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Nov. 2, 2009

	ABORTION EDITORIAL: Protests shouldn't stop Planned Parenthood clinic (Tri-City Herald) AGRICULTURE Early apple numbers are looking good (Wenatchee World) BUDGET & TAXES BLOG: Count on 8% return? State pensions draw partisan fight (Brad Shannon/Olympian - Thursday) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY State's jobless seek support (Olympian) Air Force tanker bidding favors Boeing, rival says (Olympian) Some see replay in latest Boeing tanker contract flap (News Tribune) Boeing’s S.C. 787 decision: What will suppliers do? (Puget Sound Business Journal - Friday) South Carolina fit Boeing's long-term plan to cut costs (The Herald) After Charleston move, Sen. Patty Murray "won't be as inclined" to help Boeing (Seattle Times - Sunday) State’s stimulus take hefty (Spokesman-Review) Fewer local jobs saved by federal stimulus than reported (Saturday/News Tribune) Job report suffers from fuzzy math (Olympian/The News Tribune - Saturday) State officials get earful about proposed workers' compensation increase (Bellingham Herald - Thursday) Tri-City chamber opposes workers' comp raise (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) COLUMN: Boeing's Southern strategy no comfort to Northwest (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I - Friday) EDITORIAL: Union support by Gregoire key to jobs loss (The Chronicle) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Police checking leads in officer's killing (Seattle P-I) Police: Seattle officer's death was 'assassination' (KIRO TV) Slain Seattle Police officer lived in Marysville (The Herald) Seattle police seek clues to fatal shooting of officer (AP/News Tribune) Man fatally shot by officer in Lake Stevens (The Herald) Troopers face suspension over diplomas (Olympian - Saturday) Pierce County gets new jail chief (News Tribune) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Flood worries rise for Green River's rural neighbors (Seattle Times) Question isn't 'if' but 'how bad' for floods (The Herald) Landslide watch in the Naches River Valley (Seattle Times - Saturday) BLOG: Congress is moving to protect Middle Fork - Snoqualmie (Joel Connell/Seattle P-I - Friday) OPINION: Our state reps push for water retention inclusion (The Chronicle) ENERGY & UTILITIES Seattle getting 2,500 electric car charging stations (Seattle P-I) One of the world's largest solar projects is planned near Cle Elum (Yakima Herald-Republic - Sunday) Coos Bay LNG project pushed back to 2011 (AP/The Daily News) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES State lowballed cost of green tax breaks (Oregonian - Saturday) Gray wolf plan to be discussed in Sequim this week (Peninsula Daily News) OPINION: NOAA should not be allowed to ignore environmental rules (Jim Jorgensen, Port of Bellingham/Bellingham Herald - Friday) GAY RIGHTS Oregon group launches drive for same-sex marriage (Oregonian) HANFORD Day honors Cold War Hanford workers (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) HEALTH CARE State expects new supply of Tamiflu for children (News Tribune) OPINION: The moment of truth is at hand on national health-care reform (Paul Krugman/Seattle Times - Sunday) COLUMN: Four free-market steps could solve health care riddle (Cal Thomas/Olympian) EDITORIAL: The public shares in real progress on U.S. health care form (Seattle Times - Sunday) HIGHER EDUCATION More college presidents become millionaires (AP/KIRO TV) Bates college appoints acting president (News Tribune) HOUSING Oversupply of foreclosures to drive down house prices (Puget Sound Business Journal - Friday) EDITORIAL: Extending home buyer's credit makes sense (The Daily News) LABOR S.C. decision transforms Boeing's relationship with Washington, labor unions (Seattle Times - Sunday) LAND USE & PROPERTY RIGHTS No Fox Island beach fix for Navy lab transfer (News Tribune) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Vancouver may add Fort to its name (AP/The Daily News) More cuts: County pay on the line (Wenatchee World) MILITARY Fort Lewis: Grieving a ‘very brave young man’ (News Tribune) Burn pit smoke may be making local soldiers sick (News Tribune) WWII vets reunite with their rescuers (AP/Spokesman-Review)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES 10 years after I-695 changed the tax structure, is Kitsap better off? (Kitsap Sun) Washington voters will get a say Tuesday on domestic partnership law (AP/Oregonian) BLOG: Washington teens favor gay rights, oppose tax measure in mock election (Brad Shannon/Olympian - Friday) OPINION: Opposition to R-71 doesn't make sense (Rob Woutat/Kitsap Sun) EDITORIAL: County labor and business leaders against initiative (Bellingham Herald - Friday) ELECTIONS State measures attract big donations (The Columbian - Sunday) Campaigners count down to Tuesday (Spokesman-Review) State, local race ballots due Tuesday (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) Postage-due ballots still should get to destination, auditor says (News Tribune) COLUMN: When election ends, the real work begins (Joel Connell/Seattle P-I - Sunday) ENDORSEMENT: Tuesday's election-- What we recommend (Yakima Herald-Republic - Friday) LEGISLATURE Ballots in state feature three House races (AP/News Tribune) Nealey, Walsh to speak at Wednesday meeting (Tri-City Herald - Saturday) LOCAL Last-minute Tacoma mayoral race mailer inaccurate, incognito – and illegal (News Tribune) Public worker unions spend big on candidate (News Tribune) Pierce County auditor candidate Will Baker must pay $300 fine, PDC says (News Tribune) Term limits: Tacoma council members may seek other vacancies (News Tribune) Paving company fuels campaign for Sequim ballot measure (Peninsula Daily News) Following trail of Prop 4 campaign spending turns up twist (Spokesman-Review) Despite rhetoric in Vancouver mayor's race, decisions on tolls for I-5 lie elsewhere (Oregonian) Where are the big election bucks? (Wenatchee World) BLOG: TVW tells Constantine to stop using footage (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I - Friday) STATE I have done nothing wrong, says Dicks (Olympian - Saturday) Rep. Dicks: 'I will be completely exonerated' (Peninsula Daily News) COLUMN: Disclosure as liberal coercion (George Will/Oregonian) NATIONAL Handful of elections shed light on US politics (AP/Seattle P-I) COLUMN: Elections in three states will test Obama's clout (David Broder/Seattle Times - Sunday)
	SALMON Plans would reduce hatchery fish (The Chronicle) STATE GOVERNMENT New indoor display rules set for Capitol Campus (Olympian - Saturday) EDITORIAL: Is it necessary for state to boost holiday booze sales? (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Sunday) TRANSPORTATION Working toward a safer Federal Way transit center (News Tribune) The new Nile: a new road and river channel (Yakima Herald-Republic) OPINION: A once-in-a-generation chance for regionalism (Fred Jarrett/ Crosscut.com) TRIBES Poaching or treaty right? State and tribe disagree over slain elk (Peninsula Daily News) WATER State seeks public help in reporting unused wells (AP/Olympian) EPA offers grants for ideas to protect watersheds (Olympian) COLUMN: Should we continue to drink from the Cowlitz? (Andre Stepankowsky/The Daily News - Sunday)

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