Dwight Pelz, a former state senator and King County councilman, will step down as chairman of the state Democratic Party in February. Pelz notified party officials Monday that he plans to resign after eight years as chairman, allowing the central committee to pick a new…
OLYMPIA -- Washington state will debut its web site to help people find medical insurance under Obamacare on Tuesday even if the federal government is forced into a shutdown over health care reform, Gov. Jay Inslee said. Some state workers might be furloughed, some job…
Signup for the Affordable Care Act begins tomorrow, but Saturday Night Live offered its take over the weekend on why health care reform is so necessary. Included is a cameo shout out to the final episode of "Breaking Bad", which in a sense was the…
OLYMPIA – The political tempest blowing through the Puget Sound last week is the cautionary tale of Michael King and his apparent raids on the treasuries of political action committees set up to elect Democrats to the state Senate. King was charged last week with…
Spokane’s alleged Fast Food Bandit won’t get a new trial because of a problem with the instructions the jury received before it convicted him of robbery and kidnapping in 2003. Benjamin B. Brockie was accused by police of being responsible for a string of fast-food…
The opening salvo in the battle over the proposal to label genetically modified foods includes ammunition that hit the mark last year in California: Food you buy for Rover would have to be labeled if it contains those products, recent commercials for opponents say, but…
Sen. Ted Cruz resorted to "Green Eggs and Ham" to argue against the vote on adding money for Obamacare back into the resolution to keep the government going. It may be one of the most dramatic readings of Sam I Am's denials ever witnessed. He…
People interested in talking to their elected officials, asking them what they are thinking -- or "What were you THINKING? -- will have several chances in the coming weeks. On the schedule so far: Today: 3rd Legislative District delegation holds "mobile office" meeting for the…
Visitors to state parks won't need a Discover Pass on Saturday as the system holds one of its free days in honor of National Public Lands Day. That means you won't need a $10 day pass or the $30 seasonal pass to go to one…
A Senate committee's hearings to let the public suggest what to do about the state's transportation problems are proving so popular that the Spokane session is being moved to a bigger venue. The Transportation Committee's "feedback forum" will be at the Central Valley High School…
Alarm over potential Fairchild encroachment is being sounded so often and by so many and over so much these days that it's at risk of becoming a bad Spokane punch line. Don't like the new paint job on your neighbor's house? Argue that it creates…
Inslee says digging to resume soon. OLYMPIA -- The longshoremen's union removed pickets from the site of Seattle's tunnel dig this morning at the request of Gov. Jay Inslee, which could allow the digging to resume in a few days. The work stoppage on one…
Fearing the long arm of the federal government, the Washington State Liquor Control Board said Friday it was changing the way it would measure the distance between schools and legal pot stores. Instead of 1,000 feet on the most common route of travel, it will…
OLYMPIA – It is impossible these days to criticize any experiment to merge politics with social media without sounding like a 21st Century Luddite, or at least some cranky octogenarian telling teenagers to turn down their music and get off the lawn. Social media, after…
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Video Archive Rep. Jim McDermott sits down with Steven Colbert to talk about psychiatry and same-sex marriage, then stands up with him in the hallway to toss some salmon.
OLYMPIA -- Under pressure from the federal government, the state agency trying to develop regulations for legal marijuana stores is again changing a rule regarding how far they must be from schools and playgrounds. Stores selling recreational marijuana to adults must be at least 1,000…
Daily Show takes on Monsanto in its fight with farmers over seeds. Which makes it kind of interesting that many farmers are siding with Monsanto in the current campaign over genetically engineered foods and Initiative 522.
OLYMPIA -- Gov Jay Inslee and about a dozen state officials tried to answer questions and get suggestions about improved state government over Twitter this morning. Thanks, Gov. Good morning and welcome to today's town hall. What do you want to know about #ResultsWA? http://t.co/cNSGOca6DI…
Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, is becoming a "go-to" guy for cable news on Syria. Here he is on MSNBC, saying, among other things, that Russian President Vladimir Putin's claims are laughable and that it's time to stop the rhetoric and concentrate on getting Syria's chemical…
OLYMPIA -- If you have an idea to improve state government that you're just dying to tell Gov. Jay Inslee about, you might get your chance this morning. If you have a Twitter account, and can keep it to 140 characters. Fresh of his more…
After President Obama gave his speech on Syria last night, there was a scramble to get reaction from the region's congressional delegation, and fit it into the tight space in this morning's Spokesman-Review. We wound up with a shortened version of the reaction. For a…
OLYMPIA — State officials may crack down on medical marijuana dispensaries next year, even as it licenses other businesses to grow, process and sell the drug for recreational uses. The state’s 15-year-old medical marijuana law was never intended to allow people to make a profit…
Jon Stewart skewers Fox News and Nancy Pelosi over comments on Syria.
OLYMPIA -- Washington and federal officials had what's being called a "standard followup" meeting this morning about the new policy on state-legal marijuana. Nothing earth-shattering to report, apparently. Gov. Jay Inslee, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and U.S. Attorneys Mike Ormsby and Jenny Durkan has…
OLYMPIA – With enough time, things that were once unthinkable can become conceivable options. I’m not talking about anything as outrageous as using sarin gas or electing a Democrat in the 4th Legislative District. But a few months ago, it would have been incomprehensible to…
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