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Eye On Olympia archive for Sept. 25, 2006

MONDAY, SEPT. 25, 2006

Notes from the Davenport...

The Senate's set up in the plush Davenport hotel, awash in ornate plasterwork, Syracuse china, gilt paint and big crystal chandeliers. Most of the 43 senators and slightly fewer staffers are staying at the Davenport, where the state negotiated a rate of $99 a night.…

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Fox: Thx...

Downtown Spokane's Fox Theater, an art-deco theater that's successfully lobbied for hundreds of thousands of dollars in state renovation cash, has a little message for the visiting state Senate.(Photo by S-R shooter Jed Conklin.)

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