Inside Politics: Voters say PBS deserves funding

More than two years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered Mr. Raese, the club’s president, to develop a plan to mitigate the damage. Ms. Tunney says work on that plan is ongoing.

CALIFORNIA

Romney to skip Nickelodeon’s ‘Kids Pick the President’

LOS ANGELES — Mitt Romney has passed on the chance to take part in Nickelodeon’s “Kids Pick the President” special with President Obama, said Linda Ellerbee, the show’s host and executive producer. The decision “disses” children, she said.

“Kids Pick the President: The Candidates,” with videotaped questions for the candidates from youngsters nationwide, debuts Oct. 15 on the children’s channel. Afterward, an online poll asks youngsters to make their pick.

The Romney campaign said “he simply didn’t have time. He couldn’t fit it in his schedule,” Ms. Ellerbee said Monday.

WASHINGTON

If voters OK hemp, unclear if farmers would grow it

SEATTLE — Residents of Washington, Oregon and Colorado won’t just be considering whether to let adults buy pot at state-sanctioned shops when they vote next month on legalizing and taxing marijuana.

They also will be voting on whether to let farmers grow marijuana’s far-less potent cousin — hemp — for clothing, food, biofuel and construction materials among other uses.

But don’t expect farmers to start growing it, at least not immediately. The passage would create the familiar clash with federal law, which prohibits growing the plant for industrial, recreational or medicinal purposes.

CAMPAIGN

New Obama ad criticizes Romney on foreign policy

The Obama campaign ad released a new ad reminding voters of Mr. Romney’s overseas trip in July and media coverage labeling it “amateurish.”

Showing photos of Mr. Romney’s campaign bus driving up to his plane, a narrator quotes headlines and editorials calling Mr. Romney’s comments on the trip “reckless” and “amateurish.”

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