OLYMPIA -- A major rewrite of the state's clean water rules was put on hold today as Gov. Jay Inslee ordered the Department of Ecology to "reassess" the plan he proposed in 2015 year but did not pass this year's Legislature. The department may draft a new set of rules for pollution and fish consumption standards.
Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart sent out a point-by-point rebuttal against the mayor and fire chief, following Wednesday's story about the council's decision to require at least two firefighters to respond to a call for help.
Gas tax goes up 7 cents tomorrow, and 4.9 cents next July 1. How much will your price at the pump go up? Here's our story from this morning, with a correction in the tax rate for 2016, and a link to the comments, which are flowing freely today.
Gov. Jay Inslee's approval ratings are gradually drifting downward, pollster H. Stuart Elway says.
Kyle Murakami holds Spokane Mayor David Condon responsible for failing to discipline city employees who he says threatened him and shoved him to the ground as he tried to have a subpoena served in April 2013 in connection with his upcoming camera-issued red-light ticket.
Latest initiative from Tim Eyman and company qualifies for the ballot.
Former Councilman Bob Dellwo, long involved in politics and government, dies at 97.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee today told the Ecology department to create tougher carbon emission laws, a step that avoided the "poison pill" provision in this year's transportation budget and retains billions of dollars in alternative transportation funding.
OLYMPIA -- Lawyers for the state said the Legislature did enough in the last session that it should no longer be found in contempt of the state Supreme Court for failing to provide adequate funding for public schools. Not so fast, say attorneys for parents who pushed for more funding.
OLYMPIA -- Lobbyists give the Legislature a slightly better grade than voters in new Elway Polls.
OLYMPIA -- What should the court do if it's not happy with the Legislature's latest report on fixing the schools?
The state Democratic Party has an online petition calling for the Airway Heights mayor to resign over Obama comments.
OLYMPIA -- The state Liquor Control Board officially becomes the Liquor and Cannabis Board today.
The primary election is upon us, and Spokane voters have many names before them on the ballot. Here's how people are telling you how to vote.
Washington pharmacists can't send customers to another store for emergency birth control because of religious objections, a federal appeals court ruled today.
OLYMPIA -- An initiative calling for a crackdown in trafficking of endangered species has enough signatures to go on the November ballot.
Mike Noder and Craig Sullivan tried to reveal corruption in Spokane's waste and recycling department. They had a falling-out sometime around Noder's second run for mayor.
Petition sponsors must wait until November 2017 ballot, or collect three times as many signatures to appear earlier.
OLYMPIA -- An effort to give voters a chance to reject changes to the state's medical marijuana laws has failed. Supporters of a referendum to put it on the November ballot have told state officials they won't be turning in signatures.
OLYMPIA – Although the Legislature left town July 9, the true end of the session came Wednesday when Gov. Jay Inslee signed the last three of the 363 bills lawmakers managed to pass in their record-setting 176-day triple-overtime stint. We parse the numbers, and look at the final signing.
Gov. Jay Inslee signs bills with gas-tax hike, $16 billion for a long list of transportation projects.
Spokane County Commissioners on Tuesday night ended what had become a lengthy negotiation targeting a proposed apartment complex near Wanderme Golf Course. Here's what they agreed to.
OLYMPIA -- Two issues that forced the Legislature into an extra week of overtime were signed into law today. Gov. Jay Inslee signed bills that delay class-size reductions from fourth grade through high school for four years, and give high school seniors a two-year reprieve on the biology assessment test.
As written, the initiative repealing a city law does not have his support
Yesterday, we ran an article examining what's at stake in this year's Spokane municipal elections. At the time, we had not heard from Mayor David Condon, It turns out, his campaign had sent his statements via email to the wrong email address. Here are his...
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