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• Ex-chief justice joins police use of force panel

  January 25, 2012 in City on Page A8 A recently retired state Supreme Court justice has agreed to serve on a city commission examining how the Spokane Police Department uses force. The membership of the city’s Use of … 4

• Gregoire’s budget lays out harsh cuts

    December 16, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Saying the state faces an economic crisis that requires deep cuts and government restructuring, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday proposed eliminating some state programs for schools and some … 32

• Gregoire budget slashes social programs, schools

  December 15, 2010 in City Saying the state faces an economic crisis, Gov. Chris Gregoire is proposing deep cuts in some of the state programs for schools and the poor. 50

• McKenna’s role in health care suit challenged

  November 19, 2010 in City on Page A9 OLYMPIA – Washington state has entered both sides of a federal lawsuit challenging health care reform, and Thursday the state Supreme Court tried to figure out who had the authority … 2

• Ruling upholds online sex sting

  November 11, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Washington Supreme Court, in a three-way opinion, has upheld the conviction of a man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl he’d met online who really was … 2

• Online gamblers argue for new deal

  May 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Is Internet poker just a 21st-century twist on the friendly game played around a kitchen table or “the crack cocaine of gambling”? That’s the question the Washington Supreme … 2

• Washington justices dealt online poker question

  May 27, 2010 in City OLYMPIA – Is Internet poker just a 21st Century twist on the friendly game played around a kitchen table or “the crack cocaine of gambling”? That’s the question the Washington … 1

• Editorial: Age limit for justices could use a review

  October 1, 2009 in Opinion on Page A15 Three years ago, Chief Justice Gerry Alexander ran for a state Supreme Court term he knew he couldn’t complete, thanks to Washington’s mandatory retirement age for judges. His richly funded …

• Alexander to step down as Wash. chief justice

  September 29, 2009 in Region Washington state Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerry Alexander announced Tuesday he will step down next year from his post and serve out the remainder of his term as an associate … 1

• Graffiti ‘tags’ viable evidence, high court rules

  August 3, 2007 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – In a case that prompted analogies to the mark of Zorro, Washington’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that graffiti writers’ “tags” – signed graffiti nicknames – can be …