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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

August 5, 2009

	AGRICULTURE Ground broken for Columbia River grain terminal (AP/The News Tribune) ASSISTED SUICIDE Study: Most Oregonians not interested in assisted suicide law (AP/Bellingham Herald) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Some businesses say 'clunker' program will hurt (Spokesman-Review) 'Clunkers' rebates look likely for another month (AP/Bellingham Herald) Tacoma post office closures would leave a void (The News Tribune) BLOG: As California goes, so goes ... (Krist Novoselic/Seattle Weekly) OPINION: Used vehicles now harder to come by (John Hibbard, Steel Wheel Autos/The News Tribune) OPINION: Boeing, Machinists' union must strike a deal (Bruce Ramsey/Seattle Times) COLUMN: Boeing enjoys profitable model here in Puget Sound (John Burbank/Everett Herald) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT WSP recommends firing 8 (Olympian) Kelso trooper among eight facing dismissal in diploma investigation (AP/Longview Daily News) Cell no place for cell phones (Spokesman-Review) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY No Child Left Behind law sanctions Oregon schools at record level (Oregonian) Richland School District denies accusations (Tri-City Herald) EDITORIAL: Time to push science, math and technology education (Bellingham Herald) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES An ambulance in the sky (The Chronicle) ENERGY & UTLITIES Strong currents good for power (Everett Herald) PUD’s debt is heading toward the $1 billion barrier (Wenatchee World) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Duwamish River restoration plan moving along (Seattle P-I) NOAA leaving Lake Union for Oregon; Cantwell riled (Puget Sound Business Journal) The NOAA exodus: What went wrong? (Crosscut.com) Gifford Pinchot fires not unusual (The Chronicle) Sequim marine science lab gets more congressional attention (Peninsula Daily News) Wildlife agents have program for killing gulls at ferry (AP/Everett Herald) COLUMN: Teddy Roosevelt: Seattle's pioneer environmentalist? (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Protect a park by rebuilding a road (Wenatchee World) EDITORIAL: No ‘winner’ needed when it comes to wind turbines and birds (The Columbian) HANFORD Hanford contractor pay to be cut up to $2.3M (Tri-City Herald) HEALTH CARE King Co.'s per employee health costs up 28 percent in four years (Seattle P-I) Obama and allies brace for health care showdown (AP/Seattle P-I) Double-barreled flu calls for vaccination (Tri-City Herald) Chelan Hospital CEO investigation continues (Wenatchee World) EDITORIAL: Food safety: More regulation good, as long as it doesn't go too far (Yakima Herald-Republic) EDITORIAL: Sounding the right note for healthy Oregon kids (Oregonian) HOUSING Habitat obtains grant to build ‘green’ homes (Spokesman-Review) LABOR BLOG: State Labor Council meeting this week in Wenatchee (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS Gorge landowner could face jail time (The Columbian) Shoreline program updates OK'd (Peninsula Daily News) LOCAL GOVERNMENT General fund running out of money (Olympian) Oregon cities rush to impose local gas taxes to beat deadline (Oregonian) Small construction mistake at Port of Seattle may cost $1 million (Seattle Times) Bremerton council votes to put car-tab measure on ballot (Kitsap Sun) County deficit jumps to $5.8 million (The Chronicle) BLOG: County pools swimming in cash, and that's a bad thing auditor says (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Form a joint Kelso, Longview task force to study merging (Ken Botero, Longview City Council/Longview Daily News) MEDIA Freed journalists home in US after NKorea pardon (AP/Olympian) Journalist who advocated for uniting Stanwood dies (Everett Herald)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES BLOG: Signature error rate for anti-gay rights measure increasing (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Validity rate very high so far on R-71 signatures (Brad Shannon/Olympian) ELECTIONS BLOG: PDC will investigate charter group's funding (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Take the time to cast your primary ballot (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) LEGISLATURE BLOG: Legislative candidate Henderson weighs in on city’s isthmus dispute (Brad Shannon/Olympian) LOCAL Labor unions back county exec candidate Dow Constantine (Seattle Times) “Regular Joe” Mallahan’s stuck in the bike lane (Seattle Weekly) KONP keeps Petersen mum after opponent Mania threatens action (Peninsula Daily News) Ballot to address cost of bill of rights (Spokesman-Review) BLOG: Poll: Hutchison, Constantine lead in King Co. exec race (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) BLOG: State's largest gun control group endorses Constantine (Mike Seely/Seattle Weekly) BLOG: Some good news for Nickels in latest poll? (Jim Brunner/Seattle Times) OPINION: Seattle's bag tax is a bad idea without substantive environmental impact (Peter Nickerson, Seattle University and Randy Rucker, Montana State University-Bozeman/Seattle Times) STATE OPINION: Bring back real 'progressives' (T.M. Sell/Crosscut.com)
	PRIVACY Charity sues Puyallup over door-to-door rules (AP/Olympian) SALMON 3 former NW govs to Obama: ditch Bush salmon plan (AP/Bellingham Herald) STATE GOVERNMENT $5 parks fee on Washington license renewals (AP/Olympian) Car tab renewals will start including parks fee option (The News Tribune) Governor's chief of staff looks for relief (Olympian) TRANSPORTATION Construction near Safeco will ease future traffic headaches (Seattle P-I) After 80 years of service, Steel Electrics prepare for one last run (Kitsap Sun) Hwy 522 crash deadliest in 4 years (Everett Herald) COLUMN: When it comes to Dome District, Sound Transit planners aren’t listening (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) TRIBES Indian official meets with tribes (Everett Herald) WATER Kittitas County well hearing moves ahead (Yakima Herald-Republic)

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