Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Colleges’ tuition plans in limbo

  April 29, 2013 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – Students heading off to college in Washington next fall will have to wait awhile to find out how much tuition they’ll be paying. Since the Legislature went home … 1

• Washington budgets remain in limbo

  April 25, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – With four days left to pass three multibillion-dollar budgets and make the changes in state law that accompany them, House Democrats on Wednesday pushed through a $900 million … 4

• Both sides win issues in hard fought state budget

  April 12, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – For almost 91 days the Legislature wrestled with a looming budget problem. For the first 90, it was even odds, at best, whether the Legislature would win. The … 4

• Spin Control: Readers’ impasse fix: Cut off lawmakers’ pay

  April 8, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The longer the Legislature goes, the more readers call with suggestions on how to make it stop. Last week even featured a candidate for lieutenant governor suggesting that … 1

• Lawmakers at budget impasse

  March 8, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – The Legislature is headed into overtime over its troubled budget, although like most things dealing with spending this year, there are significant disagreements on the whats and whens … 2

• Senate budget includes funds for Sally’s

  March 8, 2012 in City on Page A6 Funding for the Salvation Army’s Sally’s House, a safe harbor for children who have been abused or neglected, or whose parents have been jailed, was included in a budget passed … 1

• Sally’s House serves as children’s haven

  March 5, 2012 in City on Page A1 Three-year-old Kate lived in a dog crate in a meth house in Spokane and walked on hands and knees like an animal. Winston lived in a home with no running … 22

• Spin Control: Neither side has corner on budget transparency

  March 4, 2012 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – As the state Senate descended into an extended match of political jujitsu Friday, the word of the night – perhaps the entire legislative session – was “transparency.” It … 1

• Spin Control: Perhaps budget is more pressing, but marriage debate was good

  February 12, 2012 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – Republican leaders in the Legislature have been uniformly critical of same-sex marriage bills as the proposals worked their way through the two chambers on what can only be … 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 …

• Eye on Boise: Hart tax drama extended yet again

  December 18, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE - Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart has asked for and received 30 more days to respond to federal authorities’ move to foreclose on his Athol home. The action … 1

• State Senate approves partial budget fix

  December 15, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Realizing it wouldn’t find $2 billion in budget savings in 30 days, the Legislature settled Wednesday on a fourth of that in 17 days, and called it quits … 3

• State may cut malpractice insurance for volunteer providers

  December 1, 2011 in City on Page A1 Among budget cuts Washington state lawmakers are considering is eliminating a program that pays for the malpractice insurance of health care providers who volunteer to treat the poor at free … 13

• Wash. state budget goes back to drawing board

  November 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 Stop us if you’ve heard this one: Washington state’s revenues are down, its demand for services is up. The budget won’t balance. The Legislature needs a special session to make … 16

• State wants employees to pay more for health care

  October 27, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire wants state employees to pay more for their health insurance, and is asking union leaders to reopen labor contracts. Their initial response: Not unless businesses … 20

• Budget cushion sinks

  June 17, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The state’s most likely revenue outlook for the next two years dropped slightly Wednesday as the state’s chief economist revised his projections downward about $183 million because of … 4

• $32.2 billion operating plan earns bipartisan support

  May 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – After 135 days of sweating, arguing and compromising over the state’s fiscal problems, the Legislature passed budgets Wednesday to keep state government running for the next two years, … 26

• Spin Control: Tax amnesty a windfall, but where’s the outrage?

  May 8, 2011 in City on Page B10 OLYMPIA – Business organizations regularly bemoan how little recognition, respect and support they get from the state. But evidence to the contrary was clear last week, when the state announced … 3

• Senate’s school cut plan may not add up

  April 14, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – School districts around the state might have to “eat” a cut in teacher salaries being proposed by Senate budget writers because they won’t be able to reduce pay, … 13

• Spin Control: Let’s kick the canned phrase, lose the chant

  April 10, 2011 in City on Page B3 Ping-ponging between the sobering budget hearings and the raucous budget protests of the past week has left me with a desire to get the legislators and demonstrators to the negotiating …

• House approves two-year state budget

  April 10, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – House lawmakers on Saturday approved their version of the next two-year state budget, voting 53-43 in favor of a proposal that would slash $4.4 billion in state spending. … 10

• Wash. House budget proposal passes key committee

  April 7, 2011 in City A House committee has approved the Democratic majority’s state budget proposal aimed at closing an estimated $5 billion deficit for the next two years. 3

• Doug Clark: MAC needs a lesson in greasing commission

  February 17, 2011 in City on Page A5 The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture has turned to the Spokane County Commission for help, which should tell you just how leaky things are over at our poor, budget-strapped … 8

• Legal refugees feel pinch as state assistance declines

  February 13, 2011 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – For 18 years, Devi Prasai lived in a packed refugee camp after fleeing from ethnic tensions in his native Bhutan. Prasai waited for a chance at a better … 1

• Governor’s proposed capital budget leaves off Spokane medical school

  January 27, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – A new medical school building in Spokane is not on the list of large construction projects being proposed by Gov. Chris Gregoire for the next two years, a … 9

• Closure risk heightens MAC’s significance

    January 23, 2011 in City on Page A1 “Civic cultural institution” – the very phrase conjures an air of granite-like permanence and robust health. Yet one Spokane cultural landmark is in danger of slipping into the equivalent of … 16

• Clinics face crisis, CHAS chief says

  January 20, 2011 in City on Page A6 Looming state budget cuts threaten to unravel a network of Spokane health clinics that treat the region’s poorest people. Peg Hopkins, executive director of the Community Health Association of Spokane, … 4

• Spin Control: How about trimming bloated rhetoric budget?

  January 9, 2011 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – When the Legislature starts Monday, it would be nice if the first bill they passed would outlaw certain stock phrases that are already worn out. The much-needed Bill … 1

• Higher-ed task force unveils list of solutions

  January 4, 2011 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – A task force charged with finding stable money to pay for higher education in Washington state has some ideas it wants the Legislature to consider. At the top …

• Year produced array of calculations, ideas, tired phrases

  January 2, 2011 in City on Page B1 It was a year when government budgets always hurt for money and initiative campaigns never did. When candidates seemed to come out of retirement, out of the woodwork or from … 1

• 1
• 2
• Next page ›