Also, the group is debating what to do about a longstanding requirement that political candidates note their party on campaign ads.After all, in the state's soon-to-be-tried-for-the-first-time Top Two Primary, you're just expressing a "party preference." And party is irrelevant in the primary: the top two…
The Catholic Diocese of Spokane is one of those taking sides in the assisted suicide measure that proponents are trying to get on the ballot this year.In a recent letter to parishioners, Spokane Bishop William Skylstad urged church members not to sign the petitions to…
C. Mark Greene, chairman of a fledgling political party called the Party of Commons, has filed campaign finance paperwork to challenge Secretary of State Sam Reed."No automatic coronation for Sam," he writes on his blog. A perennial federal candidate, Greene was planning to run for…
State Sen. Dan Swecker, R-Rochester, is in critical care at an Olympia hospital after a "cardiac episode" at home Saturday night, according to a press release his office just sent out.An echocardiogram test showed that Swecker, who recently turned 61, has a congenital heart valve…
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