Regional News

November 17, 1998

Attorney general's office fined
over slow release of documents

FROM THE ASSOCIATED 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.