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Spokane-based real estate company NAI Black urged employees to oppose rent stabilization bill

Emails circulated among its workforce by company officials pointed workers to resources to testify against a bill that capped the amount landlords can hike rents and fees

By Aaron Hedge

/ 23 May 2025

‘This city is turning into an eviction mill.’

No sick time, no contracts, no breaks: domestic laborer protections fail in state legislature

Organizers vow to fight even harder after failure of bill to extend state labor protections to over 100,000 Washington domestic workers.

By Erin Sellers

/ 22 May 2025

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

Spokane hospital where 12-year-old died endangered other suicidal patients, investigators find

State health records show repeated safety violations at Providence Sacred Heart hospital

By Whitney Bryen, InvestigateWest and Kaylee Tornay, InvestigateWest

/ 21 May 2025

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

Washington will pay unemployment benefits to striking workers

Ferguson signs SB 5041, which is seen as a significant victory for labor organizers.

By Jaquelyn Jimenez Romero

/ 20 May 2025

Block parties for all and a roving meeting of the Bicycle Advisory Board

CIVICS: Plus, hang out with the RANGE Crew on a bike ride, and a potential new regional task force on the homelessness and opioid crises.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 19 May 2025

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

I laid myself off this week

This is your editor, signing off, for now.

By Luke Baumgarten

/ 16 May 2025

Journalists use “TK” in their story drafts to indicate a piece of info is “to come.”

The Strippers’ Bill of Rights, one year later

As club owners use a loophole in legislation intended to protect dancers, strippers are finding their own ways to fight back through labor organizing and pop-up shows where they keep all their profits.

By Erin Sellers

/ 15 May 2025

The local Planned Parenthood spent $15,570 on union-busting last year

In the last 49 days of 2024, Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho spent $317 a day on a union-busting contract.

By Erin Sellers

/ 14 May 2025

Could Spokane move to keep ICE out of parks?

CIVICS: + Mead is workshopping its illegal transgender students policy and Spokane Valley wants to spend public safety dollars on Merkel-related activities.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 12 May 2025

Imprisoned People Can Do More than ‘Scare’ Kids ‘Straight’

'Scared straight' programs don’t work. But that doesn’t mean incarcerated people shouldn’t mentor at-risk kids.

By Antoine Davis and Christopher Blackwell

/ 11 May 2025

Police reform advocates win legislative concession in Olympia