Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Public overserved on benefits of privatizing liquor sales

  June 22, 2012 in City on Page A5 Where’s our cheap booze? Isn’t that what we voted for? Cheap booze? There was more to Initiative 1183, of course, and the whole scenario was complicated by various percentages and … 12

• Despite slow economy, new eateries are springing up all over

  October 24, 2010 in Business on Page E1 Banks or agencies that help business start-ups say they typically see new restaurants as the No. 1 start-up choice for Spokane-area loan applicants. That hasn’t changed, even in a slumping … 1

• Small businesses wrangle with health reform and what it means for them

  April 18, 2010 in Business on Page E1 Harris Mithoug said he had a simple solution to the challenges of life without health insurance: Don’t get hurt. The 31-year-old bartender at The Onion restaurant in Spokane did not … 2