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  Terminal cancer can’t shake Supreme Court Justice’s spirit

  February 12, 2012 in Features on Page D1 Mary Fairhurst, a Washington state Supreme Court Justice with deep Spokane roots, is living with terminal colon cancer. It could take her life in six months or a year – … 3

• High court demands state education reforms

  January 6, 2012 in City on Page A1 SEATTLE – The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state isn’t meeting its constitutional obligation to amply pay for basic public education, but the justices gave an endorsement to … 9

• WA Supreme Court: State underfunding basic education

  January 5, 2012 in News SEATTLE — The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state isn’t meeting its constitutional obligation to amply pay for basic public education, but the justices gave an endorsement to … 18

• Spin Control: Honking, chickens get solemn deliberation

  October 30, 2011 in City on Page B2 When you pass the Occupy Spokane protesters or any other demonstrators at any location, you might honk and wave to show support. Or you might honk and wave just one …

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  Justice Fairhurst battling lung cancer with radiation

  October 9, 2011 in Region on Page B2 OLYMPIA – Washington state Supreme Court Justice Mary Fairhurst is being treated for lung cancer. She has been going to a radiation clinic every day for the past seven weeks …

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  McKenna keeps state in health care lawsuit

  September 30, 2011 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna won’t withdraw from a multistate lawsuit against federal health care reform, even though the other states are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to … 2

• Justices say McKenna can challenge health care law

  September 1, 2011 in Region Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna legally can challenge the federal health care reforms, but can’t refuse to represent Land Commissioner Peter Goldmark in a separate case. 5

• Court disbars Van Camp

  June 17, 2011 in City on Page A5 The Washington Supreme Court disbarred a prominent Spokane attorney Thursday after his client complained the lawyer charged him $25,000 to settle a minor dispute over the lease price of a … 4

• Ruling upheld in sewage death

  May 27, 2011 in City on Page A5 The state’s highest court on Thursday upheld a $6.5 million ruling against an engineering firm found responsible for the implosion of a sewage digester that killed a Spokane sewer plant … 1

• Shady debt-management practices earn black eye

  May 15, 2011 in Business on Page E1 The Washington Supreme Court stripped away more of the camouflage the debt management and debt adjustment industry uses to conceal its predatory activity. With no dissenting vote, and one blistering …

• Convictions in doubt over juror questioning

  April 16, 2011 in City on Page A1 Spokane County prosecutors are eagerly awaiting a ruling that is expected to have statewide implications and may cause the retrial of at least two local murder cases. The Washington Supreme … 8

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  Adoptions, parental rights loophole puts families in flux

  March 20, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Tri-Cities couple’s adopted sons may be taken away, and a Spokane woman’s daughter was adopted while she fought to keep the girl. The separate child custody cases illustrate a … 2

• Editorial: Bill making mug shots public should be adopted

  March 18, 2011 in Opinion on Page A11 By an encouragingly comfortable 77-19 margin, the Washington House of Representatives has passed legislation to restore a measure of access to public records that the Washington state Supreme Court closed … 3

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  Wiggins joins state high court

  January 7, 2011 in City on Page A7 SEATTLE – Charlie Wiggins has been known to spend his free time searching the Bible for references to “justice” and re-enacting the state Constitutional Convention in costume. Needless to say, … 1

• Special education funding ruled fair

  December 12, 2010 in City on Page B2 SEATTLE – The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state is not shortchanging school districts in the way it pays for special education. In an 8-1 ruling, the high …

• McKenna’s role in health care suit challenged

  November 19, 2010 in City on Page A9 OLYMPIA – Washington state has entered both sides of a federal lawsuit challenging health care reform, and Thursday the state Supreme Court tried to figure out who had the authority … 2

• Legislator opposes health care suit

  November 17, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – As Attorney General Rob McKenna prepares to convince the state Supreme Court why he can fight federal health care reform, a state legislator joined a group trying to … 2

• Ruling upholds online sex sting

  November 11, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Washington Supreme Court, in a three-way opinion, has upheld the conviction of a man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl he’d met online who really was … 2

• Wiggins takes lead in Supreme Court race

  November 9, 2010 in News Charlie Wiggins took the lead in Washington state’s tight Supreme Court race, inching ahead of incumbent Justice Richard Sanders. 8

• 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 …

• High court sends assault case back for resentencing

  October 8, 2010 in City on Page A7 Stabbing a man in the neck, leaving him paralyzed below the chest and in a wheelchair for life, isn’t grounds for an exceptional sentence, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled, … 1

• Gambling website violates state law, court rules

  September 3, 2010 in City on Page A9 OLYMPIA – An Internet gambling service is an illegal bookmaking operation, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, despite claims by its operator that losers could refuse to pay without fear …

• Jury supports longer sentence for child killer

  August 27, 2010 in City A jury today re-affirmed a previous jury’s decision to sentence child killer Robert Doney to more time in prison than outlined in the standard sentencing guidelines. 5

• Man who beat toddler to death appeals 35-year sentence

  August 25, 2010 in City on Page A7 Some 6 1/2 years after Robert Doney bludgeoned a 2-year-old Spokane girl as her mother pleaded for her life, the convicted murderer appeared in court to argue that a judge … 8

• Libraries can filter porn, Washington high court says

  May 6, 2010 in City OLYMPIA – Public libraries do not have to turn off their Internet filters for adult patrons who want to view pornography on library computers, the state Supreme Court said today.

• Wash. high court: Immigration status inadmissible

  April 15, 2010 in City The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that a man’s undocumented immigrant status in the U.S. should not have been introduced in a trial while the man sought damages in … 7

• Wash. high court: Can’t order governor to pay unions

  April 8, 2010 in City The state Supreme Court says it can’t force the governor to include a public employee union’s pay raises in the state budget. 1

• School salaries ruling nullified

  November 13, 2009 in City on Page A9 SEATTLE – Variation in the way Washington teachers and other school staff are paid does not pose a constitutional problem, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In overturning a King …

• Wash. Supreme Court overturns school salary ruling

  November 12, 2009 in City Variation in the way Washington teachers and other school staff are paid does not pose a constitutional problem, the Washington Supreme Court ruled today.

• Wash. court reins in warrantless car searches

  October 22, 2009 in City The state Supreme Court says police were wrong to search a man’s car after arresting him at home, even though he was standing next to the car with his head … 5

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