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(The Center Square) – Spokane’s utility rates expire at the end of 2024, and with new fares coming in their place, the difference might cost residents another $180 annually by 2026.  Utility rates cover water service, the resulting consumption/usage, garbage, wastewater, stormwater and capital. Residents pay for the services under rates that could increase by more than […]

(The Center Square) – The Washington state highway system is in “early stages of failure” due to a lack of maintenance and preservation for not only the highway infrastructure itself, but also regarding the equipment and facilities that need to be replaced or upgraded, according to a recent presentation by the Washington State Department of Transportation. The warning comes […]

Legal fights over election integrity are well underway with less than two months to go to the election. This Washington Examiner series, Legal Games, will look at Democratic attempts to make sure they don’t have a repeat of 2016. Republican lawyers, meanwhile, are still spooked by what happened in the aftermath of 2020. Part 4 will look at […]

Before President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid, his loyalists held on to one last hope: that he could keep the race close enough that his more traditional ground game could outperform former President Donald Trump’s unconventional one in the Rust Belt, eking out an Electoral College majority and a second term. Most senior Democrats […]

Vice President Kamala Harris is turning to A-list celebrities as she seeks to recapture the sense of Democratic enthusiasm that marked her early campaign for president. Oprah Winfrey, who endorsed Harris during the Chicago convention, will join her on Thursday for a live-streamed event in the battleground of Michigan as early voting gets underway in […]

Senate Democrats pledge to stick by Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) until the very end, even against increasingly long odds he can repel Republican Tim Sheehy. The path to the Senate majority likely runs through Big Sky Country. But a dour outlook on the race in Trump-dominated Montana raises questions about whether Democrats should shift crucial […]