Washington House Republicans: Capitol Buzz

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Oct. 22, 2009

	AGRICULTURE Latino fruit growers push for capital, credit (Daily Sun News) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Obama aims to boost small business lending (Puget Sound Business Journal - Wednesday) Southwest to test 'green' 737 (Puget Sound Business Journal - Wednesday) Prices rise for construction materials (Puget Sound Business Journal - Wednesday) Treasury to order bailed-out firms to slash pay (AP/Seattle P-I) Crunch time at Boeing: Big decisions, deadlines loom (Everett Herald) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Raid in Monroe may be part of federal drug case (Everett Herald) 300-plus arrested in US drug raids, 16 locally (AP/The News Tribune) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Washington school funding trial nearing end (AP/Bellingham Herald) Seattle schools' D-average proposal is nixed (Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: No-tolerance policies must be tempered by common sense (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Commerce Department rebuts Bellingham protest over NOAA site (Bellingham Herald) Hastings looks for answers on nuclear waste disposal (Tri-City Herald) Plans for Reiter Foothills upset off-road users (Everett Herald) Sea level rise expert says our coast is in store for dramatic changes (The Daily World) Groups gather at GHC talk about sharing ocean resources (The Daily World) OPINION: Clean-energy transition promises brighter economic prospects (Dean Allen and Maud Daudon/Seattle Times) HEALTH CARE Supply of flu vaccine woefully short (AP/The News Tribune) Swine flu spreads; patients stretch resources at hospitals (Spokesman-Review) Sacred Heart’s CEO blasts Rockwood (Spokesman-Review) BLOG: Poll: Majority of Americans favor public option (Seattle P-I) OPINION: Why they're afraid of the public option (Sam Berger, Yale Law School student/Oregonian) EDITORIAL: Basic Health Plan needs federal support (Olympian) HIGHER EDUCATION One of world's smallest microscopes is at UW (Seattle P-I) CWU aviation building ready to take flight (Yakima Herald-Republic) LABOR Boeing, union deadlocked in secret talks over new 787 line (Seattle Times) WVC unfair labor hearing rescheduled (Wenatchee World) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS Court orders payment to lawyers in Dorothy English land-use case (Oregonian) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Centralia economic development department may be axed (The Chronicle) MEDIA EDITORIAL: Crosscut's new approach (Crosscut.com) MILITARY BLOG: McCain calls on GAO to monitor Air Force tanker process (Aubrey Cohen/Seattle P-I) OPEN GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL: Public records law should cover judges (The News Tribune)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES BLOG: I-1033: Too much cross to bear, religious leaders say (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) BLOG: County health agencies worry over I-1033, budget cuts (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: Police: Eyman initiative could hurt public safety (Seattle P-I) BLOG: On The Impact tonight: Sam Reed on R71 signatures, the Howard Hanson dam and more (Niki Reading/TVW) COLUMN: Tim Eyman: Time to give it a rest (Joni Balter/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Eyman measure overreaches (Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Slowpoke Supremes get R-71 signature question (Tri City Herald) LOCAL Tense debate between Seattle mayor candidates McGinn, Mallahan (Seattle Times) Hutchison accuses Constantine of improperly pressuring colleagues (Seattle Times) Bridge tolls dominate Vancouver election (Columbian) Pierce County auditor race can’t dodge partisan politics (The News Tribune) OPINION: What happens in Spokane won't stay in Spokane (Don C. Brunell/Daily Sun News) ENDORSEMENTS: My picks for the general election ballot (Ted Van Dyke/Crosscut.com) STATE BLOG: Baird gets award for bill transparency fight (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: Gov. Gregoire, the redneck cow girl? (Olympian) EDITORIAL: Double the Reform - In addition to addressing health care, Baird wants to change federal tax system (Columbian) NATIONAL Olympic flame for Vancouver lit in ancient Olympia (AP/Bellingham Herald) White House to slash salaries for execs (Washington Post/Seattle Times)
	SALMON Officials say pikeminnow program helping salmon (Olympian) SECURITY Cameras installed at Canada/U.S. border (Wenatchee World) STATE GOVERNMENT State Board of Accountancy may seek review (Olympian) Task force eyes prison report (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) BLOG: Gregoire supports outside review of Accountancy Board (Brad Shannon/Olympian) OPINION: Proposed Rainier School closure ill-informed, ill-advised (Rep. Chris Hurst/The News Tribune) COLUMN: In Olympia, recession is looking like an opportunity missed (Austin Jenkins/Crosscut.com) EDITORIAL: Proposed closure of Maple Lane is partisan nonsense (The Chronicle) TOBACCO Council bans smoking in Tacoma’s public parks (The News Tribune) TRANSPORTATION Commuting on the MV Starbucks? It won't work, consultant says (Kitsap Sun) Chetzemoka advocate ecstatic over ferry naming for Klallam chief (Peninsula Daily News) BLOG: $4 toll on Narrows Bridge seems safe for now (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) WATER Action on Lower Valley water contamination seen as overdue (Yakima Herald-Republic)

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