Don Orange, a candidate for Port of Vancouver Commission, is far from the candidate he makes himself out to be. As he prepares to face voters, Orange is trying to hide his past sins and to greenwash his history by forging an alliance with radical, anti-growth environmentalists. You can read more about his checkered history here. (Shift WA)

The State Supreme Court heard arguments from attorneys on each side of the McCleary school funding case in a hearing yesterday. The plaintiff argues that the $7.3 billion in new state spending to schools in the next four years is still not enough. (The Olympian)

Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien made a $200,000 budget request to study the effects of putting tolls on the new Highway 99 tunnel. O’Brien wants to know how many drivers would use the toll and if it would help to force people onto transit instead. (The Seattle Times)

The ads race to see who will be Seattle’s next mayor is heating up – well for one candidate that is. As supporters of Jenny Durkan spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to elect her, Cary Moon finds her campaign deep in the red. Moon’s campaign is more than $60,000 in debt, despite about $176,500 coming from Moon herself. (The Seattle Times)

Workers from S.S. Steiner’s pellet and warehouse departments in Yakima have been striking for a little over a month now. The picketers claim the primary issue in the contract negotiations is S.S. Steiner’s request to modify arbitration, the final step of the grievance process, during which the union can contest the company actions. (The Yakima Herald)

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