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Spin Control archive for Oct. 21, 2013

MONDAY, OCT. 21, 2013

State recommends taxes, limits on medical pot

OLYMPIA – A proposal by state agencies to overhaul Washington’s medical marijuana system, restricting access and toughening requirements for patients, was immediately criticized by some advocates for the drug. Staff from the state Health and Revenue departments, along with the Liquor Control Board which will…

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The federal shutdown of 1990 

Some readers have taken issue with Sunday's column and whether a federal government shutdown ke the one we just experienced would have happened if Tom Foley were speaker. There was a shutdown, after all, in October 1990, when Foley was speaker, several pointed out in…

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