Washington House Republicans: Capitol Buzz

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Oct. 6, 2009

	BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Qualified workers lacking; PNNL among those struggling to fill open jobs (AP/Tri-City Herald) Great time for U.S. consumers: America is on sale (AP/Tri-City Herald) Kelso's River Casino forced to close (Longview Daily News) Boeing to record $1B charge due to 747-8 costs (AP/Seattle P-I) King County home sales surge in September, but prices continue to fall year-over-year (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Action needed to keep Boeing jobs in state (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Young men's families sue over 2006 fatal car chase (Yakima Herald-Republic) Justice Department to probe police shooting (Tri-City Herald) Ellensburg High School teacher arrested (The Daily Record) Identity thief did probation under a fake name and went on to steal $500,000 more (Oregonian) Jury Acquits Former NK Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct (Kitsap Sun) Area doctor faces health care fraud charges (The News Tribune) Ex-Boeing exec takes plea on tax-evasion charges (The News Tribune) DAMS How an old problem became a crisis (Seattle Times) OPINION: Dam removal: small steps and giant leaps (David Hedges, Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission/Oregonian) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Seattle schools may delay decision on grade requirement for graduation (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Too few stood up for boy beaten on bus (The News Tribune) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Kent gets proactive with flooding risk (The News Tribune) Hutchison: Call in the Marines to help prepare for Green River flood (Seattle Times) OPINION: FEMA should conduct preparedness drill in the Green River Valley (Congressman Dave Reichert and Congressman Adam Smith/Seattle Times) ENERGY & UTILITIES Seattle will use Portland software for home energy efficiency audits and labels (Oregonian) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES B.G. printing firm, state settle on environmental penalty (The Columbian) Cost Range for Cleaning Up Bremerton Gasworks: $339,000 to $2.9 Million (Kitsap Sun) Off-roading groups sue state over $9.5 million budget twist (The News Tribune) Green shoots for the timber industry? (Puget Sound Business Journal) GAY RIGHTS COLUMN: Married ... in all ways but one (Nicole Brodeur/Seattle Times) HEALTH CARE Ex-Olympia doctor held on fraud charge (Olympian) White House lobbies for public plan in final bill (AP/Seattle Times) OPINION: States lead the way on health reform (Sen. Karen Keiser/Seattle P-I) OPINION: Consumers Are Key to Health Care Costs (Paul S. McCullough, M.D./Kitsap Sun) EDITORIAL: Swine flu demands humane sick leave (The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Another reminder of the need for health-care reform (Longview Daily News) HIGHER EDUCATION Chancellor to retire from CCS (Spokesman-Review) HOUSING Everett looks for a fair way to deal with bad landlords (Everett Herald) Pierce County offers amnesty to building-permit scofflaws (The News Tribune) LEGISLATURE Labor council applauds Rep. Williams (The News Tribune) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Yakima County studies four-day work week (Yakima Herald-Republic) OPINION: King County's running out of cuts (Chris Vance/ Crosscut.com) OPINION: Dear Mayor (whoever you are) (Kent Kammerer/ Crosscut.com) EDITORIAL: Face the music -- Noise ordinance is unenforceable (Yakima Herald-Republic) MEDIA FTC: Bloggers, testimonials need better disclosure (AP/Seattle P-I) OPEN GOVERNMENT Records disclosure in spotlight (Olympian)s EDITORIAL: Pair lead struggle for more-open government (Spokesman-Review)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES Tax initiative debated at Port Angeles chamber luncheon (Peninsula Daily News) Council says I-1033’s outcome would be grim (Spokesman-Review) EdCC cable channel plans forum on Referendum 71 on Monday (Everett Herald) BLOG: Voters probably won't know names of Ref 71 signers (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) ELECTIONS Look for voter booklets in the mailbox soon (AP/The News Tribune) LOCAL Long-Time Mayor Faces Young Challenger (The Chronicle) Mayoral debate skips tunnel issue, envisions city after Nickels (Seattle Times) For McGinn, activism began as law-office daydreaming (Seattle Times) BLOG: The tolls of Seattle transportation; city candidates debate (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Mallahan, McGinn challenge caricatures; spar over viaduct (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) BLOG: Is the election debate any better without the incumbent mayor on the ballot? (Krist Novoselic/Seattle Weekly) STATE Vancouver lands Democratic convention (The Columbian) NATIONAL COLUMN: ACORN's reaction to undercover operation is misguided (Leonard Pitts/Olympian) COLUMN: The Republican Party and the politics of spite (Paul Krugman/Seattle Times)
	SEX OFFENDERS Sex offender treatment center patient loses appeal (AP/Bellingham Herald) STATE GOVERNMENT Ecology chief, point man in upper Kittitas well ban, moves to governor's staff (Yakima Herald-Republic) Ecology boss to become Gregoire’s chief of staff (AP/The News Tribune) Employment Department phones and computers crash (Oregonian) Gregoire Taps Manchester Native as Chief of Staff (AP/Kitsap Sun) State issues warning about lottery scam (Longview Daily News) Manning moving into new role (Olympian) BLOG: Jay Manning to replace Cindy Zehnder as Gov. Gregoire’s chief of staff (TVW) BLOG: Manning is Gov. Gregoire’s new chief of staff (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) BLOG: Gregoire taps Manning as her right-hand man (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) TRANSPORTATION New Burley Olalla interchange on Highway 16 to open Wednesday (The News Tribune) State seeks grant for high-speed rail (Olympian)

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