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The impending demise of Olympia's press houses

The impending demise of Olympia's press houses

State to sell home of shrunken statehouse press corps, relocate remaining reporters

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Apr 06, 2021
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Buried on page 85 of the 376-page capital budget the House passed unanimously1 last week is a dry proviso rich with symbolic meaning about the state of news coverage of Washington State government:

“…The department may sell by auction the Ayers and Carlyon houses, known as the press houses, separate and apart from the underlying land…”

The houses in ques…

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