(SeattleTimes) - Costco Wholesale spent millions on a voter initiative last year that would have pushed the state out of the liquor business, allowed more than 3,000 stores to sell spirits and severely reduced liquor revenue for the state. That measure was soundly rejected by voters. Now the warehouse chain is back, spending a record $22 million pushing a new initiative that it says addresses last year's concerns. Initiative 1183 would still privatize the state's liquor business, but it pencils out better financially for state and local governments.