Erin moved here from ID to attend Gonzaga and fell in love with Spokane. They are a queer storyteller, and when they’re not pounding Red Bulls and typing frantically, you can find her on and off stage at local theatres. | erin(at)rangemedia.co
The boards and commissions that make the county work, what they do, and how members are appointed (it’s really interesting we swear). And, what could change across the county if Al French loses his reelection bid.
Union Representative Suzie Saunders sat down for an interview with RANGE to outline the stakes for employees and patients, should the Board of Health vote to continue down the road to privatization for Treatment Services.
Former council member Jon Snyder is biking his way back to Spokane to serve as the city’s first Director of Transportation and Sustainability, a new cabinet-level position that will, apparently, not cost the city a cent.
Through voter registration drives, translation efforts, political involvement and having hard conversations with their social networks, young Latine people are fighting to make sure their community is heard in this year’s election.
Abortion rights, what foreign policy even has to do with Eastern WA and the economy’s impacts on the everyday person: Baumgartner and Conroy both seek to fill retiring Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ legislative shoes.
In a race where a fallen primary opponent earned almost a third of the total votes, Hill and Kiepe are both hoping to win those voters through their housing and economic policy positions.
This year, there’s a plan with actual bed counts and costs. But some service providers are still frustrated by a lack of concrete details, like where exactly those beds will be and how the city will replace the loss of capacity at the soon-to-be-defunct Trent Shelter.
Plus, a slate of controversial first readings at Spokane City Council, including an ordinance that would prevent landlords without business licenses from raising rent or evicting tenants.
48,000 queer people call Idaho their home. As the state legislature ramps up the passage of policies targeting queer Idahoans, they are preparing to defend their place in their state.
CIVICS: Spokane city discusses their plan for winter sheltering, Spokane County Commissioners will decide whether or not to break up homeless encampments with no regard for shelter capacity.
