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• Inslee signs felony firearms registry bill

  May 9, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Anyone convicted of a felony involving a gun could be required to register with state law enforcement agencies for four years under a bill signed Wednesday by Washington … 62

• Locator device helps detectives track burglary suspect in Valleyford area

  April 27, 2012 in City on Page A5 A 50-year-old ex-con accused of burglarizing a south Spokane County home while three children hid was arrested in part because detectives installed an electronic location tracker on his vehicle. The … 11

• Girl found near Cusick; uncle arrested

  April 19, 2012 in City, News A 14-year-old Spokane girl missing since Friday was rescued today near Cusick, Wash., and her uncle was arrested. 8

• Officials call repair bids a scam

  November 27, 2011 in City on Page B1 Faith Gallinger had long wanted custom cabinets for her early 20th-century home in northeast Spokane. Ronald Glen Stratton seemed perfect for the task – he boasted of being able to … 12

• Arrested felon posted to racist website

  April 21, 2011 in City on Page A5 A Whitman County man who bragged online about being involved with racist taco-truck protests in Kootenai County was arrested on a federal gun charge Wednesday. Jeremiah Daniel “J.D.” Hop, who … 1

• Felon arrested on gun charge linked to taco stand protests

  April 20, 2011 in City, Idaho The FBI has arrested a Whitman County man on a federal gun charge. Jeremiah Daniel “J.D.” Hop, who describes himself as an anti-race mixing activist on the racist website Vanguard … 10

• Appellate court upholds inmate voting ban

    October 8, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington state does not discriminate against minorities by denying prison inmates the right to vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. In an 11-0 ruling … 2

• Appeals court turns down prison voting

    October 7, 2010 OLYMPIA - Inmates in Washington state prisons don’t have a constitutional right to vote in elections, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. 7

• Man pleads guilty to three felonies

  May 20, 2010 in City on Page A8 A Spokane man who prosecutors say helped a mother and daughter beat and rob a man last fall pleaded guilty to three felonies Tuesday but was given an extra week …

• Federal judges to rehear felony inmate voting case

  April 28, 2010 in City A federal appeals court will reconsider a lawsuit that challenges Washington’s ban on felons voting while they’re in prison. 1

• 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 …

• Washington felons can’t register to vote yet, judges rule

  January 28, 2010 in City 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 should be …

• McKenna to take felon voting to high court

  January 7, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Washington state wants the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether it has to give felons in prison the right to vote. State Attorney General Rob McKenna said Wednesday … 1

• Wash. to appeal felon vote ruling to Supreme Court

  January 6, 2010 in City Attorney General Rob McKenna and Secretary of State Sam Reed say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court’s decision that would give Washington state felons … 13

• Appeals court backs voting rights for felons

    January 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The … 2

• Fed judges: Wash. felony inmates should get vote

    January 5, 2010 in Region Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. 14

• Wash. Senate OKs bill to restore voting for felons

  April 15, 2009 in City The Senate has approved a bill that would let tens of thousands of felons get their voting rights back sooner.

• Bill eases voting obstacle for felons

  March 22, 2009 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – For tens of thousands of convicted felons in Washington state, only one thing stands between them and the ballot box: debt. Under current law, felons can’t vote until …