It looks like state Rep. Don Barlow, D-Spokane, is going to get a run for his money this year -- emphasis on money.Republican challengers Kevin Parker and Melvin Lindauer, according to new campaign finance reports, have raised $31,515 and $15,961 respectively. Barlow, who was subject…
The state GOP sounded the klaxons this afternoon, noting that Gov. Chris Gregoire's biodiesel campaign bus has...Oregon license plates. They included photos, which my colleague Jim Camden will soon post here."Gov. Gregoire has been making it harder and harder for businesses to survive here in…
Undeterred by her 33 percent showing against Democratic state Rep. Alex Wood two years ago, Spokane Republican Laura Carder has filed campaign paperwork for a rematch.She said she'd really like to see someone challenge state Sen. Lisa Brown, who's running for re-election in the same…
Via MSNBC comes this AP story about a Kansas video production company that for 30 years was Wal-Mart's in-house recorder of meetings and presentations.Wal-Mart ended the deal in 2006, a move that left Flagler Productions with an awful lot of video that unions and attorneys…
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