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State legislation is on the brain for all of us, Spokane City and CVSD included

CIVICS: Local bodies discuss responses to state legislation, Spokane Valley struggles to stop “illicit massage,” and the city wants to work with the county to address the opioid epidemic.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 24 Feb 2025

Part of High Bridge Park set to be leased to American Indian Community Center for $1 a year

20+ WA state bills to keep an eye on

Workers’ rights, protections for undocumented immigrants and queer kids, reproductive justice, voting access for incarcerated people, and a whole lot more this Washington legislative session.

By Erin Sellers, Aaron Hedge, Sandra Rivera and Sophia Mattice-Aldous

/ 20 Feb 2025

‘Scissors, scissors’: Washington patients could soon have informed consent for IUD insertions

IUD insertions can be painful and often, patients aren’t notified of pain management options. House Bill 1077 in the WA legislature could change that.

By Erin Sellers

/ 18 Feb 2025

Allegations against Washington gender-affirming surgeon stir fears of backlash for trans patients

How Spokane OnlyFans creators use the platform as a tool for economic mobility and stability

‘ Ask not what you can do for the patriarchy, but what the patriarchy can do for you.’

By Erin Sellers

/ 14 Feb 2025

Local workers for city projects: Proposed ordinance would support local labor

Solidarity, if not sanctuary

The Spokane City Council showed their solidarity with the immigrant community by promising to continue to follow state law, but opposition feared it created a false sense of security.

By Erin Sellers

/ 11 Feb 2025

Most WA federal rulings found immigrant detentions flouted due process

Downtown Spokane could grow a whole lot taller as an interim zoning ordinance could remove height restrictions

Plus, a rally for immigrant protections, funding for part of 27 by 2027 and a presentation on tree equity.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 10 Feb 2025

No two impact areas are created equal

Impact areas downtown will target drug paraphernalia and single-serve alcohol in an effort to decrease crime and overdoses.

By Erin Sellers

/ 7 Feb 2025

City council may ban sale of single-serve alcohol downtown

CIVICS: + the city’s support for immigrants, the continued crack-up of regional collaboration and more criminalization of homelessness

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 3 Feb 2025

Five local teens made the long trek down to Olympia to lobby state legislators for policies to shield transgender students, update reproductive care Medicaid rates and protect people who lose pregnancies from criminal prosecution.

By Erin Sellers

/ 28 Jan 2025

Spokane County may start punishing people for sleeping in public

CIVICS: + Planned action to push for citywide immigrant protections and CVSD found to disproportionately suspend BIPOC, transgender and poor students.

By Aaron Hedge and Erin Sellers

/ 27 Jan 2025

Police Ombuds will ask for oversight reform

CIVICS: Plus, what’s next for Spokane in the SREC debacle and a permanent home for Spokane Valley’s homelessness task force.

By Aaron Hedge and Erin Sellers

/ 21 Jan 2025

Spokane women’s shelter Hope House says it will close its doors in June

CIVICS: Plus, improvements in education outcomes for Spokane’s Indigenous students, more Al Merkel controversy in the Valley and the city is funding more bed space for homeless people in weather emergencies.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 13 Jan 2025