Washington News Links

• Proposed Benton budget cuts met with stunned silence (Tri-City Herald, October 30, 2009)
• Financial emergency declared by Island County (Whidbey News Times, October 30, 2009)
• Revenue flat as expenses grow for the city (Bainbridge Island Review, October 30, 2009)
• Burien bike trail funding (Seattle Times, October 29, 2009)
• Gig Harbor preliminary budget calls for more layoffs (Tacoma News Tribune, October 28, 2009)
• Pay parking coming soon to downtown (Tacoma News Tribune, October 28, 2009)
• Council votes 4-3 to remove impact fees city-wide (The Northern Light, October 28, 2009)
• County to borrow $4 million from itself to stay afloat (Bainbridge Island Review, October 27, 2009)
• Grim budget looms for next mayor (Seattle Times, October 27, 2009)
• New fire engines for rural living (Islands Sounder, October 26, 2009)
• Federal Way Transit Center: Joint policing plan intended to reduce crime, increase safety (Federal Way Mirror, October 25, 2009)
• Pasco celebrates 125th anniversary (Tri-City Herald, October 24, 2009)
• Residents can adopt county parks (Whidbey News Times, October 23, 2009)
• Plans advance for three new national historic districts in Bellingham (Bellingham Herald, October 23, 2009)
• Council bans smoking in Tacoma’s public parks (Tacoma News Tribune, October 22, 2009)
• Tacoma City Council pushes rail plan ahead (Tacoma News Tribune, October 21, 2009)
• Richland plans no cuts in services (Tri-City Herald, October 21, 2009)
• Bellingham mayor to propose tax increase, tapping reserves (Bellingham Herald, October 19, 2009)
• Kennewick soliciting ideas for long-ignored riverfront (Tri-City Herald, October 19, 2009)
• Franklin County rethinks courthouse security cuts (Tri-City Herald, October 19, 2009)
• County budget cuts mean less help for battered, abused (Seattle PI, October 19, 2009)
• Feds help start electric car era around Puget Sound (Tacoma News Tribune, October 19, 2009)
• Fore! Golf carts are street legal now in Orting (Tacoma News Tribune, October 17, 2009)
• Judicial records ruled not public (Tacoma News Tribune, October 16, 2009)
• Prosecutor expects to lay off attorneys (Port Orchard Independent, October 15, 2009)
• Whatcom County officials still working to close $3.4 million budget deficit (Bellingham Herald, October 13, 2009)
• Kennewick official says layoffs may be necessary (Tri-City Herald, October 13, 2009)
• County employees take voluntary furloughs to help budget (Islands Sounder, October 13, 2009)
• South King County cities prepare for floods (Seattle PI, October 13, 2009)
• City looks to technology to serve its citizens (Seattle PI, October 12, 2009)
• Ferndale cuts online bill pay for utilities amid budget woes (Bellingham Herald, October 10, 2009)
• Online voting makes progress in Franklin County (Tri-City Herald, October 9, 2009)
• Business incubator: Investing in Federal Way's economy (Federal Way Mirror, October 8, 2009)
• Lagging economy delivers a blow to Federal Way's budget (Federal Way Mirror, October 8, 2009)
• Lakewood to revamp neighborhood policing program (Tacoma News Tribune, October 8, 2009)
• Puyallup passes increased downtown ban for skaters, skateboards, scooters (Tacoma News Tribune, October 8, 2009)
• Pierce County OKs E-Verify mandate (Tacoma News Tribune, October 8, 2009)
• City, North Whatcom fire chiefs talk cooperation (Lynden Tribune, October 7, 2009)
• Castle Rock tries new approach to budget process (The Daily News, October 6, 2009)
• Lakewood adopts don't ask, no-touch prostitution rules (Tacoma News Tribune, October 6, 2009)
• Pierce County offers amnesty to building-permit scofflaws (Tacoma News Tribune, October 6, 2009)
• Yakima County studies four-day work week (Yakima Herald, October 5, 2009)
• Cottage homes address growth management goals in Federal Way (Federal Way Mirror, October 2, 2009)
• Gig Harbor to increase land use and permit fees (Tacoma News Tribune, October 2, 2009)