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Spin Control archive for April 14, 2016

THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016

OLYMPIA -- Logan Hargrove, grandson of Sen. Jim Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, peers around the corner of the governor's chair as Jay Inslee prepares to sign his grandfather's last bill before retiring from the Legislature. (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)

Thu., April 14, 2016

Not everyone is dying to meet a governor 1

Grandson of longtime state legislator needed time to warm to Gov. Jay Inslee.

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OLYMPIA -- Logan Hargrove, grandson of Sen. Jim Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, peers around the corner of the governor's chair as Jay Inslee prepares to sign his grandfather's last bill before retiring from the Legislature. (Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review)

Thu., April 14, 2016

Minority affairs commission diverted money, didn't track it, auditors say

The Commission on African American Affairs improperly diverted and spent money, a state audit says

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