Cities across the US are ditching arbitrary requirements around how many parking spaces must be built with new housing, but Spokane is the first major Washington city to take the plunge. Will others follow?
From talking to your council members to getting involved in your community to utilizing the power of the press, there’s more you can do to hold public officials accountable beyond the ballot box.
Running down the facts, fictions and feelings about an ordinance that would make housing status a protected class and enshrine “the human rights and basic dignities of individuals experiencing homelessness.”
The region’s transit agency, Spokane Transit Authority (STA) is about to start a hiring process for a new CEO that would include no official input from employees of the agency or the public that uses and pays for its services.
A 920-page policy blueprint contains the Heritage Foundation’s vision for a second Trump administration — with impacts on women, LGBTQ+ rights, families, education and the workforce.
So are some of your emails. Here’s a guide on what WA agencies have to share with anyone who asks — including communications sent to them by private citizens.
Lewis Arthur has been on the run from Pima County law enforcement for 3 years for destroying migrant watering stations in the Arizona desert. Now he’s in Spokane claiming to be helping unhoused youth. Monday, he doxxed the entire city council & said he’s going to their homes.
