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• Coeur d’Alene school board candidates highlight conservative roots

  May 19, 2013 in City on Page A1 Brent Regan’s yard signs identify him as a Republican. His challenger, Christa Hazel, has “common sense conservative” on hers. Political persuasion is on full display in the race to sit …

• Candidates must file for office by Friday

  May 13, 2013 in City on Page A8 Candidates for local offices around Washington will officially enter their races this week as filing week begins this morning. On the ballot this year are council seats in cities and …

• Croatians to vote on golf in historic referendum

  April 27, 2013 in Nation/World DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — In 1991, Croatians voted for independence and then last year to join the European Union. Now, in only the third referendum ever in the country, the … 10

• Ex-Sen. Craig loses bid to dismiss FEC lawsuit

  March 28, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused on Thursday to dismiss a Federal Election Commission lawsuit that accuses former Sen. Larry Craig of misusing $217,000 in campaign funds for his … 24

• Senate gives pre-dawn OK to Democratic budget

  March 23, 2013 in Nation/World, Region WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming … 54

• Coeur d’Alene school levy passes

  March 13, 2013 in City on Page A5 Coeur d’Alene voters said yes Tuesday to extending a tax levy that the school district leans on heavily in a period of dwindling state support for education. “I’m pretty happy,” … 2

• School levies pass in most North Idaho districts

  March 12, 2013 in Idaho Coeur d’Alene voters said yes Tuesday to extending a tax levy that the school district leans on more heavily in a period of dwindling state support for education. 1

• Group sends mailer opposing EV school bond

  February 7, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V5 Citizens for Responsible Taxation mailed fliers this week targeting the $65 million East Valley School District bond on the ballot in Tuesday’s special election. The bond would pay to renovate …

• Spin Control: Wet behind the ears on poll tax claim

  February 3, 2013 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – A wise old pol once explained why changing the election system is difficult: The people who must agree to make the change all got their jobs through the … 2

• Why doesn’t this tax plan require a supermajority?

  January 26, 2013 in City on Page B1 Last year, voters in Washington approved Initiative 1185, a measure requiring supermajority votes of two-thirds to raise taxes in the Legislature. Voters approved I-1185 with a not-quite-supermajority of 63.9 percent. 19

• Booker won’t run for NJ gov, eyes US Senate seat

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker, perhaps New Jersey’s highest-profile Democrat, has ruled out a bid for governor next year and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate …

• Hearing on voting rights turns partisan

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans sparred Wednesday over whether voter ID laws, attempts to purge voter rolls and restricted early voting were legitimate efforts to stop fraud or …

• Florida Sen. Nelson: GOP disenfranchised voters

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans are sparring over whether voter ID laws and restricted early voting are attempts to disenfranchise African-American and Hispanic voters. Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, …

• Inouye’s death leaves hole in HI political clout

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World HONOLULU (AP) — The death of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii leaves open a seat in the Senate to be filled by a Democrat, with U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa …

• Unions plan new offensive after Michigan loss

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Blindsided by a new law weakening union rights in Michigan, organized labor is preparing to target Republican governors in politically important states up for re-election in 2014 …

• ‘Cliff’ crash may clear way for deal in January

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — To get to “yes” on a “fiscal cliff” accord, Congress and the White House first might have to get to “no.” That is, an impasse that sends …

• Fiscal cliff splits big, small businesses on taxes

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The “fiscal cliff” debate is splitting the business community over taxes, driving a wedge between two natural Republican allies: the nation’s corporate leaders who are helping strengthen …

• AP: Va student expelled for election racial uproar

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — One student has been expelled and three others are being punished for their roles in a racially charged uproar on a Virginia college campus the night … 3

• ‘Fiscal cliff’ talks vexing official Washington

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Five weeks after President Barack Obama won re-election and gained more leverage to make GOP conservatives bend on taxes, the new balance of power is proving vexing …

• Senate intern, a sex offender, faces deportation

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration authorities, … 1

• Gov’t arrests illegal immigrant Senate intern

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration …

• ‘Purple tunnel of doom’ to be closed for inaugural

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Inaugural security teams are trying to prevent another “purple tunnel of doom” from President Barack Obama’s first swearing-in. The head of the District of Columbia National Guard …

• GOP throws Obama’s old deficit stands back at him

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the best Republican arguments against President Barack Obama’s proposals to avoid a “fiscal cliff” come from the president himself, in comments he made months or …

• Obama in Michigan to press for taxes on rich

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressing for public support Monday to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a day after he and House Speaker John Boehner met one-on-one …

• Obama heading to Michigan to push taxes on rich

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressing for public support Monday to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a day after he and House Speaker John Boehner met one-on-one … 2

• Gay couples in Wash. start taking wedding vows

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World SEATTLE (AP) — Keith Bacon and Corianton Hale wore dress shirts as they recited their vows at Seattle City Hall, as the city hosted more than 100 weddings on the …

• Unions vow political payback for right-to-work law

  December 9, 2012 in Nation/World LANSING, Mich. (AP) — With defeat in the Michigan Legislature virtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as uncomfortable as possible for Gov. Rick … 1

• Boustany trounces Landry for La congressional seat

  December 9, 2012 in Nation/World BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Congressman Charles Boustany, a veteran Republican allied with House Speaker John Boehner, has trounced freshman GOP incumbent Jeff Landry in an attack-heavy runoff race. …

• Boustany defeats Landry for La. congressional seat

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana congressman Charles Boustany won a fifth term on Saturday by handily defeating his fellow Republican incumbent, Jeff Landry, in a runoff election. The two …

• Florida’s Crist may run again; GOP says its ready

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Now that former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is a Democrat, pretty much everyone in Florida’s political world expects him to seek his old job. “I will … 3

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