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• Hospital impasse prompts bill

  February 3, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A dispute between Spokane’s two hospital systems spilled over into the legislative session Tuesday as a Senate panel considered changing a law that would determine how a judge … 1

• State budget plans in ‘fuzzy zone’

  January 21, 2010 in City on Page A4 OLYMPIA – Washington Republicans wasted little time trying to draw connections between a Democratic Senate loss in Massachusetts and political prospects in the Evergreen State. Washington Democrats conceded that the …

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  State lawmakers keep it local

  July 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Last year, in his bid to win a seat in the Statehouse, Spokane-area coffee entrepreneur Kevin Parker knocked on nearly 22,000 doors. It worked. In a difficult year … 1

• Politics gets personal with flurry of bills

  March 4, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – In the first of several days of marathon debate, Washington lawmakers Tuesday passed bills to protect breastfeeding mothers, help churches shelter the homeless, and provide emergency access to …

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  Recount affirms Driscoll win

  December 5, 2008 in City on Page B1 Democratic challenger John Driscoll was declared the winner – again – over Republican Rep. John Ahern at the end of a hand recount of nearly 76,000 ballots in Spokane’s 6th …

• Nothing like a little news to quash the holiday spirit

  December 4, 2008 in City on Page B1 If you’re having a hard time feeling the holiday glow this year, I can’t blame you. Every time you turn around, some TV talking head is telling us about the …

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  Recount under way

  December 3, 2008 in City on Page B1 Teams of election workers, watched by partisan observers, began recounting nearly 76,000 ballots in Spokane’s 6th Legislative District on Tuesday to determine whether a Democrat will oust the Republican incumbent …