Today's fun video: JibJab looks at 2013
JibJab, the makers of personalized music videos take a look at the year that's almost over.
JibJab, the makers of personalized music videos take a look at the year that's almost over.
Richard Rush is returning to Spokane City Hall. After being tossed from office two years ago by Mike Allen, who won by just 88 votes, Rush has been hired by new Councilwoman Candace Mumm to serve as her full-time staff aide. Mumm called Rush, 62,…
Not the best Obama spoof in the world. But it's got a good beat, and he can dance to it.
Washington should severely cut the amount of marijuana that medical patients can possess, require them to register with the state, have annual medical checkups, and pay most of the same taxes as recreational users, a state agency recommended today. In a move sure to draw…
Gov. Jay Inslee proposed what he called a "hold stead budget in a get ready year." It has some mandatory increases in spending for mental health services for children, higher rates for family home child care providers and covering the costs of last season's wildfires.…
The Spokane City Council voted late Monday to delay a police ombudsman ordinance and a labor contract with the Police Guild in a pair of voice votes. The city clerk this morning confirmed that the vote to defer the ombudsman ordinance passed 5-2 with council…
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee will introduce his proposal for changes in the 2013-15 biennial budget this morning at 11 a.m. Inslee doesn't have much to work with. Forecasts for the remainder of the biennium project only slight changes in revenue, with continued slow economic…
President Obama provided plenty of grist for Saturday Night Live's mill last weekend, particularly for their open.
Boundary County, Idaho, is cutting the number of hours people can drop off garbage for the county landfill because of health care reform, the county said in a news release today. Here's how the news release put it: "Due to increased expenses of the Federally…
A recount that couldn’t change the winner also didn’t change the vote totals. Last week, Spokane City Council candidate John Ahern paid to have a partial recount in his race against incumbent Jon Snyder. Ahern, a former state representative, lost the race by 5,669 votes…
As of Friday, same-sex marriage has been legal in Washington for a year. So the obvious question is: How much worse off is your marriage now that men can marry men and women can marry women? Couples who tied the knot in the last 365…
OLYMPIA – The tab for last month’s three-day special session to approve tax breaks for Boeing stands at $28,626 and counting, the most recent reports filed by legislators show. Requests for the $90 per diem that legislators can claim have been processed, with some filling…
There's still time to try to win something through That's News to You, the newspaper's weekly news quiz. As a discerning reader of Spin Control, you might do pretty well. And even better if you know a few of the "tricks of the trade." A…
Washington has received 230 license applications for recreational marijuana stores. As the map shows, many are concentrated between Everett and Tacoma -- no surprise because that's where the state's population is concentrated. But the proposals for stores are also starting to dot the rest of…
Map courtesy of Gina Boysun, Spokesman.com Online Director. The demand for licenses to grow legal marijuana in Washington is growing -- if you'll forgive the expression -- like a weed. In the first two weeks that it has been accepting license applications for marijuana businesses,…
The official lighting of the Capitol Christmas trees, starring a spruce from Eastern Washington, took place last night with House Speaker John Boehner almost getting upstaged by the cute kid chosen to help flip the switch. He should remember W.C. Fields dictum: Never work with…
The second week of applications for marijuana business licenses are in, and Eastern Washington has its share of would be pot entrepreneurs. Pot-trepreneurs? This map shows the addresses on applications for retail stores,represented by the red push pins, small and medium size growing operations of…
Former state Rep. John Ahern, who lost his race against incumbent Councilman Jon Snyder by a nearly 2-to-1 margin is questioning how he could have performed so poorly. Ahern is requesting a partial recount in the race just to "double-check" the accuracy of the ballot…
A Spokane City Council candidate who lost big in his attempt to unseat incumbent Councilman Jon Snyder is demanding a recount. John Ahern, a former state representative, sent a letter to the Spokane County Auditor’s Office on Monday requesting that four precincts be recounted. A…
Greater Spokane Inc. will hold its annual legislative forum and reception Wednesday afternoon at the Davenport Hotel, where a quartet of legislators is expected to talk about two sessions: the upcoming 2014 regular session and a possible special session for transportation that may or may…
Spokane County Republican precinct officers in the 4th Legislative District have to pick a replacement for Rep. Larry Crouse, who is retiring this month with a year left on his term. There are five would-be legislators eager for the job, but only three can be…
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