Capitol Buzz: Oct. 17, 2014
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AGRICULTURE & WATER
- Forum to address farm worker issues (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Methow irrigators: From contention to collaboration (Wenatchee World)
BORDER STATES
- New $2.5 million Monsanto donation puts Oregon GMO labeling on verge of state’s costliest ever ballot measure (Oregonian)
- EDITORIAL: At last, Kitzhaber tells voters that Cylvia Hayes won’t accept paid work if he is re-elected (Oregonian)
BUDGET & TAXES
BUSINESS, LABOR & ECONOMY
- Romac Industries expands foundry in Sultan (The Everett Herald)
- For Boeing, smooth Airbus A350 certification brings new pressure (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- FAA approves Boeing’s new winglets as airline orders fly in (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Nick Hanauer: If income inequality continues to rise, it will be ‘mayhem in the streets, Ferguson everywhere’ (Puget Sound Business Journal)
CONGRESS & FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- Former Biden chief of staff to lead Ebola response (The Seattle Times)
- COLUMN: Health care review spotlights valuable new tool (Tom Philpott, Military Update/The Everett Herald)
COURTS, CRIME & LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Former Supreme Court justice Utter dies at age 84 (AP/The Chronicle)
- Former Justice Robert Utter dies at 84; he took a principled stand against death penalty (The Olympian)
- Shelton prison investigates apparent suicide of inmate (AP/The Olympian)
- State Department of Corrections warns of telephone scam (The Olympian)
- Police in three Washington towns targeted by gunfire (AP/The Bellingham Herald)
- OPINION: Has the death penalty become too costly to administer in America? (Meg Penrose, McClatchy/The News Tribune)
- OPINION: Studies confirm: Death penalties deter many murders at far less cost (David B. Muhlhausen, The Heritage Foundation/The News Tribune)
- EDITORIAL: ‘Buyer Beware’ program a much-needed step toward protecting sex-trade victims (The Seattle Times)
DAMS
- Pe Ell meeting addresses potential dam (The Chronicle)
- Public asked to weigh in on Cle Elum Dam expansion (Yakima Herald-Republic)
EDUCATION (K-12) & SCHOOL SAFETY
- Tech in the classroom promising, but resources lagging (Kitsap Sun)
- Change of plans: District envisions new Lakewood High (The Everett Herald)
- Janitor: 9 staffers had access to suspicious Beacon Hill tests (The Seattle Times)
- Demand outstrips availability of afterschool programs in Washington state (The News Tribune)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- Homeowners ‘back-billed’ $3K due to utility’s faulty equipment (The Spokesman-Review)
- Unions endorse proposed oil transfer terminal at port (The Columbian)
ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES
HANFORD
HEALTH CARE
- MultiCare prepares for Ebola with standing-room-only employee demonstration (The Olympian)
- Obama taps an Ebola czar; Texas toughens monitoring (AP/The News Tribune)
- MultiCare prepares for Ebola with standing-room-only employee demonstration (The News Tribune)
- As Ebola lapses get spotlight in Texas, Seattle union nurses say they’re unprepared (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- OPINION: Death with dignity can be a natural process (Tony Robinson, pastor and teacher in the Congregational/United Church of Christ/Crosscut)
- EDITORIAL: Keep Ebola in perspective, OK? (Wenatchee World)
HIGHER EDUCATION
- BLOG: Spokane backs WSU medical school plan over UW proposal (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)
- OPINION: How the University of Washington plans to lead Puget Sound innovation (Michael K. Young, president of the University of Washington/The Seattle Times)
- EDITORIAL: Community colleges’ budget request is money well spent (The Everett Herald)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Olympia commissioners Barner and Gunn respond to WPPA (The Olympian)
- Ecology approves Yakima’s shoreline protection plan (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- How the port’s new alliance plans to refloat region’s sinking market share (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- Public Paychecks: In King County government, the paychecks are healthy, too (Puget Sound Business Journal)
- BLOG: Sawant blasts Seattle City Council spending on business conference (Daniel Beekman/The Seattle Times)
MARIJUANA
- Washington puts pot sales, fines online for banks (AP/Kitsap Sun)
- Roslyn Council ends pot moratorium (Daily Record)
MEDIA
POLITICS
BALLOT MEASURES
- Decoding the measures on your 2014 ballot (The Seattle Times)
- Infographic: Washington’s competing gun control initiatives (Crosscut)
- Hanauer takes aim at Washington’s gun laws (Puget Sound Business Journal)
LEGISLATURE
- Oso mudslide front and center in 39th District House race (The Everett Herald)
- Booth, Dansel vie in 7th Legislative District Senate (The Spokesman-Review)
- Cattle ranchers square off for 13th District House seat (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- QA — 24th District, Steve Tharinger and Thomas Greisamer (The Daily World)
LOCAL
- Murray stumps for Pre-K measure (Crosscut)
- What you should know about Seattle’s bus measure (Crosscut)
- Voters to decide Nov. 4 whether to change Blaine’s name to Blaine Harbor (The Bellingham Herald)
STATE
- Didier drops Newhouse from lawsuit alleging campaign violations (The Spokesman-Review)
- Didier drops Newhouse campaign from lawsuit (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Newhouse dismissed from Didier lawsuit (Tri-City Herald)
- Newhouse files FEC complaint over Didier TV ad (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Republican challenger McClendon has uphill climb against Kilmer (The News Tribune)
- BLOG: 3rd debate for 5th Cong Dist scheduled (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)
STATE GOVERNMENT
- Washington state’s exotic investment opens in Tahiti (NW News Network)
- Ebola makes West Africa a no-go zone for Washington investment officers (NW News Network)
TRANSPORTATION
- Ferry shifting could cause delays (Kitsap Sun)
- Major rail corridor improvements pending in Longview, though funding uncertain (The Daily News)
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