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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

Sept. 14, 2009

	BUDGET & TAXES State, local governments need spending restraint (The Chronicle) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Venture Bank is shut down (The Chronicle) Venture partners now wonder (Olympian) Venture bank fails (Olympian/The News Tribune - Saturday) BLOG: Is Gregoire doing enough to sweet-talk Boeing? (Austin Jenkins/ Crosscut.com) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Federal DUI program has Idaho cops drawing blood (Spokesman-Review) Guards not paid, wives say (Spokesman-Review) Feds unhappy with city attorney (Spokesman-Review) Neighbors no fans of new jail (Seattle P-I) Judge rejects DNA challenge at Knox murder trial (AP/Seattle P-I) Everett police investigate S. Everett homicide (Everett Herald) Grant helps agency serve imprisoned parents’ kids (Everett Herald) Mentally ill often adrift in the criminal justice system (Everett Herald - Sunday) Tacoma gang unit arrested 45 people on 76 charges (The News Tribune - Sunday) Hundreds take to streets against gangs (Yakima Herald-Republic) Prison task force to meet Tuesday (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Saturday) EDITORIAL: Targeting Gangs (The Columbian) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY English-only test leaves some Oregon children behind (Oregonian - Sunday) Communication Snarls, Capital Levy Concerns Plague CK School District (Kitsap Sun - Saturday) Rogers students, alumni celebrate a new future (Spokesman-Review) WA official: Only US teacher strike nears end (AP/Seattle P-I) Budget cuts kick kids off bus and to the curb (Everett Herald) School districts build WASL suspense (Everett Herald - Sunday) Ex-school principal pleads guilty to kidnapping student (Everett Herald - Saturday) ENERGY & UTILITIES Meeting the energy challenge through conservation in Oregon (Oregonian - Saturday) West County wind project detailed (The Chronicle) Plan calls for efficiency, conservation for Northwest's future power needs (Tri-City Herald) Poplar pulp may be converted to biofuel (Tri-City Herald - Sunday) Students to help businesses cut utility costs (AP/Olympian) Plan calls for efficiency, conservation for Northwest's future power needs (Tacoma News Tribune) EDITORIAL: When a rate hike is the right thing (Wenatchee World - Saturday) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Environmentalists’ claims disputed by Ecology Department (The Chronicle) Olympic National Park to hold preview peek of PBS documentary (Peninsula Daily News) Gorge panel's funds dry up (The Columbian - Sunday) Collection effort saves sea life (Olympian) WA state lets fishermen sell salmon-eating squid (AP/The News Tribune - Sunday) FAMILY ISSUES Does GetSET work? (Yakima Herald-Republic - Saturday) HANFORD Agencies concerned about mercury storage at Hanford (Tri-City Herald) HEALTH CARE 3 human W. Nile virus cases confirmed in Benton County (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) Senate plan to create winners and losers (AP/Everett Herald) Whatcom County residents march, rally for health-care reform (Bellingham Herald - Sunday) State calls on insurers for help against flu (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Saturday) COLUMN: "Trigger" for the public option shows that little has changed (David Sirota/Seattle Times - Sunday) COLUMN: Obama needs to tell some harder truths on health care (David S. Broder/Seattle Times - Saturday) OPINION: Health reform and immigration: the truth (Froma Harrop/Everett Herald - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Get more specific on costs (Everett Herald - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Too hung up on the health care reform mechanism (Oregonian - Saturday EDITORIAL: Improving children's health care must be a recession-proof task (Longview Daily News - Sunday) HIGHER EDUCATION UI looks for ways to curb falling (Spokesman-Review) WSU Tri-Cities sees 10% enrollment growth (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) University taking measures to balance its budget (Bellingham Herald - Sunday) COLUMN: Wazzu takes title nobody really wanted (Doug Clark/Spokesman-review) HOUSING Tacoma leader made six figures as housing agency sank (The News Tribune) LABOR Oregon workers ratify contract with furloughs (AP/Longview Daily News - Sunday) Tentative deal reached to end Kent schools strike (Seattle Times) Kent teacher strike ends as teachers overwhelming accept contract offer (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Union vote makes Boeing threat real (Seattle Times - Friday) LEGISLATURE Maggie Hurley joins ranks of centenarians (Spokesman-Review) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Bremerton Trying to Make Quitting Look More Attractive to Employees (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) Port of Manchester to Vote Today on Controversial Tax Increase (Kitsap Sun - Saturday) Reality of county budget cuts starting to hit home (Longview Daily News) Sequim city manager-designate's sexual harassment allegation surfaces; cost state $50,000 (Peninsula Daily News) MEDIA KREM drops longtime news anchor (Spokesman-Review) Journalists biased, more of you believe (AP/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Time to pass a federal shield law (The News Tribune) MILITARY Army loved ones get a new 'go-to place' (Olympian) Army e-mail sent to police and accused spy (Olympian - Saturday) Marine reserves arrive home from Iraq on 9/11 anniversary (Yakima Herald-Republic - Saturday) OPEN GOVERNMENT Federal Reserve audit campaign reaches county (The Columbian - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Open records crucial to a successful democracy (Spokesman-Review)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Court case pits free speech vs. right to know (Everett Herald - Sunday) Backers of revenue cap initiative lose bid to change ballot wording (Olympian - Saturday) State plans to appeal on Ref. 71 (AP/Olympian - Saturday) Politics seems to be at root of Oregon lawmakers' decision to monitor anti-tax petition (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Friday) BLOG: State to appeal ruling blocking release of R-71 signers (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I - Friday) BLOG: SecState’s Office: We support appeal of R-71 decision (Sam Taylor/Bellingham Herald - Friday) COLUMN: Federal judge fouls up with R-71 ruling (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Let voters, not attorneys, decide Referendum 71 (Olympian) EDITORIAL: A frontal assault on open government (The News Tribune - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Referendum petition signers should be made public (Yakima Herald-Republic) EDITORIAL: Top Washington officials fight to release Referendum 71 petitions (Seattle Times - Friday) LOCAL Fire consolidation loses recount of votes (Olympian - Saturday) BLOG: Publicola: McGinn's Great City funded by biz establishment (Seattle P-I) SUPREME COURT EDITORIAL: Supreme Court on the verge of a dangerous change of course regarding elections (Longview Daily News) NATIONAL Thousands of downtown DC protesters blast Obama (Oregonian - Saturday) How Obama is rebuilding the GOP base (Crosscut.com) Tea party protesters vent at Yakima rally (Yakima Herald-Republic - Saturday) BLOG: Seattle-based investor new ambassador to Luxembourg (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I - Saturday) COLUMN: Remove congressional gag on speech (George Will/Everett Herald - Sunday) OPINION: On reclaiming civil discourse (Doug Floyd/Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Congressman's outburst aimed at president unacceptable (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Saturday)
	SALMON What is Obama's plan for the Northwest's imperiled salmon? (Oregonian - Sunday) EPA puts limits on 3 pesticides to protect salmon (Bellingham Herald - Friday) STATE GOVERNMENT Westport man to head state Fish & Wildlife (The Daily World) Westport man chosen to lead WA Fish and Wildlife (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) Wildlife panel chooses leader (Olympian/The News Tribune - Sunday) State worker lists shrinking (Olympian - Sunday) Drivers can renew licenses without the wait (Seattle Times - Saturday) BLOG: State kicks back union complaint against Washam (John Henrikson/The News Tribune - Friday) TRANSPORTATION Airport may sue over work on runway (Spokesman-Review) New air charter takes off in Jefferson County (Peninsula Daily News) Fix the road, fix the stream (Olympian) Bomb investigation closes Highway 155 (Wenatchee World - Saturday) State considers selling company naming rights on ferries (Seattle Times - Saturday) City and county compete for same stimulus transportation funds (Seattle Times - Saturday) BLOG: Rep. Ericksen impressed with Guide work and schedule, not necessarily with roundabouts (Jared Paben/Bellingham Herald - Sunday) WAR AGAINST TERROR Bin Laden calls Obama 'powerless' in Afghan war (AP/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Gov. Gregoire’s statement on anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks (Sam Taylor/Bellingham Herald - Friday) WATER Water Education Fund a fitting tribute to former LOTT administrator (Olympian - Sunday)

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