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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2011

Auto sales boost tax revenues

A strong rebound in auto and truck sales boosted fourth-quarter sales tax revenues in Washington and the five most populous counties, the Department of Revenue reported today. Retail sales for the October-December period rose 5.7 percent compared with 2009, to $12.9 billion Retail trade sales,…

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Labor union blasts Herrera Beutler over worker votes 

Communications Workers of America, one of the nation’s largest labor unions, is attacking U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Vancouver, for her vote last week to retain language in a massive Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that treats workers who do not vote in union representation…

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