Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Spokane’s secret deal with Dow AgroSciences wasn’t legal

    April 26, 2012 in City on Page A6 Spokane city leaders last year agreed to keep a settlement with a chemical company secret even though state law prevents them from doing so. The 2011 settlement with Dow AgroSciences … 5

• Assessor office requests traced to ex-employee

  March 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 Anonymous requests for hundreds of thousands of Spokane County assessor’s records have been traced to a former employee. Appraiser Josh Bungen, who resigned Jan. 5, used untraceable Hotmail email addresses … 19

• Records dispute before high court

  January 28, 2011 in City on Page A8 OLYMPIA – When a neighborhood group in 2006 demanded records about alleged nepotism in Spokane County, county officials said they checked employees’ current computers. But they didn’t check the hard … 1

• Spokane County public records case goes to high court

  January 27, 2011 in News, City OLYMPIA – When a neighborhood group in 2006 demanded records about alleged nepotism in Spokane County, county officials said they checked employees’ current computers. But they didn’t check the hard … 6

• Tread carefully when changing state public records law

  January 23, 2011 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Ever since the voters decided public records should be, you know, public, public officials have complained about the unfairness of being forced to produce some of those records … 3

• Court blocks release of loan documents

  November 5, 2010 in City on Page A10 SEATTLE – The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the attorney general’s office from releasing certain financial information related to the investigation of a mortgage company, in a case that …

• Unofficial meetings generate contention

  May 23, 2010 in City on Page A1 The Spokane Valley City Council’s new majority started off its term in office by possibly violating the Open Public Meetings Act, meeting for coffee every day at a local grocery … 4

• Valley council coffee group could violate open meetings law

  January 7, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The new Spokane Valley City Council may have violated the Open Public Meetings Act before attending their first official council meeting Tuesday night. Four members of the seven-person council were … 3

• City triples charge for copying records

    June 7, 2009 in City on Page B3 Spokane officials estimate it takes employees one minute for each copy they make at City Hall. Or at least that’s the justification for the recent tripling of prices to make … 1