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Spin Control archive for Jan. 9, 2013

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 2013

Inslee names budget chief

OLYMPIA -- Governor-elect Jay Inslee selected the leader of the state Senate's Budget Committee staff as his new budget director. Inslee told his transition team today that he would appoint David Schumacher as the director of the Office of Financial Management, making him the incoming…

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Fairchild on short list for new tankers 

Fairchild Air Force Base is one of several bases on a short list for receiving the nation's newest air refueling tanker. Senate sources confirmed the West Plains base is on a list of possible locations for the first KC-46A refueling jets when they roll off…

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