Republican Dino Rossi's latest television commercial repeats an objection to certain types of federal spending known as earmarks that has become a hallmark of his campaign against incumbent U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. That seems odd, state Sen. Lisa Brown, a Spokane Democrat, argued Thursday. When…
OLYMPIA -- Rest easy Spokane, you're still No. 2.Population figures released from the state Office of Financial Management pegs your head count at 205,673. It's an estimate, and adjusted from 2009 only because of a small annexation of 173 persons early this year.Seattle is first…
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