As Adam Wilson notes at his blog, the online application system on the state-run www.careers.wa.gov website has been disabled for a week while Department of Personnel staff apparently work hard to update it.Notice: Our online job application is currently unavailable while we make improvements. the…
The federal Office of Management and Budget has created this interesting website to track earmarks in budget legislation. Earmarks, depending on whether you're getting one, are either critical local infrastructure projects or shameless political pork.A simple search for, yes, "Spokane" turns up ten earmarks, mostly…
The second trial of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada starts on Tuesday.Watada is the officer who refused to deploy with his unit to Iraq, saying he was opposed to the war there. His offer to instead serve in Afghanistan was rejected by his commanders,…
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