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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

Sept. 3, 2009

	AGRICULTURE Apple growers to release successor to Honeycrisp (AP/ Seattle P-I) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY The enduring wisdom of Mom and Pop (Crosscut.com) Russell narrows headquarters search to two sites in Tacoma and Seattle (Seattle Times) Washington settles with brokerage firms (The Columbian) New jobless claims dip less than expected to 570K (AP/Seattle Times) Ruling expected Friday in Boeing-Airbus trade dispute (Everett Herald) Boeing plane deliveries drop 22 pct in August (AP/ Seattle P-I) OPINION: Time for Boeing to get back to the basics of experience and performance (Stan Sorscher/Seattle Times) OPINION: Financial outlook grim (Congressman Doc Hastings/ Daily Sun News) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Washington share of Pfizer deal is $9M (Puget Sound Business Journal) Cameras may keep an eye outside Snohomish taverns (Everett Herald) Cameras to watch over school zones in Tacoma and Federal Way (The News Tribune) Drug agents seize $5 million marijuana grow (AP/Everett Herald) Stimulus grant revives gang task force (The Columbian) Memorial, vigil a year after Skagit shootings (AP/Everett Herald) Peninsula's Walgreens drugstores install time-delayed safes to thwart narcotics thieves (Peninsula Daily News) Accusations fly over dismissed Green Hill assault case (The Chronicle) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Changes await as Kitsap kids head back to school (Kitsap Sun) Private schools pinched by economy (The News Tribune) Enrollment bump a nice surprise (The Daily World) New cameras In Federal Way, Tacoma school zones (KIRO TV) EDITORIAL: WASL's demise can't result in an end to education reform (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) GAY RIGHTS 'Don't ask, don't tell' challenge gets court date (Seattle P-I) HANFORD Study: Higher cancer rates for Hanford workers (Tri-City Herald/Spokesman-Review) HEALTH CARE Home, sweet medical home (Crosscut.com) Others might adopt Fife’s prescription drug disposal (The News Tribune) Sacred Heart’s profits climb (Spokesman-Review) Group wants medical marijuana cooperative (Tri-City Herald) Inslee seeking help for state on Medicare (The Olympian) Health care crowd lets Hastings talk (Wenatchee World) Group rallies in Richland for health care reform (Tri-City Herald) BLOG: Correction on town hall scuffle (Melissa Santos/The News Tribune) OPINION: Why seniors would be health reform winners, not losers (Howard Gleckman, Urban Institute/The News Tribune) OPINION: A doctor's view: four steps to health care reform (Dr. Ryan Scott/Oregonian) EDITORIAL: Shutting schools won't stop spread of H1N1(The Olympian) HIGHER EDUCATION UW to get $126 million for new ocean seafloor observatory (Seattle Times) LABOR Judge to rule on Kent teachers strike (AP/ The Bellingham Herald) Ruling on Kent teachers strike delayed a day (Seattle Times) Longview teachers reach labor contract deal with district (Longview Daily News) Teachers, district reach deal in Lake Stevens (Everett Herald) Everett teachers approve contract (Everett Herald) BLOG: King Co. unions balk at widespread furlough days for 2010 (Chris Grygiel/ Seattle P-I) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS Comments sought on Upper Teanaway (The Daily Record) LEGISLATURE Lack of diversity in Oregon Legislature highlights search to fill Senate seat (Oregonian) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Mason County commissioners put off decision on biggest budget cuts (Kitsap Sun) County faces $4M in cuts in 2010 (The Columbian) Anger builds over fees (The Columbian) Managerial union reaches deal with city to avert layoffs (Spokesman-Review) BLOG: Don't close parks. Rethink them. (Milenko Matanovic/ Crosscut.com) EDITORIAL: Fee foolishness (The Columbian)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Tacoma judge to rule on making R-71 names public (AP/ Seattle P-I) Ref. 71 certified for ballot; foes to continue legal battle (Seattle Times) Judge rejects R-71 challenge; new suit expected (AP/Everett Herald) BLOG: Ref. 71 moves closer to the ballot (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review) BLOG: R-71 court decision, new poll (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) BLOG: It's official: Referendum 71 certified for Nov. 3 ballot (Brad Shannon/The Olympian) BLOG: Secretary of State's reaction to judge's R-71 admonition (Chris Grygiel/ Seattle P-I) ELECTIONS BLOG: McCarthy would eliminate funding for Pierce County polling places (David Wickert/The News Tribune) LOCAL Mount Vernon not united on mayor's 'Glenn Beck Day' (Seattle Times) It's official: Councilor outpaces Vancouver mayor in primary; runoff due (Oregonian) STATE "Single-payer!" and other politely posed questions from McDermott's town hall meeting in Seattle (Seattle Weekly) Who sounds saner: Dan Savage, Michael Savage, or that guy at the town hall meeting in Bremerton? (Seattle Weekly) NATIONAL Obama to make concessions (New York Times/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Rammell’s reaction a bad omen of leadership (Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Cuba policy reform long overdue (Longview Daily News)
	STATE GOVERNMENT Abuse in children's foster care: State officials call for outside review (Oregonian) Oregon woman sues state, alleging foster abuse (AP/Longview Daily News) TOBACCO County smoking rate rises as statewide rate drops (Longview Daily News) Washington smoking rate hits new low for 6th year (AP/Spokesman-Review) TRANSPORTATION Damaged ferry could be repaired by busy weekend (Kitsap Sun) Kitsap Transit explains why it's cutting big while it's spending big (Kitsap Sun) WAR AGAINST TERROR Two more Fort Lewis soldiers killed by bomb in Afghanistan Monday (The News Tribune)

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