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First Night's Over
Spokane's
New Year's Eve celebration is no more.
Pissed
A bill sponsored by Spokane Valley Sen. Mike Padden seeks to give judges more leeway to
order drug and alcohol testing for people accused of DUIs and minor crimes. But some attorneys say the bill is unconstitutional.
IN OTHER NEWS
Kerry Arnold isn't dead
Despite what you may have heard, Kerry Arnold is still alive. The 41-year-old man was shot last October in a car jacking. Days later, police found his car, and shot and killed the man in the driver's seat.
Yesterday, Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell announced that the two Spokane police officers who shot and killed the suspected vehicle thief, Chad Cochell, would not face criminal charges.
Haskell also erroneously reported that Arnold, the victim, was dead, which is not true. Kerry Arnold is alive. Haskell apologized when he realized the error. (
Spokesman-Review)
Fact checking the president
President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address last night. True to form, the president's statements weren't completely truthful.
The tax bill passed in December was not the biggest cut ever, as Trump claimed; nor does the green card lottery randomly hand out green cards "without any regard for skill, merit or the safety of our people," as he said during the address. (
PolitiFact)