A federal judge said a lawsuit that asserts the Inslee Administration is interfering with foreign and interstate trade can move forward. Plaintiffs allege Inslee interfered by denying key permits for the proposed Millennium terminal project in Longview, which would export bulk commodities, including coal. (Longview Daily News)

Washington’s farmers could lose millions of dollars in crop this season because there are not enough harvest workers. “We definitely depended on walk-ins and I would say the last year, year and a half, our walk-ins are half of what they were,” said Rosella Mosby of Washington’s Mosby Farms. (Q13 Fox)

A new study says state and local agencies are well short of ambitious goals set by the Legislature for electric cars. The 11-year-old law instructs agencies to run all vehicles on electricity or biofuels. The study shows that within the 24 counties and cities included in the survey, less than 6 percent of the fleets operate on electricity. (Seattle Times)

The WEA is threatening Washington’s schools with more strikes, even though they’re not legal. Despite teachers receiving one of the largest pay and benefit increases in recent memory, the WEA said it planned to strike if they don’t get up to 37% more of taxpayer dollars. Liv Finne with the WPC has an overview of the latest threat you can read here. (Washington Policy Center)

A new Monroe law will allow wheeled all-terrain vehicles (WATV) to drive on city streets with a speed limit of 35 mph or less. Monroe Mayor Geoffrey Thomas hopes the new law will help connect cities “so that people can go out in their WATVs and get from cities to the many recreation areas along the highway.” (My Northwest)

“Frankly, the latest legal arguments against [charter] schools don’t rate a passing grade,” the Herald-Republic’s editorial board says. Responding to a legal challenge against charters by the state teachers union, the paper wrote, “Charters won’t solve all of education’s problems, but they can serve as a laboratory for finding better ways to educate students.” (Yakima Herald-Republic)

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