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• State's budget hole expands to $2.6 billion (AP/Seattle Times)
• Revenue Forecast: State budget takes another big step back (The Daily News)
• New taxes possible in 2010 (Everett Herald)
• Tax hikes likely to patch state budget deficit (Tri-City Herald)
• BLOG:  State's Budget Hole Now $2.6 Billion (Erik Smith/Your Health Care Today)
• BLOG: Forecast calls for less revenue, more deficit and likely sin taxes (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald)
• BLOG: Washington state budget: It’s gonna get worse before it gets worse (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune)
• BLOG: The comedy stylings of Arun Raha (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune)
• BLOG: Thursday Q&A: Reps. Ross Hunter and Ed Orcutt (Niki Reading/ TVW)
• BLOG: Sen. Rodney Tom: Cuts, revenue ideas that “we never dreamed of” (Niki Reading/ TVW)
• BLOG: Revenue raising: Putting tax package on the ballot would only affect last six months of biennium (Niki Reading/ TVW)
• BLOG: Revenue forecast: $2.6B “This is the other shoe dropping.” (Niki Reading/ TVW)
• BLOG: Budget gap hits $2.6B; tax hikes suggested (Brad Shannon/Olympian)

• Curtain dropping on Oregon's recession (Oregonian)
• COLUMN: Mandates to reduce driving will harm Oregon's economy (Todd Wynn/ Oregonian)
• OPINION: I-1033 was about limiting taxes (Tim Eyman/ Columbia Basin Herald)
• EDITORIAL: Lawmakers must get state spending under control (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin)

• S.C. senator: We 'threw everything at Boeing' (Seattle P-I)
• Boeing breaking ground for historic SC plant (AP/Seattle P-I)
• Ranks of uninsured swell in state (Spokesman-Review)
• Boeing expects continued decline in jobs (The News Tribune)

• State Schools Chief, Governor Disagree on WASL Requirements (AP/ Kitsap Sun)
• BLOG: Governor opposes state schools chief on changes to math and science rules (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald)
• EDITORIAL: Keep the expectations high (Everett Herald)
• EDITORIAL: State should not retreat on math, science (The News Tribune)
• EDITORIAL: State schools chief Randy Dorn blinks on math and science requirements (Seattle Times)
• EDITORIAL: School funding decision was reasonable for state (Olympian)

• Feds deny appeal on move of NOAA fleet to Oregon (Seattle Times)
• Seattle's appeal on NOAA decision rejected; Bellingham's appeal pending (Bellingham Herald)

• Hanford employment projected to peak in 2010 (Tri-City Herald)

• Senators eager to debate health care (The News Tribune)
• $1 billion a year in unpaid medical bills expected (AP/The News Tribune)
• COLUMN:  Protect America from health-care coercion (George Will/Seattle Times)
• OPINION: Hastings comments on health reform (Rep. Doc Hastings/ Columbia Basin Herald)
• EDITORIAL: Legislators should give more consideration to Wyden-Bennett health plan (The Daily News)
  

• President of Pacific Northwest University abruptly leaves (Yakima Herald-Republic)

• Criminal deportations spike in Pacific Northwest (AP/ Oregonian)

• OPINION: Rewarding the legislative champions of labor interests (Rich Bender/ Seattle Times)

• WTA will ask voters in April to raise local sales tax (Bellingham Herald)
• 2010 county budget cuts services, 311 jobs (Seattle Times)
• Criminal justice asked to make 69 percent of budget cuts (Wenatchee Worl

• Washington senators eager to debate health care bill (Olympian)
• Hedrick selling to raise cash (The Columbian)
• BLOG: Meet the Sultan man who wants to be governor (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald)
• BLOG: Former NFL player Didier may campaign opposite Patty Murray (Pat Muir/ Yakima Herald-Republic)

• Senate Democrats want to tax nips and tucks (AP/Seattle Times)

• Saving two programs funded by state focus of public forum (The Columbian)

• State ready to write plan for state highways 19, 20 (Peninsula Daily News)
• Stanwood welcomes return of the train (Everett Herald)
• State transportation worker killed by tree limb (Everett Herald)

• Cartels stretching tribal police (Spokesman-Review)
• Quileute plan afternoon of traditional culture in LaPush for 'New Moon' premiere (Peninsula Daily News)

• EPA picks Valley for well project (Yakima Herald-Republic)