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Spin Control archive for May 31, 2012

THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012

City union tentatively agrees to contract 

Spokane Mayor David Condon has reached his first tentative contract deal with a major city union. The Spokane Managerial and Professional Association mailed ballots to its 250 members this week on a proposed three-year contract, said Carly Cortright, the association’s president. The union’s leadership, which…

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Links to the court ruling on I-1183

OLYMPIA -- The state Supreme Court upheld Initiative 1183, a.k.a. get the state out of the booze business, on a 5-4 vote. (Here's a link to today's story.) Or maybe it's better described a 5-3-1 vote, because Justice Tom Chambers disagreed with the majority on…

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