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Sept. 30, 2009

	BUDGET & TAXES Washington gov. leaves door open for higher taxes (AP/Seattle Times) Increasing taxes not off table (Olympian) BLOG: “We’ve got our work cut out for us.” (Jennifer Huntley/ TVW) BLOG: CORRECTED: Gov. Gregoire opens door slightly to tax hikes (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: Gregoire won’t propose, but no longer opposes, tax hikes to lessen budget cuts (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) COLUMN: New stadium could spark Round Two of tax subsidy begging (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Push to keep improving (Everett Herald) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Boeing seeks permits to build quickly in Charleston (Seattle Times) No increase in Washington minimum wage (AP/Spokesman-Review) Northrop: Boeing has 'unfair' edge in tanker deal (AP/Spokesman-Review) Gregoire: 787 loss wouldn't be end of Boeing here (KIRO TV) Regulators issue cease and desist order to Anchor (The Daily World) Growing business for a growing community: Merchants cater to Hispanic customers (The Chronicle) Earthjustice appeals TransAlta permit (The Chronicle) Second Port Angeles industrial company announces plans to hire (Peninsula Daily News) Two Shipyards Compete for Kingston Ferry Contract (Kitsap Sun) BLOG: 1 in 10 Washingtonians lived in poverty in 2008 (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) BLOG: Gregoire: Boeing 787 decision will come within a month (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) BLOG: Boeing files S.C. permit application (Aubrey Cohen/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Boeing: it's "way too early" to decide on 767 or 777 tanker (Aubrey Cohen/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Alabama paper calls for split tanker buy (Aubrey Cohen/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Government's aggressive fight against Canadian lumber violations is a welcomed sign (Longview Daily News) EDITORIAL: Gov. Gregoire lays out the case for building 787s in Washington (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Push to keep improving (Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: State’s pitch to Boeing falls flat (The News Tribune) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Jenny Durkan wins Senate confirmation as U.S. attorney (Seattle Times) DAMS Elwha River turns red for pre-dam removal test (Peninsula Daily News) To help salmon, 4 Klamath dams coming down (San Francisco Chronicle/Seattle P-I) Deal would remove Klamath River dams to aid salmon (Oregonian) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Schools turn to new ways to teach kids during closures (Seattle Times) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES OPINION: Bigger lessons in the Green River floodplain (Daniel Jack Chasan/ Crosscut.com) ENERGY & UTILITIES Areva moving VA nuclear fuel operation to Richland (AP/Olympian) Areva to add jobs in Richland (Tri-City Herald) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES House dust in washing machines might be chemically polluting Puget Sound (Seattle P-I) Gas terminal proposed on the Columbia River hits new snag (Oregonian) More delays for Bradwood Landing LNG proposal (AP/Longview Daily News) COLUMN: Auto shop and other industrial arts slated for a comeback as 'green tech' (Bruce Ramsey/Seattle Times) HEALTH CARE Health-care rates to rise 6% in 2010 ( Puget Sound Business Journal) Swine flu vaccine on its way, health officer says (Peninsula Daily News) Washington hospitals want flu shot requirement (AP/Bellingham Herald) Hospitals open drive-up clinics for swine flu (AP/Spokesman-Review) Seattle Children's Hospital admits fatal error (Columbian) State cuts programs from health district (Tri-City Herald) COLUMN: Reform health care and replace the viaduct (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) OPINION: We probably could have guessed that, study finds (Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Health care lifeboat sinking in a sea of cynicism (Timothy L. McKinley/Olympian) OPINION: We probably could have guessed that, study finds (Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Give us some straight talk on health care (Kelly C. Niemi/Longview Daily News) EDITORIAL: Medicare costs key to fixing health care (Tri-City Herald) HIGHER EDUCATION UW, Western criticize college tuition plan (Seattle Times) Deadly fall at UW frat draws lawsuit (Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Taxpayers’ investment in our colleges pays off (John Burbank/Everett Herald) OPINION: American Graduation Initiative important for Pierce County (Pamela Transue and Laurie Jinkins, Tacoma Community College; The News Tribune) HOUSING HUD to fund housing vouchers (Tri-City Herald) IMMIGRATION Scramble to help UW graduate who's an illegal immigrant (Seattle Times) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS Public vision for shorelines to get first update in 30 years (Columbian) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Clallam County commissioners adopt emergency appropriations (Peninsula Daily News) Port Angeles city budget expected to shrink again in 2010 (Peninsula Daily News) Programs face cuts in funding (The Daily World) Lewis County approves budget cuts (The Chronicle) EDITORIAL: Chehalis City Council has business acumen (The Chronicle) MEDIA Enterprise newspapers to drop Shoreline edition (Everett Herald) BLOG: With ‘The Hammer’ BIAW shows what blogging should be, writing with an edge (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) MILITARY EDITORIAL: Clean Up the Veterans Home Leadership Mess (Kitsap Sun)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Cities could lose millions under I-1033 - South Sound (Olympian) Voters Hear From Both Sides on Eyman Tax Measure (Kitsap Sun) Teachers oppose capping revenue (Columbian) BLOG: Eyman: Poll shows I-1033 passing 61-31 (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) OPINION: Revealing referendum signatures will chill First Amendment speech (Stephen Pidgeon/Seattle Times) ELECTIONS Monday is last day to register to vote in Nov. 3 election (Everett Herald) LEGISLATURE BLOG: JT Wilcox to hold fundraiser Saturday at the family chicken ranch museum in Roy (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) LOCAL Background checks on all candidates find some red flags (The News Tribune) BLOG: Poll: Mallahan, McGinn tied in mayor's race (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) SUPREME COURT Alexander to step down as Wash. chief justice (AP/Seattle Times) Gerry Alexander stepping down as chief justice (Olympian) Alexander to step down as Wash. chief justice (Columbian) BLOG: Washington’s chief justice will step down in 2010, but stay a member of The Supremes (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) NATIONAL Democrats battle democrats as senate panel rejects public-option plans (Seattle Times)
	STATE GOVERNMENT Comment period on Capitol displays ends Thursday (Olympian) State settles suit over 2 foster kids who were physically, sexually abused (Columbian) TRANSPORTATION Washington ferry fares change Oct. 11 (AP/Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: New Hope on I-5 (Columbian) TRIBES Frederick "Sonny" Woodruff: Quileute elder who helped to start canoe journey dies (Peninsula Daily News) WATER Colo. Gov.: Western water policies must change (AP/Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: Cities on right path to deal with water issues (Olympian)

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