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Tuesday, February 5, 2002
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State to scrutinize Eyman finance reports
OLYMPIA -- The Public Disclosure Commission will review Tim Eyman's campaign finance reports for the past year to determine whether a wider investigation, including an audit, is needed.
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Eyman backers express anger over lies
OLYMPIA -- Cornelis Bakker donated $300 to the Tim Eyman-sponsored Initiative 747 campaign last year.
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History of recent initiatives
- Initiative 695, approved in 1999 by 56 percent of Washington voters, sought to replace the value-based car-tab excise tax with a flat $30 fee, as well as require voter approval of all tax and fee increases. The state Supreme Court invalidated I-695 because it violated the state constitution's requirement that laws have a single subject, but state lawmakers still passed a drastic cut in car-tab rates.
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Eyman adversaries avoid rubbing it in
OLYMPIA -- Tim Eyman's revelation that he paid himself with campaign money and lied about it might have inspired some private glee among his opponents, but most resisted the urge to kick the initiative king while he's down.
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Bush budget stresses security, tax cuts
WASHINGTON -- President Bush submitted a $2.13 trillion budget Monday that sets aside debt reduction and squeezes domestic programs to finance homeland security, the war on terrorism and another round of big tax cuts.
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Budget relies on Social Security
WASHINGTON -- In the budget he delivered Monday, President Bush relies on one source of new money more than any other to pay for his proposals: the trillions of dollars in Social Security funds being set aside for the start of the baby boomers' retirement.
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Bush's Hanford plan raises debate
WASHINGTON -- President Bush has proposed a new way to pay for Hanford nuclear reservation cleanup that has some critics concerned that funding to remove hazardous waste there will be inadequate.
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Allies leery of stand on Iraq
WASHINGTON -- Allies who strongly support the war on terror are squirming as the Bush administration debates whether Iraq should be the next target.
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Gonzaga cracks Top 10
SPOKANE -- Two wins over lowly Portland and a loss by Oklahoma State vaulted Gonzaga to No. 9 in The Associated Press basketball poll on Monday, the first appearance in the Top 10 in the school's history.
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Hoofin' it in the snow
OLYMPIA -- It's as easy as strapping the contraptions to your feet -- if you can walk, you can snowshoe.
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Tumwater draws eye of builders
TUMWATER -- Two Vancouver, Wash.-based developers are proposing separate apartment complexes for the same intersection in Tumwater.
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Water board complaint gains steam
OLYMPIA -- A conflict of interest charge against Thurston County Water Conservancy Board Chairman Nick Adams has merit, Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney Ed Holm said Monday.
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