It was too close to call the victors late Tuesday in Central Valley School Board’s contentious and expensive races this year between conservative challengers and long-time incumbents.
Voters on Tuesday will decide if US cities and counties can bring more than $44 billion of bonds to the market to finance building and expanding hospitals, schools and roads.
Heading into election day this week, school board candidates in Spokane’s surrounding suburbs are raising money not often seen for a local volunteer board.
Candidates running for Zone 2 on the board that oversees the Lakeland Joint School District have opposing views on levies that divided the North Idaho school district earlier this year.
Lisa Brown and Nadine Woodward have won the August primary for the general election for Spokane mayor. But Spokane voters may have noticed a third candidate’s campaign signs appearing along Spokane streets.
Councilman Tom Sahlberg said believes Councilman Chris Cargill is violating Liberty Lake's code of ethics by refusing to vote for mayoral appointees and promising to vote against library budget requests.
Retired Coeur d’Alene police officer, former North Idaho College board member and incumbent City Councilwoman Christie Wood is preparing to defend her council seat against a far-right political newcomer in Tuesday’s election.
Spokane’s elections are the hottest game in the state for wealthy donors, local and national real estate groups, unions and others hoping to influence voters this November.
The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee is suing Coeur d’Alene Councilman Dan Gookin, alleging he defamed the organization by saying the political group has “rigged” its candidate “rating and vetting” process and violated campaign finance laws.
As the only incumbent in the two Coeur d’Alene public schools board of trustee races in this election, Heather Tenbrink hopes voters will give her four more years to carry out district initiatives.
Causes and candidates supported by conservatives are outraising and outspending the progressive opposition in nearly every race in Spokane this year. But not so for Measure 1, a 0.2% sales tax proposal on the general election ballot that would, in part, pay for two new jails, where the progressive opposition has outraised supporters 12 to 1.
A week before general election day, state elections officials reported they haven't been able to convince three Washington counties to install a security device that monitors county network traffic for threats.