A tax break for newspapers, but where would the money go?

Plus more weed-industry infighting

When we texted about his proposal to zero out the business and occupation tax on newspapers, state Sen. Mark Mullet got right back:

“Three of my local papers have closed during my ten years in the Senate,” Mullet replied. "We are flush with cash - trying to keep more from closing.”

Mullet, D-Issaquah, isn’t wrong. The last couple of decades have been brut…