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Jim Camden

Jim Camden is a reporter and columnist for The Spokesman-Review in the City department. He serves as the Washington state capital bureau chief in Olympia covering state issues and politics and writes the Spin Control column.

How to contact Jim

• Email: jimc@spokesman.com
• Phone: 360-664-2598
• Fax: 360-664-4978

Recent stories by Jim

• Panel OKs tax increase reform

  February 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A plan that would make it easier to raise taxes cleared a key Senate panel Monday and is ready for its first full floor debate. Republicans on the … 3

• State ignoring own report on Pine Lodge issue

  February 7, 2010 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Last year, the Legislature spent $500,000 for a consultant to tell Washington state which prisons should close and which should stay open. The consultant released his study in … 9

• Bikers push bill banning profiling past House panel

  February 7, 2010 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – One of the surest things about this legislative session is that police officers will be honored. The only real question is how many proposals – from better pension …

• Appeals court system challenged

  February 6, 2010 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The Washington Supreme Court will likely be asked to decide whether the state appeals court system is unconstitutional. Spokane attorney Steve Eugster said Friday it is, because of … 1

• Constitutionality of I-960 debated

  February 5, 2010 in City on Page A9 OLYMPIA – Changing rules for tax increases imposed by voters in 2007 would either flout the will of the people or restore majority rule to the Legislature, a Senate panel … 1

• Voter-passed curb on taxes on chopping block

  February 4, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Senate leaders want to make it easier for state lawmakers to raise taxes. Democrats will begin a move today to suspend the supermajority required to raise taxes that … 16

• Hospital impasse prompts bill

  February 3, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A dispute between Spokane’s two hospital systems spilled over into the legislative session Tuesday as a Senate panel considered changing a law that would determine how a judge … 1

• Capitol lawn’s steel mole traps garner warning

  February 3, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – A state agency has used illegal traps to kill moles around the Capitol and the governor’s mansion for about a decade, ever since voters banned them with an … 3

• Gregoire counting on federal cash

  February 2, 2010 in City on Page A10 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire said she’s confident the federal government will come up with $435 million for Medicaid reimbursements over the next 18 months, easing somewhat the cuts the … 6

• Hard to detect crisis by pace of action so far

  January 31, 2010 in City on Page B3 “They’re working at a fever pitch.” Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, describing legislative activity last Monday

• Court puts hold on felon voting

  January 29, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Voter registration drives may as well skip the state prisons for now. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put a temporary hold on its order that felons …

• Both sides praise emphasis on jobs, small businesses

  January 28, 2010 in City on Page A10 Northwest Republicans and Democrats applauded President Barack Obama’s emphasis on jobs, particularly on creating them in small businesses, but wondered about the details of other proposals in the State of …

• Bill seeks cap on red light runner fines

  January 28, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Spokane and any other city in Washington that uses cameras to catch red light runners could have their ticket fines limited to $25 under a proposal before the … 5

• Bill would ban some semi-automatics

  January 27, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – A proposal to ban certain semi-automatic firearms was praised by the mother of a shooting victim and a city police chief Tuesday, but panned by gun-rights activists. The … 2

• Bill would curb patient trips

  January 26, 2010 in City on Page A5 Dangerous mental health patients would be barred from leaving state hospitals for most excursions without specific court orders under a bill the Legislature is considering. The bill, prompted by the … 1

• Gregoire to Congress: ‘Get it done’

  January 26, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire and a phalanx of state officials who deal with health care had a message Monday for congressional Democrats who may be wavering on the issue … 1

• Bills invoke states’ rights

  January 24, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Conservative activists in Idaho and Washington are trying to force the federal government to keep out of issues such as guns, health care and the environment. Through legislation … 11

• Eyman has point in filing fee tussle

  January 24, 2010 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The Legislature is considering a proposal that seems like a bad idea as written, but if one thinks of it as only half an idea, it might be … 2

• Credit score ban faces tough road

  January 21, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – A credit score should not be used to help determine how much a person pays for home or auto insurance premiums, State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler told a … 5

• State budget plans in ‘fuzzy zone’

  January 21, 2010 in City on Page A4 OLYMPIA – Washington Republicans wasted little time trying to draw connections between a Democratic Senate loss in Massachusetts and political prospects in the Evergreen State. Washington Democrats conceded that the …

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Recent videos by Jim

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  Two-arm garbage truck

  April 8, 2009 in City Raw footage of the city of Spokane’s new two-arm garbage truck being demonstrated Wednesday, April 8, 2009.