The operator of the Spokane County Raceway insists he has no plans to shut down the track or shorten the racing season, and all contractors will be paid for work done at the county-owned facility. Bucky Austin met Monday with County Commissioner Todd Mielke, plus…
This will probably come as no huge surprised to anyone watching politics in Spokane, but Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich is running for re-election.Knezovich filed paperwork with the Public Disclosure Commission at the beginning of the year, but even incumbents who don't plan to run again do…
This music video comes courtesy of reader and colleague Reiko Tateya in Yokohama, Japan, who brought to our attention a fun Web site that creates a song a day. Today's song is about Sarah Palin calling it quits. Thanks Reiko!And for those who slept th…
There's a switchblade fight going on in Congress. Depending on who wins, North Idaho could bleed jobs at some point.This is not some latter day version of the Sharks and the Jets, minus the choreography. It's even nastier than some back alley knife fight, because…
John Hodgeman administers the ultimate nerd test to Barack Obama at the Radio and TV Correspondents Dinner. Can the president pass?
Happy Independence Day. Spin Control is taking the day off, but if you’ve put out the flag, packed the cooler and bought the fireworks, only one question remains: Just how much do you really know about American history? The real history, that is – not…
Tim Eyman's Initiative 1033 is the only one that bothered to turn in signatures yesterday to the Secretary of State's office. Because today is a holiday, that means it's the only initiative with a chance to make it to the ballot.Among those left in the…
In honor of the three-day holiday, and as a sign of laziness, Spin Control is rerunning last lyear's July 4th Quiz. A new quiz is coming Saturday.So you think you’re a good patriot. You wear a flag pin on your pajamas, know that the last…
Tim Eyman's latest effort, Initiative 1033, appears headed for the November ballot. Eyman reports a few minutes ago that they have turned in more than 314,000 signatures, which is far more than the requirement of about 249,000 or the cushion of 292,000 they were shooting…
Politicians and local business persons are gathering Thursday morning in an effort to convince the Shiners to keep their Spokane hospital open.It will be bipartisan, with Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican, in front of the hospital building on…
If you were otherwise occupied, Iraq, Minnesota and the South Carolina governor topped the news on Tuesday. Catch up courtesy of TalkingPointsMemo.
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