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1. On the Seattle Times'
Politics Northwest blog, US Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) goes head to head with the libertarian Cato Institute over unemployment benefits (McDermott wants to extend them; Cato thinks they make people lazy).
2. Brad Shannon of the Olympian's Politics Blog reports that the secretary of state has certified Initiative 1082, which would privatize workers comp insurance, and surveys the rest of the initiatives that could make it on to the November ballot.
3. The Everett Herald's Petri Dish blog writes that the Washington State Ferries system has stopped buying replacement generators for two of its aging ferries; turns out the new engines may be too powerful for the ferries' creaky propulsion systems, creating dangerous electric sparks.
4. And TVW's Capitol Record blog has a new video voters' guide , featuring statements from most of the candidates you'll find on the August 17 primary-election ballot.
5. The PI's Strange Bedfellows reports on a Secretary of State investigation into potential fraud by a signature gatherer for the high-earners income tax initiative, I-1098.
2. Brad Shannon of the Olympian's Politics Blog reports that the secretary of state has certified Initiative 1082, which would privatize workers comp insurance, and surveys the rest of the initiatives that could make it on to the November ballot.
3. The Everett Herald's Petri Dish blog writes that the Washington State Ferries system has stopped buying replacement generators for two of its aging ferries; turns out the new engines may be too powerful for the ferries' creaky propulsion systems, creating dangerous electric sparks.
4. And TVW's Capitol Record blog has a new video voters' guide , featuring statements from most of the candidates you'll find on the August 17 primary-election ballot.
5. The PI's Strange Bedfellows reports on a Secretary of State investigation into potential fraud by a signature gatherer for the high-earners income tax initiative, I-1098.
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