Mayor Mary Verner won unanimous support Monday for her plan to buy a police evidence warehouse and an office building by borrowing from the city's main investment fund. The council approved the purchases of the Gardner Building, 1427 W. Gardner, for $1.8 million and the…
OLYMPIA – The fight between the state’s top land manager and its top attorney is headed to its top court.Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark said Monday he will ask the state Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus, essentially ordering Attorney General Rob McKenna to appeal…
Spin Control note: Today's newspaper column has items recast from last week. For regular Web readers, however, here's a profile that's a hopeful update for the 16th anniversary of one Spokane's biggest tragedies. A psychotic gunman made Andy Brown into a hero 16 years agocq…
Look closely at last week's pictures of Clint Didier meeting Sarah Palin in the Tri-Cities, and Spokane residents might recognize another familiar face.State Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley.Shea accompanied Didier on the quick trip from the state GOP convention in Vancouver to the Tri-Cities when…
Republican candidates for Spokane County prosecutor go head to head to head Monday evening in a forum in the Valley.The prosecutor's race has been a contentious contest so far, which is probably why the Republicans of Spokane County picked a moderator who could enforce order…
It was such a nice rumor while it lasted: President Barack Obama, on his way back from campaigning in Seattle for Patty Murray, would stop in Spokane on Sunday to pay tribute to the founder of Father's Day on the centennial celebration of the holiday,…
Gina McKenzie, an independent candidate for assessor, has a whole campaign season to prove to voters she can do the job of running the office that figures out what property is worth.But she's already proved adept at getting voters to sign a petition to get…
Sarah Palin endorsed Cathy McMorris Rodgers' re-election today, listing the Eastern Washington Republican as one of her "Mama Grizzlies."The label is meant as a compliment. Seriously.It's not a huge surprise, considering McMorris Rodgers was a big supporter of Palin's when the Alaska governor was named…
America's Voice, a group that wants immigration law reform, but not the kind in Arizona, is making fun of Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, for suggesting it's easy for cops to use their "sixth sense" to spot illegal immigrants.Naturally, they mix it with clues from the…
The race for county assessor has become less crowded, and perhaps, less interesting.A real estate agent working for the city of Spokane and apocalyptic author who announced he would run for county assessor dropped out of the race earlier this month and never filed.Terry L.…
OLYMPIA — Although the economic recovery “lost steam” in May, the state’s economic outlook is slowly improving and the state’s budget no longer awash in red ink. What’s keeping it in the black, however, are hundreds of millions in new taxes the state expects to…
Forbes magazine has an interactive map of where people are moving from, and to, around the country. It's not particularly surprising, but it's fun to play with.
Washington State's economics experts will tell folks how well or how poorly they expect the state to do as far as collecting revenue in the coming months and years at 10 a.m.It's the Revenue Forecast, which is made roughly quarterly, and lets state officials know…
OLYMPIA -- The back and forth over plans to dig a humongously expensive tunnel for part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project is prompting Gov. Chris Gregoire to make a little day trip Thursday to Canada.Gregoire's office announced this afternoon she'll be heading a…
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Clint Didier probably has the most avid readership of his Twitter postings in an unlikely quarter. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Although the DSCC is not always the most careful reader, it seems Rarely has Didier tweeted in recent days about…
OLYMPIA -- Attorney General Rob McKenna offered some advice to people who sign up for dating services: Get the terms and the promises in writing.The state recently settled with a King County dating service, Great Expectations, for new restrictions on how the company can market…
The Senate campaign between Patty Murray and Dino Rossi appears Wednesday to be a contest over who can paint the other as cozying up to the worst villain in the universe.That would be BP.Rossi described the latest energy bill, which includes a cap-and-trade proposal, as…
A congressional panel studying ways to save billions in the Defense budget came up with one that's sure to be unpopular in Washington state: Delaying a new air refueling tanker to replace the aging KC-135s, like the ones flown out at Fairchild Air Force Base.Bad…
Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi is apparently a HUGE hit on Facebook.His campaign once again has proclaimed his success at getting Facebook "friends" is far superior to that of incumbent Sen. Patty Murray.Rossi campaign news proclaimed this morning he had 25,276 friends, "more than double…
The Spokanke County Republican Party endorsed Assessor Ralph Baker and legislative candidate Dave White over the weekend.Ordinarily, one might think that the county party endorsing an elected GOP official, as Baker is, is something of a gimme. But not always this year. The County GOP…
Expect Democrats to pound on Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi for several days about his upcoming speaking engagement on real estate.It's a seminar Tuesday at a Bellevue restaurant that asks a legitimate question, although not one for which many people are seeking an answer. To…
Candidate filing surprise of the day -- or at least so far -- in the 5th Congressional District: Former TV weathercaster Daryl Romeyn filed as a Democrat to run against Cathy McMorris Rodgers.Romeyn's filing, which apparently arrived via the Internet, went up late this morning.…
Former vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is reportedly in the Tri-Cities.We have to say reportedly because this information comes about third-hand:State Democrats (yes, Democrats) report that Republican Senate candidate Clint Didier has tweeted that he has to make a quick trip to…
OLYMPIA -- A Thurston County Superior Court judge approved new ballot language for Referendum 52, a proposal to sell bonds to pay for environmental upgrades of schools and colleges.Democrats in the Legislature approved the concept for the bonds, often called Hans bonds because they'd been…
While Republicans who want her job are gathering in Vancouver, Sen. Patty Murray is holding a fundraiser today in Seattle with a special guest and prizes.It's her annual "Golden Tennis Shoe" Awards, which Murray gives to people she believes make a difference in state residents'…
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