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Spin Control archive for April 13, 2010

TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010



Gregoire says new taxes worth paying 

OLYMPIA -- Repeating a mantra that "tough times require tough choices", Gov. Chris Gregoire patted the Legislature on its collective back as members headed out of town Tuesday.She sought to minimize the impacts of new taxes, which Republicans have predicted will be job killers. The…

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Legislature adjourns 

OLYMPIA -- It's over.The Legislature's special session sloshed into the 30th and final day before being gaveled to a close.The two chambers packed significant activity into the final evening Monday, passing a supplemental operating budget, a supplemental capital budget, higher cigarette taxes, increased business and…

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WA Lege SpecSess: Capital budget passes

OLYMPIA -- The House passed the supplemental capital budget, the "bricks and mortar" budget that spends money on things like school buildings and sewer plants, as well as fire reduction, water projects and corrections.It passed 61-36. Republicans, including Rep. Gary Alexander of Olympia, warned of…

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Wa Lege SpecSess: Lynn Kessler retiring 

OLYMPIA -- Rep. Lynn Kessler is bowing out after 18 years in the House. "I'm retiring, I'm almost 70 for God's sake."As the Legislature moved beyond midnight, Kessler, D-Hoquiam, made an emotional farewell speech, celebrating the fact the state has worked to provide health care…

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