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MARIETTA, Ga. - Hours after former president Donald Trump was indicted for trying to overturn the 2020 election, Jenny Peterson was heading off to pick up Mexican food for her family. She'd tried to cut back on listening to the news in the car in favor of soul music. Politics left her too angry and agitated.

Primary results are interesting, but predicting the general election outcome from them is among the riskiest things a political writer can do.

Tight school board races in Medical Lake and Cheney are all but settled, and a race for a seat on the Spokane Valley Fire Department's board appears to be over. 

Attorneys on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in Spokane County Superior Court against Brian Hansen, the lawyer leading an effort to ban camping within 1,000 feet of schools, daycares, parks and playgrounds.

Former Spokane City Administrator Johnnie Perkins resigned last month in the midst of a sexual misconduct investigation. 

Cheney residents will get a new city pool.

Spokane School Board President Mike Wiser easily advanced to the November election in Tuesday’s primary and will face Realtor Ericka Lalka.

Spokane’s choice for mayor in November will be between two high-profile and well-funded women.

Airway Heights is joining the Spokane County Library District, a move that will raise taxes and free up more city revenue for public safety efforts.

Jessica Yaeger, a political rookie who works in senior care, has advanced to the general election in the race for Spokane Valley City Council. But it’s not yet certain who her opponent will be November.

Longtime Liberty Lake City Councilman Dan Dunne likely will face former civil engineer Larry Marshall in the general election after an impressive showing in Tuesday’s primary.

Voters will have the choice between a sitting City Council member and a former private business owner to lead Spokane's legislative body for the next four years. 

Former fire investigator Rick Freier has easily clinched a spot in the November election following Tuesday’s primary, but it isn’t yet clear who will face him this fall in the race for an open seat on the board that oversees the Spokane Valley Fire Department.

The 17 candidates on the ballot in the city's primary races marked the highest number of candidates running in any school board primary across Washington.

For all the hand-wringing over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign finances, the main super PAC supporting his presidential bid doesn’t appear to have the same problem...

Today is election day, and only 1 in 5 voters had cast ballots as of Monday.

The vice president of the United States was running against the president he was serving under, and his backers didn't mince words. They accused the president of having a "hideous hermaphroditical character." The president's backers fired back, warning that if the vice president won the election, "Murder, robbery, rape, adultery, and incest will be openly taught and practiced." That vice president, Thomas Jefferson, had once been friends with President John Adams before their 1800 campaign. But the two Founding Fathers had a nasty falling-out - like former vice president Mike Pence did with his now-opponent for the 2024 Republican nomination, former president Donald Trump.

Donald Trump holds a commanding lead among likely Republican primary voters, with healthy margins among every demographic group, according to a new poll.