
• EDITORIAL: 3 county councilors violate duty to citizens (The Columbian)
• EDITORIAL: King County must do more to prevent jail suicides (The Seattle Times)

LONG-TERM CARE

• ‘Whole new crisis’ for WA long-term care facilities, 2 years into COVID (The Seattle Times)

MILITARY & VETERANS

• Second day of SkyFest brings Thunderbirds, celebration of Fairchild Air Force Base’s history (The Spokesman-Review)
• Port of Benton honors USS Triton Operation Sandblast crew that secretly sailed the globe (KONA Radio)

OTHER STATES

• State puts schools on notice about spread of COVID-19, stops short of recommending masking (The Oregonian)

PARKS

• OPINION: An area unlike any in the world: Make Mount St. Helens a national park (Francisco Valenzuela, received the American Recreation Coalition’s Legends Award for his lifetime of work as a recreation planner/The Seattle Times)

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• Hearing examiner mulls approval of Usk crypto mining operation at Ponderay Newsprint Mill (The Spokesman-Review)

SPORTS

• Stevick picks up right where he left off, wins Capital City Marathon for the 11th time (The Olympian)

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

• Fentanyl overdose deaths more than doubled between 2020 and 2021, Thurston data shows (The Olympian)
• Whatcom fentanyl pill seizures rising with ‘no indication that this trend is slowing down’ (The Bellingham Herald)
• EDITORIAL: Overdoses caused by fentanyl-laced drugs are skyrocketing. Here’s how we all can help (The Olympian)

TAXES

• OPINION: It’s past time the wealthiest pay what they owe (Emily Parzybok is an essayist and organizer/The Spokesman-Review)

TRANSPORTATION

• A ferry route linking Bremerton and Bainbridge Island? There’s a conversation to be had (Kitsap Sun)
• Multiple construction projects planned along Interstate 90 in Upper County this summer (Daily Record)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• Changed names, manual labor: 150 years of mistreatment in Native American boarding schools (The Olympian)
• US grappling with Native American boarding school history (KNKX Radio)
• COLUMN: ‘All the hurt and the rage’: Elders recall trauma of Native boarding schools (Naomi Ishisaka/The Seattle Times)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• Wildfire readiness program connects communities with tools to prevent loss from fire (Yakima Herald-Republic)
• Washington officials hard at work for wildfire season preparations (KING TV)