Climate & Water Planning: Washington agencies told the state council that record-low snowpack is shrinking peak spring runoff and shifting river flows earlier—raising stakes for hydropower and fish survival as El Niño looms. Public Safety Tech: Nevada lawmakers moved to tighten rules on Flock-style license plate readers, while Washington’s own patchwork shows some agencies expanding use as others pause amid privacy concerns. Cancer Research: Fred Hutch will lead a $15M national clinical trial comparing stem cell transplant vs non-transplant therapy for older adults with acute myeloid leukemia. Marine Life: Officials confirmed a fin whale found on a Port of Tacoma vessel was a healthy adult female struck by ship; NOAA will review findings to reduce future risk. Biotech Manufacturing: A federal biotech commission heard Seattle companies’ push for more U.S. protein manufacturing capacity to keep AI-designed enzymes made domestically. AI & Data Centers: AWS and NVIDIA announced 2M additional GPUs for AI infrastructure, signaling more compute buildout. Housing/Tech Policy: Washington AG’s inaugural data privacy report flags overcollection, consent design, sensitive data sales, and weak consumer understanding of brokers. Local Business/AI: NWMLS launched an AI-powered, ad-free consumer home search on NWMLS.com with broker attribution via Broker Public Portal. Energy/Industry: Ecology issued an initial notice of environmental violations after the Nippon Dynawave tank failure in Longview. Space/Logistics: Nova Minerals shipped nearly 500 tons of antimony processing equipment from Seattle to Alaska to start Port MacKenzie construction.