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		<title>It&#8217;s 6:30 &#8212; time to watch tonight&#8217;s Legislative Review, right here</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you miss Arun Raha already, don&#8217;t worry: He gives an economic outlook in today&#8217;s show. Also: We&#8217;ve got details on the education reform package and one of the programs that replaced Disability Lifeline.]]></description>
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		<title>Education reform group announces package of bills including charter schools, teacher evaluation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We&#8217;re here because we believe that education is truly the answer,&#8221; said Rep. Eric Pettigrew, kicking off the education reform press conference where he and a handful of other lawmakers are unveiling their ideas for the session. He said 11 students per hour drop out in this state, and many fourth graders aren&#8217;t reading or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New at TVW: Scout will help you track the issues you care about</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TVW launched a new service today to help you track the bills and issues you care about: Scout. Scout is a free service that allows you to decide what you want to track, from gay marriage to levy equalization to the budget. Type the search into your account, then Scout will let you know whenever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Chris Gregoire unveils her education reform proposals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire, unveiling her education reforms, said the current evaluation system for teachers and principals isn&#8217;t working. She&#8217;s proposing a new, four-tiered plan where low-performing teachers and principals can be fired if they don&#8217;t improve over a set period of time. She said as with any profession, sometimes teachers or principals &#8220;just aren&#8217;t cut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s Q&amp;A: Sen. Joe Zarelli on the Rainy Day Fund expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Q&#38;A is with Sen. Joe Zarelli. I spoke with him about SJR 8206, a Constitutional Amendment that will bolster the Rainy Day Fund by requiring the state to put &#8220;extraordinary revenue growth&#8221; in the bank. Q: First, tell me what this would do in your own words. Zarelli: Well, it builds upon what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s Q&amp;A: Doug MacDonald on the problems with Initiative 1125</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I spoke to Tim Eyman about his latest initiative and how it would affect tolling across the state. This week, I spoke with Doug MacDonald, former secretary of transportation. He retired in 2007, just after the Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened. He&#8217;s an opponent of the initiative. Here&#8217;s what he had to say. Q: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s Q&amp;A: Nora Gibson on the pros of Iniative 1163</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For this week&#8217;s Q&#38;A, I spoke with Nora Gibson, executive director of Full Life Care, a nonprofit that provides home care services, operate small boarding homes and has five adult day health centers across King and Snohomish Counties. She estimates her nonprofit serves approximately 1,600 people. Gibson is in favor of Initiative 1163, which would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Jayme Biendl press conference here</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/07/watch-jayme-biendl-press-conference-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Bay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TVW covered this morning&#8217;s WA Dept of Corrections press conference unveiling its report on the January slaying of Officer Jayme Biendl at the Monroe Correctional Complex. Here&#8217;s the full video, including Q&#38;A. And here&#8217;s a link to the Dept of Corrections report. The names of corrections officers involved have been blacked out.]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday Q&amp;A: Sen. Mark Schoesler on pension reform and more</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2011/02/tuesday-qa-sen-mark-schoesler-on-pension-reform-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Q&#38;A is with Sen. Mark Schoesler, a Republican from Ritzville. He&#8217;s a sponsor of the bipartisan pension reform bill that had it&#8217;s first hearing today in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Q: Let’s talk about the bill to reform the pension system. It had it’s first public hearing today – it’s a bipartisan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And we&#8217;re back: Senate reconsidered COLA bill</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/04/and-were-back-senate-reconsidered-cola-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK. After caucusing, the Senate is back. And they&#8217;re reconsidering the teacher pay raise bill. Sen. Rodney Tom said he&#8217;s in support of the bill, although he voted against the amendment. He said teachers are the most valuable part of the classroom. But Sen. Joe Zarelli said this bill only creates the promise of a [...]]]></description>
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