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Oct. 26, 2009

	BUDGET & TAXES Climbing PERS expenses face Oregon pension board, agency budget writers (Oregonian - Saturday) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Former millworkers scratch for jobs (Spokesman-Review) Survey: Small businesses ready to hire (Puget Sound Business Journal) WaMu: Hometown bank turned predatory (Seattle Times) Reckless strategies doomed WaMu (Seattle Times - Sunday) A manufacturing meltdown (Yakima Herald-Republic) Incubating the Mid-Columbia wine industry (Tri-City Herald) Bank failures top 100, only part of industry woes (AP/ Oregonian - Saturday) OPINION: Washington is 0 for 5 in recent aerospace industry competitions (Tom Captain, Deloitte LLP/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Rating agency let investors down (Olympian) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Law and order up close: State Supreme Court to deliberate at Peninsula College (Peninsula Daily News) Laws force aging judges to bow out (AP/Spokesman-Review) Parents pressured to buckle (Spokesman-Review) A new era for Tacoma police, students (News Tribune) Portland police say they've toppled drug kingpin (Oregonian) OPINION: Be aware of domestic violence and advocate for change (Julia Hart, Lower Valley Crisis & Support Service/ Daily Sun News) DAMS OPINION: Lessons for Snake River dams in the Klamath Basin agreement (Rebecca Wodder/Seattle Times - Sunday) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY School grant program boosts Gates’ influence (AP/Spokesman-Review) Teachers picket outside Lynden board (Lynden Tribune) Enough vaccine for all at Puyallup school (News Tribune) Report finds Seattle school spending top-heavy on administration (Crosscut.com) OPINION: Bill Gates a key figure in education reform (Libby Quaid and Donna Blankinship/ Daily News) COLUMN: Education's quiet revolution: change we can believe in (David Brooks/Seattle Times - Friday) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Residents near landslide stocking up just in case (AP/News Tribune) Nile residents stock up, just in case (Yakima Herald-Republic - Sunday) ENERGY & UTILITIES Alaskans await progress on Palin pipeline plan (AP/Seattle P-I) More people seeking help paying utility bills (Seattle P-I - Sunday) Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) OPINION: Finding the right path to our energy future (Dick Adams, Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee/ Oregonian) EDITORIAL: We all win when we conserve our energy (Daily News) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Controversial study suggests vast magma pool under Washington state (News Tribune) Magma pool may link Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams — and even Rainier (Seattle Times) Forests, warming studied (AP/Spokesman-Review) Grass-roots actions in Portland, across Oregon urge steps against climate change (Oregonian) Portland harbor contamination poses risk to humans, environment, study shows (Oregonian) OPINION: Climate change: Addressing a problem we can afford to solve (EBAN GOODSTEIN, FRANK ACKERMAN and KRISTEN SHEERAN/ Oregonian - Sunday) OPINION: Off-road vehicles, wilderness don't mix on Mount Hood (KATE McCARTHY/ Oregonian) FAMILY ISSUES State revokes license of adult family home (Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Rights of younger, unmarried couples ignored (Susan Pirtle/Olympian) HANFORD "Hot" nuclear waste could still be shipped to Hanford under proposed settlement (Oregonian - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Doc to Obama: What about Yucca Mountain for waste? (Tri-City Herald - Sunday) HEALTH CARE Every breath you take: Chronic lung disease prevalent on North Olympic Peninsula (Peninsula Daily News) Dr. Joel McCullough (Spokesman-Review) Obama declares swine flu a national emergency (AP/Seattle P-I) H1N1 -- more than an ounce of prevention (Yakima Herald-Republic) Flu cases felt in county's hospitals (The Columbian - Saturday) Palliative End-Of-Life Care Makes Formal Debut in Kitsap (Kitsap Sun - Sunday) Nelson open to trimmed-down public option approach (AP/Seattle P-I) Health care issues: Keeping what you have (AP/Bellingham Herald) Public option nears 60 votes in Senate, key Democrat says (Seattle Times) New federal funding to improve hospital safety (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Sunday) FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat (AP/Seattle P-I - Sunday) COLUMN: A little ignorance can be mighty dangerous (Bill Hall/News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Not-so-smart food choices (Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Swine flu-- It's a serious disease, so don't take it lightly (Yakima Herald-Republic - Friday) HIGHER EDUCATION Wash. college program to lend textbooks, materials (News Tribune) Rx for medical school funding causes a stir (Yakima Herald-Republic - Sunday) OPINION: Investment in education is key to economic revival (Roy F. Heynderickx, president of Saint Martin’s University/Olympian - Sunday) OPINION: Public university tuition remains a bargain despite recent increases (Mark A. Emmert, president of the University of Washington/Seattle Times - Friday) LABOR Examiner: County made improper contact with guild (The Chronicle) Analyst: Boeing union risks "blowing it" (Puget Sound Business Journal - Friday) EDITORIAL: It's time for Boeing and the Machinists to reach accord and save Washington jobs (Seattle Times - Friday) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Sheriff scolds commission (The Daily World) Prosecutor sees cuts ahead, requests local input from citizens (The Chronicle) Audit likely critical of King County Animal Control (KIRO TV) Nickels: 'There are issues worth losing elections over' (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I - Saturday) A tough call for Edmonds on fire service (Everett Herald) MEDIA Newspaper circulation falling fast, down 10.6 pct (AP/Seattle Times) MILITARY Air Force answers more tanker questions (Seattle P-I - Sunday) EDITORIAL: Helping Veterans (The Columbian - Sunday) OPEN GOVERNMENT Gay marriage votes prompt look at records secrecy (L.A. Times/Olympian)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES 1033: Fiscal discipline or budget obstruction? (News Tribune) Port Angeles School Board to mull stance on Initiative 1033 (Peninsula Daily News) R-71: Vote on domestic partnerships creates tension (Bellingham Herald) BLOG: For someone whose campaign is broke, Eyman pays out a lot of money (Laura Onstot/Seattle Weekly - Friday) OPINION: Referendum 71: One small step for Washington (Barbara Sehr/Seattle P-I - Friday) OPINION: Sidestep the I-1033 plunge (Gary Crooks/Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Yet another threat to open elections (News Tribune) COLUMN: Gay rights referendum a chance to vote for diversity (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I - Sunday) ELECTIONS County to decide fate of ranked choice voting (News Tribune) Effective campaign signs are part art, part science (Everett Herald) Machines help some to vote (Olympian - Sunday) Underage vote complaint denied (Olympian - Saturday) Judge dismisses underage voter complaint against state (Brad Shannon/Olympian - Friday) OPINION: Moving beyond the negative in our politics (Tim Young/ Oregonian) EDITORIAL: 10 Days Left (The Columbian) LEGISLATURE Ninth district candidates differences tough to find (Cheney Free Press) LOCAL City seeks firefighting tax (Spokesman-Review) Constantine, Hutchison hit familiar notes in last TV debate (Seattle Times - Sunday McGinn and Mallahan duel over who can protect Seattle on tunnel costs (Seattle Times - Saturday) Puyallup vote could truly change council (News Tribune) CARES fades from politics in Lakewood (News Tribune) Port election centers on NYK (News Tribune) Accusations fly in Grant County prosecutor race (Wenatchee World) Only one seat contested in three Snohomish City Council races (Everett Herald) Vancouver mayor's race surpasses $260,000 mark, with Pollard ahead (Oregonian) ENDORSEMENT: The Times recommends Joe Mallahan for mayor of Seattle (Seattle Times - Friday) STATE Murray opponent blasts liberal mind set (The Daily World)
	SALMON EDITORIAL: Obama officials make right call in backing Bush salmon plan (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Friday) SEX OFFENDERS Lake Tapps pilot faces child porn sentence Nov. 16 (News Tribune) STATE GOVERNMENT New job leads to Gregoire staff changes (Olympian - Saturday) EDITORIAL: Brace for political battle to stop cuts at penitentiary (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Saturday TRANSPORTATION DOT releases simulation of viaduct during quake (KIRO TV) Alaskan Way Viaduct checkup finished early (Seattle Times) Chelan ready to implement Highway 150 safety plan (Wenatchee World) BLOG: Gov. Gregoire, Mayor Nickels sign agreement to replace Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel (TVW) OPINION: Local bridge cacophony intensifies (John Laird/The Columbian - Sunday) TRIBES Detailed work sifting through soil honors ancestors, workers say (Peninsula Daily News)

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