City may just let state issue business licenses

Due to complications from a new state law, the city of Grand Coulee is considering no longer issuing business licenses.

The new law requires a lot of extra work for the city to coordinate with the state and the businesses, work that City Clerk Lorna Pearce feels may not justify the $4,500 a year the licenses bring into the city.

If Grand Coulee chooses to continue issuing licenses, Pearce explaine...