Government

The chief executive officer of the Spokane YWCA was named Monday to be the director of Washington Women’s Commission.

Loren Culp, the Republican challenger for governor who bested other more experienced campaigners in Tuesday’s primary, can mark the starting point of his run as the day after the 2018 election.

OLYMPIA – Washington voters will likely get to choose from more than two candidates for president after Walmart cashier Alyson Kennedy and catering cook Malcolm Jarrett, of the Socialist Workers Party, filed petitions Friday to appear on the November ballot.

It just became a little bit easier to get a table at Perry Street Brewing.

OLYMPIA – A state rule for the minimum amount of water that must flow in the Spokane River was properly set, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The Spokane City Council and Mayor Nadine Woodward pledged Thursday to embark on a community-centered conversation on police reform.

OLYMPIA – New recommendations for reopening schools outline when – and whether – a school district should open to in-person learning in the fall.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is headed toward a matchup against Democrat Dave Wilson in the November election. 

Spokane County Commissioner Josh Kerns and his mother were threatened by an unidentified man while sign waving on the sidewalk in north Spokane Monday.

One of Washington’s most experienced politicians will square off against a first-time candidate for governor in the November general election.

Democrat Tom McGarry appears poised to challenge incumbent Republican State Rep. Jenny Graham for a seat representing District 6 in the state House of Representatives.

The first night of results show voters in the 4th Legislative District still support Republicans who have aligned themselves with controversial state Rep. Matt Shea over moderate challengers. 

A Democrat is almost guaranteed to be Washington’s next lieutenant governor.

Remember those ballots that showed up in the mail about two weeks ago? Today’s the last day to mark and turn them in.

Some workers who lost jobs because of the pandemic and have been waiting months for unemployment benefits will be getting checks soon, the state Employment Security Department said Monday. 

Ballot return statistics from the state elections office show that while returns are running significantly ahead of the 2016 state primary, only about one in five ballots had been returned as of Friday afternoon. Election Day is Tuesday. 

Spokane City Council President Breean Beggs proposes prohibiting the police use of neck restraints that restrict blood flow to a person’s brain, unless it is justified as a use of deadly force.