Washington House Republicans: Capitol Buzz

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Nov. 24, 2009

	AGRICULTURE Growers donate 23 tons of apples (Yakima Herald-Republic) Rustlers suspected of stealing 1,240 cattle in Oregon (Oregonian/Longview Daily News) BUDGET & TAXES BLOG: Port of Seattle reduces tax bite on property owners (Seattle P-I) BUSINESS, INDUSTRY & ECONOMY Jobless rates hit double digits in 14 states (Puget Sound Business Journal) COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT Ex-supervisor sues Postal Service over firing (Spokesman-Review) Bellevue leader suggests shaming bikini coffee stand visitors (KOMO TV) 'Naughty' espresso stand defying Bellevue city order (KIRO TV) OPINION: Getting tough on domestic violence (Rep. Mike Hope/Everett Herald) EDITORIAL: Brutality at Home (Columbian) EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY Oregon teachers may get OK to wear religious clothing in class (Oregonian) Federal grant will help Kelso schools improve teaching (Longview Daily News) Panel backs $65M school bond - South Sound (Olympian) Spokane elementary schools switch to number grades (Spokesman-Review) BLOG: Hear Randy Dorn’s policy speech on math and science graduation requirements here (Niki Reading/ TVW) EDITORIAL: On to Round Two (Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Delaying math, science goals unfair to students (Tri-City Herald) EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES Firefighters feel heat in Sunnyside meeting on Dry Creek blaze (Yakima Herald-Republic) Flood fears dampen business, home sales (Seattle Times) Boil-water advisory issued for Vader, Enchanted Valley (Longview Daily News) ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES Troublesome Timber (The Daily World) OPINION: Restoring saltwater, and nature, to the Nisqually River estuary (Daniel Jack Chasan/ Crosscut.com) COLUMN: It's time to promote development that conserves land and energy (Neal Peirce/ Seattle Times) EDITORIAL: Climate change efforts don’t need idea police (The News Tribune) GAMBLING Unemployed Arlington man wins $6.5 million Lotto jackpot (KOMO TV) HEALTH CARE Big demand, grim outlook for state Basic Health Plan (Seattle Times) The threat of MRSA, a drug-resistant bacterium commonly picked up in gyms and schools, grows dramatically (Oregonian) ‘Fair’ health care tax remains thorny issue (Spokesman-Review) OPINION: Setting the record straight on mammograms (Dr. Valerie Hunter/Oregonian) OPINION: Mammogram guidelines: conservatives to the rescue (Kevin Huffman, Teach for America/Oregonian) EDITORIAL: Let science trump politics (Everett Herald) HIGHER EDUCATION Oregon OKs $20 million settlement in college savings plan suit (Oregonian) Is a college degree worth what it costs? (Oregonian) EDITORIAL: Paving the path to college for low-income kids (The News Tribune) HOUSING Point Ruston: It took a big village, Sims says (The News Tribune) OPINION: Tax credit benefits everyone (Bill Riley, Washington Realtors/The News Tribune) IMMIGRATION EDITORIAL: Good luck to Obama on immigration reform; he's going to need it (Yakima Herald-Republic) LOCAL GOVERNMENT City will mull tax increase (Columbian) Snohomish County budget passes, with a caveat (Everett Herald) Monroe struggles to fix $131,000 budget gap (Everett Herald) No easy cuts in initial look at county budget (Kitsap Sun) BLOG: Mallahan campaign: McGinn tunnel flip-flop 'genius' (Seattle P-I) MEDIA OPINION: Touring the dial of public radio's future (Feliks Banel/ Crosscut.com) MILITARY Guard's 144th bound for Iraq (Yakima Herald-Republic) USS Stennis returns from exercise with strike group (Kitsap Sun) OPEN GOVERNMENT Cities get money to improve open access to records (Wenatchee World)
	POLITICS
		ELECTIONS EDITORIAL: More transparency would shine light on power of special-interest contributions (Longview Daily News) STATE Initiative activist Bill Sizemore wants second chance for Oregon governor (Oregonian) NATIONAL SC legislators begin Sanford impeachment hearings (AP/Seattle Times) COLUMN: Democrats' choice: suicide or death (Rich Lowry/Oregonian) COLUMN: What's wrong with U.S.? Look at D.C. (Star Parker/Kitsap Sun)
	SALMON Federal judge praises new salmon-protection plan (Seattle Times) Salmon plan good so far, judge says (AP/The News Tribune) Working plan looks closer for Northwest salmon protection (Oregonian) EDITORIAL: Judge should give OK to government’s salmon plan (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin) WATER State, growers at odds over water rights (Tri-City Herald)

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