A hearing on proposed state rules for growing, processing and selling legal marijuana will be held Aug. 8 at the Spokane Convention Center. The Washington State Liquor Control Board scheduled four hearings from Aug. 6 through Aug. 8 around the state to get reaction to…
Tom Foley, in 1989, just before being elected speaker of the House. File photo. Spokane’s longest-serving congressman, Tom Foley, will be the subject of a “living tribute” organized by a pair of local businessmen later this month. . . To read the rest of this…
Washington residents who want to vote in the Aug. 6 primary but aren't registered have until Monday to sign up online or by mail. Want to register? Click here. That's the first big deadline for voter registration for the primary. If you miss that, you…
OLYMPIA – Friday was a rare day in Washington state politics, although it went mostly unnoticed because it was rare for what didn’t happen rather than what did. It was the deadline to turn in signatures for an initiative to the people to put on…
The Washington State Liquor Control Board will hold a hearing next month in Spokane on its new proposed regulations governing the production, processing and sale of recreational marijuana. The hearing, the last of four the board will hold on regulations that got a tentative approval…
So you think you’re a good patriot. You wear a flag pin on your pajamas, know that the last two words to "The Star Spangled Banner" are not "Play ball," and bleed red, white and blue. On July 4th, we all feel that way. But…
Proposed logo scrapped, another one being developed OLYMPIA -- Washington will allow legal marijuana to be grown outside if it has adequate security, under new rules receiving preliminary approval today by a state board. It might have an unlimited number of marijuana growers and processors,…
OLYMPIA – Washington’s new state budget signed into law this week relies on the expansion of Medicaid, both to provide health insurance to hundreds of thousands of people and to help balance its bottom line. But state residents will have to wait until October to…
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee's recent press conferences have been a mix of the good and the bad from the late legislative session. Yay for the billion added to public schools, the tuition freeze for colleges, expanded health care, the social service programs included in…
OLYMPIA – The state started its new fiscal year Monday with lower taxes on some beers and services, more than a dozen new tax breaks for businesses, and a little protection for a worker’s social media account. It also started without a partial government shutdown,…
Inslee says there's no money for the CRC, and no plans right now to get any. OLYMPIA -- The office planning for a new bridge to cross the Columbia River from Vancouver to Portland will be shut down, with no plans to replace the structure,…
At some point, you've probably seen "I'm Just a Bill", a video that tries to explain to kids how a bill becomes law. U.S. Senate Democrats have a new take on the old theme called "I'm Just a Budget" that tries to skewer Republicans for…
OLYMPIA -- Pot users, could you put down that joint for a few minutes and take a survey? Growers, could you stop tending the buds and hook up with the state's consultants for a little Q and A? That's what the marijuana consultant for the…