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• Risch pessimistic about odds for progress in Congress

  March 9, 2013 in City on Page B1 Idaho’s junior U.S. senator sees little hope for breakthrough on some of the thorniest issues confronting Congress and the president this year. “In the short term I’m very, very pessimistic,” … 7

• Democrats investigate campaign director

  February 24, 2013 in City on Page B2 SEATTLE – The executive director of the Democrats’ state Senate campaign committee is being investigated after indications that he made improper expenditures using the group’s money, lawmakers said Saturday. In … 5

• Spin Control: Naming rights could bring money

  February 17, 2013 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Legislators are considering – not too seriously, it seems – a plan to allow the state to sell the naming rights to its many roads, bridges, tunnels, buildings …

• Lodging tax funds allotted

  February 9, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V5 The Liberty Lake City Council gave seven local organizations a total of $70,000 in lodging tax funds. The organizations applied for the funds in November. The funds are collected from …

• Spin Control: Wet behind the ears on poll tax claim

  February 3, 2013 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – A wise old pol once explained why changing the election system is difficult: The people who must agree to make the change all got their jobs through the … 2

• Spin Control: Test your Christmas trivia knowledge

  December 23, 2012 in City on Page B2 Once again, in the spirit of peace on Earth to men and women of good will, Spin Control avoids political commentary so close to Christmas. This year our holiday wish …

• Spin Control: Coalition majority might not be so great

  December 16, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – To hear supporters tell it, a new power-sharing coalition in the state Senate could usher in a Legislative session of compromise and moderation, with a positive response to … 2

• John Webster: The Old Party isn’t so Grand anymore

  November 3, 2012 in Opinion on Page B4 I used to be a Republican. Voted for them. Wrote nice things about them and their policies. When I was a kid, I even doorbelled for them. Never again. 73

• Three-step plan to eradicate scourge of campaign malarkey

  October 20, 2012 in City on Page B1 I have a three-point plan: Get shock collars. Strap them onto the candidates. Attempt, through vigorous zapping, to train them away from some of the emptiest forms of blather they … 3

• George Will: presidential debates dumb, but expected

  October 16, 2012 in City Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist George Will is not a fan of presidential debates but says they are practically constitutional. 13

• Attorney general race pits two co-workers

  October 8, 2012 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – The two men competing to be Washington’s next attorney general are co-workers, but that’s about as much similarity King County Councilmen Reagan Dunn and Bob Ferguson will admit … 1

• Spotlight: Historic Homes series begins Oct. 16

  October 7, 2012 in Features on Page D7 For the 22nd year, Allegro, Baroque & Beyond will hold its Music in Historic Homes concert series. The concerts kick off on Oct. 16 and 17 at the Shadle-Veasey House, …

• Doug Clark: Don’t weed anything into I-502 endorsement

  October 7, 2012 in City on Page B1 Holy smokes! Did you catch last week’s herbal announcement from State Sen. Michael Bongartner? 27

• Cowan targets McMorris Rodgers in ads

  October 7, 2012 in City on Page B3 Democratic challenger Rich Cowan is attempting to take U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to task for her work trying to elect or re-elect other Republicans to Congress. His latest ads, … 8

• Hal proves civility in political discourse possible

  September 12, 2012 in City on Page A5 Hal Dixon once told me that we live in different worlds. Different political worlds, surely – Hal is a conservative, and I am not. But Hal, who is the most … 15

• Vestal: Democracy suffers as belief gap widens

  September 5, 2012 in City on Page A5 Does living in different political parties mean we occupy different realities? The narratives of the Republican and Democratic conventions suggest that’s true. And new research by a Washington State University … 22

• Spin Control: Judge dismantles Seattle woman’s ‘birther’ claims

  September 2, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – It’s Labor Day weekend, the traditional start of serious campaigning, so one can assume the silly season for politics is either over or nearly so. Before the clock … 14

• Political split takes its toll on friendship

  August 23, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 I think I’ve lost a friend. It wasn’t death that ended the friendship, it was politics. We go all the way back to high school, where we were lab partners … 4

• Craig claims bathroom visit part of Senate duties

  August 3, 2012 in City BOISE — Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous July 11, 2007, Minneapolis airport bathroom visit that … 17

• Spin Control: Value of debate debate debatable

  July 29, 2012 in City on Page B3 A sign that Washington’s campaign season remains in the doldrums despite the fact that ballots are in voters’ hands – or at least languishing under a pile of junk mail … 2

• Blog commenter reveals identity

  July 24, 2012 in City on Page A5 A woman who claims to have posted a comment on a Spokesman-Review blog that triggered a defamation lawsuit has revealed her identity. Linda Cook said her suggestion to ask Kootenai … 3

• Commenter targeted in lawsuit identifies herself

  July 23, 2012 in Idaho, News A woman who claims to have posted a comment on a Spokesman-Review blog that triggered a defamation lawsuit has revealed her identity. 23

• Spin Control: Social media leads to inane politics

  July 22, 2012 in City on Page B2 It’s not clear yet whether this year’s campaign staffs are hell-bent on testing Marshall McLuhan’s theorem that “the medium is the message” or are so enamored with high tech that … 1

• Legislator pulled gun during road incident

  July 22, 2012 in City on Page B1 A Spokane Valley legislator pulled a gun during a confrontation with another motorist last November in what police reports describe as a road rage incident. He was cited for two … 84

• Italy celebrates a magical night against Germany

  June 29, 2012 in Nation/World ROME — It was Italy’s night against the Germans, on and off the field. Premier Mario Monti and striker Mario Balotelli gave a much-needed boost to a country suffering for … 4

• GOP spends one hour talking about 15 seconds

  June 3, 2012 in City on Page B3 TACOMA – An axiom of academic politics is that they tend to be very nasty because very little is at stake. The axiom can sometimes be applied to partisan or …

• Spin Control: Business leaders compile Top 12 list for candidates

  May 27, 2012 in City on Page B3 As candidates wander around their respective district, county or state looking for support, it’s up to us the voters to have an idea what to expect from them. They’re trying … 1

• Spin Control: Retirement leaves Lampert no time for 17th candidacy

  May 20, 2012 in City on Page B3 When the dust from candidate filing week settled at the close of business Friday, there were a few surprises in who is running for what. But the biggest surprise was …

• For candidates, it’s time to be official

  May 13, 2012 in City on Page B3 Everyone thinking about running for political office this year, take note: You have less than a week to make up your mind. Everyone talking about running and acting like they’re …

• Call it the ‘I’m not Phil Hart’ pledge

  May 5, 2012 in City on Page B1 Has Mike Jorgenson lost his mind? Or will he simply prove that the residents of his Hayden Lake legislative district have not lost theirs?

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