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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

August 24, 2009

	AGRICULTURE State on guard against Japanese beetle invasion (AP/Everett Herald) State ag officials on the lookout for Japanese beetles (Tri-City Herald - Sunday) Grape crop expected to be Washington's largest (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Will antitrust probe keep Microsoft, Yahoo apart? (AP/Seattle P-I) Chemical, food companies would pay higher carbon charges, report says (Oregonian) Now, car dealers in line for clunker cash from government (Oregonian - Sunday) North Kitsap business charged up over green technology gains (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) OPINION: Adios to a state of denial, and Washington, here I come (Candace Reed, author/The News Tribune) OPINION: A tan to die for; Tanning beds need stricter regulation (Peter Rasmussen, Melanoma International Foundation/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Some good news for Gorst (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Tek's Shanghai surprise: Oregon jobs to China (Oregonian - Sunday) EDITORIAL: On first glance, Clunkers program looks like a sweet ride (Longview Daily News) EDITORIAL: University District to get welcome pick-me-up (Spokesman-Review) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Memorial for deputy next week (The Chronicle) Port Townsend Police look forward to new digs (Peninsula Daily News) Kitsap County looks at broadening photo enforcement — to speeding (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) Federal Way judge accused of finagling under cover (The News Tribune - Saturday) Pasado’s sues over exemption to slaughter law (Everett Herald - Saturday) EDITORIAL: Little compassion -- and no justice (Oregonian - Saturday) EDITORIAL: Civil injunctions another tool in fight against gangs (Yakima Herald-Republic - Sunday) DAMS OPINION: Breaching Snake River dams will turn fertile farmland into desert (Don Brunell/Daily Sun News) EDITORIAL: Breaching dams on Snake River is foolish idea (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Saturday) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Port Angeles School Board to review budget (Peninsula Daily News) WASL to be replaced this coming school year (Bellingham Herald - Sunday) Stimulus expands math, reading classes (Longview Daily News - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Merit pay for teachers would end fight on pay (Seattle Times - Sunday) ENERGY & UTILITIES Nuclear project meeting Monday (The Daily World) Grays Harbor PUD thinking about nuclear power (AP/Seattle Times) In wind-farm debate, concerns mount over leasing of private property (Seattle Times) Spotted owls block Skamania wind farm expansion (AP/Everett Herald) State tables idea of wind farm lease in spotted owl habitat (The Columbian - Sunday) Review starts on Teanaway solar project (The Daily Record - Saturday) EDITORIAL: Keep speculators out of carbon markets (Seattle Times - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Forest limbs, debris power us to the future (Olympian - Sunday) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES New wildlife lab opens (Spokesman-Review) Hood Canal is on an oxygen high, but it's coming down fast (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) Crews make progress against Okanogan wildfire (AP/Spokesman-Review) Okanogan fire still hot as firefighters watch for winds (Wenatchee World - Sunday) Lightning sets off Hanford area, 3,000 acres in Benton County (Wenatchee World - Saturday) Crews try to keep brush fires from spreading (Tri-City Herald - Sunday) Crews battle 5 Mid-Columbia wildfires (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) EDITORIAL: Glaciers retreating (The Columbian) EDITORIAL: Good recycling idea (The Columbian - Sunday) HEALTH CARE Town hall talk often leaves constituents in the dark (Spokesman-Review) Some study Group Health for solution to care (Olympian) Does Group Health hold answers in health-care debate? (Seattle Times - Sunday) Health care forums in Everett and Edmonds this week (Everett Herald - Sunday) Northwest HMOs cited as alternatives to a government-run health plan (Oregonian - Sunday) Schools, health officials plan swine flu fight (The News Tribune - Sunday) Schools, cities get ready for swine flu (Walla Wall Union-Bulletin - Saturday) State takes action against health workers (Olympian - Saturday) West Nile virus found in Burbank bird (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Saturday) 'Public option' -- From obscurity to central issue (Oregonian - Saturday) BLOG: State leaders plan health care town hall in Everett on Monday (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald - Friday) OPINION: Some troubling questions about health care (Gary Minder/Kitsap Sun) OPINION: Our leaders haven’t yet formulated a workable health plan (Robert Mitchell/Olympian) OPINION: Fixing health care best done one step at a time (James McCusker, Bothell economist/Everett Herald) OPINION: Fix Medicare, and health care will follow (Dr. Caleb Henry, assistant professor of political science, Seattle Pacific University/Longview Daily News - Sunday) OPINION: Congress and Washington state must figure in impacts on long-term care in reform efforts (Rep. Brendan Williams/Seattle Times - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Quit scaring the seniors in health care debate (Oregonian - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Best choice to dispose of drugs: Pharmacists (The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Everyone has role to play in limiting flu's spread (Yakima Herald-Republic) HIGHER EDUCATION SPSCC cuts costs at theater (Olympian) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Recession doing what voters couldn't -- cutting size of King Co. government (Seattle P-I) City says pet license fee increase needed to offset costs (The Daily World) Clatskanie ponders gas tax for streets (Longview Daily News) School district seeking ways to recover $400,000 for insurance (Longview Daily News) Ousted Seattle mayor: 'We are not a broken city' (Seattle Times - Saturday) COLUMN: Seattle likes debate, not action (Danny Westneat/Seattle Times - Sunday) MEDIA EDITORIAL: Understand consequences of free speech (Seattle Times - Sunday) MILITARY Tanker deal closer, general says (Spokesman-Review)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES BLOG: Check of anti-gay rights ref. signatures two-thirds complete (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) ELECTIONS BLOG: Thought Top Two primary case was settled? Yeah, well no. (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: State parties should abandon fight against Top 2 primary (Longview Daily News - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Political party leaders can't stop digging (The Columbian) LEGISLATURE Edmonds Tea Party activist running for Legislature (Seattle Times) Tea Party activist runs for seat in Legislature (Everett Herald - Sunday) LOCAL Mallahan or McGinn: What it will take to win (Seattle Times - Sunday) Edmonds bag ban proceeds unfazed (Everett Herald) No losers as politicians play softball (The Columbian) BLOG: McGinn now leads in mayoral primary count (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Mad at big plastic? Don't get mad, get even (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Voters' message is clear: Show us something new (Seattle Times) STATE Rep. Brian Baird shares details on threat to his life (AP/Everett Herald) Baird plans ‘Telephone Town Hall’ for Lewis County (The Chronicle) Baird to hold telephone town hall meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday (Longview Daily News - Sunday) Town halls abound (The News Tribune - Saturday) Rep. Dicks to host town hall meetings Aug. 31 (Kitsap Sun - Saturday) NATIONAL COLUMN: 7-month itch afflicts Obama’s once-enthusiastic ‘army’ (Cal Thomas/Olympian) COLUMN: If a third political party won't work (John Laird/The Columbian)
	SALMON Low river water levels could leave salmon gasping (AP/Everett Herald) STATE GOVERNMENT State Patrol employees receive awards (Wenatchee World) EDITORIAL: Another DSHS horror story (Everett Herald) TRANSPORTATION Auction: Most Glacier cabins sold by DOT for anywhere from $5 to $275 (The News Tribune) OPINION: Portland to Vancouver, B.C.: A baby step for passenger rail (Rick Attig/Oregonian) TRIBES Shellfish ruling surprises farmers (AP/Olympian - Saturday)

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