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$100 million jobs fund was mistake, State of Washington lawmakers say

May 29, 2007/

Washington’s largest job-development program, touted by state lawmakers as a way to create "family-wage" jobs, is spending millions of dollars to attract employers that hire low-wage workers.

By Andrew Garber

Seattle Times Olympia bureau

Full Story: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003725540_jobsfund29m.html

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