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• Sen. Brown was financially ready for campaign

    May 10, 2012 in City on Page A6 State Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown perhaps was too prepared for her re-election bid. She already had ordered her campaign signs when she made the surprise announcement last week that … 1

• Snyder, Waite enter field for House seat

  May 5, 2012 in City on Page B1 The scramble is on for a state House seat in central Spokane, part of the fallout of Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s surprise decision not to seek re-election. Brown said … 4

• Brown won’t seek another Senate term

      May 4, 2012 in City on Page A1 One of the state’s most powerful politicians shook Spokane’s political landscape and shocked her own party Thursday when she announced she won’t seek re-election to the Legislature. State Senate Majority … 14

• Majority leader Lisa Brown won’t seek re-election

      May 3, 2012 in News, City OLYMPIA, Wash. — Sen. Majority Leader Lisa Brown announced Thursday that she won’t run for re-election and will leave her seat in the state Legislature after her term expires at … 75

• Budget impasse testing tempers

  April 7, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – With no budget agreement and time running out in an extended session, tensions boiled over Friday evening as Senate leaders of both parties accused the other side of …

• Measure 1 campaign pulls McLaughlin ad

  March 28, 2012 in City on Page A5 The campaign to extend taxes to pay for the expansion of the Spokane Convention Center and Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena has pulled a TV ad featuring Spokane City Councilwoman Nancy … 5

• Councilwoman seeks to unseat state Senate majority leader

  March 28, 2012 in City on Page A5 The Democratic majority leader of the Washington Senate is facing her first reelection challenge by an opponent with a winning campaign history. Spokane City Councilwoman Nancy McLaughlin, a Republican, launched …

• Senate GOP unveils new budget plan

  March 16, 2012 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – For the first three days of Washington’s special session, everything involving the state’s troubled budget was done behind closed doors. That went by the wayside Thursday. Senate Republicans …

• Lawmakers choosing between gimmicks, people

  March 14, 2012 in City on Page A5 What’s a majority leader to do when she no longer leads a majority? Spokane’s Lisa Brown is heading into the special session of the Legislature without what Democrats have come …

• Relatively rosy state budget forecast expected

  February 16, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington might get the most optimistic budget outlook in years today when state economists deliver the latest revenue forecast. The demand for state services may be lower and … 9

• Spokane Schools wants to charge for public records

  February 8, 2012 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Faced with a rapidly growing number of requests for public records, Spokane Public Schools wants to charge the public for the cost of locating and preparing those records. … 15

• GOP proposes ‘Education First’

  February 3, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – House Republicans, who say they are fed up with the slow pace of the budgeting process in a session in which that was supposed to be the main … 3

• Senate approves same-sex marriage

  February 2, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – With votes to spare, the state Senate passed a bill to allow same-sex couples to marry in Washington, sending it to the House of Representatives, where it also … 69

• Medical school high on state’s wish lists

  January 26, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Some $35 million to finish the Riverpoint medical school building may flow into Spokane as the local business community’s top priority finds itself on a list of projects … 1

• Brown joining King Day march

  January 14, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – For the first time in two decades, Sen. Lisa Brown said she won’t be in the Capitol on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Although the Legislature will be … 7

• Activist Polek, 78, dies

  January 13, 2012 in City on Page A5 Jan Polek, of Spokane, a longtime activist for women’s rights, once said of society: “June Cleaver doesn’t live here anymore.” Polek, 78, died Tuesday, after living a life nearly opposite … 1

• Wash. lawmakers’ ‘short session’ will be dominated by budget

  January 8, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington legislators find themselves in familiar territory as they return to the Capitol this week. The General Fund budget they thought they had shored up through a series …

• Brown: Budget goals out of reach

  December 10, 2011 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Legislators will try to fill some of Washington’s looming budget gap next week but won’t come close to the $2 billion in cuts Gov. Chris Gregoire proposed last … 2

• ‘Dreadful’ budget cuts loom

    October 28, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire released a list Thursday of possible choices to slash $2 billion from the state budget, more than a fourth of that total from public schools … 90

• Foes stand up to new casino

  October 7, 2011 in Business on Page A7 Eighteen government and business leaders have taken a stand against the Spokane Tribe’s proposed casino in Airway Heights, according to letters sent to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. The … 4

• Some legislators opt to cut pay in solidarity

  August 27, 2011 in News on Page A1 OLYMPIA – About half of the 15 members of the Spokane-area legislative delegation have volunteered for the same 3 percent pay cut they imposed on state workers. Many who have … 36

• Movie credits get rolled

  July 12, 2011 in City on Page A1 The “Twilight” movies about vampires and werewolves are set in Forks, Wash., but are mostly filmed in Oregon. “The Killing,” a cable television murder mystery series, was set in Seattle … 2

• Hundreds of votes missed

  June 4, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – With the Legislature more than a week adjourned, the government watchdog group Washington Votes has released its annual statistics about the number of bills introduced and passed, the …

• Money for Spokane medical school in budget

  May 25, 2011 in City on Page A14 OLYMPIA – The state’s $2.8 billion capital budget will include $35 million to start construction on a new medical school in Spokane. Legislative leaders announced Tuesday afternoon they have reached …

• Workers’ comp gets an overhaul

  May 23, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – An agreement on offering settlements to injured workers could remove one of the main obstacles to the Legislature passing a budget for the next two years. Gov. Chris …

• Senate extends tax incentive for film companies

  May 20, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – With signs emerging the Washington Legislature might at least make an effort to finish work by next Wednesday’s deadline, the Senate Thursday extended a tax break for movies …

• Don’t release ‘worst of the worst,’ prison officials beg

  April 29, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – A legislative proposal to release some inmates a few months early as a budget-saving measure is a bad idea, Washington prison officials warned Thursday. The state already ordered … 1

• No agreement on final state budgets

  April 21, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – The Legislature is expected to adjourn its regular session Friday afternoon without passing final budgets for general operating expenses, transportation or capital projects. It will return, but when …

• Washington Senate approves budget

  April 19, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – The Washington Senate gave overwhelming bipartisan support to a $32.1 billion spending plan that sets the stage for negotiations with the House in the legislative equivalent of extra … 2

• Special session seems likely

  April 16, 2011 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – The Washington Legislature is unlikely to finish work by Easter Sunday, making a special session all but inevitable, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown said Friday. At her weekly … 2

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