It was difficult to catch any member of Congress on the television last week who wasn’t talking about doing what the American people want. The American people, it seems, want them to cut the deficit, increase jobs, not to raise taxes and to balance the…
OLYMPIA -- The likely leaders in Washington's 2012 governor's race "went nuclear" today, although on slightly different aspects of the nuke waste issue. Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, the likely Republican nominee for the job, announced in Seattle that he was filing new court action…
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who is often behind House Speaker John Boehner at public statements, was out front on CNN Thursday night being interviewed on the GOP plan by Piers Morgan. Who? You know, the guy with the British accent who replaced Larry King. (He…
Hardly anything is so common, yet goes so unnoticed, as toilet paper, a federal appeals court notes. And yet a dispute over toilet paper -- actually over the pattern on toilet paper, which may go even less noticed -- was worth a court case that…
Although the election is still 15 months away, Washington's gubernatorial race has a lofty ranking of No. 1. On the Politico list of top governor's races in the country. The political website put the match between Attorney General Rob McKenna and U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee…
When talking to House Republicans about an upcoming deficit reduction plan, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy reportedly showed members this scene from the movie "The Town" to get them to fall in line. Out of context, it may work fine. In the context of the movie,…
OLYMPIA -- An initiative to turn wholesale and retail liquor sales over to the private sector qualified for the ballot, state elections officials said Wednesday. Initiative 1183, sometimes called the Costco initiative because the discount retailer is among its most ardent supporters, passed a random…
Ballots for the Aug. 16 primary are in the mail, and should be showing up in the boxes of registered voters this week. Spokane County officials said they were sending out some 200,000 to voters around the county. But not every voter will get a…
Pushing people over the cliff to patriotic strains has become the "in" thing for advocacy groups in their commercials. Or maybe the most cliche' thing. First it was the Agenda Project, objecting to Rep. Paul Ryan's budget, with a grandmother in a wheelchair being pushed…
This doesn't take a crystal ball or Karnak the Great: The city of Spokane and some of its citizens groups are headed for a heated fight over the current police ombudsman's ordinance. The Center for Justice and others today are urging the city to appeal…
Gary Locke officially trades his commerce secretary hat for one that says "U.S. ambassador to China". The Senate unanimously confirmed his appointment to the post in Beijing. Here's the story on the main webpage.
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner both suggested contacting Congress in speeches Monday. That's fine. Contacting your congressperson is a right guaranteed under the First Amendment freedom to petition the government for redress of grievances. But exercising that right now may prove difficult.…
OLYMPIA -- Last week's allegations of signature fraud on petitions for Initiative 1163 have sparked a little back and forth between the intiative campaigns. For those not in rapt attention, the folks hired to pay for signatures for I-1163, which would reinstitute training and background…
OLYMPIA – A coalition of House Democrats and education advocates are asking the courts to void the supermajority required for tax increases, arguing that it’s an unconstitutional limit on legislative authority. State Republicans and the sponsor of initiatives that have repeatedly resulted in voters imposing…
The following was asked on The S-R's candidate questionnaire. Candidate Chris Bowen declined to submit a questionnaire. Here are the answers, which were allowed to be up to 150 words, from the five other people hoping to replace Bob Apple and represent Northeast Spokane on…
The following was asked on The S-R's candidate questionnaire. Candidate Chris Bowen declined to submit a questionnaire. Here are the answers, which were allowed to be up to 150 words, from the five other people hoping to replace Bob Apple and represent Northeast Spokane on…
The following was asked on The S-R's candidate questionnaire. Candidate Chris Bowen declined to submit a questionnaire. Here are the answers, which were allowed to be up to 150 words, from the five other people hoping to replace Bob Apple and represent Northeast Spokane on…
The following was asked on The S-R's candidate questionnaire. Candidate Chris Bowen declined to submit a questionnaire. Here are the answers, which were allowed to be up to 150 words, from the five other people hoping to replace Bob Apple and represent Northeast Spokane on…
The following was asked on The S-R's candidate questionnaire. Candidate Chris Bowen declined to submit a questionnaire. Here are the answers, which were allowed to be up to 150 words, from the five other people hoping to replace Bob Apple and represent Northeast Spokane on…
The following was asked on The S-R's candidate questionnaire. Candidate Chris Bowen declined to submit a questionnaire. Here are the answers, which were allowed to be up to 150 words, from the five other people hoping to replace Bob Apple and represent Northeast Spokane on…
Ballots for the Aug. 16 primary will be mailed next week, and The S-R's Election Center is up and running. That means voters can examine, campare and contrast the positions of Spokane candidates in the answers they submitted in our candidate questionnaire. All candidates for…
Spin Control won't have its usual volume of posting for the rest of the week. Jon Brunt will be blogging as time allows from Spokane, but Jim Camden is out of the office and away from all the fun at the Capitol.
Spokane city boundaries will expand by nearly 10 square miles on Jan. 1. The Spokane City Council on Monday unanimously approved the city’s West Plains annexation, which includes the Spokane International Airport. Monday’s vote was largely a formality. The city, Spokane County and Airway Heights…
Here it is. After Monday, it won't do you any good if you plan to vote in the Aug. 16 primary.
OLYMPIA – After almost two years living in Pugetopolis, I’m still surprised by things that highlight the big differences between the East Side and the Wet Side of the state. Take for example, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn’s proposal last week to address the problems with…
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