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Spin Control archive for Sept. 3, 2014

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3, 2014


Hastings endorses Newhouse

Rep. Doc Hastings today endorsed Dan Newhouse as his replacement for Washington's 4th Congressional District seat. Newhouse, the former state agriculture director, is running against Eltopia farmer and fellow Republican Clint Didier in the Central Washington district. Didier replied that Hastings was being pressured by…

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Supremes hear McCleary arguments today

OLYMPIA -- The state Supreme Court will be asked this afternoon to punish the Legislature for not coming up with a plan to improve public schools during the 2014 session. Attorneys for education advocates who filed the case now known as "McCleary" for the name…

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