Sound Transit true believers: “We can have everything.”

Everyone’s favorite light rail agency wants to spend half a billion dollars to build a station just a few blocks away from another station. That might sound like a poor use of your tax dollars, but you just lack the ambitious vision of Sound Transit’s biggest fans: “There’s absolutely no reason to think we have to sacrifice anything. We can have everything.” The Seattle way!

After lawmakers increased K-12 spending for students, the WEA sent out a clear message to its members: “Time to negotiate BIG pay raises for all.” That was the headline on a March 28 update on the WEA’s website. “We believe that the new law has given us an avenue to negotiate increases above 3.1 percent. Locals are going to the table now and illustrating to districts how they can exceed it,” said Jared Kink, president of Everett Education Association. (Everett Herald)

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson gave a group of students, staff and faculty at Central Washington University, an inside look at how his office decides when to sue the President. Ferguson claimed that politics has nothing to do with his decisions over suing the Trump Administration. “The politics might be interesting for me to think about, but is it relevant? Not really,” Ferguson said, un-credibly. (The Daily Record)

The Washington State Supreme Court upheld a death penalty conviction against Kirkland murderer Conner Schierman, who slaughtered a family in 2010. Schierman’s execution won’t go forward as long as Jay Inslee is governor; he placed a moratorium on executions. (Kiro 7)

“Seattle has made this set of decisions, both not to have rules prohibiting camping on public property except public parks, and they’ve decided not to enforce the rules they do have sometimes.” That’s former state Attorney General Rob McKenna’s take on Seattle’s tent problem. McKenna argued that the tents throughout the city are a result of the city’s selectivity when enforcing its camping laws. (My Northwest)

Debra Lekanoff, government affairs director for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, is jumping in the race to succeed state Rep. Kristine Lytton (D-Anacortes). Lekanoff has worked for the Swinomish tribe for 16 years. (Skagit Valley Herald)

The Dept. of Labor and Industries is looking into complaints related to air quality filed by Seattle workers on the State Route 99 Tunnel. L&I spokesman Tim Church told KIRO 7 investigators they spent two days sampling the air, adding “There was significant vapor and significant odor in the tunnel.” (My Northwest)

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash) is pushing a bill to help preserve the important Snake and Columbia River dams after Democrats put them in jeopardy. Many hydropower proponents worried about what breaching the dams would do to the power grid and the ability to quickly meet surges in electricity demand. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash), for one, says she supports the dams. (Tri-City Herald)

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