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WA senators just released more previously redacted records
Leaders said they didn’t have more hidden information, but memos show blacked-out emails to cannabis lobbyists and texts with redacted bill names.
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Joseph O'Sullivan is the former state politics reporter for Cascade PBS, and before that, The Seattle Times. Find him on Bluesky, Instagram and Substack: @Olympiajoe.
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