![OLYMPIA -- Rep. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane, argues in favor of giving WSU permission to start a medical school at the Riverpoint Campus on Monday, March 9, (Jim Camden)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/uO6q6eDqVn9RLDznlEJuDvMVKgE=/600x0/media.spokesman.com/graphics/2018/07/sr-loader.png)
House passes WSU med school bill
OLYMPIA -- WSU could start its own medical school in Spokane under a bill that passed overwhelmingly in the House late Monday.
OLYMPIA -- WSU could start its own medical school in Spokane under a bill that passed overwhelmingly in the House late Monday.
OLYMPIA -- Global climate change is real, the Senate agreed today after a contentious debate, and is possibly -- but not necessarily -- caused by humans.
OLYMPIA – State initiatives would contain a ballot message that they could require the Legislature to cut programs or raise taxes if they pass under a bill passed overwhelmingly by the Senate.
OLYMPIA -- The Senate delayed a vote on a change to its carbon reduction bill after a ruling that they would first have to vote on an amendment on whether climate change is real.
OLYMPIA -- Expect plenty of votes in both chambers this week as legislators try to beat the clock and get bills out of their "house of origin" by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Spokane Mayor David Condon gave his annual State of the City address Friday, before members of Greater Spokane Inc. The talk hit the high points of Condon's three years in office - water rates, police oversight, passage of the street levy and park bond. But...
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