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CAPITOL BUZZ ARCHIVES

July 2, 2009

	BUDGET & TAXES Aid case increase adds to budget shortfall (Olympian) Recession increases demand for state help (AP/Spokesman-Review) BLOG: Caseload forecast adds $250 million cost to two-year budget (Olympian) EDITORIAL: A tale of two states and two budgets (News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Downturn in economy is an opportunity to review tax policy (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Credit unions enjoy opportunity and expansion (Yakima Herald-Republic) 467K jobs cut in June; jobless rate at 9.5 percent (AP/Olympian) Speculation grows for Boeing 787 plant in South Carolina (Seattle Times) Unemployment hits 9.5 percent in U.S. (Puget Sound Business Journal) Albany International to close Tumwater paper plant (Puget Sound Business Journal) Contract dispute could derail Chehalis business (The Chronicle) OPINION: How to keep Boeing in Puget Sound when South Carolina beckons (Scott Hamilton/Seattle Times) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT She's no runaway, family says (The Daily World) Searchers not going anywhere (The Daily World) Beaten Coyote Ridge inmate's condition upgraded to serious (Tri-City Herald) Franklin County collecting traffic tickets fines in amnesty program (Tri-City Herald) Judges consider options for forcing better court security (Longview Daily News) DISCRIMINATION Reverse discrimination is back as an issue (Crosscut.com) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Seattle Public Schools appoints new chief academic officer (Seattle P-I) Seattle snags former Evergreen schools administrator (The Columbian) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Whidbey Island quake reminder of possibility of big one, scientists say (Peninsula Daily News) ENERGY & UTILITIES Power providers debate impact of climate measure (The Chronicle) OPINION: Now not the time to impose taxes on entrepreneurs (Rep. Doc Hastings/ Daily Sun News) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES OPINION: Just pass this stinky cap-and-trade bill: It's a start (Thomas L. Friedman/Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: The Environmental Protection Agency is no longer part of the problem (Seattle Times) FAMILY ISSUES Report: Washington state's adults are getting fatter (AP/Bellingham Herald) EDITORIAL: Obesity epidemic: It starts with healthy kids (Oregonian) HEALTH CARE Health-care cost estimates mostly unreliable (McClatchy Newspapers/Seattle Times) State to stop funding vaccines for children with insurance (Peninsula Daily News) Obama calls Wyden health plan radical (Oregonian) Work-Force Worries a Key Part of Health Care Reform, Murray Says (Kitsap Sun) OPINION: Affordability is key to real health care reform (Janet Bauer, Oregon Center for Public Policy/Oregonian) OPINION: We must pass health care reform now (Dwight Pelz/Seattle P-I) HIGHER EDUCATION EDITORIAL: Student loan repayment relief a step in the right direction (Longview Daily News) IMMIGRATION Foes of illegal immigration appear to be short on signatures (Yakima Herald-Republic) LEGISLATURE BLOG: Board said Keiser's "payback" blog didn't violate ethics rules (Michelle Dupler/Tri-City Herald) COLUMN: Washington's timid cellphone ban: lackluster results suggest a tougher law (Joni Balter/Seattle Times) LOCAL GOVERNMENT Isthmus park ballot issue dropped (Olympian) City accepting voluntary furloughs, hopes to avoid additional layoffs (News Tribune) Mason County Commissioners Cut Budget Director to Shore Up Deficit (Kitsap Sun) Audit determines Wahkiakum port district broke bidding laws during Vista Park expansion (Longview Daily News) OPEN GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL: Idaho stays in basement over public disclosure (Spokesman-Review)
	POLITICS
		BALLOT MEASURES WA property tax campaign moves toward fall ballot (AP/Seattle P-I) Eyman's latest plan criticized (Olympian) Eyman initiative fight under way (Sopokesman-Review) Eyman property tax campaign moves toward fall ballot (Seattle Times) BLOG: Eyman critics: I-1033 adds a half-billion-dollars to state deficit (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: Eyman's latest tax initiative could be good to go (Pat Muir/ Yakima Herald-Republic) LOCAL Rivals show up at Hutchison news conference (Seattle Times) Hutchison Speaks, Calls for Cuts (Seattle Weekly) James Donaldson: Back in the Game (Seattle Weekly) BLOG: Another mayor endorses Jarrett in county exec race (Chris Grygiel/Seattle P-I) STATE Cantwell discusses health care, economy with local business leaders (Longview Daily News)
	STATE GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL: Don't let dream of Heritage Center fade away (Olympian) TOBACCO Tobacco wholesaler indicted in untaxed cigarette probe (Seattle Times) State, Colville tribes agree on cigarette compact (AP/Seattle Times) TRANSPORTATION Murray, Larsen propose boosting federal funding for ferries (Seattle P-I) Lawmakers Seeking Federal Funds to Keep Ferries Afloat (Kitsap Sun) $1 million in federal road funds revoked (Olympian) State grant still in hand (The Daily World) TRIBES Colvilles to pay costs of fish hatchery (AP/Bellingham Herald) Colvilles to fund hatchery for year (Spokesman-Review)

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