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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

August 27, 2009

	AGRICULTURE County Executive's urban growth proposal would add agricultural land (Bellingham Herald) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Boeing sets schedule for 787 1st flight (Seattle Times) Report: Boeing memo asks rhetorical questions about labor (Seattle P-I) Visiting foreign seamen make Port Angeles cash registers ring (Peninsula Daily News) FTC tells robocallers to hang it up (Seattle P-I) 49 of 50 states lose manufacturing jobs (Puget Sound Business Journal) Cowlitz Bancorporation scrambling to avoid Nasdaq delisting (Longview Daily News) BLOG: Reaction to Boeing's new 787 schedule (Aubrey Cohen/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Boeing 787 update: Conference call with executives (Scott Sunde/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Post office budget woes en route to your mailbox (Tri-City Herald) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Family, officers travel far to remember fallen deputy (The Chronicle) Fallen officer honored as ‘special gift to all’ (Olympian) After two months, search continues for McCleary girl (The Daily World) ID theft ring busted, police say (Everett Herald) Sheriff seeks jail site alternatives (Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Colorado city's plan to make cops sell guns is foolish (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Kent teachers vote to strike (KIRO TV) Kent teachers vote overwhelmingly to strike (KOMO TV/Seattle P-I) Kent teachers vote to strike as talks go on (Seattle Times) Kent: Teachers vote to go on strike (Tacoma News Tribune) Rainier teachers inch ahead on contract (Longview Daily News) Immunizations required for school-bound children (The Chronicle) State: WASL scores will not be tossed (Spokesman-Review) School offers sneak peek (Spokesman-Review) Central Kitsap School Board Delays Decision on 2010 Levies (Kitsap Sun) She's getting back to the building (The Daily World) Kindergarten transition program a positive first step (Yakima Herald-Republic) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES A mini Katrina? King County prepares for flooding (Seattle P-I) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Port of Bellingham may appeal NOAA decision to move to Oregon (Bellingham Herald) FAMILY ISSUES Basic needs of families in state are costing more (AP/Seattle Times) HEALTH CARE Swine flu confirmed in 5 WSU students (Tri-City Herald) Extensive flu outbreak is expected at WSU (Spokesman-Review) Half-dozen Yakima County residents hospitalized with mosquito-borne illness (Daily Sun News) Baird calls in town hall (The Chronicle) Loss of health care champion creates more uncertainty in debate (New York Times/Seattle Times) County studies milfoil's effects on swimmers (Tri-City Herald) OHSU says gene swap holds promise for preventing inherited diseases (Oregonian) Oregon spends less but achieves equal or better health results to states that spend more on care (Oregonian) OPINION: Doc, got anything to make me immortal? (Robert Fortner/ Crosscut.com) EDITORIAL: Town hall brawl? Not this one (Tacoma News Tribune) HIGHER EDUCATION Clark College ready to debut new east Vancouver branch (The Columbian) HOUSING Kitsap Devotes $671,645 Grant to Buying 'Transitional' Housing (Kitsap Sun) Tacoma: Ex-housing agency chief Flannigan denies allegations (Tacoma News Tribune) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Council approves new sprinkler ordinance (The Daily World) Port plan OK’d over protest (Olympian) MILITARY Dungeness man receives Purple Heart -- 65 years after wounding (Peninsula Daily News) U.S., foreign coast guard crews train together on Strait (Peninsula Daily News) USS Bremerton Gets Acquainted With Its Namesake City (Kitsap Sun) Lodge offers space for spiritual healing (Spokesman-Review)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Referendum 71 count to be complete by Sept. 1 (AP/Olympian) Both sides complain of Ref. 71 signature check, prepare to appeal (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Seattle voters right to sack bag tax (Yakima Herald-Republic - Tuesday) ELECTIONS EDITORIAL: Leave state’s top-two primary system alone (Olympian) LOCAL Pollard lashes out at Leavitt in Vancouver mayor's race (Oregonian) The Daily Weekly - Constantine vs. Hutchison: Round 1 Scheduled (Seattle Weekly) BLOG: One reason to like McGinn for mayor (Knute Berger/Crosscut.com) COLUMN: Sen. Ed Murray for mayor? Let's hope so for Seattle's sake (Joni Bialter/ Seattle Times) STATE BLOG: McDermott will have town halls three ways (Scott Sunde/Seattle P-I) NATIONAL Kennedy exuded youth, energy in Spokane visits (Spokesman-Review) Kennedy mourned as friend and mentor by state Senators (Tacoma News Tribune) COLUMN: Recollections of Kennedy (David Horsey/Seattle P-I) OPINION: To honor Kennedy, lift debate to his level (Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Sen. Ted Kennedy's legacy on par with that of his brothers (Longview Daily News) EDITORIAL: A life of artful lawmaking (Everett Herald)
	SALMON 10-hour Columbia River gillnet season cancelled (Longview Daily News) Hmm ... there’s something fishy at Tumwater Dam (Wenatchee World) SOCIAL SECURITY EDITORIAL: Stick by Social Security rules: no inflation, no cost of living increase (Yakima Herald-Republic) SEX OFFENDERS Caregiver pleads innocent to rape (Tri-City Herald) TRANSPORTATION Plans for regular Paine Field flights slow but moving (Everett Herald) BLOG: Poll: Seattle favors tunnel replacement for viaduct (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) OPINION: Transportation dollars should be allocated to maximize larger society goals (Slade Gorton/Seattle Times) TRIBES Tribes Land Federal Money for Public Safety (Kitsap Sun) Feds announce $5 million in grants to tribes in Washington (AP/Seattle Times) WATER Kittitas County seeks accord on new wells (Yakima Herald-Republic)

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