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• Washington Election Night updates

    November 2, 2010 in City Running election updates for Spokane County and Eastern Washington. 10

• Republican Herrera elected to Wash. 3rd District

  November 2, 2010 in Region Jaime Herrera was elected to Washington state’s open 3rd Congressional District seat tonight, becoming the first Republican to represent the district in a dozen years.

• Laws raise car fees, reform payday loans

  May 16, 2009 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – The payday lending industry will face tighter regulations in Washington beginning next year under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Chris Gregoire. The new law, which …

• Legislators jump lawmaking gun

  January 4, 2009 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – If you just have to have that cigarette lighter shaped like a rubber duck, grenade or a certain part of human anatomy, you’d better buy it soon. Washington’s …

• A tax on big paychecks …

  August 7, 2008 in Voices on Page N1 Washington’s private Economic Opportunity Institute, a liberal-leaning budget think tank, has done something that virtually no state politician dares: Propose an income tax. Specifically, the group is suggesting a “high …

• Gregoire institutes a freeze on hiring

  August 5, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Saying that Washington is starting to feel the chill of the national economy, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday told state agencies and colleges to freeze hiring, cancel some …

• Court shields accused teachers

  August 1, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – In a case where the 11 petitioners are all known as John Doe, the state Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Thursday that unsubstantiated allegations of teacher sexual misconduct …

• Tribal gambling pacts take fire

  August 1, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – What was supposed to be a routine hearing to update the Spokane Tribe’s gambling agreement turned into a broad – and sometimes prickly – debate Thursday on the …

• Race heats up in District 6

  July 31, 2008 in Voices on Page S1 OLYMPIA – Quick: What does western Spokane have in common with the outlying suburbs of Seattle? Its politics, believe it or not.

• Domestic partner law is in motion

  July 24, 2008 in Voices on Page S1 OLYMPIA – The balloons, the “just registered” signs on cars and the news cameras are long gone, but hundreds of people continue to register as domestic partners each month. A …

• Familiar ballot in insurance commissioner race

  July 23, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Give Curt Fackler points for determination. Four years ago, the Spokane business owner ran for state insurance commissioner on a simple platform: that the major health insurers in …

• August primary could determine key races

  July 20, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – It’s only August, and yet there’s your official-looking ballot envelope and a fat voter pamphlet crowding your mailbox. You set it aside, figuring you’ll get to it – …

• Eastern Washington candidates vie for state offices

  July 19, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Eastern Washington hasn’t sent a governor to Olympia since Cheney’s Clarence Martin left the mansion in 1941. That’s not stopping John W. Aiken Jr. Undeterred by a last-place …

• Rossi denies link to billboards implying stolen election in ’04

  July 11, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi on Thursday distanced himself from the dozens of Eastern Washington billboards that have cropped up to urge voters “Don’t Let Seattle Steal This …

• Keep your gun, leave your knife

  July 10, 2008 in Voices on Page S1 OLYMPIA – Half a dozen Democratic state lawmakers – all of them from rural districts – want the state’s attorney general to weigh in on whether cities can ban otherwise-legal …

• Smoking ban still hot topic

  July 6, 2008 in City on Page B6 OLYMPIA – Walk up the stairs above Frankie’s bar in Olympia, and it’s like stepping back to 2005. Bar patrons are talking over tall mugs of beer, nothing unusual about …

• Not too late for teens to get a job

  July 3, 2008 in Voices on Page W1 OLYMPIA – OK, so your kid put off trying to find a summer job, and now it looks like it’s too late. Take heart, says the state Employment Security Department, …

• New standards hitting the showroom

  June 29, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Shopping far and wide for a shiny new truck or gas-sipping sedan? There’s something important you should know. Starting with the 2009 model year, new cars sold in …

• Ballot measure OK despite error

  June 26, 2008 in City on Page B2 A ballot measure – and the labor union sinking hundreds of thousands of dollars into it – dodged a very expensive bullet Wednesday. There’s a mistake on thousands of Initiative …

• Candidates may find domain names taken

  June 26, 2008 in Voices on Page V1 OLYMPIA – Running for office – or even thinking about it? Here’s a hint: Buy your domain name before your critics do. State Attorney General candidate John Ladenburg, a Democrat, …

• Smoking ban helps bars … maybe not

  June 19, 2008 in Voices on Page V1 OLYMPIA – Bars and taverns “have bounced back strongly” from the hit they greatly feared when the state indoor public smoking ban took effect in Dec. 2005, according to the …

• New law hurts reverse mortgage loans

  June 18, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Whoops. A law unanimously approved by state lawmakers this spring is having some unintended consequences: It’s making it harder for people to find reverse mortgage loans.

• Group cites underage voting

  June 17, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – A conservative group has filed a complaint with Washington’s top election official, saying it has found more than 16,000 cases of teenagers registering to vote before they were …

• Governor urges SCC graduates to live collaboratively

  June 17, 2008 in City on Page B3 Speaking before hundreds of Spokane Community College graduates and faculty Monday, Gov. Chris Gregoire decried partisan bickering and urged students to be part of a more tolerant, deliberative world. Too …

• Water rights law modified in court

  June 12, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – A King County judge on Wednesday struck down parts of a controversial 2003 state water law, throwing into question the water-system expansion plans of potentially hundreds of developers …

• GOP: Party of distance?

  June 12, 2008 in Voices on Page S1 OLYMPIA – My colleague Jim Camden wrote last week about Spokane GOP chairman Curt Fackler’s decision to list no party in his run for state insurance commissioner. Fackler says it …

• Salary overhaul sought for teachers

  June 10, 2008 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – Washington’s schools chief on Monday called for a “major restructuring” of how teachers are paid, saying that new teachers need more support and experienced teachers need incentives to …

• Citizens find initiative not enough

  June 8, 2008 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Unhappy with reports of abuse at camps for troubled teens, Angela Smith decided to turn directly to voters for reforms. The Seattle woman wrote a citizen’s initiative. She …

• Office hopefuls jump on filing week

  June 3, 2008 in City on Page B2 OLYMPIA – In a small room in the state Capitol, Spokane retiree Barbara Lampert pulled out her checkbook, removed the rubber band around it, and carefully wrote out a check …

• Perennial candidate challenging Reed

  May 29, 2008 in Voices on Page S1 OLYMPIA – Until this week, the state’s top election official – a guy who spends a lot of his time touting the importance of voting and civic involvement – had …

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