Former Rep. George Nethercutt, who pulled off his own dramatic unlikely Congressional victory 20 years ago unseating Speaker of the House Tom Foley, of Spokane, said Tuesday he could see parallels between his experience and that of David Brat. “It’s a message, as I look…
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee and folks from the state Department of Commerce are heading to jolly old England next month where Washington has a booth at the Farnborough Air Show. The United Kingdom and France sort of alternate the big European air shows, holding…
OLYMPIA – For the second year in a row, Gov. Jay Inslee won’t be able to make good on a post-election promise to come to Spokane to play in Hoopfest. Inslee, an admitted hoop-aholic, played in the 2012 tournament during the gubernatorial campaign, and made…
The Senate Energy and Environment Committee comes east for a June 17 hearing on possible legislation to control oil trains. Leaders of the House and Senate Joint Transportation Committees will talk about freight and regional transportation priorities the same day, then do two-day bus tour…
Central Washington's 4th Congressional District race may be so crowded that it can't quite hold all the candidate events for the campaign. Republican Janea Holmquist has a fund-raiser in Ellensburg this weekend, which is in Kittitas County. The flyer for the event says she's "worked…
OLYMPIA -- Businesses that offer health coverage to opposite-sex spouses must also offer it to same-sex spouses, state officials said today. Insurance plans must offer equal coverage to all spouses. Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and Human Rights Commission Executive Director Sharon…
The Colbert Report Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook Award-winning author Sherman Alexie and Stephen Colbert take on Amazon's control of book sales.
Inslee deploys a fire shelter during a practice session near the Capitol. OLYMPIA — With wildfire season approaching, Gov. Jay Inslee used an annual exercise to push for more controls on carbon emissions, saying forest fires will get worse in Washington if the nation doesn't…
The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook The Daily Show points out that it's not just conservatives who fight science. Liberals can be virulently anti-science, too, just not on the same topics.
OLYMPIA – The 2008 governor’s race probably slipped from most voters’ minds long ago. The winner, Democrat Christine Gregoire, retired from office in 2012 and the loser, Dino Rossi, seems headed for the status of elder statesman in the Republican Party. It was their second…
OLYMPIA -- Talia Anderson, a Port Angeles fifth grader, got a bit of a surprise when Secretary of State Kim Wyman showed up at school. She knew Wyman was going to speak to students Anderson didn't know Wyman was going to announce her artwork had…
Although soon-to-be former Spokane City Councilman Steve Salvatori famously gave up a full-time council assistant and made arrangements to send the $50,000 allocated for the position to worthwhile community causes instead, his replacement would still be able to hire one. Turns out that $20,000 of…
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst closed out his primary campaign with this upbeat disco themed commercial. He lost. Causation, correlation or coincidence? Discuss.
OLYMPIA -- Governors from Washington and Colorado sent a letter to federal banking officials trying to get them to get a move on and develop rules for recreational marijuana businesses. In their joint letter (insert expected marijuana joke here), Jay Inslee and John Hickenlooper reminded…
OLYMPIA -- Washington politicos may be looking toward the 2016 gubernatorial race, but the state Supreme Court will be looking backwards today to the 2008 race. The case in which a couple of former justices challenged the way the Building Industry Association of Washington helped…
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee raised eyebrows, and some blood pressures, among some legislative Republicans and other conservatives last week with comments about state worker salaries on the eve of contract talks. “It’s just clear to me that it’s unacceptable state employees have gone so…
Word of warning to Washington's recreational marijuana smokers with mad computer skills: Regardless of what you may have heard, you will not -- repeat NOT -- be welcomed with open arms at the FBI, even if you are a master hacker. During a recent Senate…
A bill requiring a state study of oil trains, which was introduced so late in the legislative session it didn't get a hearing, will get an airing next month in Spokane. The Senate Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Committee will use the Spokane City Council chambers…
OLYMPIA – Legislators’ recent report on how they will improve public education is so lousy they should be held in contempt, plaintiffs in the landmark case over school funding told the state Supreme Court. Maybe the court should levy fines, take control of the budget…
Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray and most other Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent the NFL a letter saying it's time to come up with a new name for the Washington Redskins. Cantwell followed it up with a speech on the Senate floor, urging the rest…
The Colbert Report Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook Stephen Colbert is a little late in weighing in on the Idaho gubernatorial debate, but last night managed to wrap Harley Brown and Walt Bays into a report on Tuesday's…
Normally, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers wouldn't be all smiles at a gathering headed by President Obama at the White House -- if she'd be there at all. Not so today, where she stopped by for Obama's salute to the Super Bowl champs and tweeted out…
Video from KIRO-TV President Obama had the Seattle Seahawks over to "the house' to give them congrats for winning the Super Bowl. For the text of his speech, go inside the blog.
An even dozen candidates are running for an open seat in Central Washington’s 4th Congressional District, making it the most crowded race in the state’s Aug. 5 primary. The district trends heavily Republican, and so did the candidate filings. Eight are Republicans, with two Democrats…
OLYMPIA -- With people who inspired her at her side and others she hoped to inspire in the audience, Mary Yu was sworn in this afternoon to a state Supreme Court a seat she's likely have for at least two years despite facing election this…
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