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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

Sept. 23, 2009

	BUDGET & TAXES Beaverton stadium costs likely to fall on taxpayers, documents show (Oregonian) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY House bill adds to jobless benefits in Washington, 26 other states (AP/Seattle P-I) Census: Recession had sweeping impact on US life (AP/Seattle P-I) State’s business tax climate warms (The Columbian) Washington ninth-best state for business: Study (Puget Sound Business Journal) BLOG: Washington ranks 9th tax-'friendliest' state for biz (Michele Dunlop/Everett Herald) COLUMN: Workers’ comp system cries out for competition (Richard Davis/Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: We pay more to keep working (Wenatchee World) EDITORIAL: L&I rate raise: Now is not the time (The Chronicle) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Official rejects criticism of fatal shooting probe (Everett Herald) The News Tribune pursues witness video in Hecht case (The News Tribune) Mark Nelson appointed Cowlitz County sheriff (Longview Daily News) Communication seen as key for ex-con's success (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) Police reject allegations by federal prosecutors (Spokesman-Review) Valley mulls own police (Spokesman-Review) Justice reconsiders state secrecy (AP/Seattle P-I) Rules raise free speech worries (Olympian) EDITORIAL: Common sense would have prevented insane killer's escape (Yakima Herald-Republic) DAMS Wanted: Manned security for dams (Tri-City Herald) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Teacher back after rebuke for behavior (Spokesman-Review) COLUMN: Confessions of a D-student (Knute Berger/ Crosscut.com) OPINION: Students, schools need to think internationally (John C. Bersia/Bellingham Herald) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Activist recounts battle (Spokesman-Review) ENERGY & UTILITIES PGE to test peak-pricing for electricity (Oregonian) All's not well with natural gas drilling near Bickleton (Yakima Herald-Republic) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Conservationists plan for environmental push in upcoming Oregon Legislature (Oregonian) Officials ask clam diggers for input (The Daily World) OPINION: Volcano upgrades (The Columbian) HANFORD Nuclear waste experts meeting in Kennewick (Tri-City Herald) HEALTH CARE State Republicans offer own health options (Yakima Herald-Republic) Health overhaul includes Cantwell Medicare measure (AP/Bellingham Herald) Cantwell, Crapo call for changes (Spokesman-Review) Cantwell's Medicare proposal endorsed (The Columbian) Health overhaul includes Cantwell Medicare measure (AP/Seattle Times) Officials prepare North Olympic Peninsula schools for swine flu possibility (Peninsula Daily News) County gets ready for the flu (The Daily World) New urgent care center opening in Centralia (The Chronicle) Tax authority awards medical grant (Spokesman-Review) West Nile virus death reported in Yakima (AP/Everett Herald) Committee talks Medicare reimbursement change (The News Tribune) COLUMN: Health care seems a step too far (Pam Dzama/Kitsap Sun) COLUMN: Cantwell seeks to control health care costs (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Looking at health care debate from inside a hospital (Barbara Lloyd McMichael/Bellingham Herald) OPINION: Health care reform offers security of affordable coverage (Linda McVeigh, Country Doctor Community Health Centers/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Cantwell offers solid ideas on health care (Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Lax verification policy raises questions (Olympian) HIGHER EDUCATION Enrollment up at Peninsula College -- does a record loom in December? (Peninsula Daily News) EDITORIAL: Government takeover of student loans is ill timed (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) IMMIGRATION County plans to verify worker citizenship (The Columbian) LABOR Stalled union negotiations over wage freeze leads to Longview cutting two police officer positions (Longview Daily News) Pasco teachers union reaches tentative pact (Tri-City Herald) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS County begins to line up volunteers for shorelines panel (Kitsap Sun) Washington events planned for Public Lands Day (AP/Olympian) EDITORIAL: Access at Wye will increase Kelso's tax revenue (Longview Daily News) LEGISLATURE Capitol display rules draw free speech concerns (The Olympian/The News Tribune) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Proposal cuts Pierce County budget (The News Tribune) Port sells bonds to purchase Bremerton waterfront property (Kitsap Sun) Sequim rejects former Lacey city manager (Peninsula Daily News/Olympian) BLOG: Pierce County government would shrink next year under Executive McCarthy’s budget (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) MEDIA EDITORIAL: Reporter – and public – booted from court (The News Tribune)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Puyallup budget update turns to talk of a state initiative (The News Tribune) Court schedules hearing for R-71 disclosure case (AP/Olympian) BLOG: Death by 1033 cuts (Judy Lightfoot/ Crosscut.com) OPINION: Investigating signature gathering: A proactive look at the initiative system (Kate Brown, Oregon Secretary of State/Oregonian) ELECTIONS Washington voter pamphlets in mail next month (AP/The News Tribune) Why voters need to look at the rules for electing our lawmakers (Seattle Weekly) Washington voter pamphlets in mail next month (AP/Olympian) BLOG: State's six-figure defense of 'top 2' primary (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) LOCAL Dow, but not out (Seattle Weekly) Hutchison slams Constantine at King County executive debate (Seattle Times) BLOG: Nervous Seattle power structure backs Mallahan (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: King County executive candidates prevent Eyman proposal from distracting serious budget debate (Seattle Times) STATE BLOG: Baker makes an appeal to the PDC (Lewis Kamb/The News Tribune)
	SALMON Fish managers set Columbia River gillnet seasons (Longview Daily News) Obama science goes schizophrenic on salmon restoration (Crosscut.com) $2.1 million Morse Creek fish crib under way to preserve young Elwha River salmon (Peninsula Daily News) SECURITY Navy to begin installing floating security fence around Indian Island pier (Peninsula Daily News) STATE GOVERNMENT State wants photos of boy sealed (Everett Herald) Gregoire calls killer's field trip to fair 'unfathomable' (KOMO-TV/Seattle P-I) TRANSPORTATION Traffic deaths lowest in five decades (Everett Herald) Sinclair bridge added to transportation study (Kitsap Sun) State fatal crashes at lowest since '55 (Tri-City Herald) TRIBES Indian border ID solution in limbo (Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Roll up the welcome mat (Oregonian) WATER State AG upholds limits on new wells (Yakima Herald-Republic) State attorney general backs water-use limits (AP/Seattle Times) State OKs brewery water plan (Olympian)

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