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A state rule that people can use a public restroom based on their gender identity rather than their anatomy will be reviewed by a joint legislative panel.
All the candidates who filed last week.
The Secretary of State's office says more than 832,000 of the presidential primary ballots have been returned.
Republican Senate candidate Chris Vance has moved the location of Monday evening's Spokane Valley town hall meeting to the New Live Church.
With political experts proclaiming the Republican nomination over and Democratic leaders saying they don’t give a damn about the results, voters might reasonably wonder if Washington’s presidential primary is about to be called on account of irrelevance.
Secretary of State's office says 12.8 percent of presidential primary ballots returned by Friday.
OLYMPIA – The Legislature made progress toward the court mandate to improve public schools, but didn’t set aside money for the fine the court opposed for past failures to meet that mandate, a special committee said Wednesday.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive."
Spokane Valley legislator didn't violate ethics rules by making trips to protests over federal land policies, board rules.
Also, we have the full audio of Trump's speech at the Spokane Convention Center on Saturday online.
It’s getting so a political junkie can’t watch cable news without some talking head proclaiming voters are angry. Duh. When aren’t American voters angry? It’s their natural state.
The 40-year-old private practice attorney said the three-member commission needs a strong, progressive voice that has been absent for the past few years.
Chris Vance, the chief Republican challenger for Washington's U.S. Senate seat, says he won't vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming primary or the general election.
Tina Podlodowski, Democratic candidate for Washington secretary of state, said incumbent Kim Wyman should cancel the presidential primary to save money. Problem is, Wyman doesn't have the authority to do that, and many of the ballots are already in the mail.
Rep. Timm Ormsby was named chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
Washington primary ballots go out just as the GOP race seems about to end.
Ian Field, the recently resigned press secretary for U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, is running for the Legislature.
In today's paper, I reported on a scathing letter written by Patrick Striker, the director of the city's Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, that called Mayor David Condon "aggressive and angry and threatening." Here's Striker's full email, unedited: The Mayor’s assistant scheduled a meeting...
Mementos of a presidential campaign get a little stranger every cycle.
Ted Cruz dropped out of the Republican presidential race, which means his Spokane rally is likely off.
Sen. Ted Cruz will hold a rally at the Spokane Convention Center Wednesday afternoon.
The Spokane Public School District is testing the water in all of its buildings in the wake of high lead levels discovered at several Tacoma schools. The state agencies, meanwhile, are launching a coordinated effort with local health departments, schools and utilities to reduce the risk of lead poisoning from drinking water and other sources.
When someone hits you up for your name on an initiative petition, how much of it do you read before deciding whether to sign? Some people probably read almost nothing, and sign just to get away from the signature gatherer. Others may read just the ballot title, or the first few lines or check out the signatures to see if there’s anyone they know.
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