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Marijuana license application period now open

Marijuana license application period now open

Kim Eastman, the Department of Revenue’s Business License Service Manager, hands someone a recreational marijuana business license application form. (Photo courtesy Department of Revenue) A year after state voters approved the legalization of marijuana via Initiative 502, a month-long window is now open for Washington businesses and individuals to apply for recreational marijuana business licenses. The application period began Monday morning, and will close at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 19. By 2 p.m. on the first day of the…

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After 45 years in public life, Sam Reed bids farewell

After 45 years in public life, Sam Reed bids farewell

(Photo courtesy of  Legislative Support Services Photography) Secretary of State Sam Reed bade a fond farewell to the people of Washington Tuesday after 45 years in public life, including 35 years as a state and county elected official. Addressing a joint session of the Legislature, Reed brought along a special reminder of his family’s long connection to Washington politics and government — his grandfather Sam Sumner’s battered leather briefcase.  Exactly 100 years earlier, Sumner, a state GOP chairman and longtime…

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