Forty-three people died in the 2014 Oso landslide.
Forty-three people died in the 2014 Oso landslide. Kelly O

Oso Three Years Later: On the third anniversary of the landslide, families are still coping with the disaster and scientists and officials are trying to figure out how to make sure it doesn't happen again, Hal Bernton reports.

Police Officer Reportedly Stabbed at UK Houses of Parliament: The BBC is updating their story here: "A police officer has been stabbed in the Houses of Parliament in central London, Commons Leader David Lidington has said. He told MPs the alleged assailant was shot by armed police following a 'serious' incident. Staff inside Parliament were told to stay inside their offices."

Paul Manafort Secretly Worked for a Russian Billionaire: Donald Trump's former campaign chairman worked on a $10 million a year contract for Oleg Deripaska "to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti-Russian opposition across former Soviet republics," the Associated Press reports. "The work appears to contradict assertions by the Trump administration and Manafort himself that he never worked for Russian interests."

Paid Family Leave is Seattle's Next Labor Fight: If the state legislature doesn't act this session on mandating paid family leave for private sector businesses, Seattle City Council Member Lorena GonzĂĄlez says the city will go it alone. This morning, GonzĂĄlez will introduce a proposal to give all employees in Seattle 26 weeks of paid family leave, either for a new child or an ill family member, with employers paying 70 percent of the premiums, the Seattle Times reports. GonzĂĄlez will unveil more details of her proposal at a 9:30 council committee meeting. You can watch live here.

Meanwhile, Starbucks Baristas Are Calling on their Company to Improve Its Paid Leave Policy: Two baristas delivered 80,000 petitions to Starbucks headquarters Tuesday, urging the company to make its family leave policy more equitable. One of them explained why here on Slog.


Trump's Shame Campaign of Local Government Begins: "A Trump administration report, issued by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, identified King County as one of many jurisdictions across the country to give the middle finger to the Trump administration by refusing to honor immigration detainers," Ana Sofia Knauf reports.

State Republicans Introduced their Budget, Including their Plan to Fund Education: Republicans plan to increase spending by $5 billion over the next two years, including $1.8 billion for K-12 education, KUOW reports. The Republican plan would eliminate local school levies and create a state property tax levy to fund education, a plan they say would reduce property taxes for most landowners except in expensive markets like Seattle. (Governor Jay Inslee prefers carbon and capital gains taxes to fund education.) The Republican budget also counts on rejecting union contracts bargained by Inslee, which included pay raises, and cutting some safety net programs. Senate Democratic Leader Sharon Nelson said in a statement, "Republicans unveiled a budget that protects the wealthiest at the expense of those who already are struggling for a seat at the table."

Issaquah isnt letting up on Republican Congressman Dave Reichert.
Issaquah isn't letting up on Republican Congressman Dave Reichert. Michelle Straka

What Do Dave Reichert's Constituents Think of His Support for Trumpcare? You could ask them, but you better do it before they're all dead from a lack of health care access. Members of the group Indivisible in Reichert's district staged a die-in outside his Issaquah office last night to protest his support for the Republican health care plan. Michelle Straka, one of the founders of Snoqualmie Valley Indivisibles, told The Stranger by email it was an effort "to let [Reichert] know one last time before Thursday's vote that his willingness to toe the party line will lead to thousands in his district losing their health care and their lives... People will die because of his vote, and the Indivisible activists are here to let him know we see it."

Seattle Finally Reveals How Much Its Gun Tax Is Raising (Not Much): Less than $200,000 in its first year.

Immigrant Families Seek Mental Health Help in Trump Era: "While Seattle has offered legal assistance and passed a resolution aimed at helping undocumented immigrants during this time of uncertainty, [mental health provider Claudia] D’Allegri and others at Sea Mar try to provide mental health help. Sea Mar started in 1978 to provide affordable healthcare to the Latino community in Seattle," the Seattle Globalist reports.

Texas Senate Passes Bill Allowing Doctors to Lie to Women: ICYMI, the state senate in Texas approved Senate Bill 25, which pro-choice advocates say will "give anti-abortion doctors legal cover to downplay information about the severity of a fetus' potential disability," the Houston Chronicle reports.

Portlanders Host Homeless People in their Backyards: "We said to ourselves, ‘What does FEMA do when they have to house 10,000 people after an earthquake?’ Well, they grab a bunch of trailers and they plop them in a field,” Mary Li, director of Multnomah County’s Idea Lab, told the Associated Press. Nearly 600 residents have expressed interest in hosting people, Willamette Week reports.

Another Day, Another Sweep: Seattle cleared a homeless encampment near I-5 and Dearborn Street.

Are You Missing a Cell Phone? This guy might have it.

Washington Senator Maria Cantwell Would Like You to Know She Is Very Up on Current Music: