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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

August 12, 2009

	AGRICULTURE Area honeybee population drop continues (Peninsula Daily News) BUDGET & TAXES BLOG: Gas tax referendum filed, but will it go anywhere? (Jeff Mapes/Oregonian) OPINION: Rampant federal spending hinders state government (Sen. Mike Carrell/Seattle P-I) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Fed likely to leave rates at lows to aid recovery (AP/Spokesman-Review) Hundreds line up for jobs at Puyallup Fair (KIRO TV) OPINION: Boeing's bottom line is a concern for all of us (Sen. Mike Hewitt/Seattle P-I) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Officials see rise in militia groups across US (AP/Seattle P-I) State Patrol: Seattle homicide was 1,000th hit on DNA database (AP/Bellingham Herald) EDITORIAL: Give prisons tool to sever criminal connections (Spokesman-Review) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Port Angeles school enrollment falls by 135 (Peninsula Daily News) Schools chief in Puyallup declines raise (The News Tribune) ENERGY & UTILITIES Northwest power-plan draft relies heavily on conservation (Seattle Times) Conservation could reduce Northwest's new power needs by 85 percent (AP/Seattle Times) State near top on cutting thirst for oil (Olympian) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Maury Island gravel company to defy state lands commissioner (Seattle Times) Company won't halt work on Maury Island gravel facility (AP/The News Tribune) Kitsap County Has Dirty, Soapy Car Wash Water in Its Sights (Kitsap Sun) Survey Reveals Attitudes About Pollution (Kitsap Sun) Waste storage a toxic topic (Spokesman-Review) State gets $800,000 for toxic cleanup in Tacoma (AP/Olympian) Ecology trades burn barrels for compost bins (Wenatchee World) EDITORIAL: Sea study is valuable research (Olympian) HANFORD State, feds agree on Hanford cleanup (AP/Seattle Times) State, DOE reach deal on Hanford cleanup (Tri-City Herald) New plan would add oversight but delay Hanford nuclear cleanup (Oregonian) HEALTH CARE Big fight over big government (Washington Post/Seattle Times) Regional health leaders call for health care reform (Seattle PostGlobe/Seattle Weekly) Lawmakers face angry crowds on health care (AP/Longview Daily News) Baird discusses health care, town halls during Longview speech (Longview Daily News) Dicks nixes health care town hall on North Olympic Peninsula, opting for small meeting instead (Peninsula Daily News) Crowds expected at today's health care town hall in Everett (Everett Herald) Anticipation for Flu Season Begins to Build (Kitsap Sun) COLUMN: McDermott: Health care system 'inhuman', 'stupid' (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Sometimes slopes really are slippery (Kathleen Parker/The News Tribune) OPINION: Hospital safety oversight falls short (Sen. Karen Keiser/Seattle P-I) OPINION: Health care reform will help shape future of this nation (William Ekpa/Olympian) OPINION: The private benefits of public competition in health insurance (Johann N. Neem/Seattle Times) OPINION: Town-hall yelling reflects real concerns (Richard S. Davis/Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Medical errors: So much time, so little progress (The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Don't let news of next outbreak of swine flu create panic (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) EDITORIAL: We need better care for the mentally ill - now (Tri-City Herald) LABOR Anti-union vote could lure a second 787 line south (Everett Herald) Boeing's S.C. workers to decide Sept. 10 whether to oust union (Seattle Times) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS Angry residents pack GMA hearing (The Chronicle) LEGISLATURE Commissioner links Latinos, Legislature (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Port of Port Angeles could still appeal NOAA decision (Peninsula Daily News) Mental health sales tax increase moves ahead (The Daily World) County borrows funds from itself (The Daily World) Grays Harbor County sets up $2 million credit line (Olympian) Third wave of Pierce County budget cuts? (The News Tribune) Airport's fate still undecided (Tri-City Herald) MILITARY 5th Brigade deployed to Taliban's birthplace (The News Tribune) OPEN GOVERNMENT BLOG: Most legislative candidates silent on open government (Michelle Dupler/Tri-City Herald)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Ref. 71 backers ask state to seal names of campaign donors due to threats (Seattle Times) Wash. PDC rejects request to seal donor names (AP/Olympian) Group fighting same-sex partnership with Ref. 71 petition for donor secrecy (Everett Herald) LEGISLATURE 15th District incumbent Taylor pleaded guilty to DUI (Yakima Herald-Republic) 15th District candidate Marichalar was fired from DSHS job (Yakima Herald-Republic) LOCAL Port of Everett: Property-tax pitch headed for the ballot (Everett Herald) STATE EDITORIAL: Baird's decision will linger long after news cycle (Olympian) NATIONAL EDITORIAL: Luxury jets plan rightfully grounded (Longview Daily News) EDITORIAL: House jet request flies in face of recession realities (Yakima Herald-Republic)
	TRANSPORTATION Viaduct: 'The state is building that tunnel' (Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Boat Scramble Highlights Ferry Folly Again (Pam Dzama/Kitsap Sun) TRIBES HUD awards grants for tribal housing (AP/Spokesman-Review) WATER Legislators: Upper Kittitas County well moratorium not needed (Daily Record) DOE: not trying to force county's hand (Daily Record)

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