CIVICS: We also have a property tax increase, redistricting decisions and county zoning changes.
We have voter guides up the wazoo in Spokane and Washington. We’re highlighting five (and giving a warning about a sixth), with a bit of background on the organizations behind them.
Plus, the city council eyes budget cuts and the county considers how to spend federal housing funds.
Despite the confession, the employee was kept on staff and was even listed as the “financial representative” of record on the $6.5 million Trent contract, raising questions about the Guardians’ internal processes and the city’s financial controls.
On his way out the door last month, former Spokane Neighborhood, Housing and Human Services Director John Hall sent 27 pages of recommendations to the Mayor’s office. He also raised concerns about tens of millions of unspent housing dollars.
Confession time: after last week’s non-agendized surprise resolution by the county commissioners that authorized the county prosecutor to sue the state in order to build the legal case for the county to sweep Camp Hope, I flew into a panic thinking I had missed something big and obvious on the count
The county’s resolution to sue the state is the latest in a long-line of decisions that spurned public engagement.
Terrain covers three stories and tens of thousands of square feet with art from 354 artists in and around Spokane.
The city’s redistricting board will be holding a town hall on the final four proposed maps that will determine where Spokane’s city council district boundaries are.
Providers describe confusion and challenges accessing services after Spokane Regional Health District dropped the program serving people with low and no income.
“We’re going to be training and certifying folks to go do that here in our community. Please show up. Tell all of the people you can possibly find to do it.”
Legal interpretations of Idaho’s new anti-abortion law lead University of Idaho to bar staff from abortion advice, and even limits talking about condoms
