Election news:

►  In today's Columbian -- 17th District hopeful pays up after license plate "oversight" -- Paul Harris, a Republican candidate for the Legislature, illegally drove his 2005 Dodge truck for two years using Oregon plates. License cheaters deprive the state of an estimated $10 million in revenue each year.

Local news:

►  In today's Daily News -- Longview Fibre workers vote on latest contract offer -- Negotiators for AWPPW Local 153 submitted the offer to a vote as a 10-day contract termination notice was set to expire Monday. The 750 AWPPW members at the plant have been working under their previous four-year contract, which expired May 31. Ken Smith, the union's area director, declined to say whether Fibre workers would strike if members reject the company's latest offer.

►  In today's Columbian -- Larch's future still hazy, prisons official says -- The future of Larch Corrections Center remains an open question 11 days after Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that the minimum-security prison near Hockinson likely will close as a result of across-the-board budget cuts this fall.

►  At SeattlePI.com -- Metro bus drivers don't want Plexiglas barriers -- After a bus driver was beaten and knocked unconscious behind the wheel this year, Metro installed security partitions in 7 buses as a pilot project. Many drivers weren't comfortable with them, primarily because they interfere with the ability to interact with passengers, said an ATU Local 587 officer.

►  In the Kitsap Sun -- Commissioners close to decision on "voluntary separation" -- The county may give employees more time to decide if they increased severance packages for quitting.

►  At The Slog -- Amid an economic crisis, state's 2nd-highest paid employee is up for a raise -- Port of Seattle Commissioners will vote Tuesday on a proposed 4% pay raise for Port CEO Tay Yoshitani, whose $334,000 salary is exceeded only by that of the UW president. He is already the highest paid port CEO in the country. The raise is questioned by local leaders and port employees who have faced layoffs, furloughs and contract concessions amid the recession. Last year, $3 million was cut from port expenses by imposing involuntary furloughs on nonunion employees. This year, the port cut 110 positions, representing 6.2% of its workforce. Meanwhile, some port truck drivers earn wages at or below poverty levels and have no health insurance, sick leave or other benefits.

National news:

►  In today's NY Times -- A real debate on taxes (editorial) -- Americans need to hear a serious debate about how the country can meet the twin fiscal challenges of supporting the weak economy now and taming the budget deficit as things improve. That debate is not happening in Washington, and it is certainly not happening on the campaign trail. The Republicans are insisting on extending each and every one of the tax cuts forever. It is impossible to square that demand with their calls to reduce the deficit, so they do not even try.

►  At AFL-CIO Now -- UAW joins Blue Green Alliance -- Citing its commitment to energy-efficient transportation, the UAW announced it's joining the partnership among nine unions and two major environmental groups dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy. The Alliance last week launched “The Job’s Not Done Tour,” a three-week, 17-state, 30-city bus tour to remind lawmakers that Congress has stalled on legislation to create and save millions of jobs across the country through a clean energy economy.

►  In today's LA Times -- Pesky shareholder activists gain influence -- John Chevedden and Ken Steiner are the unofficial leaders of a collection of shareholder activists who were long viewed by corporate America as merely annoying idealists whose resolutions rarely won many votes. But they have found themselves riding a populist wave set off by the financial crisis.