The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act takes effect this year, and Americans are hard at work deciphering what the changes mean. One goal of the new tax law was to simplify filing for more taxpayers. Consequently, the standard deduction has nearly doubled, elimina

Meg Demand, principal and founder of Spokane-based third-party marketing company Demand Results LLC, says many small businesses don't have a set structure to their charitable giving. Often, a business will have a list of nonprofits it's considering s

Five Spokane-area developers are seeking changes in land-use designations on parcels they own in Spokane to make them consistent with current or adjacent uses, say consultants who represent the owners in zone-change requests submitted to the city. Land-u

Spokane-area single-family home purchases jumped 20 percent in February over the same month last year, a report released this week by the Spokane Association of Realtors shows. Single-family homes on less than an acre including condominiums-sold throu