Washington News Links

• Franklin County budget being crimped by high public defense costs (Tri-City Herald, September 30, 2011)
• Main Street program could benefit Winslow Way (Bainbridge Island Review, September 30, 2011)
• Peak driving? National study shows Seattle traffic leveling off (Seattle Times, September 29, 2011)
• SPD ordered to pay $20K for denying records in excessive-force complaint (Seattle Times, September 28, 2011)
• Richland looks at expanded recycling (Tri-City Herald, September 28, 2011)
• Homeless camps would no longer rove under Seattle bill (Seattle PI, September 28, 2011)
• Too little data to judge red-light cameras, DOT says (Bellingham Herald, September 28, 2011)
• County looks to save $1.7 million by refinancing some bonds (Kitsap Sun, September 27, 2011)
• Mill Creek considers outsourcing some police services (Everett Herald, September 27, 2011)
• King County Executive touts 2012 budget as stable (Federal Way Mirror, September 26, 2011)
• City's revenue outlook brightens a bit (Bellingham Herald, September 26, 2011)
• New changes for lodging tax (Bainbridge Island Review, September 22, 2011)
• Camera company reports fewer speed violations in Federal Way (Federal Way Mirror, September 21, 2011)
• Pullman council OKs public security cameras (Seattle Times, September 21, 2011)
• County expects to save millions on health-care (Seattle Times, September 20, 2011)
• Renton officials learn about disaster recovery at four-day exercise (Renton Reporter, September 19, 2011)
• Medical pot OK in Seattle, in trouble in Spokane (Seattle Times, September 18, 2011)
• 1 in 5 city of Seattle workers earning six figures (Seattle Times, September 17, 2011)
• Analysis difficult in top-wage lists of city, county (Seattle Times, September 17, 2011)
• Tacoma boasts weird and wonderful places you can see on foot (Tacoma News Tribune, September 16, 2011)
• Agencies mull costs for merging 911 centers (Tri-City Herald, September 15, 2011)
• Tri-City Regional Public Facilities District discusses locations (Tri-City Herald, September 15, 2011)
• Cities mark opening of SCORE jail (Renton Reporter, September 15, 2011)
• Seattle bike deaths spur safety questions, highlight funding woes (Seattle PI, September 14, 2011)
• County passes helmet law (Spokesman Review, September 14, 2011)
• Tacoma City Council to envision better Dome (Tacoma News Tribune, September 14, 2011)
• County officials know poverty rate is rising (Yakima Herald, September 13, 2011)
• Proposed pavement system might save Pasco money, extend life of roads (Tri-City Herald, September 13, 2011)
• Judge wants to reconfigure UG courtroom to boost security (Yakima Herald, September 12, 2011)
• Castle Rock designates areas for medical marijuana gardens (The Daily News, September 12, 2011)
• Council decides to save historical tree (Bainbridge Island Reveiw, September 9, 2011)
• Pasco, Richland, Kennewick grapple with medical pot gardens (Tri-City Herald, September 7, 2011)
• Can body cams help fix Seattle police image? (Seattle Times, September 7, 2011)
• Faced with strife, Tacoma council has trusty weapon: Moratorium (Tacoma News Tribune, September 7, 2011)
• Federal grant helps Snohomish County target child-sex trade (Everett Herald, September 6, 2011)
• King County joins national program to aid youths in crisis (Seattle Times, September 1, 2011)
• King County taps $1.4 million to combat Latino gang war (Seattle Times, September 1, 2011)
• Seattle, King County to set up special veterans courts (Seattle Times, September 1, 2011)