*** SELECT REGIONAL NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***

+ KXLY-4 TV (Spokane): This is one step on a long journey we are just beginning’: Gov. Inslee calls for end to systemic racism following Chauvin verdict

+ The (Tacoma) News Tribune: Air Force training brings increase in air traffic to South Sound

+ Associated Press: Failed governor candidate Loren Culp to run for US House

+ JOLT News: Proposed law that will obligate law enforcement officers to intervene with other officers goes to the Governor

*** SELECT NATIONAL NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***

Barack Obama: “True justice requires that we come to terms with the fact that Black Americans are treated differently, every day. … And it requires us to do the sometimes thankless, often difficult, but always necessary work of making the America we know more like the America we believe in.”

CNBC: After Chauvin verdict, business leaders speak out saying fight for racial justice must continue

Truthout: Mass Protests Led to Chauvin’s Conviction. Now They’re Being Criminalized.

The New York Times: George W. Bush described the modern Republican Party as “isolationist, protectionist and, to a certain extent, nativist.”

McClatchy News: High cost of lumber delaying your home projects? Here’s when prices could come down

The Boston Globe: A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived

The New York Times: G.O.P. Anti-Protester Bills Include Immunity for Hitting Them With Cars

*** SELECT TRUMP NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***

The Washington Post: Trump administration sidelined experts in writing car pollution rules, EPA watchdog finds

The Washington Post: Trial opens for Trump supporter accused of threatening Democrats in case tied to Jan. 6 insurrection

The Washington Post: Opinion by Thomas B. Edsall | Why Trump Is Still Their Guy

The Washington Post: Inmates sent home amid pandemic may have to return under Trump-era policy [unless the Biden Administration intervenes]

CNN: US Capitol Police officer allegedly told units to only monitor for ‘anti-Trump’ protesters on January 6