Boeing news:
IAM 751 update on contract talks -- "Although some subcommittees are moving at a decent pace, there are many areas where (Boeing) needs to start making progress and quit talking takeaways."
▪  In today's Everett Herald -- Boeing shares tumble 6% -- An aerospace analyst sees obstacles in the 787 program and labor negotiations -- and possible defense cuts. Machinists and SPEEA union leaders will hold a conference call with Boeing investors later this month.
▪  At HeraldNet.com -- Tanker wars: Ala. lawmakers denounce Boeing ads -- "The nation’s second largest defense contractor should know better than to stoop so low in an effort to win a contract.”

Local news:
▪  In today's Seattle Times -- Sound Transit sending voters $17.9 billion rail-and-bus plan -- More than two-thirds of the money would be spent to build 34 miles of light-rail extensions, reaching the Overlake Transit Center near Microsoft, and Lynnwood and north Federal Way. It would be financed by an 0.5% sales-tax increase, averaging $69 a year per adult.
▪  In today's Olympian -- Nonpaying state union members face action -- The WFSE is suing up to 1,900 state workers for unpaid dues. The delinquent members have been repeatedly warned. "It's just not fair for a few people to get the benefits that everyone else is paying for," says the union.
▪  Today from AP -- Hanford workers take key step in cleanup of site -- Work begins on demolishing the building that surrounds a leaky pool built in the 1950s to hold spent fuel from nuclear reactors. Emptying and tearing down the K East Basin has been a cleanup priority for years.
▪  In today's Peninsula Daily News -- Showdown today on pit-to-pier project -- Fred Hill Materials demands that Jefferson Co. commissioners rescind a letter suspending work on the company's pit-to-pier project environmental impact statement. A special meeting is called for today.
▪  In today's Tri-City Herald -- Guest worker program being drafted for Washington -- As national immigration reform stalls, the Washington Farm Bureau is rolling out a guest worker pilot program they hope state legislators will support. (And the WFB is pretty dang exclusive about its guests.)