An advocate for improving the city's urban forest has been nominated by Mayor Mary Verner to serve on the Spokane Park Board.Susan M. Ross Traver, a board member of Spokane Preservation Advocates, was selected from a dozen people considered for the job, said Marlene Feist,…
OLYMPIA -- Supporters of an initiative to put an income tax on people who make more than $200,000 may have the signatures to make the Nov. 2 ballot.The Initiative 1098 folks have informed the Secretary of State's office they'll be bringing in an estimated 325,000…
Gov. Chris Gregoire answers a question during a press conference Thursday. Staff photo by Jim CamdenOLYMPIA -- Facing a shortfall of $3 billion in the next biennium, the state has to come up with a new way of writing budgets, Gov. Chris Gregoire said today.She…
OLYMPIA -- Round One in the fight over names on initiative petitions goes to the state.The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning in Doe v. Reed that the First Amendment is not a barrier to the state releasing the names of people who sign initiatives…
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