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

Sept. 10, 2009

	AGRICULTURE Gala apple harvest in full swing (Tri-City Herald) BUDGET & TAXES State ordered to restore services to disabled adults (Everett Herald) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Trade, jobless claims figures show recession fades (Seattle Times) Russell move could signal downtown turnaround (Seattle P-I) Russell decides to move to Seattle (The News Tribune) Russell neighbors brace for exit (The News Tribune) And officials around here say they’ll keep working (The News Tribune) BLOG: Seattle pols: Condolences on Russell (Lewis Kamb/The News Tribune) BLOG: Russell to workers: Take the damn bus! (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) BLOG: Russell: company of destiny (Lisa Albers/Crosscut.com) BLOG: Gov. Gregoire on Russell Investments: Thanks for staying! (Niki Sullivan/TVW) BLOG: A lame duck gets the last quack? … And, the guv weighs in (Lewis Kamb/The News Tribune) COLUMN: Losing a headquarters is painful (Bill Virgin/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Play for Russell threatens Seattle, too (The News Tribune) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT March seeks to unify people against gangs (Yakima Herald-Republic) NAACP seeks race review of principal’s rape charge (The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Down economy highlights need for sensible prison sentences (Longview Daily News) DAMS Valley residents fear dam-lowering project (Seattle P-I) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Conservative think tank offers report card on Washington schools (AP/Bellingham Herald) Kent teachers' strike back in court (AP/Bellingham Herald) Kent teacher talks to resume; court hearing today (Seattle Times) Yakima gym teacher accused of sex with student (AP/Olympian) Private schools see dwindling enrollments (Longview Daily News) Schools should stay open in flu outbreak (Tri-City Herald) OPINION: Teacher tenure must go (Jonah Goldberg/Bellingham Herald) EDITORIAL: Obama's speech to students had sound advice (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) ENERGY & UTILITIES Deal may reduce some of coal plant's emissions (Olympian) Hearing set for TransAlta emission cuts (The Chronicle) State OKs fewer wind turbines for Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project (The Daily Record) OPINION: PGE's plan for the future shirks its responsibility (Christine Lewis, vice chairwoman of the Columbia Group Sierra Club/Oregonian) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Several NCW projects funded by recovery funds (Wenatchee World) Collaborative timber harvest crafted on Pinchot (The Columbian) OPINION: Sea rise and climate change: let's do the science (Todd Myers, Washington Policy Center/Crosscut.com) FAMILY ISSUES EDITORIAL: Law, court ruling push parenting back a step (Yakima Herald-Republic) HANFORD Battelle to clean up old, empty Hanford bus lot (Tri-City Herald) DOE considers building another Hanford landfill (Tri-City Herald) EDITORIAL: Abandoning waste site undoes years of planning (Spokesman-Review) HEALTH CARE President prods Congress on health-care legislation (Seattle Times) Fact Check: Obama uses iffy math on deficit pledge in health care address (AP/Oregonian) Obama: Statistics show need for overhauling health (AP/Seattle P-I) Obama’s health care speech gets mixed reviews (Puget Sound Business Journal) GOP response to President Obama's speech (AP/Olympian) Biden says congressman's outburst was embarrassing (AP/Seattle P-I) Uninsured rises to 46.3 million (AP/Seattle P-I) Physicians make their case for single-payer health care (Spokesman-Review) Swine flu cases at WSU jump up again (AP/Seattle Times) State calls on insurers for flu help (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) Adult family home ordered by state to stop admissions (The News Tribune) BLOG: State officials urge insurance carriers to get ready for swine flu (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) BLOG: Obama's speech: So long, public option (Ted Van Dyk/Crosscut.com) BLOG: Here's what Cantwell, Murray and Gregoire thought of Obama talk on health care (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: Wash. Congressional delegation, gov. react to Obama speech (Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Health care: Obama reframes the debate (Oregonian) LABOR S.C. Boeing workers vote again on union (AP/Everett Herald) BLOG: Controversial labor bill may not return in 2010, Gregoire says (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS Appeals court overturns Kitsap’s 50-foot shoreline buffers (Kitsap Sun) OPINION: Equestrian Center should ride off into sunset (The Chronicle) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Spokane could come out ahead (Spokesman-Review) BLOG: Pierce County employees may have to pay for health insurance next year (David Wickert/The News Tribune) MEDIA Fred A. Stickel retiring after 35 years as The Oregonian's publisher (Oregonian) MILITARY Four Fort Lewis Stryker soldiers remembered for 'compassion' (Olympian) Bravo Company returns from Iraq ahead of schedule (Yakima Herald-Republic) BLOG: Pork, by any other name, but these earmarks sure are interesting (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) OPEN GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL: 'Legislative exemption' is wrong for open records (Olympian)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Backers won't appeal public vote on gay benefits (AP/Seattle Times) Tacoma judge may release names of R-71 signers (AP/Bellingham Herald) BLOG: R-71 - you'll be voting though you may not know who made it possible (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) BLOG: Big Labor pouring big money into fight against Eyman measure (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) BLOG: On second thought, fire chiefs withdraw speaking invitation to Eyman (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Private choice (The Columbian) LOCAL Flood fears force King Co. elections to move to Boeing Field (Seattle P-I) Close race focuses attention on rejected ballot (Everett Herald) Rural Neighbors political committee aims at left-leaning Whatcom County candidates (Bellingham Herald) BLOG: West Seattle Dems stick with McGinn (Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Susan Hutchison leaps headlong into newfound bipartisanship (Joni Balter/Seattle Times) STATE Hedrick may run against Baird (The Columbian) NATIONAL EDITORIAL: Numbers looking grim for Senate's Harry Reid (Tri-City Herald)
	SEX OFFENDERS Victim speaks up for child rapist, who still gets maximum (The Daily World) Couple sentenced for their roles in child rape (Kitsap Sun) Former volleyball coach pleads guilty in sex case (The News Tribune) STATE GOVERNMENT Community corrections leader quits (Olympian) BLOG: Senate news: Fraser recognized; Nafziger replacement named (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: Washington prisons have new person to oversee community corrections and its 20,000 ex-cons (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) TRANSPORTATION Vancouver may beat Portland to the punch with an interstate cap project (Oregonian) Sen. Parlette wants permanent footbridge at Chelan Falls (Wenatchee World) EDITORIAL: End of surcharge plan is beginning a fix for ferries (Kitsap Sun) TRIBES More federal charges in Stilly Smoke Shop smuggling case (Everett Herald) WAR AGAINST TERROR Local ceremonies are planned to mark attacks of Sept. 11 (Everett Herald) BLOG: Congressman Smith: Afghanistan not another Vietnam (John Henrikson/The News Tribune)

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