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Nov. 6, 2009

	BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Jobless rate tops 10 percent for first time since 1983 (AP/Oregonian) Employers link up with vets, other job-seekers (Olympian) Horizon Bank continues to suffer from equity problems (Bellingham Herald) BLOG: Boeing's deal with South Carolina is mostly secret (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) BLOG: Some don't like S.C.'s "secret" Boeing deal (Michelle Dunlop/Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: State needs to become more business-friendly (The Daily News) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Everett officer pleads not guilty to manslaughter charge amid a show of support (Everett Herald) Procession, funeral for slain Seattle officer (KIRO TV) Vehicle of interest identified in officer's fatal shooting (KIRO TV) Puyallup man charged with 57 counts of theft for workers’ comp fraud (The News Tribune) Youths sentence for forceful gang recruitment (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) Vehicle thefts rise sharply (Spokesman-Review) Van stolen here 35 years ago turns up in shipping container (Spokesman-Review) Superior Court programs earn a reprieve (Tri-City Herald) OPINION: Use of police dogs an effective tool against crime (The Chronicle) EDITORIAL: State Patrol administrators look just as bad as troopers in fake diploma case (The Daily News) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Future of Whatcom Middle School in doubt after fire ravages building (Bellingham Herald) OPINION: Jump-starting budget reform in Seattle schools (Dick Lilly/ Crosscut.com) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Odds of flood this winter go down (The News Tribune) Corps: Dam work lessens Seattle-area flood chance (KIRO TV) Work has cut threat of floods in Green River Valley (Seattle P-I) Green River Valley: Anxiety ebbs over flooding potential (Seattle Times) Gravel quarry near landslide ordered to halt mining (Seattle Times) Wash. suspends Nile mine operations (AP/Spokesman-Review) State orders mine to stop operations at Nile landslide (Yakima Herald-Republic) New weather radar will give better view of conditions for Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News) ENERGY & UTILITIES Packwood Lake hydroelectric facility to get $800,000 stimulus (The Chronicle) OPINION: Nuclear power better than ever and important part of mix (Michael Fox, retired nuclear chemist/The News Tribune) OPINION: Embrace technology to turn nuclear energy into environmental solution (Alex Alben/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Energy initiative should spark broader dialogue (Tri-City Herald) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Diverse group fills hearing room for wolf management plan (Peninsula Daily News) Oregon judge throws out chemical weapons lawsuit (Tri-City Herald) Navy: 500 gallons of jet fuel spill from carrier (AP/Olympian) HEALTH CARE Harrison drops plans for cancer center in Poulsbo (Kitsap Sun) Seasonal flu shots in short supply in Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald) Planned Saturday vote on health care may be delayed (AP/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Health department to close for 13 days for furloughs (David Wickert/The News Tribune) BLOG: Health care reform – how much inequality will we tolerate (Dr. Larry Donohue/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Health-care reform can’t be everything to every person (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) EDITORIAL: The window narrows for health reform (The News Tribune) HOUSING Snohomish County home sales shoot up 35 percent (Everett Herald) Closed sales of homes rise in Pierce County (The News Tribune) Fannie Mae offers borrowers option to foreclosure (AP/Oregonian) Experts: Extended tax credit to boost local housing recovery (Seattle P-I) In tough economic times, more homeowners are looking to roommates to help make ends (Bellingham Herald) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS Clallam County's rural zoning upheld; foe has time to appeal (Peninsula Daily News) Teanaway sub-area on hold (The Daily Record) LOCAL GOVERNMENT County shows off courthouse, before and after restoration (Spokesman-Review) A $1.3M budget hole opens (The Daily World) Council moves toward tax hike (The Daily World) Clark County mulls pay freeze for non-union workers (The Columbian) Kittitas gets stimulus money for waste water treatment plant (Yakima Herald-Republic) Longview switching to four-day work week for city employees (The Daily News) EDITORIAL: City should watch that parking spat doesn't overheat (Olympian) MEDIA EDITORIAL: Signs of health at one local paper (Wenatchee World) MILITARY Robert Gray kids hear from vets (The Daily World) Many at Fort Lewis have been stationed at Fort Hood (Olympian)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Voters expand same-sex rights (Seattle Times) Gay partnership measure approved by voters (AP/Everett Herald) BLOG: Updated Referendum 71 numbers: 52.48 percent of votes are to approve (Niki Reading/ TVW) BLOG: No concession: local R-71 foes see 'hand of God' helping (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: R-71 opponents still hopeful (John Henrikson/The News Tribune) BLOG: The end of Eymanism? (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: R-71 critics got lost in their echo chamber (The News Tribune) ELECTIONS BLOG: King Co. ballot drop box vandalized - ballots compromised (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) LEGISLATURE Fagan feeling good about the vote (KLEW TV) Fagan leads Washington’s 9th District race (KOZE radio) Indians' official files to run for state House (Spokesman-Review) BLOG: Former 15th District candidate under investigation (Pat Muir/ Yakima Herald-Republic) LOCAL Metropolitan King County Council's future, minus Constantine (Seattle Times) McGinn vote tally inches up in Seattle mayoral election (Seattle Times) SUPREME COURT Madsen chosen chief justice of state supreme court (AP/Everett Herald) Barbara Madsen elected chief justice on state Supreme Court (Olympian) BLOG: Barbara Madsen elected chief justice on state Supreme Court (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: Justice Barbara Madsen will lead the state Supreme Court starting in 2010 (TVW) NATIONAL BLOG: Republican right wing is razing the GOP (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) COLUMN: The electorate's mood is angry — just not far-right-wing angry(E.J. Dionne/Seattle Times)
	STATE GOVERNMENT Final report: Close Maple Lane (The Chronicle) Closing Maple Lane is a bad idea, report says (Olympian) Options for reducing prison capacity include Walla Walla (Tri-City Herald) Final prison closure report released (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) Study: Closure would hurt city, penitentiary (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) Lowe: State (Idaho) ignored tort claim alleging discrimination, cronyism (Spokesman-Review) State to pay $525,001 in public-records settlement (Seattle Times) DSHS to pay $525,001 to settle records lawsuit (Olympian) TOBACCO Wenatchee teens take part in state smoking study (Wenatchee World) TRANSPORTATION ‘Zipper’ zips lanes open, closed on Sellar Bridge (Wenatchee World) Lawmakers will likely take a reprieve in discussing ferries' funding gap (Kitsap Sun) New seven-figure license plates to be unveiled soon (Yakima Herald-Republic) EDITORIAL: State makes sensible U-turn (Everett Herald) TRIBES Local tribes join national meeting with President Obama (Everett Herald) Obama holds ‘historic’ conference with tribes (Spokesman-Review) Colville official calls for better care (Spokesman-Review) WATER EDITORIAL: Clean water requires more than idealism (Spokesman-Review)

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