Spokane County’s effort to raise property taxes failed on Tuesday, but it could have won. John Smith could have beat Brian Dansel in Northeast Washington’s 7th Legislative District, Linda Thompson could have beat Rod Higgins for a seat on the Spokane Valley City Council and…
OLYMPIA — The Legislature gave overwhelming approval to bills designed to convince Boeing to build a new jetliner in Washington, rejecting calls Saturday to spread the benefits of tax breaks and streamlined permit approvals to all businesses in the state. Then it quit, without any…
OLYMPIA -- The Senate gave overwhelming approval to bills designed to convince Boeing to build a new jetliner in Washington but rejected calls to spread the tax benefits and streamlined permit approvals to all businesses in the state. On a 42 to 2 vote, the…
OLYMPIA -- The Englemann spruce that was cut last week near Usk to serve as the national Christmas tree at the U.S. Capitol made a stop by the state Capitol in Olympia Friday afternoon. Obviously, someone forgot to look at the map. Only something connected…
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee is postponing his trade mission to China. Inslee was scheduled to leave Saturday on a previously arranged trade mission. But with the Legislature in a special session he called earlier this week to pass proposals aimed at convincing the Boeing…
Gov. Jay Inslee says union members should consider contract in 'cool light of day." OLYMPIA -- With Boeing machinists reportedly unhappy with a proposed union contract, Gov. Jay Inslee tried today to keep the momentum going for a legislative package tied to securing a new…
OLYMPIA -- Sen. and Seattle mayor-elect Ed Murray said he's dropping one of his titles, that of Senate Democratic leader. Murray said he was relinquishing that post and Sen. David Frockt, D-Seattle, was stepping in as interim leader for the special session. Murray will remain…
OLYMPIA – The Legislature opened its third special session, which some have dubbed the Boeing session, with a look back 10 years, trying to make sure the aerospace giant keeps jobs in Washington in return for some $8.4 billion in proposed tax breaks. Gov. Jay…
Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, leads a lightly populated Senate through the pro forma opening for this year's Third Special Session. OLYMPIA -- The Legislature convened -- or should we say reconvened -- this morning, although if you overslept or lingered over that second cup of…
Gap got a bit wider on Spokane County Proposition 1 in Wednesday vote count, with 44,485 Yes and 46,758 No. Here's the latest precinct-by-precinct breakdown. For a closer look, click on the document below.
Before heading to Olympia for the start of the special session, state Sen. Mike Baumgartner wants to hear from constituents. He's holding a "mobile office" session in Airway Heights on his way out of town. "I want to answer questions and receive feedback about what…
Linda Thompson and Rod Higgins are splitting the vote fairly evenly in the race for Spokane Valley's Council Seat 1.
Ed Pace and Gary Schimmels are running neck and neck in Spokane Valley's Council 4 race. As this map shows, neither candidate came out of any precinct with a big lead in last night's count.
This map shows why Candace Mumm leads Michael Cannon in the race for the open seat in Spokane's Northwest City Council District. She won more precincts than he did, some of them with bigger margins. For a more detailed look at the map, click on…
So the Spokane City Council will soon have a new, more liberal majority. And while some big issues haven't been decided along easily identified party lines, there likely will be a noticeable change. To get a sense of the kind of policies that could be…
Here's a revised map of the breakdown of the precinct vote for Spokane County Proposition 1, a tax measure to buy property near Fairchild Air Force Base, which shows the proposal did well in some parts of the cities of Cheney, Deer Park, Spokane and…
The Spokesman-Review's reporters, photographers and editors are following the elections in two states tonight, and filing reports on local and regional results as soon as we have them. Check back regularly for updates from Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Olympia. Tweets about "#SRelex"
OLYMPIA – The Washington Legislature will meet in a special session starting Thursday to consider a $10 billion transportation package and other legislation Gov. Jay Inslee said is key to landing the manufacturing plant for a new Boeing jetliner. Standing with legislative leaders, Boeing executives…
OLYMPIA -- In another sign that the state is feeling its way through the unknown terrain of legalizing marijuana, a state agency is asking the attorney general's office for advice on what to do about local bans on growing and selling the drug. The Washington…
Conservatives in Spokane, take heart. Your U.S. senators, governor and roughly half your city council may be Democrats or liberals, but you live in the 12th best city for conservatives. This according to Estately, a web site for house shopping that claims to have some…
Elections in Washington are coming down to the wire, with ballots due in drop boxes or postmarked by 8 p.m. today. In Idaho, voters must go to the polls by 8 p.m. today to cast ballots. Idaho residents who haven't yet registered can sign up…
OLYMPIA -- State officials will begin accepting applications for people who want to get into the marijuana business -- legally, that is -- starting at 8 a.m. Nov. 18. The state Revenue Department will be set up to accept marijuana license applications any one of…
OLYMPIA -- Adding the five tax advisory measures to the state Voters Pamphlet cost less than originally projected after the Secretary of State's office found some ways to consolidate information, a spokesman for the office said today. The final cost to was about $130,000 to…
Last week’s opening session of the committee to reconcile House and Senate budgets offered 29 members of Congress the chance to expound – some might say bloviate – on the task. Opening the floor to professional talkers can be dangerous, but Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.,…
The U.S. Capitol, arguably the greatest building in the other Washington, sometimes seems at though it is America’s answer to the Vatican, where the business at hand is conducted in surroundings adorned with art and replete with history. The hallways and staircases of both are…
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