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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

August 31, 2009

	AGRICULTURE Building burns at hay feed maker near Moses Lake (Spokesman-Review) BUDGET & TAXES Drivers will decide if state parks remain open (AP/Seattle Times) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Manufacturer coming to Kalama port (Longview Daily News) EDITORIAL: Some optimism is OK, really (Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Credit Changes (The Columbian - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Biomass plan energizes Mint Farm, region (Longview Daily News) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Coyote Ridge inmate seeks new status after beating (Tri-City Herald) Deep cuts ahead for corrections department (The Columbian) Prison system copes with tough transition (The Columbian) 51,000 pot plants valued at $21 million found in Okanogan County (AP/The News Tribune - Sunday) State pays felons’ rent to clear prison beds (Everett Herald) COLUMN: For a day, prison is fun and games (Doug Clark/Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Prison experts, not lawmakers, should lead as cuts pondered (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) EDITORIAL: Crime can sicken, or inspire (Everett Herald) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Wash. latest state to be sued for school dollars (AP/ Seattle P-I - Sunday) Budget cuts mean bigger classes, more fees for many Longview and Kelso students (Longview Daily News - Sunday) School-funding issue back in court 30 years after landmark case (Seattle Times) Chimacum superintendent heads suit for state funding (Peninsula Daily News) Strapped districts spread the burden (Spokesman-Review) New youth Internet safety program for schools introduced today (The News Tribune) Why school zones demand attention from drivers (The News Tribune) Lawsuit demands equitable, full state funding of public schools (AP/Everett Herald) Buying school supplies a strain for more families (Everett Herald - Saturday) EDITORIAL: ‘Race to the Top’ grant worth pursuing (Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Los Angeles school district hopes charter approach rescues failing schools (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Accountability in the classroom and the equipment closet (Seattle Times - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Amid budget crisis, will education be the same? (Longview Daily News - Sunday) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Flood grant of $200,000 coming to county (The Chronicle) ENERGY & UTILITIES Does Seattle have enough spark for electric cars? (Seattle P-I) Alaska Air tests fuel-saving landing procedure (Seattle P-I - Sunday) From poplar to ethanol: Plant could help save Northwest's biofuels industry (Seattle Times - Sunday) Doubts surround proposed solar facility (The Daily Record) EDITORIAL: Tax dollars blowin' in the wind (Oregonian - Saturday) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Wolf hunting just one facet of management, experts say (Spokesman-Review) 'This guy just likes killing and leaving them' -- is this cougar a serial killer? (Peninsula Daily News) State to restore Port Susan estuary (Everett Herald - Saturday) OPINION: Military leaders sound climate alarm (Everett Herald - Sunday) FAMILY ISSUES Seniors will face penny-pinching decisions (Everett Herald) HANFORD Hanford, other nuclear sites fear they're the alternative to Yucca Mountain (Bellingham Herald - Sunday) Hanford's nasty waste may stay put (Tri-City Herald - Sunday) Lawmakers warn of de facto nuclear dumping (The News Tribune) HEALTH CARE Rep. Ericksen to hold town hall meeting on health care reform (Bellingham Herald - Sunday) Health district suspends dead bird collection for West Nile protection (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) Hundreds turn out at Walla Walla Community College for health-care meeting (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Friday) Return of the swine flu (Yakima Herald-Republic) West Nile found again in county (The Chronicle) Health-Care-Reform Event in Poulsbo Is (Mostly) Civil (Kitsap Sun - Saturday) Oregon faces double-digit rise in health insurance rates (AP/Longview Daily News) Healthy debate on health care at Inslee's forum in Edmonds (Everett Herald) As nation debates health reform, Everett models a system that works well (Everett Herald - Sunday) Health care answers aging population's needs (Wenatchee World - Saturday) 200 at WSU report illness; swine flu outbreak feared (AP/The News Tribune - Saturday) COLUMN: In search of rational leadership on health care (Larry Simoneaux/Everett Herald) OPINION: Let's fix the underlying health care problems first (Shannon Barnett/Longview Daily News - Sunday) OPINION: Prescription drug abuse is state's leading cause of accidental deaths (Rob McKenna/ The Olympian) HIGHER EDUCATION Aerospace training may start soon at Paine Field (Everett Herald) HOUSING This week, your home inspector will have to be licensed (Seattle P-I) Group might build affordable artist homes (The Olympian) Olympia home permits up (The Olympian - Saturday) LABOR Kent teachers on strike (AP/ The Olympian) Teacher contract talks stall in several school districts (AP/The News Tribune- Sunday) Teachers strike looms in Lake Stevens (Everett Herald - Saturday) Kent teacher strike still on (Seattle Times - Sunday) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seattle libraries close, city employees furloughed (AP/ Bellingham Herald) New auto stimulus plan to be pitched to dealers (Longview Daily News) Pierce County to privatize mental-health services (Seattle Times) Fired fire chief to sue district (The Chronicle) MILITARY Technicality in tuition program cuts off help for Iraq war widow (Spokesman-Review) OPEN GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL: Candidates should be open about views on open government (Yakima Herald-Republic - Saturday)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Fight over Referendum 71 may change elections (Everett Herald - Sunday) BLOG: Latest numbers show Referendum 71 results will be close (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Ballot no place for propaganda (The News Tribune - Sunday) LEGISLATURE BLOG: Rep. Tom Campbell will run for state House seat, not Congress (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) LOCAL How will history judge Mayor Nickels? (Crosscut.com) STATE COLUMN: 'Scoop' Jackson was Ted Kennedy's equal in Senate presence (Julie Muhlstein/Everett Herald - Sunday) SUPREME COURT EDITORIAL: Washington state Supreme Court upholds employer's right to fire (Seattle Times - Saturday) NATIONAL Political allies and rivals pay tribute to Kennedy (AP/Seattle Times - Saturday) Palin kin hit campaign trail in Idaho (AP/Spokesman-Review) Nat'l GOP backs off 'inartful' mailer (The Columbian - Saturday) EDITORIAL: Filling Ted Kennedy's seat: Power to the people (Oregonian - Sunday)
	STATE GOVERNMENT Car tabs and $5 for state parks, if you're willing (AP/ The Olympian - Saturday) State seeks a billion more in stimulus dollars (The Olympian - Saturday) Mid-Columbia cities, agencies race for state funds (Tri-City Herald) State updates Wenatchee public lands map (Wenatchee World - Saturday) BLOG: About those mystery laptops sent to the governor (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Common sense takes hold in holiday display debacle (The Olympian) TRANSPORTATION Bremerton-Seattle Run Down to One Car Ferry For Now (Kitsap Sun) Quieter skies ahead: Seattle at forefront of high-tech plan to change airplane traffic (Seattle Times - Sunday) $1 billion in federal stimulus money sought for state rail projects (AP/Everett Herald - Sunday) Ferry damaged in hard landing at Colman Dock in Seattle (AP/The News Tribune - Sunday) BLOG: Q&A with Paula Hammond: Is the Viaduct replacement a done deal? Early tolling and more. (TVW) TRIBES Leaders stress powwow’s value (Spokesman-Review) VETERANS EDITORIAL: Effort to help veterans with PTSD get fair compensation is welcome (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)

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