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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

Sept. 24, 2009

	AGRICULTURE Lawmakers tour ag sites (Wenatchee World) BUDGET & TAXES COLUMN: Only one more budget cut? That sounds like good news (Peter Callaghan/Bellingham Herald) EDITORIAL: State needs to confront outsourcing possibilities (Olympian) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Machinists warn Obama of Airbus' ‘cheating' (Everett Herald) Whirlpool arrives in a big way (The News Tribune) Home sales drop 2.7 percent (AP/Seattle P-I) LCC training offers a leg up in slumping manufacturing field (Longview Daily News) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Five Everett bikini baristas charged with prostitution (Everett Herald) Court agrees to seal photos of abused boy (Everett Herald) Former Rotary bookkeeper charged with theft (AP/Everett Herald) Port Angeles police hire two officers thanks to grant (Peninsula Daily News) District courts could be combined (The Daily World) Police sergeant faces DUI charge (Spokesman-Review) DAMS Workers battle to patch dam site (KOMO-TV/Seattle P-I) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Rights educator finds noose on porch of Spokane home (Spokesman-Review) Group seeks more lottery money for schools (Oregonian) Schools to be graded by how much progress students make (Oregonian) BLOG: Tonight: The Quest for Quality - Part One (Jennifer Huntley/ TVW) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Pierce County prepares for winter flood season (The News Tribune) ENERGY & UTILITIES Railroad helps build biofuel facility (Tri-City Herald) Winslow-area sewer customers could see big rate increase (Kitsap Sun) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Derelict boats leave taxpayers footing bill (KOMO-TV/Seattle P-I) Agency forecasts abundant clam season (Olympian) Bainbridge pollution may require creation of shellfish district (Kitsap Sun) HANFORD Hanford landfill still growing (Tri-City Herald) HEALTH CARE Stevens Hospital chief given 3 percent raise (Everett Herald) West Nile found in crow on Grays Harbor (The Daily World) Swine flu hits smaller Tri-City schools (Tri-City Herald) Schools suspect swine flu in early attendance drop (Spokesman-Review) HIGHER EDUCATION More students, fewer classes, but still a good first day (Wenatchee World) Enrollment exceeds 15,000 for first time at Clark College in Vancouver (Oregonian) EDITORIAL: Simon offers broad vision as UW’s top regent (The News Tribune) IMMIGRATION EDITORIAL: The DREAM Act must pass to give young people a future. (Seattle Times) LABOR King County budget assumes unpaid days off (Seattle P-I) Union protests at WWU construction site (Bellingham Herald) Rainier School District likely to reject teachers' latest proposal (Longview Daily News) LEGISLATURE OPINION: Governor, DSHS secretary indicate support for 'Guilty but Mentally Ill' bill (Sen. Mike Carrell/Seattle P-I) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Mount Vernon City Council shies away from mayor's honor for Glenn Beck (AP/Everett Herald) Mount Vernon council distances itself from honor for talk-show host (Seattle Times) Loan could be key to bringing manufacturer, jobs to Poulsbo (Kitsap Sun) Port Orchard council bans 'chain parking' in downtown (Kitsap Sun) Leaders present ideas for merging services (Longview Daily News) OPINION: The coming Metro Transit cuts are a rare opportunity (Sen. Fred Jarrett/ Crosscut.com) MEDIA EDITORIAL: A federal shield law will further a free press (Yakima Herald-Republic) MILITARY Squadron reunites to honor bygone era (Spokesman-Review) OPEN GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL: Too many secrets are a threat to democracy (Longview Daily News)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Finance directors attempt to calculate impact of property tax initiative (Longview Daily News) BLOG: Realtors come out against I-1033 (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) ELECTIONS BLOG: Read all about it: voter study (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review) LOCAL Dow is still down, says latest poll (Seattle Weekly) What the different styles of Seattle mayoral candidates might tell voters (Seattle Times) BLOG: Hutchison, Constantine trade barbs over abortion, budgets (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) STATE Mid-Columbia connections prominent in Senate primary (Tri-City Herald) Romney to speak at GOP meet at Hilton (The Columbian) SUPREME COURT BLOG: Great start for Sotomayor (Knute Berger/ Crosscut.com) NATIONAL Despite long debate, health-care costs could soar (Washington Post/Tribune Washington Bureau/Seattle Times) Medicare emerges as flashpoint in health overhaul (AP/Seattle Times ) Baird, Walden aim to change rules to give Congress time to read bills (Oregonian) EDITORIAL: These dopes can't be civil (Wenatchee World)
	SEX OFFENDERS Notorious child molester hit with civil suit (Seattle P-I) STATE GOVERNMENT State considers new rules on holiday displays, rallies (AP/Everett Herald) Mental hospital’s CEO quits (Spokesman-Review) Eastern State chief resigns, cites killer's escape (Seattle Times) Insane killer says Spokane escape unplanned (AP/Seattle P-I) Insane killer of Sunnyside woman says he didn't plan escape (KXLY/ Yakima Herald-Republic) BLOG: Hospital chief resigns after patient walked away from Spokane fair outing (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Boot Capitol displays, don’t deter gatherings (The News Tribune) TRANSPORTATION Electric Link buses funded with stimulus money (Wenatchee World) WAR AGAINST TERROR EDITORIAL: Afghanistan plan must keep focus on terrorism (Spokesman-Review) WATER Attorney General: Well pact changes needed in Kittitas County (The Daily Record)

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