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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

August 13, 2009

	AGRICULTURE Farmers feel lost in shuffle (Wenatchee World) Okanogan Co. orchardists grumble at camp inspections (Wenatchee World) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Aberdeen gets pontoon project (The Daily World) DOT picks Aberdeen site for 520 bridge pontoons (AP/The News Tribune) BLOG: State picks Aberdeen for 2,000-job pontoon project for 520 (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) BLOG: Value of aerospace and defense deals sinks (Aubrey Cohen/Seattle P-I) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT For inmates, a breath of fresh air (Olympian) AG says gang problem is statewide (Yakima Herald-Republic) Three-strikes laws may not mean you’re out (LA Times/Everett Herald) Congressman alerts police to threat that depicts Obama (AP/Wenatchee World) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Spokane board OKs leaner school budget (Spokesman-Review) Charter school to teach creationism theories (AP/Olympian) Schools prepare for new exam system (Tri-City Herald) Preschool programs in Yakima, Seattle get boost (AP/The News Tribune) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Upgrades sought for early flood warnings (The Chronicle) ENERGY & UTILITIES NW Power Council deadlocks over proposal (Seattle Times) NW Power Council deadlocks over proposal (AP/Spokesman-Review) Centralia Looks to future of City Light (The Chronicle) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES National park entrance fees waived this weekend (AP/Everett Herald) Ecology trades burn barrels for compost bins (Wenatchee World) Mining company to delay dock work restart at Maury Island (The News Tribune) FAMILY ISSUES EDITORIAL: Prejudice can take over quickly (Wenatchee World) GUN RIGHTS EDITORIAL: Spike in gun sales could be driven by fear (Olympian) HANFORD Hundreds of fish to be checked in Columbia River (AP/Wenatchee World) EDITORIAL: Good news, bad news on Hanford cleanup (Daily News) HEALTH CARE VA doctors protest ‘crisis’ (Spokesman-Review) Husband turns heartbreak into swine flu warning (KIRO TV) Puyallup woman dies of swine flu, but first she gives birth (Olympian) What they’re saying (Everett Herald) BLOG: Now Baird reverses on health care town halls; will hold five (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) BLOG: Now today's health care/non health care event not happening (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) OPINION: Public option needed for health care reform (Peter Kliewer, Tacoma physician/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Replace town hall tirades with enlightened debate (Yakima Herald-Republic) EDITORIAL: Shouting down speakers has an inglorious history (Tri-City Herald) HIGHER EDUCATION Prepaid-tuition program recovers (Seattle Times) Prepaid tuition program faring well (AP/Spokesman-Review) COLUMN: EWU marching orders could bring out amoebic band geezers (Doug Clark/Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: WSU on the case to save honeybees (Olympian) HOUSING Home foreclosure filings up more than 100 percent in Seattle area (Seattle P-I) BLOG: Lacey homeless law gets national press (Brad Shannon/Olympian) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Hearing set on Grays Harbor sales tax hike (Olympian) Tax ruling goes against county (The Daily World) State questions Grant County reports (Columbia Basin Herald) MILITARY Spokane VA will boost psychiatric staffing (Spokesman-Review)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES BLOG: More on PDC precedence on not requiring full disclosure (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune)BLOG: Ref 71 backers report donor initials only. PDC not amused (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) BLOG: R71 updates galore: Potential lawsuit, public records fight, new math … (Niki Sullivan/ TVW) EDITORIAL: Donor names are, and should be, public (The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Disclosure panel should dismiss pleas for secrecy (Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: We can't let threats of violence close access to public records (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) EDITORIAL: Transparency put at risk (Everett Herald) LOCAL Waterfront tunnel heats up Seattle mayor's race (Seattle Times) Lawmakers to square off on softball field (The Columbian) STATE Baird says he'll hold town hall meetings after all (Oregonian) Baird apologizes for comments, announces five town halls (The Chronicle) Baird reverses course on health care town hall meetings (The News Tribune) Baird apologizes for statements, announces health care town hall series (Daily News) Baird vows to hold five town halls (The Columbian) Heated health care debate derails Mount St. Helens meeting (Daily News) Nearly 3,000 show up for health-care forum in Everett (Seattle Times) 2,400 turn out for spirited health care forum in Everett (Everett Herald) Rep. Hastings vows to protect Snake River dams, oppose single-payer health care (Tri City Herald/Daily News) Proposed care reforms elicit fears, support aired at Colville meetings (Spokesman-Review) BLOG: McDermott on health care reform: 'This is war' (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Tough week for Baird; time for town hall meeting (The Chronicle) EDITORIAL: Baird, nice recovery (The Columbian) NATIONAL BLOG: Canadian stimulus $ will pay Bill Clinton (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I)
	STATE GOVERNMENT Advocate for female prisoners hired (Everett Herald) DSHS forced to give up juvenile parole follow-ups (Wenatchee World) BLOG: Tar Heel goes back home to work for Carolina governor (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) TRANSPORTATION BLOG: Second Amtrak train to Vancouver, B.C. debuts next week; service will run through the 2010 Olympics; Talgo trains are back (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) WAR AGAINST TERROR OPINION: Obama needs to refocus on the War on Terror (Corey Russell/ Daily Sun News) WATER Well moratorium hearing is Thursday in Cle Elum (Daily Record)

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