PODCAST: Adding more (ranked) choice to our voting
Seems like there’s an election every year. Maybe we should make them better.
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Pass the salt — spice up a slow week in local government
CIVICS | County funding renewed for key behavioral health programs.
We have an abnormally light week in civics for you: it…
Spokane County blocked ballot access for eligible voters in jail
74% of Spokane’s November jail population — Nearly 600 people — was pre-trial, had not been convicted, and was still eligible…
Council made revisions to the landlord-tenant ordinance, here are the details
CIVICS | Vote postponed again. Plus Spokane wants to buy Trent shelter and possible changes at the county jail.
Spokane City…
Taking stock of Spokane’s campaign finance laws
Past reform efforts proved toothless amid record-breaking spending in 2019.
$1.25 million. That’s the record-breaking spending mark for…
What the proposed landlord-tenant ordinance does (and doesn’t) do
Clarifying three common misconceptions about Spokane's proposed ordinance.
🏠This ordinance has been updated since this story published, read about it…
More bike parking (possibly) coming to Spokane
CIVICS | Plus, MLK Jr. Day closures and ways to volunteer
It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which means it’…
Ziplines and security cameras and sex ed, oh my
CIVICS | This week you’ll see a lot of routine reorganizing, but there are some bigger items, too, like allocating…
What is a regional homelessness authority?
There’s broad support for a new approach. Making it a reality won’t be simple.
In a video address…
Live, Laugh, Log off
Journalists need to care for themselves as they care for others, so RANGE is taking a much needed week off.…
How the Spokane community shows up in a cold crisis
Mutual aid and nonprofit groups are working to help unhoused people survive in subzero temperatures. More help is needed.
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Due to a miscommunication, Trent shelter was turning people away today
On the coldest day this winter, Trent staff was telling people they could come get warm, then they had to…