stepping down

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Lisa Brown, who was instrumental in bringing a medical school to Washington State University's Spokane campus, is stepping down as chancellor of the branch. Brown has spent the past four years leading the Spokane campus, and says she will step down in August...

TACOMA  (AP) — Pacific Lutheran University President Thomas Krise says he is leaving the job when his term ends in May. The News Tribune reports Krise will stay at the university as an English professor. He's been president since 2012...

OLYMPIA  (AP) — The executive director of the state's campaign finance watchdog says she's stepping down in May. In a phone interview Tuesday, Evelyn Fielding Lopez — who was appointed to the position at the Public Disclosure Commission in October 2015 — said that she wants to pursue other interests, including possibly participating in local politics in Tacoma, where she lives...

Rep. Anthony Weiner has reportedly told friends that he will resign from office, a source close to the situation revealed to the NY Times. The decision was reportedly made after “long discussions” with his wife, Huma Abedin, who returned to the States Tuesday after a trip to Africa with her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.