Healthcare Deal: Frazier Healthcare Partners named Jonathan Lujan CEO of MatrixCare after closing its acquisition from ResMed, betting on growth in post-acute cloud EHR and revenue cycle tools for skilled nursing, senior living, home health and hospice. Puget Sound Transit: Sound Transit will release a report to advance a roughly $12B, 16-mile light-rail extension farther into Snohomish County toward Everett, with planning steps starting soon. Seattle Public Safety & Business Pressure: Washington employers and civic leaders warn Puget Sound is slipping and want faster action from City Hall, as Seattle City Council and Mayor Katie Wilson clash over gun-violence strategy and funding. Immigration Policy Lawsuits: Washington joins a coalition suing the federal government over new “public charge” green-card rules that could count temporary public benefits, with the rule set to take effect Friday. Trade & Local Economy: Rep. Michael Baumgartner met Spokane-area business leaders and Canada’s consul general amid escalating U.S.-Canada tariff tensions, pushing for predictable trade rules. Tech Funding: Seattle’s Nuance Labs raised $50M Series A to improve AI avatars’ real-time, more natural face-to-face conversations. State Politics: Longtime state Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos faces a tough primary-to-general challenge after losing ground to Seattle planning commissioner Kelabe Tewolde. Homeless Services: Pallet, the tiny-home village builder tied to Mayor Wilson’s initiative, has shut down, saying the funding and priorities around homelessness responses have shifted.