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Eye On Olympia archive for Jan. 25, 2006

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, 2006


State sues spyware company...

Washington state on Tuesday filed suit in U.S. district court in Seattle, accusing White Plains, New-York-based Secure Computer and associates in the United States and India of marketing software that renders computers more susceptible to spyware attacks.State Attorney General Rob McKenna said the software falsely…

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House considers price-gouging legislation...

Nineteen lawmakers have proposed a bill to make illegal "excessive and unjustified increases in retail prices" during disasters like the Gulf Coast faced last year with Hurricane Katrina. More than a dozens states have similar laws."We want to put a tool in the tool chest…

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Short takes and breaking news from the Washington Legislature and the state capital.