Early in his term, Mayor David Condon appeared frustrated with the city’s ability to stay in touch with its citizens. “It should be easier to contact the mayor and to get back to you,” Condon said in a televised call-in show with the mayor and…
The campaign for Initiative 502, which would legalize some marijuana use, announced three "name" supporters Tuesday. State Sen. Lisa Brown. Spokane Council President Ben Stuckart. The Rev. Happy Watkins. Brown and Stuckart aren't big surprises, considering they've supported medical marijuana measures in the past. I-502…
A poll purports to be able to tell whether you're likely to support Barack Obama or Mitt Romney by your preferences to things like movies, cars or pets. Of course, it could just ask who you plan to vote for. But that wouldn't be any…
OLYMPIA -- All of the "new media" opportunities for candidates in their staffs have a downside, the Rob McKenna campaign discovered this week. There are now more ways to do something stupid, and get caught at it, and have it come back months later to…
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers made the cover of a national magazine, and landed on its Top 25 list. She's sharing the list and the cover with some pretty high profile Democrats. And while the cover of National Journal is not the cover of the Rolling…
OLYMPIA – To the unpracticed political eye, the dog days of summer might have been declared last week when what’s left of the Capitol press corps showed up for the swearing-in of a replacement legislator who might never cast a vote from the floor of…
OLYMPIA -- The state Supreme Court agreed to fast-track an appeal of a case involving the two-thirds majority for tax increases that voters have imposed through initiatives. The high court said today it will hear the appeal of a challenge to the law by the…
More than 250 people attended a fundraiser for Republican candidate for governer Rob McKenna in Spokane County Wednesday evening. The event featured Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and was held at the home of Mike and Pam Senske, who live southeast of the city of Spokane,…
The frontrunner to be the Republican nominee for Washington governor brought a GOP star to Spokane on Wednesday to help raise money for his campaign. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal – often listed as a potential vice presidential nominee this year as well as in 2008…
OLYMPIA -- First former Sen. Cheryl Pflug criticized the appointment of Dino Rossi to her old seat (which was his seat before it was hers). Then State GOP Chairman Kirby Wilbur criticized Pflug for criticizing the appointment. Today, Pflug fires back at Wilbur in an…
OLYMPIA -- Supporters of a ballot measure to put charter schools on the Washington ballot for the fourth time paid more than $2 million to an out-of-state firm to gather the signatures that virtually assure them of a vote. Reports filed with the state Public…
Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson swears in Dino Rossi to a state Senate seat. OLYMPIA -- Republican Dino Rossi is back in his old Senate seat for five months after being sworn in this afternoon in by Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson. Rossi was appointed…
OLYMPIA — Between the courts and Congress, operators of roll-your-own cigarette machines in Washington are essentially out of business for the foreseeable future. Read the story on the main website by clicking here.
OLYMPIA -- Dino Rossi is once again a state senator. The King County Council voted today to appoint Rossi -- the former GOP standard bearer for governor in 2004 and 2008, and for U.S. Senate in 2010 -- to an opening in the Senate. The…
Today is the deadline for the easiest way to register to vote. That is, online or by mail. Yes, there is another deadline, later this month, for people who are willing to make the trip to their local county elections office and sign up in…
Is Monday, July 9. You can sign up online. Click here, and follow the instructions.
OLYMPIA – In a world of e-mails and Twitter tweets, it’s usually nice to get a real letter. Except, maybe, if it’s a letter telling you to do something that you’ve already said you aren’t gonna do, or not do something you’ve said you will.…
Friday’s deadline for turning in initiatives demonstrated clearly that letting voters approve legislation at the ballot box might still be an exercise of government of the people, but getting a measure on the ballot is all about money. Of some 55 proposals that were filed…
TVW and the Secretary of State's office have put together a video voter's guide for statewide candidates on the Aug. 7 primary election. For voters who want to see the candidates before making a choice, here's your chance. If the video is taking too long…
Photo from skyfurrow.webs.com OLYMPIA -- A Tacoma man asked an insurance company to reimburse him for his cat that he said died in a car accident caused by a person they covered. Even though PEMCO had already settled the claim on the two-and -a- half…
BuzzFeed has compiled its list of the 10 best political ads of the year so far. Or, they may be the 10 worst, depending on your outlook. The one above is No. 1, but the others are pretty good, too and can be found at…
July 4th is a day for getting together with friends and family, tossing back a few cold ones and grilling a few hot dogs and watching things go Ka-Boom in the night sky. But before you go painting the town red-white-and-blue, test your Yankee-Doodle-ness with…
OLYMPIA -- Signed petitions on an initiative to reiterate the supermajority needed for the Legislature to approve tax increases will be turned in Friday morning. Tim Eyman and other sponsors of Initiative 1185 will be carting boxes of petitions into the Secretary of State's Elections…
OLYMPIA -- Supporters of a ballot initiative that would allow public school districts to create charter schools will turn in signatures Friday morning. The Secretary of State's office said this morning the campaign for Initiative 1240 will deliver their petitions to the Elections Division office…
OLYMPIA -- In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have a split in their party's candidates for governor. Attorney General Rob McKenna, by far the GOP frontrunner for governor, joined one of the key lawsuits that because…
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