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Effort to remove Shea likely over after no Republicans sign House letter calling for expulsion

Thu., Feb. 20, 2020

House members are being asked to sign a letter calling for their leaders to begin the process of expelling Spokane Valley Rep. Matt Shea.

House Democrats may skip further actions against Shea

Tue., Jan. 21, 2020

House Democrats may not take further action against Spokane Valley Rep. Matt Shea unless they get enough Republican support for expulsion, their leaders said Tuesday.

Rep. Matt Shea wants to call witnesses to prove accusations false

Fri., Jan. 10, 2020

Rep. Matt Shea says he wants to face accusers, call witnesses.

Calls for Shea resignation continue but House leaders don’t have backup plan

Fri., Jan. 10, 2020

Legislative leaders and Gov. Jay Inslee repeated calls for Rep. Matt Shea to resign. But since he has said he won’t, their next step remains unclear.

House leaders unsure of next step involving Matt Shea

Tue., Jan. 7, 2020

Next step in legislative action concerning Rep. Matt Shea uncertain, but expulsion creates a high hurdle.

With Shea under investigation, a look back at the only Washington House member ever expelled

Sun., Sept. 1, 2019

As critics and supporters of Rep. Matt Shea await the findings of an independent investigation of the Spokane Valley Republican, they should know one thing: When voters send a person to Olympia, it’s extremely rare that legislators permanently send them home.

Russia responds quid pro quo to diplomats’ expulsions

Thu., March 29, 2018

Russia announced the expulsion of more than 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans, on Thursday and said it was closing a U.S. consulate in retaliation for the wave of Western expulsions of Russian diplomats over the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in Britain.

Yale alumni contribute to star athlete’s sex-expulsion case

Sat., Dec. 2, 2017

Yale University alumni are helping pay the legal costs of a former basketball star who is fighting his expulsion for sexual misconduct.

Brushing off Putin, Trump says fewer diplomats saves money

Thu., Aug. 10, 2017

BEDMINISTER, N.J. (AP) – President Donald Trump is brushing off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to expel hundreds of U.S. diplomatic employees from Russia. In remarks to reporters, Trump dismissed Putin’s move, saying it would “cut down our payroll” at the State Department” and “save a lot of money.”

Spokane elementary school student expelled for allegedly bringing a gun to bus stop

Thu., Oct. 15, 2015

A Logan Elementary student brought a gun to a school bus stop Wednesday morning, according to Spokane Public School officials. The 9-year-old boy was expelled later that day.

Teen expelled, jailed for allegedly threatening to kill classmates

Mon., Dec. 23, 2013

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office said it arrested a 14-year-old boy over the weekend after he made threats to kill classmates and a teacher at East Valley High School last week. The boy is being held in juvenile detention on a harassment charge after being expelled from the school.