Washington’s Vote: Early returns show voters favor keeping the state’s new income tax on high earners and approving a Seattle sales-tax increase for transit, while rejecting a measure to expand parental access to student records. Initiative 638, which would bar transgender girls from girls’ school sports and require sex verification, is leading. Arts & Community: Travel writer Rick Steves bought Edmonds Theater as a gift to the community, offering a boost to a beloved local venue. In Waitsburg, a new Vito’s brings the atmosphere of the longtime Seattle restaurant to a small Eastern Washington town. Schools: Seattle Public Schools’ tighter schedules have shortened recess at some elementary schools to the state minimum of 30 minutes. Critics say the cuts shortchange children’s learning, health and social development. Campus: UW protesters say a deal to dismiss charges against 33 students who occupied an engineering building marks a win for the Palestine movement; prosecutors had earlier declined to pursue felony charges.