Spokane apostle Cal Pierce bought a $1M home through his nonprofit Healing Rooms Ministries — a 25-year project with a global presence and ties to far-right Christianity. He tried to exempt it from property taxes, but Washington denied his application.
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.
If Initiative 2124 passes, it would amend the 2019 WA Cares Act to allow people to opt out of paying, decreasing funding for the entire program. The act established a state long-term care insurance program meant to help people pay for care.
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.
Washington’s current cap-and-trade program isn’t perfect, but if Initiative 2117 passes, not only would the current program die, the state would be prohibited from trying anything similar in the future.
Voters will decide in November whether Washington governments will be able to move away from fossil gas, a potent contributor to climate change, when they vote on Initiative 2066.
