Midday Scan: Edmonds tackles insider trading, pot raids signal legalization, paper v. plastic debunked
Edmonds' takes down insider trading in Congress, raids create room for debate on medical marijuana, scoffing at the paper vs. plastic debate.
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
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Midday Scan: Occupy goes rude in Seattle, crude in Portland; Court could sway Inslee-McKenna
In Seattle, Occupiers distort a forum. In Portland, though, they leave a destroyed park. Putting the word "marriage" into, well, marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court creates a 2012 wedge issue out of health care, potentially raining on McKenna's sunny poll numbers.
Midday Scan: A local try at reforming Congress' ethics; Border Patrol amok; initiative issues
For trying to reform one of the most egregious abuses in Congress, ex-Rep. Brian Baird gets a role on "60 Minutes." Ron Judd explores the tensions between farmers and border agents in Whatcom County. Free spending on state contractors in Oregon.
Midday Scan: Eyman picks off red-light cams; Amazon on taxes; tuition qualms
Astute student of human nature that he is, Tim Eyman has found an issue to ride from town to town. Amazon appears to be getting down with an online tax plan. Poll-leader McKenna kicks it off.
Midday Scan: Liquor for all, Snohomish County's landslide, Oregon's children left behind
Costco gets its money's worth on the liquor initiative, Reardon pulls through the name-calling, and Oregon gets its priorities all wrong.