Morning Buzz: Tuesday 2.17.09

The Legislature remains stalled, so layoff notices are headed to at least 10,000 state workers. Rough & Tumble
Inside the new Washington journalism force that is Politico. New Republic
Paul Pringle of the Los Angeles Times won a prestigious Polk Award for his stories on corruption in the Service Employees International Union. AP, LAT
This afternoon's hearing in Roman Polanski's bid to have his case dismissed puts the focus on documentary filmmaker Marina Zenovich. Linda Deutsch/AP, LAT
Raise the parking rates arbitrarily and exorbitantly and guess what, fewer people use the parking lots. LA Eastside
Today is the deadline to register to vote in the March 3 city election.
Patterico celebrates today his sixth blogiversary. Ours is coming up. Patterico's Pontifications
Theatre critic James Sims read "with great dismay" of the critic dismissals at LA Weekly, Daily Variety and the Daily News. Broadway World