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Spin Control archive for Oct. 6, 2014

MONDAY, OCT. 6, 2014

Marijuana banking problems persist 

OLYMPIA -- The federal government is offering little help to banking institutions willing to set up accounts for legal marijuana operations, making it difficult to bring them out of an all-cash business that has higher risk of theft and money laundering. Instead, it has set…

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Last call for online voter registration

Today is the final day Washington residents can register to vote in the November election with the click of a mouse buttons and some key strokes. In other words, it's the final day for online voter registration. It is not the absolute, final, drop-dead deadline,…

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