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Oct. 5, 2009

	AGRICULTURE In Wash. state, farm workers push for unionization (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) Deadly fungus threatens walnut trees in Prosser (Tri-City Herald) Abundant hops harvest is bittersweet (Tri-City Herald - Sunday) Washington hop crop a little too big (AP/ Spokesman-Review) BUDGET & TAXES Waves of new fund cuts imperil US nursing homes (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) Economists’ take on status of recession dizzies legislators (Spokesman-Review) Recession's end marks start of states' budget woes (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) State has another $2 billion budget problem (Everett Herald) BLOG: A sea of budget trouble: Court ruling widens state gap to $1.2 billion (Brad Shannon/Olympian - Saturday) OPINION: Gov. Gregoire's surprising signal on taxes (Austin Jenkins/ Crosscut.com) EDITORIAL: Higher taxes should remain off the table as way to balance state budget (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Saturday) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Greenspan says unemployment will top 10 percent (AP/Seattle P-I) Record number of Seattle offices are empty (Seattle Times) Many local business owners don’t see relief from recession (Everett Herald) Boeing offers concession to tuition subsidy (The News Tribune - Saturday) Back to Work: Morton mill to re-open next week (The Chronicle) Port of Port Townsend's 'stimulus' appears to be working (Peninsula Daily News) OPINION: Jobless rate puts damper on early end to recession (Spokesman-Review) COLUMN: Gregoire needs to do more for Boeing and state competitiveness (Kate Riley/ Seattle Times - Sunday) COLUMN: Gregoire made state's case with Boeing, but refused to beg (Peter Callaghan/Bellingham Herald) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT State warns of magazine scam, again (Olympian/Columbian) Seattle cop files suit to reverse suspension (Seattle P-I - Sunday) Door-to-door magazine scam active again, state warns (The News Tribune) With DNA test done, police begin search for Misty Copsey’s killer (The News Tribune - Sunday) Drug court: It's no get-out-of-jail-free card (Wenatchee World - Sunday) Drug court graduate kicks habit, gets his life, family back (Wenatchee World - Saturday) Prison Re-Entry programs grow as correctional costs soar (Oregonian) ‘Guilty but mentally ill’ might be costly (Spokesman-Review) Notorious teen may be responsible for firing on deputies, triggering manhunt (KIRO TV) Self-taught teen pilot may to be blame for stolen Cessna (Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Guidelines are set by your legislators (Joan Cavagnaro, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor/Everett Herald - Saturday) EDITORIAL: Give ‘guilty but mentally ill’ a look (The News Tribune - Sunday) DAMS Rush to finish barrier at Howard Hanson Dam before heavy rains (Seattle Times) Water flow from dams to increase in Elwha River (Peninsula Daily News) Army Corps to brief council on dam fix (KIRO TV) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Seattle Schools' next hot potato: student assignment plans (Crosscut.com) Most of Oregon's 2,400 new teachers unable to find jobs this fall (Oregonian) Career electives offer step for students to workplace (Spokesman-Review) EDITORIAL: State's new law to prevent brain injuries to young athletes seems to be working (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Friday) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Residents pack flooding meeting (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) Baird follows own rule on flood bill (Olympian/The Chronicle - Saturday) New survey finds greater danger of big quake along east side of Peninsula toward Victoria (Peninsula Daily News) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES OPINION: Caught in the middle of the wolf debate (Curt Jacobs/Oregonian) FAMILY ISSUES OPINION: Youngsters need public support for new alcohol ad rules (Lt. Gov. Brad Owen/Olympian - Saturday) HANFORD GAO suggests leaving more waste in Hanford tanks (AP/Spokesman-Review) HEALTH CARE Memorial Hospital requires swine flu shots for all employees (Yakima Herald-Republic) Loan-forgiveness grant a start for Oregon agency (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Sunday) Swine flu vaccine arriving, but don't line up yet (KIRO TV) Health care issues: Insurance market overhaul (AP/Bellingham Herald) State disciplines health care providers (Olympian - Sunday) Domestic violence as pre-existing condition? 8 states still allow it (Bellingham Herald - Sunday) Domestic violence blocks some insurance policies (The News Tribune) Uninsured and sick: Patients without coverage rely on help to pay for care (Longview Daily News - Sunday) LETTER: State senator backs changes to health system (Sen. Kevin Ranker/Bellingham Herald) OPINION: Let compassion, fairness guide health care debate (Peter Kliewer, M.D./The News Tribune) OPINION: New birth control pills, old debate (Jamie Tobias Neely/Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Are you paying attention to the health care debate? (Daily Sun News) EDITORIAL: Valley Medical CEO's money, everyone's money (Seattle Times) HIGHER EDUCATION UW gets federal dollars for DNA research center (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) Students pack WCC as economy falters (Bellingham Herald - Sunday) BLOG: Local PoliSci prof hits NYT Op-Ed piece (Sam Taylor/Bellingham Herald) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS COLUMN: Open spaces, play spaces unite old foes (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I - Sunday) LEGISLATURE Legislators will meet with Kittitas County residents (Yakima Herald-Republic) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Bikini baristas are now on one county councilman's radar (Everett Herald) Law change allows annexations without public signatures, votes (Bellingham Herald - Sunday) Annexation Policy Change Could Prove Costly for Kitsap County (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) Facilities group has 'super' project in mind for Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald) Audit finds oversight problems (Spokesman-Review) What will it take to avoid layoffs? (The Daily World) County taking close look at details of its union contracts (The Daily World) EDITORIAL: Different city directions in very different times (The Chronicle) EDITORIAL: Port of Bremerton Should Leave Kitsap 'Branding' to the Pros (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Give this round of merger talks a chance (Longview Daily News) MEDIA 'Olympian' trademark challenged (Olympian) BLOG: Journalist's 'Recession Road Trip' is coming to Seattle (Monica Guzman/Seattle P-I - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Tweaks in policy or taxes, not major bailouts, would help newspapers serve readers (Seattle Times - Saturday)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Forums on I-1033, R-71 to air on TV (Olympian) Councilman to hold roundtable discussion on Initiative 1033 (Longview Daily News - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Don't revoke same-sex benefits (Longview Daily News - Sunday) ENDORSEMENT: Support equality, support Referendum 71 (Olympian - Sunday) ENDORSEMENT: Approve Referendum 71 in the name of fundamental fairness for all Washington families (Seattle Times) ELECTIONS BLOG: Voter guide is now online (John Henrikson/The News Tribune) LOCAL Candidates questioned on broad, local issues (Columbian - Saturday) COLUMN: Political roundup starts with pasties (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald - Sunday) SUPREME COURT Washington Supreme Court won't speed ruling on case records (The News Tribune - Saturday) NATIONAL OPINION: 17th Amendment started U.S. decline (Randy G. Lancaster/Longview Daily News - Sunday)
	STATE GOVERNMENT Mental patient's field trip escape still being probed (AP/Olympian - Saturday) Area residents to be honored by governor for heroism (Wenatchee World - Saturday) OPINION: Public safety calls for major overhaul at bloated DSHS (Rep. Kirk Pearson/Everett Herald - Sunday) COLUMN: DSHS report on Paul escape an exercise in lameness (Doug Clark/Spokesman-Review) TRANSPORTATION City to sign deal soon for viaduct-replacement tunnel (Seattle Times) Eastern Washington dust storm closes I-90 for 19 hours (The News Tribune) WSDOT: I-90 projects will last multiple years (Daily Record - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Realities of Tolls (Columbian - Sunday) TRIBES Tribe's marina plan means ferry must move (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) Casino considers changes to illness rule (AP/Bellingham Herald - Sunday) Puyallup Tribe: Emerald Queen Casino rethinks worker illness rule (The News Tribune) WAR AGAINST TERROR OPINION: What Obama can learn from Bush (Mark Bowden, The Philadelphia Inquirer/Oregonian - Sunday) WATER Small community water systems can be big expense for state (Yakima Herald-Republic - Sunday) Kitsap's Aquifers End 'Water Year' on Historically Low Note (Kitsap Sun - Saturday)

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