Washington House Republicans: Capitol Buzz

Capitol Buzz is a daily roundup of online media clips produced by House Republican Communications. For more information, contact: Lisa Fenton, Communications Director, at (360) 786-7728.

FOR MORE NEWS AND INFORMATION, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: http://www.houserepublicans.wa.gov

CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

August 20, 2009

	BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Lewis County jobless rate continues to show decline (The Chronicle) State, Harbors jobless numbers were down in July (The Daily World) Tri-Cities tops state in job growth (Tri-City Herald) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT EDITORIAL: Limits of free speech apply to the Internet (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) DAMS Rep. McDermott's bill to remove dams ruffles feathers (Seattle Times) Seattle's McDermott pushes for Snake River dam breaching (Tri-City Herald) OPINION: Breaching Snake River dams will turn fertile farmland into desert (Don C. Brunell/Daily Sun News) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Washington students score above U.S. average on ACT test (Puget Sound Business Journal) Impasse declared in contract talks with teachers (Seattle Times) Walla Walla schools trim $3.5 million from budget (Tri-City Herald) BLOG: State school chief Randy Dorn says he will "Race to the Top" (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Army Corps talks levees and dams with local officials (The Chronicle) Skill testing: Six days, 70 cars, 16 firefighter teams (The News Tribune) ENERGY & UTILITIES PUD looking at nuke partnership (The Daily World) Cost for Kittitas solar plant triples (Seattle P-I) Kittitas County receives solar farm application (Yakima Herald-Republic) State requests PUD contract documents (Columbia Basin Herald) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Pierce County in limbo on air quality standards (Seattle P-I) Goldmark's term off to tough start at DNR (Olympian) Hurricane Ridge Road reopens -- only during the day (Peninsula Daily News) Port Angeles to receive Ecology funds for harbor development (Peninsula Daily News) Federal study shows mercury in fish widespread (AP/Bellingham Herald) Smoky skies? Blame Canada (Wenatchee World) DEQ to help polluter seek federal break on mercury emission (Oregonian) EDITORIAL: Make the donation and keep state parks open (Tri-City Herald) HANFORD Rep. Dicks checks out Hanford cleanup (Tri-City Herald) OPINION: Hanford assurances too familiar to taxpayers (Spokesman-Review) HEALTH CARE Reform talk draws protest (Spokesman-Review) Baird talks health care with Rotary (Columbian) About 800 grill Baird on health care (Longview Daily News) Passionate debate goes off with few problems (Longview Daily News) Health care reform question: Would government employees participate in proposed plan? (Longview Daily News) Democrats prepare to push health care without GOP (AP/Seattle P-I) Beyond outrage at Northwest health care town halls, real concerns (Oregonian) Firms with Obama ties profit from health push (AP/Oregonian) BLOG: Brian Baird's Olympia health care town hall set for August 31 (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) BLOG: Health care foes plan town hall and will reserve seats for Murray and Cantwell (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) OPINION: The 'socialized medicine' red herring (Tom Luce/Crosscut.com) EDITORIAL: Time for president to lead (Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Passion and respect (Columbian) HIGHER EDUCATION It's not your father's vocational ed (The Daily World) State pay shows benefits of education (Olympian) WSU elevates high-tech offerings (Columbian) EDITORIAL: Rental option puts textbook publisher at the head of the class (Longview Daily News) HOUSING Buy a house, get paid (Spokesman-Review) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS EDITORIAL: Open space preservation gets a welcome boost (The News Tribune) LEGISLATURE Kids can learn how government works (Bellingham Herald) LOCAL GOVERNMENT State finds problems with Quincy projects (Columbia Basin Herald) City May Levy Surcharge in 2010 for McCormick Woods Septic Users (Kitsap Sun) MILITARY VA Secretary Shinseki, speaking in Portland, vows government will 'do better' (Oregonian) EDITORIAL: Memorials and veterans deserve better (Olympian) EDITORIAL: The secretary and the veterans (Oregonian) OPEN GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL: Openness must be watchword for council's code of ethics (Yakima Herald-Republic)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Bag fee: bad idea or bad timing? (Seattle Times) BLOG: Sam Reed's office replies to Ref 71 accusation of bias (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) BLOG: Anti-gay rights ref. signature check: 50k more needed (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Today’s R71 update: Interested in seeing how the signatures for R71 are being counted? (The Capitol Record/TVW) EDITORIAL: Bagging it in Seattle (Oregonian) ELECTIONS BLOG: Junk mail voting defeats me (David Horsey/Seattle P-I) LEGISLATURE House race clearer as count continues (Spokesman-Review) Grant, Nealey advance (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) 15th District candidate is out of state, but not out of race (Yakima Herald-Republic) LOCAL Nickels loses ground; Mallahan takes lead (Seattle Times) Mallahan Pulls Ahead in the Countdown to the Mayoral Recount (Seattle Weekly) McGinn's Secret: One Issue, No Money...the Beard? (Seattle Weekly) Tallies close in some primary races (Everett Herald) More Ballots Trickle In, but No Leads Change Wednesday (Kitsap Sun) Pollard falls slightly behind Leavitt in latest Vancouver mayor returns (Oregonian) OPINION: Bag fee lost, but it helped McGinn and O'Brien (Ted Van Dyk/Crosscut.com) COLUMN: McGinn: On the street where you live (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Listen to the Thunder: Did Sonics leaving doom Nickels? (Art Thiel/Seattle P-I) STATE Baird to hold town hall meeting in Centralia Sept. 2 (The Chronicle)
	PRIVACY U.S. Department of Health issues new regulations regarding privacy (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) SALMON Researchers snorkel to examine salmon, steelhead habitat on Yakima (Tri-City Herald) OPINION: Salmon recovery plan not enough (Bryan Irwin, Coastal Conservation Association/The News Tribune) STATE GOVERNMENT Who is the highest paid state worker? You might be surprised (The News Tribune) BLOG: Two top 10 state salary groups: Colleges and everyone else (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) TRIBES Jurisdiction key in Tulalip fireworks lawsuit (Everett Herald) WAR AGAINST TERROR The day Seattle faced an Al Qaeda threat (Crosscut.com) WATER Kittitas County's legal 'options' may lift well moratorium (Daily Record) 1977 Yakima River water rights case nears resolution (Tri-City Herald)

To make changes in your Capitol Buzz subscription (subscribe or unsubscribe),
please click here to access the subscriptions page.