City voters soon will have 11 choices to make about the future of city governing. The Spokane City Council decided Monday to place proposed changes to the City Charter on Aug. 16 ballot. Officials say the purpose of most of them is to clarify contradictions…
Gov. Gregoire points to a chart Monday that shows revenue for the ferry system is falling dangerously low. OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the state's 2011-13 transportation budget Monday and issued a warning to the Legislature to hurry up on other spending plans for…
OLYMPIA – Nearly 3,000 items that someone locked away for safekeeping and either forgot about, or forgot to tell anyone else about, will be auctioned off this week for the state Department of Revenue. From gold coins and jewelry to baseball cards and arrowheads, items…
The long-time leader of the neighborhood group representing downtown filed paperwork last week announcing a run for Spokane City Council. Gary Pollard, chairman of the Riverside Neighborhood Council, said Monday that he decided to run because the council needs more members who are "more pragmatic"…
To the dismay of late-night comedians in general and Saturday Night Live sketch writers in particular, Donald Trump will not run for president in 2012. The Donald announced today that he's not running -- even though he insisted he could win -- and will host…
OLYMPIA -- The Washington Army National Guard's 81st Combat Brigade got a "Notice of Sourcing" recently that indicates some 3,000 soldiers may be called up for another overseas tour of duty. But there's no indication where or when this could happen. A Notice of Sourcing…
OLYMPIA -- The Senate returns from its long weekend to a morning of caucusing, and possibly voting, although the schedule for bills probably won't be available until post-caucus. Heavy lifting of the day might be done in the Ways and Means Committee, which has an…
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