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Spin Control archive for Aug. 24, 2012

FRIDAY, AUG. 24, 2012

Fiscal note on I-1185 stands, judge rules 

OLYMPIA -- The fiscal note on the latest initiative requiring a supermajority in the Legislature for tax increases will remain in the voters pamphlet, even though it is different from a nearly identical initiative that passed in 2010, a judge ruled today. That might not…

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McMorris Rodgers agrees to two debates 

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers has decided to debate her Democratic opponent twice before the November election. After this month's primary, Democrat Rich Cowan challenged McMorris Rodgers to debate him in each of the 5th Congressional District's 10 counties. After her town hall meeting on…

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