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Aug. 20, 2008

	TOP STORY - PRIMARY ELECTIONS - Gubernatorial, legislative races GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY RESULTS Race for governor will be another close fight (Everett Herald) Voters favor Gregoire over Rossi by 4 percent (Wenatchee World) All set for November’s ‘top one’ election (The News Tribune) Gregoire, Rossi advance (Spokesman-Review) Gregoire vs. Rossi: After top-two primary, real rumble begins (Seattle Times) Rossi, Gregoire head for rematch (Olympian) BLOG: Gregoire sees mandate of sorts in narrow lead (Postman/Seattle Times) BLOG: Gregoire, Rossi spin quickly into position for November (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: Gregoire, Rossi: We totally tried (Adam Wilson/Olympian) BLOG: Rossi backers bar press at Olympia fundraiser tonight (Brad Shannon/Olympian) BLOG: New Gregoire Ad - Your vote or Dino's? (Seattle P-I) BLOG: Gregoire on Areva: "I have been a champion for Tri-Cities" (Chris Mulick/Tri-City Herald) BLOG: One player in Rossi-Gregoire saga not worried tonight (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) BLOG: Rossi says he's in better shape now vs. 2004 primary (Jason Hagey/The News Tribune) BLOG: The Gregoire-Rossi YouTube debate is online (Jason Hagey/The News Tribune) COLUMN: Across state, Dino shows his other side (Joel Connelly/Seattle P-I) LEGISLATIVE PRIMARY RESULTS Incumbents leading in legislative districts 10, 21, 32, and 39 (Everett Herald) District 2 BLOG: McCune called it: He said Jean Marie Christenson would win D side (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) District 8 Moser, Klippert moving to general elections (Tri-City Herald) BLOG: Carol Moser probably should keep her commission job (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) District 12 BLOG: Courtney Cox should have done better against Armstrong (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) District 14 Ybarra, Johnson come out as top two in 14th District (Yakima Herald-Republic) District 17 Dunn’s done in Olympia (Columbian) BLOG: Dunn is Done? (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) BLOG: Dems look to score in Vancouver, maybe Lakewood (Adam Wilson/Olympian) District 20 20th District (Olympian) District 25 BLOG: 25th District is where the money will flow -- heavily! (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) District 26 Kitsap Republican Angel makes good showing in 26th District (The News Tribune) BLOG: Republican Angel is leading Democrat Abel in both counties (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) District 27 BLOG: All Working to plan in the 27th Legislative District (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) District 28 BLOG: Carrell opens 26-vote lead over Srail (David Wickert/The News Tribune) District 31 BLOG: Hanek-Hulburt, another really close call in the 31st District (Joe Turner/The News Tribune) District 35 Neatherlin, Finn and Haigh move forward in 35th District (Kitsap Sun) 35th District (Olympian) Districts 36, 46 Democrats tops in two Seattle districts (Seattle P-I) District 40 Republican Van Luven leading Democrats in 40th race (Bellingham Herald) For more news stories covering state primary election results, scroll down to ELECTIONS. BUDGET & TAXES November tax initiative seen slicing $1 billion or more from Oregon budget (Oregonian) BLOG: New Gregoire economic advisor not afraid of taxes (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Mill deal still stuck in limbo (The Daily World) City, Bennett sign final accord on Sonics (Seattle P-I) Boeing releases details of worker incentive pay plan as contract talks intensify (Seattle P-I) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Federal Way father pleads guilty in son’s fire-pit death (The News Tribune) Personal injury trial opens (The News Tribune) Driver of stolen car leads 95-mph chase (The News Tribune) Sign against drunken driving posted where couple was killed (The News Tribune) Tacoma worker arrested after locker discovery of explosive materials (The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Keep legal drinking age where it is – at 21 (The News Tribune) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Program also stresses academic achievement (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) Yakima School District approves budget (Yakima Herald-Republic) State audit: Mt. Adams schools missing funds (Yakima Herald-Republic) Retired superintendent asked to fill her own shoes for a year (Kitsap Sun) Donations needed as more than 5,000 kids get school supplies (The News Tribune) OPINION: 40% of kids arrive at kindergarten ill-equipped to learn (Ann Cubberly, Child Care Action Council/Olympian) EDITORIAL: Education fund will aid students (Olympian) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Park Service proposals attempt to manage Stehekin River flooding (Wenatchee World) ENERGY & UTILITIES Gas prices still falling at local pumps (Everett Herald) Oil prices bounce back up above $114 a barrel as dollar weakens (The News Tribune) Chelan PUD won't alter rates until April (Wenatchee World) LNG terminal foes seek state investigation citing 'illegal push polls' (Oregonian) OPINION: Petroleum-propelled people communing with nature (Bruce Ramsey/Seattle Times) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Lincoln County fire growing (AP/Spokesman-Review) A dubious distinction: Worst soot in Washington (The News Tribune) 'It was a good idea at the time;' Time to retire the tires, make way for new reef (The News Tribune) Sewage spill closes Dyes Inlet (Kitsap Sun) Court rejects EPA limits on states' emissions rules (Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Air quality: Accept no excuses (Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: A regulatory scam (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: A quick re-write by lame ducks (Wenatchee World) GAMBLING EDITORIAL: Latest casino studies make bad idea look worse (Columbian) HANFORD State won’t ask Supreme Court to review nuclear waste ruling (AP/The News Tribune) Hanford waste initiative dead after no appeal made (Tri-City Herald) HEALTH CARE Dentist's former patients will take the stand (Spokesman-Review) Ellensburg police officer's death may be hantavirus case (Everett Herald) Hantavirus suspected in Ellensburg officer's death (Daily Record) County reports first case this year of West Nile virus in a person (Seattle P-I) $320,000 deficit: Health district cuts programs, 13 jobs (Wenatchee World) Local psychologist on probation for revealing patient identity (Wenatchee World) HOUSING Good luck getting a home loan now (AP/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Hoarding control (Spokesman-Review) LABOR BLOG: Machinists to Boeing -- We're willing to strike (Michelle Dunlop/Everett Herald) LEGISLATURE Granger lawmaker honored for work (Yakima Herald-Republic) LOCAL GOVERNMENT City manager paints bleak financial picture for Sunnyside (Daily Sun News) Council talks endorsements, public hearings (Yakima Herald-Republic) County approves funds for audit (The Daily World) Port to vote on 2005 pact it made with Suquamish Tribe over marina (Kitsap Sun) BLOG: Pierce County Council curtails travel, hiring (David Wickert/The News Tribune) EDITORIAL: Pulling together for a new Seabeck Marina (Kitsap Sun) MEDIA The Herald restructures, cuts 10 jobs (Everett Herald) MILITARY Everett Guard members prepare for deployment to Iraq (Everett Herald) Moses Lake shows support for troops (Columbia Basin Herald) Selah's Bravo Company prepares for second tour in Iraq (Yakima Herald-Republic) Now, the toughest part: 81st Brigade leaves today (The News Tribune) Guardsmen headed to Iraq given Kitsap send-off (Kitsap Sun)
	ELECTIONS - PRIMARY RESULTS (For gubernatorial and legislative races, scroll to top of page)
		BALLOT MEASURES OPINION: The indignity of I-1000: Backers' claims misleading (Margaret Dove/Seattle Times) ELECTIONS Local and state primary election returns (The News Tribune) First round of primary ballots roll in, more results expected next week (The Chronicle) Wash. primary results no surprise (AP/ Seattle Times) ‘Top two’ restores calm to election offices (Seattle P-I) Primary's message: Here we go again (Seattle P-I) BLOG: Top Three things to watch in Top Two? The results (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) BLOG: Notes on the primary (Bruce Ramsey/Seattle Times) BLOG: Dark clouds, silver linings (Jerry Cornfield/Everett Herald) BLOG: The primary - analysis (Seattle P-I) BLOG: Debut of the "top two" election draws fears (Scott Ayers/Bellingham Herald) BLOG: Live blogging primary election day and night (Chris Mulick/Tri-City Herald) BLOG: Top Two primary: a poll with a really big sample size (Peter Callaghan/The News Tribune) OPINION: An insider's tip sheet to gauge polls (Steve Kircher, St. Petersburg Times/Seattle P-I) EDITORIAL: Electoral College (Longview Daily News) EDITORIAL: On the eve of the primary, it's time to thank the candidates (Chronicle Online) EDITORIAL: Campaigns today are nonstop as tiny cameras are everywhere (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) EDITORIAL: Déjà vu, primarily (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Redrawing Districts (The Columbian) LEGISLATURE 26th District candidates want to ease the burden on businesses (Kitsap Sun) LOCAL Gamache ousted in commissioner's race (Yakima Herald-Republic) Elofson wins seat on Superior Court (Yakima Herald-Republic) Chapman, independent, will face opponent from his old party, GOP, in November(Peninsula Daily News) Voters decide whether to make county offices nonpartisan (Seattle Times) Johnson, Wilson ahead in commission race (Longview Daily News) Voters approve Bremerton emergency services levy (Kitsap Sun) Matthes, Garrido are top two in race for South Kitsap Commissioner (Kitsap Sun) Ex-aide, lawmaker face runoff in fall (Oregonian) STATE State schools chief: Incumbent Terry Bergeson likely to face Randy Dorn (Everett Herald) Reichert, Burner likely to meet in rematch of ’06 (The News Tribune) Reichert, Burner to square off again in November (Seattle Times) Rep. Rick Larsen and former Sheriff Rick Bart advance in 2nd Congressional District race (Everett Herald) Congressional incumbents win easily (Wenatchee World) Hastings garners 61 percent of vote in House race (Yakima Herald-Republic) Rep. Dicks to face Republican foe Cloud for third straight time (Peninsula Daily News) Baird likely to face Republican Delavar in November (Longview Daily News) Lands commissioner race is a virtual tie (Seattle Times) Washington's top-two primary put to test (Seattle Times) Bergeson likely faces runoff for schools job (Seattle P-I) Martin, McIntire advance in Wash. treasurer's race (AP/Olympian) 3rd Congressional District (Olympian) Delavar wins right to challenge Baird (Columbian) Larsen leads in congressional primary (Bellingham Herald) Hastings gets most votes in district race (Tri-City Herald) BLOG: Dicks cruising in early results (David Wickert/The News Tribune) BLOG: Reichert vs. Burner: Two takes on the first results (David Wickert/The News Tribune) BLOG: Results: anti-war Delavar vs. pro-surge Baird (Adam Wilson/Olympian) BLOG: State GOP files FEC complaint over Democratic mailer (Chris Mulick/Tri-City Herald) BLOG: Who last-minute voters won’t be voting for (Chris Mulick/Tri-City Herald) SUPREME COURT Two state Supreme Court justices to move on unopposed (AP/Everett Herald) State Supreme Court incumbents headed toward re-election (Seattle Times) Hunt tops challenger Ford to hold on to state Court of Appeals seat (Kitsap Sun) NATIONAL OPINION: It's a new political day for evangelical Christians (E.J.Dionne/Seattle Times)
	SEX OFFENDERS Town hall will address how to keep your children safe from predators (The News Tribune) Ex-Alabama cop arrested here on child rape, porn charges (Seattle P-I) STATE GOVERNMENT L&I worker sentenced for selling drugs (Olympian) TRANSPORTATION Highway 9, U.S. 2 intersection gets study (Everett Herald) Pangborn study shows longer runway warranted (Wenatchee World) Sea-Tac light-rail station won't be delayed, Sound Transit says ( Seattle Times) OPINION: Increase ridership before raising transit fares (The News Tribune) TRIBES Yakamas can share concerns at listening conference (Yakima Herald-Republic) Tulalip Tribe opens new $130 million hotel at casino (Puget Sound Business Journal)

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