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Attorney general candidates debate

Two candidates for state attorney general agreed on a few things in their first debate. Both support same-sex marriage. Both oppose legalizing marijuana for recreational use but support it for medical use. Both would press the federal government to keep to the schedule of cleaning up the waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Many distinctions drawn in first Inslee-McKenna debate

Many distinctions drawn in first Inslee-McKenna debate

Gov, AG debates today in Spokane

Gov, AG debates today in Spokane

Forgeries suspected among R-74 signatures

OLYMPIA – Some 1,000 signatures submitted to put the same-sex marriage law on the November ballot are suspected forgeries, state officials said Monday. State elections workers checking petitions for Referendum 74 flagged a total of 51 sheets where the signatures looked similar. Checking the signatures on the petitions with the signatures the state has on file for all voters produced 1,001 signatures that don’t match the official records.

Referendum signatures forged

Referendum signatures forged

Sunday Spin: Gov campaign heads for Spokane

Sunday Spin: Gov campaign heads for Spokane

Chickpeas and lentils may get farm bill boost

Jim Thompson, of Farmington, Wash., has raised peas and lentils for more than 20 years and has seen an increase in worldwide demand for both in the last decade. “Thanks to that, the price was fairly strong in recent years,” Thompson said recently.

Amid Farm Bill cuts, chickpeas and lentils may get a boost

WASHINGTON - Jim Thompson of Farmington has raised peas and lentils for more than 20 years and has seen an increase in worldwide demand for both in the last decade. “Thanks to that, the price was fairly strong in recent years,” Thompson said recently.

Cantwell asks for investigation into refineries

WASHINGTON - West Coast oil refiners cut gasoline production after a fire earlier this year at a Washington state refinery, creating a supply shortage that’s left West Coast motorists now paying very high prices at a time when the rest of the nation is seeing prices plunge, according to an influential senator and a veteran energy analyst.

Roskelley challenge dismissed

Roskelley challenge dismissed

Inslee campaign complains about AWB donor

Inslee campaign complains about AWB donor

Romney stopping somewhere in WA today, with McMorris Rodgers

Romney stopping somewhere in WA today, with McMorris Rodgers

TNT: Demo convention attendance light

TNT: Demo convention attendance light

Conservative precincts added into Democratic stronghold

For 20 years, Francis Avenue has been the northernmost boundary of Spokane’s 3rd Legislative District, marking the dividing line between the reliably Republican 6th District and the strongly Democratic 3rd. That’s basically still true for north Spokane voters as they prepare for the Aug. 7 primary in new districts drawn after the 2010 census. With one exception.

GOP activist targeting tribal sovereignty again

Is the Washington state Republican Party taking another misguided run at tribal sovereignty? They are, if Bob Eberle and his fellow Skagit County Republicans have anything to say about it.

Inslee, McKenna split on gay marriage

Gay marriage in Washington state is all but certain to be decided by voters in November, but the state’s gubernatorial candidates will be offsetting each other’s votes on whether to uphold the new law approving same-sex unions.

Romney/Paul split weighing on county GOP

A battle for control of the Spokane County Republican Party is being waged at the neighborhood level in the August primary. Competing factions of conservative Republicans are vying for the most basic, and often overlooked, positions elected in either party: precinct committee officers. They’re jobs with no pay, limited authority and the potential for significant demands on the office holder’s time.

Romney’s Mormon mission partner recalls time in Paris

Romney’s Mormon mission partner recalls time in Paris

Gregoire pushes education funding to center of debate

Gregoire pushes education funding to center of debate

Parker again without challenger

Parker again without challenger