Didn't take long for the anti-minimum wage folks to counter with a video of their own to Funny or Die's Mary Poppins parody. Decide for yourself which you like better in terms of economic philosophy and artistic presentation.
It's almost always a bad idea to make a reference to Nazis in any contemporary American political debate because it shifts the focus away from the issue at hand and onto the rightness or wrongness of the analogy. That's what's happening for opponents of Initiative…
Mary Poppins Quits with Kristen Bell from Funny Or Die Funny or Die's video shows how Mary Poppins would come out in support of a higher minimum wage.
Today (July 28) is the last day to sign up to vote in the primary for eligible Washington residents who aren’t yet registered. Who’s eligible? You’ll have to be 18 by Aug. 5, an American citizen, and not someone whose voting rights have been revoked…
OLYMPIA – With Washington’s primary a mere 10 days away, the big question – after who’ll survive and go to the general election, of course – is how many voters will bother to cast ballots. It’s a common question around the country, as a recent…
OLYMPIA -- The ban on most outdoor and agricultural burning in 20 Eastern Washington counties was extended for another week. The ban, ordered last week by Gov. Jay Inslee, was set to expire at noon today. But with wildfires still burning east of the Cascades,…
OLYMPIA – Renters who have been wrongly sued by their landlords can't have their names hidden in court records to prevent possible problems with finding future housing, the state Supreme Court said Thursday. Public interest in the judicial system outweighs renters' rights to privacy, a…
Sen. Patty Murray tells the Senate some of the details of the wildfires in Central and Eastern Washington, makes pitch for emergency aid to move through.
Slightly more than 30,000 ballots for the Aug. 5 primary have been returned to the Spokane County elections office. That pushes turnout -- or turn in, to be more precise -- to about 10.5 percent countywide. County Elections Manager Mike McLaughlin said the county is…
The League of Women Voters of Washington wants supporters of a gun-rights initiative to denounce the unknown group that left used targets at or near their office. But supporters of Initiative 591 called the incidents a "propaganda stunt" the good government group is milking to…
About a third of American adults believe the JFK assassination was pulled off by a conspiracy, a new survey suggests. About the same number say he was the victim of a lone gunman. Rasmussen Reports surveyed more than 1,000 Americans on some of the most…
President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration this morning that offers federal aid to Central Washington areas hard hit by wildfires. It authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate relief efforts in Chelan and Okanogan counties and on the Colville Reservation. Obama had promised…
SEATTLE – The federal government will provide emergency assistance to help restore electricity in areas of Central Washington where wild fires have knocked out power, Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday. Inslee got a promise of emergency assistance that will include generators, replacing burned out lines…
The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook The Daily Show's Jon Stewart skewers talking head news types who compare Barack Obama to Ronald Reagan's response to the Soviet shoot-down of a jetliner without checking the facts.
Spokane County's unemployment rated dropped by 1 percent in June, nearing the state average as it fell to 5.6 percent. The Washington Employment Security Department released its monthly unemployment report this morning, which shows unemployment in Spokane County at the lowest point since October 2008.…
Gov. Jay Inslee will brief President Obama on the fires in Central Washington as the two drive into Seattle this afternoon. Obama, Air Force One and the traveling White House press corps are due in to Boeing Field at mid-afternoon, and the president will motorcade…
President Obama’s campaign apparatus e-mails almost every day asking for money, but perhaps because I never give him any, he never calls to ask for advice. That’s OK. I have some for him anyway, unsolicited. Don’t pop in and out of Seattle this week like…
President Barack Obama is planning a fund-raising visit to Seattle on Tuesday. Quick in and out on the way to more fund-raising in California. As with previous visits, it's likely to tie up traffic in the Puget Sound during his coming and going to the…
OLYMPIA -- Legal marijuana stores won't be able to sell lollipops, gummy bears or other candies infused with the drug, but will be able to sell properly labelled brownies and cookies, a state agency decided today. The Liquor Control Board approved rules for marijuana-infused food…
How many of these infractions, misdemeanors and felonies have you committed? And yes, Weird Al probably made better use of this tune than Robin Thicke.
Govs. Jay Inslee and Butch Otter signed on to a letter Tuesday urging Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, but the owner of a Palouse company sometimes listed as a local beneficiary of the institution says the United States should let it go out of…
County elections offices around the state will begin mailing out ballots Wednesday to the state's voters. Spokane County elections officials say they will be mailing out more than 275,000 in two batches, Wednesday and Thursday. If you are registered to vote and don't get a…
If you're tired of watching two people trying to shout over each other on cable news, this CNBC clip shows what happens when you don't fight fire with fire. When you fight fire with water, and keep it up, water wins.
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee is returning from the Farnborough Air Show in Great Britain, but it would seem none of the British reserve rubbed off on him during his short stay there. Asked during a telephonic press conference this morning how the air show…
Firearms may be a great accessory for campaign ads, but apparently not if you are a Democrat running for Congress in Central Washington's 4th Congressional District. Estakio Beltran, one of two Democrats and 12 candidates overall running for the open seat in the 4th, announced…
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