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A couple dry days last week gave residents a chance to clean up leaves in their yards.

October 26, 2009 Monday 02:06 PM EST 508 words CBO: Effects of Repealing Insurers' Antitrust Exemption Minimal Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON The Congressional Budget Office has analyzed the legislative effort to repeal health insurers' antitrust exemption, and the office concluded that it would neither have a significant impact on the insurance ...

October 26, 2009 Monday 04:53 PM EST 795 words Senate Majority Leader Puts Public Option in Chamber's Health Reform Bill Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the health care reform bill he'll put on the Senate floor includes a version of the public option that the insurance industry opposes.

October 21, 2009 Wednesday 02:46 PM EST 482 words TARP Inspector Notes AIG's Failure to Meet Required Payments; Report Doubts Program Will Pay for Self Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON The special inspector general assigned to monitor the massive Troubled Asset Relief Program, Neil M. Barofsky, said t The Remainder of this Article is Available To ...

October 16, 2009 Friday 02:47 PM EST 510 words Gulf Coast Congressman Calls Again for Wind Coverage in National Flood Program Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON Rep.

October 14, 2009 Wednesday 04:34 PM EST 803 words Administration Official: Health Insurers Antitrust Exemption Argument Invalid Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON Senior Democratic senators are trying to eliminate a long-standing antitrust exemption held by the health insurance industry, and a hearing in the Judiciary Committee examined a bill that would ...

October 12, 2009 Monday 12:01 PM EST 498 words Polls Say Health Reform Support Up but Still Split; Economy Seen as More Vital Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON Close watchers of U.S. polling numbers on health care reform are facing a challenge of interpretation.

October 5, 2009 Monday 02:34 PM EST 609 words Independent Allstate Agents Petition IRS Arguing Unfair Treatment Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON A group representing Allstate agents across the United States is petitioning the Internal Revenue Service in protest of years of what it claims have been improper worker classifications -- designating its ...

Decades-old greenery, which officials say poses safety risk, will be chipped into mulch for new landscaping Mike Prager mikep@spokesman.com, 459-5454 Trees along I-90 between Division and the Hamilton interchange in Spokane are large enough to present a danger to motorists in case of a crash.

It's wide, level, mostly tree-lined and often opens up to great views of Skagit Valley farmland, the river and mountains.

September 24, 2009 Thursday 03:35 PM EST 362 words Kennedy Replaced in Senate, Democratic Chances at Health Reform Improved Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON Massachusetts is sending a temporary replacement into the Senate seat vacated by the death of Sen.

A A A A A A A A A A A Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced the following Department of Defense Senior Executive Service, senior leader, and scientific and professional appointments and reassignments: A Appointments A A A A A A A A A A A A John F. Shortal, has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service and is assigned as director for ...

September 21, 2009 Monday 10:29 AM EST 719 words Baucus' Health Bill Rejects Public Option; Senator Tries to Round Up Republicans Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON The Senate's bipartisan health-reform effort is noticeably short of bipartisan support.

Washington pedestrian traffic laws state that a driver of an approaching vehicle shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian or bicycle to cross the roadway within an unmarked or marked crosswalk when the pedestrian or bicycle is upon or within one lane of the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or onto which it is ...

September 10, 2009 Thursday 12:25 PM EST 759 words Obama Delivers Specific Health Proposals to Congress, Insurers Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON President Barack Obama made what may have been his most important health reform speech yet, delivering some specific proposals directly to an unusual joint session of congressional lawmakers he hopes will ...

September 9, 2009 Wednesday 03:31 PM EST 403 words Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act Passes House, Faces Senate Again Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON In what's become a familiar story, the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act has now easily passed in the House of Representatives, but it awaits action in the Senate.

September 9, 2009 Wednesday 03:53 PM EST 459 words Dodd Declines Kennedy's Committee, Stays as Chairman of Banking Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON Sen.

September 8, 2009 Tuesday 02:43 PM EST 282 words Legislation Pending as Flood Insurance Plan Nears Expiration Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON The National Flood Insurance Plan is set to expire at the end of September, but a simple bill to extend that expiration date awaits a Senate vote.

August 31, 2009 Monday 09:52 AM EST 701 words Perspectives: The Hard Math to 60 Votes in Democratic Senate After Kennedy Death Jesse A Hamilton WASHINGTON The death of Sen.