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Eye On Olympia archive for Jan. 25, 2008

FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 2008

On the fly: airline passengers' rights bill...

With some significant tweaking, the Senate consumer protection committee on Friday gave a thumbs-up to Sen. Ken Jacobsen's "Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights."The bill, which originally would have mandated cash refunds to passengers stranded for long stretches on the tarmac, has been "watered down" --…

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More on UW's stadium bid...

More on the UW stadium proposal, from a story I had in this morning's paper:House Speaker Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, said that not a single one of the House's 97 other lawmakers has asked him to support the proposal."That pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?"…

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