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• 2010 census shows slowing U.S. growth

  December 21, 2010 in News Republican-leaning states will gain at least a half dozen House seats thanks to the 2010 census, which found the nation’s population growing more slowly than in past decades but still … 3

• How adults handle economic hardship can indelibly mark children

  September 5, 2010 in Features on Page D1 Emily Rawls, 24, started at the University of Idaho in 2004, and her major and minor – interior design and architecture – matched a marketplace need. Housing was boom town. 2

• Arts no less important in hard times

  March 6, 2010 in City on Page B1 Ben Vereen, the Tony-winning singer, actor and dancer, was on the phone, telling me about his upcoming concert with the Spokane Symphony, when he said he wanted to thank the …

• Historians explore hard times, obsessions with big families

  November 29, 2009 in Features on Page D1 Edith Manildi, 93, was just a child when the Dionne quintuplets were born. But she still remembers eagerly waiting each week for the latest newspaper photo of the five sisters. …

• Modern Spokane forged in struggle

    December 14, 2008 in City on Page A1 Bank failures, layoffs and swan-diving stock portfolios are nothing new in the Inland Northwest. It has all happened before – bigger, deeper and longer (or so we can hope) – …

• Safe keeping

  November 10, 2008 in City on Page A6 The credit crunch is bringing back an old payment strategy for the holidays: layaway. A pay-over-time strategy first popularized during the Great Depression, layaway allows customers to put a down …