Jay Inslee will take on Trump, but he’s scared of Sawant?

Jay Inslee gained headlines for “taking on” President Trump over his anti-Amazon tweets, but if Inslee is so “brave,” why isn’t he speaking out against Amazon’s local enemies…like, say, the Seattle City Council? (ShiftWA)

Initiative 1621, filed by resident Tyler Miller, would allow properly licensed nonstudents to bring concealed firearms on public and private school grounds. The initiative will need to collect roughly 259,000 signatures by July in order to make it on the November ballot. (Washington State Wire)

NW Energy Coalition released a study which claims the state could easily and cheaply replace the electricity from the four Lower Snake River dams with other sources such as wind and solar. Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center instead argues that destroying the dams would actually lead to more carbon emissions, and replacing the energy produced would be incredibly expensive. Myers said “it would cost about $200 million more every year to replace the electricity and environmental benefits of the dams.” (Washington Policy Center)

With Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan considering tolling on city streets, Danny Westneat of the Seattle Times points out the financially crippling impact they can have on the poor. “But for a small subset of the poor who have no obvious alternatives to driving on the tolled routes, the costs could consume a huge portion of their yearly incomes — up to 15 percent,” he wrote. (Seattle Times)

Sanctions could be next after the Dept. of Ecology found unhealthy ozone levels in the Tri-Cities’ air. Recent results showed levels nearly as high as those downwind of Seattle. Sanctions from the Environmental Protection Agency could make getting air quality permits more difficult for businesses and require them to invest in projects that would offset any contribution to the ozone problem. (Tri-City Herald)

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