Spokane native nabbed as U.S. attorney for Eastern District of Washington
<p><p>Vanessa Waldref will be the first woman to lead the U.S. attorney’s office in Spokane after the Senate confirmed the Spokane native Thursday, according to tweets by the Senate...
View ArticleFederal Magistrate Judge John T. Rodgers reflects on career as he prepares to...
<p><p>Photographs adorn the walls of John T. Rodgers’ chambers at the Thomas S. Foley Courthouse in Spokane. </p></p><p><p>Taken mostly by friends, the color and...
View ArticleKlickitat County farmer accused of collecting $500k in bogus crop insurance...
<p><p>A Klickitat County wheat grower owes the federal government more than a half million dollars after underreporting crop sales to obtain fraudulent insurance payments in 2015, according...
View ArticleHanford contractor admits coronavirus aid fraud, will pay $2.9 million in...
<p><p>A Kennewick medical firm providing job-related care to workers at the Hanford cleanup site has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle claims it improperly used federal coronavirus aid...
View Article'Nothing takes away from this day': Community reacts as Ketanji...
<p><p>Once Ketanji Brown Jackson had been confirmed as the U.S. Supreme Court’s first Black woman judge Thursday afternoon, news footage showed members of Congress standing in applause,...
View ArticleHouse clears bipartisan gun violence reduction measure
<p><p>WASHINGTON — The House cleared bipartisan gun violence reduction legislation on Friday, delivering President Joe Biden a legislative victory ahead of his departure for...
View ArticleBiden decries Supreme Court abortion decision as a ‘tragic error’
<p><p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday blasted the Supreme Court ruling that overturned the right to abortion as a “tragic error” and called on voters to elect lawmakers who...
View ArticleWe the People: The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is the 'first...
<p><p><em>Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States...
View ArticleFormer Lincoln County sheriff pleads guilty after helping cover up son's...
<p><p>Former Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers protected his son from an investigation and, according to some witnesses who spoke with investigators, slowed him from going to the hospital...
View ArticleWe the People: Contrary to popular belief, the First Amendment doesn't...
<p><p><em>Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States...
View ArticleConservation groups sue federal agencies for approving Idaho Club development...
<p><p>Two conservation groups seeking to stop a housing and marina project at the mouth of a spawning stream for endangered bull trout filed a federal lawsuit this week against government...
View ArticleState Supreme Court declines to hear case against Stevens County commissioners
<p><p>An appeals court decision that ruled three Stevens County commissioners were <a...
View ArticleOfficials grapple with Washington's drug possession law
<p><p>Should drug possession in Washington be a felony? Or should the crime be treated less seriously by making it a misdemeanor while funneling adequate funds to drug recovery...
View ArticleGU Law school joins others withdrawing from U.S. News & World Report...
<p><p>Gonzaga University School of Law won’t participate this year in U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of law schools, its dean Jacob Rooksby said...
View ArticleJudge orders North Idaho College to reinstate president; board meeting...
<p><p>A judge on Friday ordered North Idaho College to reinstate its president, Nick Swayne, who was placed on administrative leave without cause late last...
View ArticleIf Trump is indicted, what would happen next?
<p><p>A Manhattan grand jury is hearing evidence about whether Donald Trump illegally falsified business records in connection with a hush-money payment his lawyer made to an adult-film...
View ArticleTrump, arraigned in New York, pleads not guilty to charges related to...
<p><p>WASHINGTON – In a historic scene in New York City on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to felony charges after Manhattan prosecutors accused him of illegally...
View ArticleWe the People: Dueling abortion-pill rulings show expanding role of judicial...
<p><p><em>Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States...
View ArticleSpokane federal judge rules abortion drug must remain available in 17 states...
<p><p>A Spokane federal judge’s ruling maintaining access to one of two medications used to cause an abortion remains in place despite an appellate ruling in another part of the country....
View ArticleFeinstein's absence from Senate leaves Spokane judge's confirmation...
<p><p>WASHINGTON – The extended absence of the Senate’s oldest member has delayed the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees, including a Spokane County judge, and...
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