Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Regional News, November 17^th, 1998

Attorney general's office fined over slow release of documents
from the sssociated press

Olympia - Attorney General Christine Gregoire's office has been ordered to pay $33,000 in fines and legal fees for failing to quickly release documents related to a settlement with a state teachers union...

The conservative Evergreen Freedom Foundation, which uncovered the union's campaign abuses, claimed the settlement was contrary to state campaign finance laws. The Olympia-gased policy group has sued.

Evergreen Freedom Foundation P.O. Box 552, Olympia, WA 98507 Phone: (360) 956-3482, Fax: (360) 352-1874 Email: effwa@effwa.org

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