Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Spin Control: Retirement leaves Lampert no time for 17th candidacy

  May 20, 2012 in City on Page B3 When the dust from candidate filing week settled at the close of business Friday, there were a few surprises in who is running for what. But the biggest surprise was …

• Doug Clark: Mayor race yields losers, worse losers

  August 18, 2011 in City on Page A5 The primary is past tense. The shocking election results are (mostly) in. In capturing a whopping 59.9 percent of the vote Tuesday night, incumbent Mary Verner is making the most … 9

• Mayor seeks rare re-election

  July 24, 2011 in City on Page A1 Can Mary Verner break the curse of the one-term mayors? For a big clue, residents can look to the upcoming primary election. No Spokane mayor has won re-election in four … 21

• Q&A: Barbara Lampert, running for Spokane mayor

  July 14, 2011 in News Barbara Lampert gives her positions on taxes, libraries, streets and other issues facing the city in The Spokesman-Review’s Spokane City Council candidate questionnaire. Lampert faces Michael Noder, Robert Kroboth, Mary …

• Funds growing in race for Spokane mayor

  July 9, 2011 in City on Page A5 With about six weeks to go before the August primary, one challenger for the job of Spokane mayor has raised almost twice as much as incumbent Mary Verner. The other … 7

• Doug Clark: Criminal snackers are likely slackers

  June 9, 2011 in City on Page A5 Listen up, crime fighters. Today’s caper is to catch the Manito Munchies. 5

• To weed out odd candidates, ask right questions

  August 3, 2010 in Business on Page A5 I was appalled and aghast to read about the strange and scurrilous antics of one of the Democrats running for the congressional seat now held by Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers. … 2

• 5th Congressional District candidates, issues

  July 19, 2010 in City on Page A6 To allow readers to compare and contrast the congressional candidates for Eastern Washington’s 5th District on several issues, The Spokesman-Review asked all six the same five questions: • What changes, … 6

• Democrats have tough task in 5th Congressional District

  July 19, 2010 in City on Page A6 Consider the plight of the Democrats trying to take back Eastern Washington’s congressional seat, a spot they once held for 30 years. Until a few days before filing week opened … 2

• Two Democrats seeking McMorris Rodgers’ post

  June 8, 2010 in City on Page A6 Last week, Democrats had no one to run against Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers for Eastern Washington’s congressional seat. Monday they had two – a novice from Spokane Valley and a …

• Even primary election serves up political hash

  August 20, 2009 in City on Page A5 I’m always relieved to get past a primary. The only point of a primary election is to weed out those less-popular candidates who, if elected, might actually do the public … 1

• News conjures up lottery dreams and cell phone wishes

  August 6, 2009 in City on Page A5 I was amazed to read Wednesday about the effort to keep cell phones out of the paws of the prison population. Apparently a lot of cellular phones have been smuggled … 1

• Union contracts contentious issue in six-way council race

    July 22, 2009 in City on Page A5 It’s not easy to goad Nancy McLaughlin into a fight. Even during the most passionate Spokane City Council debates, she’s among the least likely of the seven members to shout, … 6

• Shogan, Lampert vie for council president

  October 15, 2007 in City on Page A7 If the past is any guide, Barbara Lampert’s attempt to beat Joe Shogan for Spokane City Council president will be a significant challenge. Not only has she lost an election …