Recent stories by Jim

• Tuesday’s Primary Offers Wide Variety Of Candidates

  September 12, 1996 Voters who like choices will love Tuesday’s primary. Take the governor’s race. With eight Republicans, six Democrats and a Socialist Workers candidate sharing the first page of the ballot, there’s …

• U.S. Congress - 5th District

  September 12, 1996 Groups that favored gun rights and term limits helped catapult Republican George Nethercutt into Congress two years ago. Groups that oppose changes to Medicare and environmental laws are trying this …

• Sounding Out Washington Voters Say Hands Off Medicare Washington State Poll Finds Strong Opposition To Cuts

  September 10, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Washington voters are leery of reducing Medicare spending to keep the system from going bankrupt - an attitude that could spell trouble for Republicans in upcoming congressional elections. Nearly half …

• Jim Waldo Making Name For Himself Candidate In Limelight After Years Of Work Behind The Scenes

  September 8, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Waldo 2. Waldo speaks to businesswomen after a recent speech at the Spokane Club. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

• Prosecutor Runs With Conviction

  September 6, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Norm Maleng awaits his turn at a candidates fair. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

• Changes Proposed To Cut $1 Billion In Taxes

  September 5, 1996 in City on Page B1 Foreman

• Foreman Thinks Voters Ready For East Side Values Knows Odds Against East Sider; Must Beat Craswell In Primary

  September 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Dale Foreman is eager to cut the state budget as governor. Photo by The Spokesman-Review

• Council May Go For Partially Strong Mayor, Greene Says

  August 28, 1996 in City on Page B1 The Spokane City Council might push for two of the changes in the proposed strong mayor initiative if that plan fails at the ballot box, Councilwoman Roberta Greene said Tuesday. …

• Democratic Candidates Disagree On Funding But In Accord On Spending Enough To Oust Nethercutt

  August 28, 1996 in City on Page B1 Democrats hoping to knock off U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt clashed Tuesday in Spokane over the right way to fund that challenge, but agreed they’d spend what they could to win. …

• Democrats Battle To Challenge Nethercutt Sue Kaun, Judy Olson Follow Different Paths Toward Same Goal

  August 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Sue Kaun 2. Judy Olson 3. George Nethercutt 4. Susan Kaun, far left, greets women arriving for a political discussion held in a private home. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The …

• Rollins Calls Spokane Race Career Highlight Hired Gun For Politicians Recounts Nethercutt’s Campaign In New Book

  August 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Political consultant Ed Rollins.

• Armey Insists Drug Rise All Clinton’s Fault

  August 22, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 Armey

• Stadium Challenger In TV Blitz Inslee Continues To Press Issue Of Public Funding

  August 20, 1996 in City on Page B6 Gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee took his attack on his Democratic rivals and public funding for football to the airwaves Monday. A statewide television blitz, the first of the campaign, highlights …

• Wife Comes Home Alone Two-Month Search For Sign Of Hostages Turns Up Nothing

  August 20, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Jane Schelly still hopes to see her husband again. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review 2. Kashmiri rebels released this photo of four hostages in August 1995. They are from …

• Inslee Puts Schools Over Stadiums It’s Easier To Pass Stadium Bonds, He Says

  August 19, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Professional sports stadiums get a better deal than public schools when supporters need money from taxpayers, gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee said Sunday. “It’s wrong that you can’t build a high …

• Poll: Clinton Holds Big Lead In Electoral College Votes

  August 14, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 As Bob Dole prepares to take the Republican nomination, a new nationwide survey shows he has a tough fight to defeat President Clinton in the place where the race will …

• Nethercutt, Former Law Partner Sued Seattle Family Contends The Partnership Mishandled A Will

  August 1, 1996 in City on Page B3 U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt is being sued for legal malpractice and conflict of interest in a case involving his former law partnership and a group of people he’s never met. …

• Coalition Insists Guides Are ‘Non-Partisan’

  July 31, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Christian Coalition chapters in Washington and Idaho distributed thousands of candidate “scorecards” in 1994, and spokesmen for both groups say they plan to continue. “One of the main things we …

• Foreman Says Youth No Excuse Gubernatorial Candidate Wants ‘Three Strikes’ Law To Apply To Kids

  July 30, 1996 in City on Page B1 Dale Foreman holds a news conference Monday outside the Public Safety Building. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

• Too Many Anti-Terror Agencies? Top House Budget Writer Says Consolidation May Be Needed

  July 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 Congress needs to do a thorough review of the many agencies that gather intelligence and monitor and fight terrorists - and may need to consolidate them, the House Republicans’ chief …

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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.