GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.
Every morning, Gavin Cooley of the Spokane Business Association leads an hourlong walk as part of a campaign to end visible homelessness downtown. Is it effective? Opinions vary.
This week we talked about how refugees in Spokane — from Haitian to Ukrainian — are facing massive uncertainty because of presidential executive orders.
After President Donald Trump canceled a program that allows people who fled a country in turmoil to work and live here, a local jobs program is unsure what will happen to them.
Federal agents surveilled and detained two men in Spokane Valley, broke into their truck, injured and arrested them as they were going to a court hearing, breaking up a family.
CIVICS: Land capacity and density are the hot topics this week, but there’s also DEI policy discussions at Mead, a drinking water presentation in Spokane and a greenhouse gas resolution at the county.
