If you missed Wednesday's presidential debate (and let's face it, some of us had other things to do last night) you can get enough of it to join in today's water cooler and coffee break discussions with a video from BuzzFeed. Sorry, but the embed…
Viewers of the presidential debate Wednesday night might have felt like they were drowning in facts and figures at some point. There were $5 trillion deficits and $2 trillion defense expenditures and $716 billion Medicare cuts and a question of whether Medicare was going to…
State Sen. Mike Baumgartner, who is running for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Maria Cantwell, today announced support for a state initiative that would legalize marijuana for personal use in Washington. The Spokane Republican said it was time for a new approach to the nation's…
For some people, watching the presidential debate is a private affair. For others, it's a good excuse for a party. If you are among the latter, there are two "debate watch parties" in the Spokane area for this evening's presidential debate. Democrats will hold their…
The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Jon Stewart looks at the "lowered expectations" game the two presidential campaigns are playing.
Rob McKenna began his opening statement in Spanish. Jay Inslee talked of “bucking hay” and working to pass a levy to build a local high school. And while Washington’s two gubernatorial candidates mostly continued long-running arguments over jobs, health care and school funding, Tuesday night’s…
Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee go mano-a-mano tonight at 7 p.m. in Yakima in front of the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce convention. It will be the third gubernatorial debate, the second since the primary election, and the first in Yakima that anyone can remember. You…
Bet you didn't know Wednesday is International Walk to School Day. The Spokane Regional Health District says it is, and it's the district's job to keep track of such things. It's an effort to get more parents to tell their kids to use their own…
OLYMPIA -- Washington residents who are would-be voters but aren't registered still have time to sign up and be eligible to cast a ballot for president, governor or any or all of the other offices and measures on the state's long and interesting ballot. But…
This may be the most off-the-wall campaign ad of the 2012 cycle. It's from Republican John Dennis, a long-shot challenger to Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, and features a sheep, some Zombies and, well, just a lot of unusual stuff. Dennis apparently decided to use…
Break out the giant scissors. We're having a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the North Spokane Corridor. Make that another ribbon-cutting ceremony. Today at 11 a.m., the powers that be will be holding a "Celebration of Progress" for the much-discussed roadway, a thoroughfare so deeply ingrained in…
Gubernatorial candidates Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee debate tomorrow evening in Yakima. The debate is being co-sponsored by the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, and is happening during their convention. The other co-sponsor is KCTS-TV, the public television station in Seattle. It will be carried live…
A local GOP group will use billboards, cable TV and newspaper ads in an effort to highlight their differences with Democrats this campaign season. The Republicans of Spokane County -- which is not to be confused with the official Spokane County Republican Party, although it…
A vice presidential candidate is making stops in Spokane tonight and Cheney tomorrow. But it's not Joe Biden or Paul Ryan. Instead, it's Libertarian Party nominee Jim Gray, a former California judge, who shares that party's ticket with former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson. Gray…
Nancy McLaughlin's campaign for state Senate greatly exaggerated her opponent's stance on income taxes. So much so, that she apologized to Democrat Andy Billig for the falsehoods her campaign used in literature during the primary after a complaint was filed with the state's Public Disclosure…
The West Central Neighborhood Council wanted restrictions on the sale of high-octane beer and now it doesn’t. But while council members used the council’s support as a reason to create a voluntary Alcohol Impact Area in West Central, the neighborhood’s change of heart won’t make…
It will be harder next year to qualify for tax subsidies to build apartments and condos in Spokane. The Spokane City Council on Monday reauthorized Spokane’s multifamily tax exemption for another five years. The decision significantly reduced the areas that will qualify for the subsidy…
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, on Thursday backed a proposal creating a national park at three sites central to the creation of atomic weapons, including Hanford. The vote was bipartisan in its support and opposition. It failed 237-180. It needed supermajority support to move…
OLYMPIA -- Washington's revenue forecast was up just slightly for the rest of this biennium, and through the next two-year budget cycle, a state panel was told this afternoon. On the upside, construction is improving and employment should slowly rise, although it won't get back…
The pre-debate debate continues: President Obama on Letterman last night talked about Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments. Romney, in a guest column in USA Today, criticized Obama's policies as creating dependency. Read the column here. Not sure what all this is about? See the original…
Not shockingly, the Democrat challenging state Rep. Matt Shea's reelection bid made it extremely clear this week that she will highlight Shea's charge for carrying a loaded weapon in his pickup without a concealed weapons permit in the fall campaign. Amy Biviano's campaign mailed ads…
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire is extending the fire emergency for all counties east of the Cascade Crest, which means the Washington National Guard will continue to help fighting wildfires and the burn ban stays in effect until at least next Monday at midnight. Gregoire…
In case you're wondering what exactly GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said at a fundraiser in May about Barack Obama's supporters, here is the video clip, courtesy of Mother Jones: Here is his explanation Monday night of how he could've used better words in his…
The marker commemorating the Bicentennial of the Constitution, which would have been in Sept. 17, 1987, can be found on the northwest side of the Thomas S. Foley U.S. Courthouse in downtown Spokane, Main and Riverside. It's across the street from the big statue of…
It's only 50 days to election, which means there are about 47 days for Saturday Night Live to find good political material for their opening sketches. They've got a new Obama this year in Jay Pharoah -- Fred Armisen did a good handoff -- but…
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