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The latest from news outlets and blogs around the Northwest and beyond, chosen by Crosscut editors.

Social Security: Actually, it's in pretty good shape

Look at it like a household or a business would and you come to a conclusion that is very different from the talk about how the sky is falling: There's enough funding already lined up to pay all the bills for the next two decades, and three-fourths through 2086 -- without any changes.

THE OREGONIAN

Slower growth adds a meager 115,000 jobs

The Washington Post reports, "The unemployment rate dropped a notch to 8.1 percent in April, the Labor Department reported on Friday, but the pace of job growth has fallen off, amid other signs that the economic recovery is losing momentum."  

WASHINGTON POST

Washington elbows for Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site

The AP reports, "An attorney for the state of Washington says the NRC broke the law last fall when it allowed the Obama administration to continue plans to close the controversial site, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas."  

EARTHFIX

Maureen Dowd: our crazed U.S. Supreme Court
Dowd writes, "This court, cosseted behind white marble pillars, out of reach of TV, accountable to no one once they give the last word, is well on its way to becoming one of the most divisive in modern American history."

NEW YORK TIMES
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