RANGE’s Luke Baumgarten and Erin Sellers pay attention to news in Spokane and the Inland Northwest so you don’t have to.
Join them Thursdays at 3 pm on KYRS Thin Air Community Radio for a round-up of the serious (and not so serious) local news of the week, behind the scenes drama at public meetings and deeper dives on important stories with the journalists who broke them.
~ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE~
Luke and Erin discussed the closure of City Hall due to threats of violence, the most recent Spokane election results (and what they actually MEAN) and an update on gender-affirming healthcare options in Idaho. If you listened to our episode and want to learn more, here are the stories we referenced:
- Emry Dinman’s story for The Spokesman on the closure of City Hall and the threats that caused it.
- KUOW’s podcast Lost Patients that Luke referenced.
- Ellen Dennis’ story for The Spokesman on the Democrat legislative majority
- Ellen Dennis’ (now out-of-date) story for The Spokesman on Washington’s leftward shift
- Luke Baumgarten’s story for RANGE on the wealth tax initiative
- Erin Sellers’ story for RANGE on being queer in Idaho
- A story from The Idaho Capital Sun on the law in Idaho banning state funds for gender affirming care
- A story on Trump’s campaign promises to end federal funding for gender affirming care.
