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State to announce sale of 167 WA liquor stores

KNKX Public Radio | By The Associated Press

Published April 23, 2012 at 8:30 AM PDT

YAKIMA, Wash. — Washington officials are announcing the results Monday of Friday's online auction of state-run liquor stores. The sale of the rights to 167 stores is estimated at more than $20 million. The auction was the result of a state vote to get the state out of the retail liquor business and to privatize sales.

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