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News >  Spokane

Democrats complaint over GOP voter guide rejected by state elections officials

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 30, 2018

A Republican voter guide in Stevens County draws complaints from state Democrats, but Washington elections officials say it doesn’t look enough like the state guide to run afoul of the law.

News >  Spokane

Ballot returns top 100,000 in Spokane County

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 30, 2018

Record ballot returns in Spokane County continue.

News >  WA Government

Spin Control: Breaking with trend, campaign coffers relatively low in Spokane’s 6th District race

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 28, 2018

For many years, Spokane’s 6th Legislative District could be counted on for two things.

News >  WA Government

Spokane voting heavy in early balloting

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 25, 2018

Spokane County Elections Office seeing record returns of ballots in early voting.

News >  Washington

Washington Supreme Court upholds most of charter school law

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 25, 2018

Charter schools are mostly constitutional in Washington, a divided state Supreme Court said Thursday, and one problem area that a majority of the court found can be split from the law to allow them to continue operating for some 1,000 students in Spokane.

News >  Spokane

State regulators have tough questions regarding Avista sale to Canadian utility

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 23, 2018

Proposed Avista sale to Hydro One prompts tough questions from regulators after Canadian utility’s management shakeup.

News >  Spokane

Spokane County reports unprecedented early returns of ballots

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 23, 2018

The first Monday after ballots were sent out for the November election brought thousands of returns, including one with a bite out of it.

News >  Spokane

Progressive groups file complaint over phony write-in ads

Tue., Oct. 23, 2018

Groups supporting Jessa Lewis and other Democratic candidates targeted with ads urging write-in votes for people who aren’t seeking that office filed a complaint with the Public Disclosure Commission. The complaint is unlikely to be resolved before the Nov. 6 election.

News >  Spokane

Spin Control: Campaigns ramp up as ballots hit the mail

Sun., Oct. 21, 2018

With ballots in the mail, expect campaigning to ramp up and stay there for a couple of weeks.

News >  Local Government

Ads from independent group urging Pakootas write-in called ‘stunningly misleading’

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 20, 2018

Independent group mails out ads asking voters in Spokane’s 6th Legislative District to write in a candidate who isn’t running.

News >  Washington

Washington Supreme Court rules sentencing youth to life without parole is unconstitutional

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 18, 2018

A split Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sentencing juveniles convicted of murder to life in prison without parole is unconstitutional.

News >  Spokane

Brace for an ad onslaught as big money pours into initiative campaigns

Thu., Oct. 18, 2018

Millions of dollars pour into initiative campaigns, fueling ads on television, the internet and in the mailbox.

News >  Military

World War II vet on tour with 50-state goal

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 17, 2018

World War II veteran with a goal of visiting very state and meeting each governor crosses Washington off his list.

News >  Washington

Washington elections safest from hackers, state officials insist

Wed., Oct. 17, 2018

As Washington counties prepare to mail out ballots, state officials say the voting system is among nation’s safest.

News >  Spokane

Paul Allen backed initiatives and candidates

Tue., Oct. 16, 2018

Paul G. Allen backed gun control and animal protection measures and was a bipartisan supporter of candidates

News >  WA Government

Advisory Vote 19 involves a tax on crude oil

Mon., Oct. 15, 2018

Washington voters will get a chance in the November election to show their support or opposition to a tax the Legislature imposed on oil being brought to state refineries by pipelines.

News >  Spokane

Washington’s capitol gets a clean dome

Sun., Oct. 14, 2018

Capitol dome brightens in the midst of a $3.4 million cleaning.

News >  Spokane

Up for debate: Are political debates really debates?

Sat., Oct. 13, 2018

Are political debates really debates? In the strictest sense, not exactly.

News >  Washington

Washington Supreme Court tosses out state’s death penalty

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 11, 2018

Washington state’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the death penalty, as applied, violates its Constitution.

News >  WA Government

Legislators ‘not that special’ when it comes to public records law, media lawyers say

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 9, 2018

Washington law has hundreds of exemptions to the Public Records Act that would likely allow legislators to protect sensitive information, attorneys who specialize in media law told a task force.

News >  WA Government

U.S. Senate candidates debate taxes, guns, civility

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 8, 2018

Maria Cantwell and Susan Hutchison clash on taxes, guns and the Kavanaugh hearings during their first debate.

News >  WA Government

Maria Cantwell seeking fourth term in U.S. Senate in race against Susan Hutchison

Sun., Sept. 23, 2018

Republican challenger Susan Hutchison has a tough assignment in a campaign against three-term incumbent Sen. Maria Cantwell.

News >  WA Government

Spin Control: Wrapup from the primary: Recount challenges and the biggest loser

Sun., Sept. 23, 2018

Recount of key precincts showed no changes. Now candidates may challenge the process.

News >  Washington

I-1634 would ban new local taxes on all groceries, including soda

Fri., Sept. 21, 2018

Soda industry backs an initiative that would keep local governments from putting taxes on soda or groceries.

News >  Washington

Feds agree to protect Hanford workers from dangerous gases

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 19, 2018

The federal government will try to control, capture and eliminate dangerous vapors coming out of the nuclear waste tanks on the Hanford Reservation as a way to avoid a pending legal battle with Washington. An agreement between the state and the Department of Energy announced Wednesday calls for a series of immediate steps to protect people who work around the tanks and long-term strategies to reduce the vapors.