Hey look: the smoke and heat are back and so are a bunch of familiar local calamities.
Three angles on an increasingly troubling variant
Dammit these keep getting longer every week, but it’s hard to get too mad at ourselves. This week’s digest is a meaty 2000 words and, honestly, every single one is seasoned to perfection. Enjoy. — Luke
Well that went well! Thanks to everyone who wrote in with your feedback on our inaugural issue of ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. People seem to really like it, which is awesome, because Elissa and I are havingfun writing it. Keep the feedback coming! — Luke
Hey everyone. We’ve had this idea kicking around for a while and we’re finally going to pilot it: a weekly look at news that we feel was under-reported, misunderstood, or that could benefit from a little additional context. Hope you enjoy it, and feel free to send us an email with any feedback. — Lu
I’m out of town this week, but I wanted to pop in and say that the state’s preliminary findings in its state investigation of the firing of Bob Lutz is in from the investigating body, the law firm Ogden Murphy Wallace
Hey everyone. We’ve been tracking a public mural project in Pullman that seems to have begun with good intentions
Sorry for the two-email day, everyone. This is important, though. Hope you can spare 10 minutes this evening to dig in. Thanks as always — Luke
Hey y’all, Nothing really original from me today, but as I sit here letting our nation’s yearly tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. wash over me
This edition of the newsletter has a companion podcast interview with Joan Braune
What happened in the Capitol on Wednesday was a lot of things.
Hey y’all, just finished up the second part of our discussion with Ben Stuckart.
