A bill being debated in the legislature would pause hospital system consolidation to preserve patient access to specific forms of care. Opponents argue, “God Bless mergers.”
The legislature is working to boost representation in public school literature, reduce pollution, control the rent, improve workplace conditions for strip club workers and bust hospital monopolies.
After more than 6 years of patchwork testing and remediation of a chemical spill no one truly knows the scale of, a new water program will greatly expand the testing area and get a more holistic picture of the poison in West Plains wells.
Spokane Valley Mayor Pam Haley nominated three people to the city’s powerful Planning Commission without interviewing any of the eight candidates. When a freshman council member called the candidates himself, Haley accused him of breaking the rules.
