Community leaders say better data is good, but transparency, communication and access that affirms are all vital pre-requisites to governing alongside communities, not at them.
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.
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.
Changes to Spokane City Council are redrawing political battle lines across the county. At Spokane Transit, a more progressive, unified set of council members plans to push for changes. But last week, STA board chair and conservative County Commissioner Al French tried to limit their power.
Texts between Spokane Transit Authority board members and CEO show coordinated efforts to stall Zappone’s priorities. French also disparaged CM Wilkerson’s DEI efforts and made off-color and transphobic jokes.
NHHS Director Kim McCollim abruptly resigns amid conflict about TRAC shelter operations, continuing a unprecedented pattern of employee turnover in the department.
As Liberty Lake’s City Council considers taking decision-making control over library policy, disagreements over power, democratic governance and what constitutes obscenity define the debate.
The mayor had vetoed an almost identical ordinance earlier in the year, and supporters on council lacked the votes to override the veto. For the next month only, they have the votes.
