The Mayor of Oak Harbor says Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit against the Navy could negatively impact the future of his community. Saying the Navy did follow proper procedures while planning to expand the “Growler” project at Naval Air Station Whidbey, Mayor Robert Severns believes Ferguson’s lawsuit could endanger the Navy’s future in the region.  In the early 1990’s NAS Whidbey was on the Pentagon’s base closure list but remained open due to the community demonstrating the strategic and fiscal advantages of remaining open. (KING TV)

Continuing his trend to overstate his importance, Jay Inslee was taking credit on Twitter for both MSNBC and CNN holding “climate town halls.” Very similar to his previous “brag” during the first Democrat debate that he was the only candidate to support women’s health issues and “reproductive rights,” (which was immediately shot down by Senator Amy Klobuchar). Inslee continued his unique way of stating his relevance.  Rarely do networks, even those as poorly run as MSNBC and CNN, feel the need to cave into the pressures of a Presidential candidate who is polling less than 1% and tied for 16th place with people named Steve Bullock and Wayne Messam. (Twitter, Vox, and Fox News)

86 of the “Top 100 Repeat Offenders” have been arrested AGAIN in the past five months. In February the Downtown Seattle Association commissioned the list of the top repeat criminal offenders in Seattle. With such an overwhelming majority having committed more crimes, it is obvious the problem is not getting better in Seattle. (KOMO TV)

The Washington State Auditor’s office found that over $9,000 in credit card purchases by the North Thurston School District’s Maintenance & Facilities Director “did not have a District purpose.”  None of the tools or appliances paid for with the District credit card were found in their inventory. The North Thurston District will be filing a report with the Thurston County Prosecutors (Washington State Auditor Report)

A new study demonstrates that hydroelectric dams produce 2,000 times as much power per job as solar in Washington state. The study from the Washington Policy Center concludes, “Some on the environmental left try to pretend that requiring more workers to create small amounts of energy is a good thing, when it demonstrates how inefficient renewables actually are. As noted in the past, we could create more jobs in agriculture by banning tractors and replacing them with pickers. Nobody pretends that would make the world more prosperous. Apply that same logic to electricity, however, and some greens get confused.” (Washington Policy Center)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the details of a $16 billion package aimed at supporting American agriculture producers impacted by retaliatory tariffs by China. Congressman Dan Newhouse announced that one of the groups that will receive a portion of the financial support will be the Northwest Cherry Growers. (KIMA TV)

On Thursday U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced the Department of Justice decision to reinstate capital punishment, and the first person scheduled to die has ties to the 1996 bombing of the Spokane City Hall. The white supremist is believed to have committed many Pacific Northwest crimes but was sentenced to die for the brutal killing of three people in Arkansas in 1999. (Spokesman-Review)

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