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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

August 7, 2009

	BUDGET & TAXES EDITORIAL: Take a harder look at state boards (Oregonian) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Ferry cancellation trims Friday Harbor business (Puget Sound Business Journal) Developer’s ‘superblock’ plan vies to put Russell’s headquarters into a 3-building downtown campus (Puget Sound Business Journal) Audit: Feds had role in Bank of Clark County failure (The Columbian) Job losses slow to 247,000; jobless rate dips (AP/Seattle Times) ‘Clunker' cash added; dealers will stay busy (Everett Herald) Puyallup Fair to hire 3,000 workers (The News Tribune) Fixes for 787’s problem wings still in works (Bloomberg/The News Tribune) 'Cash-for-clunkers' program gets $2B refill (The Olympian) Latte to go: Starbucks eyes international growth (Seattle P-I) BLOG: Cash for clunkers: How far will the next $2 billion go? (Scott Gutierrez/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Worry Not: Boeing Will Announce a New Delayed Schedule for Their Overdue Plane in a Few Weeks (Damon Agnos/Seattle Weekly) COLUMN: Cap-and-trade schemes could hurt families and send jobs overseas (Rep. Shelly Short/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Bank executives shouldn’t be pointlessly rewarded (The Olympian) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Snohomish County deputy fatally shoots man (AP/The Bellingham Herald) State attorney sentenced for phone harassment (The Olympian) Police give suspected drug dealers chance to avoid jail (Seattle P-I) OPINION: Blame higher courts for death penalty decision (Lew Cox, Violent Crime Victims Services/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Government owes public a full vetting of workers (Spokesman Review) EDITORIAL: Summit on driving and cell-phone use is right step (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) ENERGY & UTILITIES PNNL lands $22.5M as Energy Research Frontier Center (Tri-City Herald) DOE could take tips from its own website (Tri-City Herald) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Long-term study details glaciers shrinking in Washington and Alaska (Oregonian) Heat wave devastating for hatcheries (Longview Daily News) Congress will decide on Stehekin road (Wenatchee World) ‘Roadless Rule’ goes full circle (Wenatchee World) Containment zone set for Gifford Pinchot fires (Chronicle) South Cascade Glacier shrinking (The News Tribune) Seattleites slowly learning to BTOB — bring their own (shopping) bags (Seattle Times) Scientists doubt inventor's global cooling idea — but what if it works? (McClatchy/The Bellingham Herald) Committee aligns with estuary (The Olympian) Fed report: long-term data shows glaciers shrinking fast (McClatchy/Bellingham Herald) BLOG: Historic landmark vs. the EPA (Knute Berger/Crosscut.com) OPINION: Don't trust charlatans: Earth is heating up (Arthur Glasfeld, Ph.D., and Juliane Fry, Ph.D., Reed College/Oregonian) EDITORIAL: State parks need that $5 donation from drivers (The News Tribune) GUN RIGHTS Gun owners sue DC for right to carry weapons (AP/ The Bellingham Herald) HANFORD Nuclear plant considered safe despite fires (Tri-City Herald) HEALTH CARE Public option: Is it crucial to health-care overhaul? (Washington Post/Seattle Times) Woman tests positive for West Nile (Yakima Herald-Republic) Multiple flu shots looming this year (AP/Spokesman Review) OPINION: America is ripe for health-care reform (Lance Dickie/Seattle Times) HOUSING Low home prices draw investors, first-time buyers (Chronicle) IMMIGRATION Immigration agency begins restructuring (The News Tribune) LEGISLATURE State Reps. plan Cle Elum, Ellensburg events (Yakima Herald-Republic) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Manchester Port Considering Tax to Buy Land, Pay Off Debt (Kitsap Sun) Longview council approves advisory vote on merger with Kelso (Longview Daily News) OPEN GOVERNMENT Transparency heralded at open records forum (Wenatchee World)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES All eyes are on R-71 (The Olympian) Fight to reject gay rights falling short in early count (Olympian/The News Tribune) BLOG: Prof. Murray's daily math lesson on Ref. 71 signature count (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) BLOG: Ed Murray tackles the math on Ref 71 and now I'm more confused (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: A right to sign, a right to know (Wenatchee World) ELECTIONS BLOG: Definitive guide to the 2008 federal elections is out and it's free (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) LEGISLATURE State labor leaders blast Democratic lawmakers (Longview Daily News) LOCAL Licata facing stiff competition for first time in political life (Seattle Times) In their own words: Interviewing candidates in Seattle mayor's race (Seattle Times) Judge to rule on unsealing ex-KIRO news anchor’s lawsuit documents (AP/Everett Herald) BLOG: New Seattle mayoral ads send snowstorm hints (Emily Heffter/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Unions' ads against Rep. Ross Hunter are unfair (Seattle Times) ENDORSEMENT: Jara and Maupin Are Best for Bremerton (Kitsap Sun) ENDORSEMENT: Re-elect Dave Somers in Snohomish County Council District 5 (Seattle Times) STATE The twin passions of Bruce Smith (Yakima Herald-Republic) BLOG: GOP says Rep. Baird 'delusional' over 'brown shirt' comments (Brad Shannon/The Olympian) Baird to skip town meetings due to ‘lynch-mob’ mentality (Chronicle) BLOG: Dave Reichert is targeted – again – by national Democrats (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Kitchen Too Hot? - for Brian Baird (The Columbian) SUPREME COURT Sotomayor: High court gets voice full of new perspective (Tribune Washington Bureau/Seattle Times) BLOG: Sotomayor wins nomination, Murray comments (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Another partisan vote for Supreme Court (The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Sotomayor's testament to the American dream (Oregonian) EDITORIAL: Sotomayor is good step in gaining equal representation (The Olympian) NATIONAL OPINION: A new level of viciousness enters America's political dialogue (Joel Connelly/ Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Push for stronger protection for whistleblowers is encouraging (Longview Daily News)
	STATE GOVERNMENT Liquor Control Board to Close Bremerton Office (Kitsap Sun) TRANSPORTATION King County executive proposes service cuts for all Metro Transit bus routes (Seattle Times) DOT crews work to protect wildlife, drivers along 97A (Wenatchee World) TRIBES Seattle court rules Suquamish Indian Tribe has fishing rights (Seattle Times)

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