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Spin Control archive for April 29, 2011

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011

Gov. Chris Gregoire explains her partial veto of the medical marijuana bill. (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)

Medical marijuana bill mostly vetoed

OLYMPIA — State workers will not be licensing medical marijuana growers or dispensaries, and patients will not be able to sign onto a registry that could save them from arrest. Gov. Chris Gregoire vetoed most of a bill this afternoon that would have established a…

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State workers: Veto medical marijuana bill

OLYMPIA -- The state employees union joined the fray over the medical marijuana bill, urging Gov. Chris Gregoire in a letter today to veto it. The letter from Greg Devereaux, executive director of the Washington Federation of State Employees, said the law would put them…

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Special Session Day 4: We got nothing

OLYMPIA -- There is nothing to preview for today's activity in the special session. That's because there's nothing happening. Nothing, as in zero, nil, null, nada, zilch, zip, zippo, goose egg, bupkis...we could go on, but you probably get the point. The Senate recessed Thursday…

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