OLYMPIA -- A bill to offer tax breaks for the construction and outfitting of data centers in rural counties passed the House Tuesday, a day after it passed the Senate. Amendments to allow the tax breaks to be extended to other areas of the state,…
OLYMPIA -- A growing number of legislators say they will refuse the $90 per day they can receive for food and lodging during all or part of the special session.Twenty-one senators, out of the total of 49, have notified the secretary of the Senate they…
OLYMPIA -- Republican leaders of both house in the Legislature showed clear frustration with the pace -- or lack of it -- thus far in the special session.A few minutes after the state Senate recessed for the day, GOP leaders in the House and Senate…
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President Obama is predicting that Florida State will beat Gonzaga in the first round of the NCAA tournament.Obama released his NCAA picks today. He also expects Michigan State and Texas A & M to make it out of Spokane into the Sweet Sixteen.He says Kansas…
OLYMPIA--The Special Session goes into Day 3 with floor, with more than the usual amount of green shirts, blouses and ties on display, and some very bad attempts at an Irish brogue. Some St. Patrick's Day banter is being mixed in with fairly routine morning…
OLYMPIA -- Secretary of State Sam Reed will have cancer surgery Monday in Seattle, his office announced this morning. He's expected to return to work after a brief recovery period.Reed, 69, was diagnosed recently with the early stages of kidney cancer: "Thanks to early detection…
When Census forms arrive in the mail this week, remember, pride may be at stake.In the middle part of the last decade, fears rose that Spokane would lose its rank as Washington's second largest city. But Spokane ended the Aughts (is that what we're calling…
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