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SCOTUS ruling opens door to limit LGBTQ+ civil rights

Alliance Defending Freedom is looking to test just that in a number of cases involving providing services and goods to members of the LGBTQ+ community, such as requiring a foster parent to...

Spokane aims to reduce homelessness by 40% with regional authority

That’s the outcome Gavin Cooley, Rick Romero and Theresa Sanders believe the region can achieve if communities go all in on a plan to establish a regional authority to address homelessness, similar...

State Supreme Court upholds Washington Voting Rights Act

The case was brought by three Franklin County voters along with the League of United Latin American Citizens, who argued that the at-large election process for county commissioners violated the Washington Voting...

Homelessness efforts in Yakima are moving toward permanent housing

Marty Miller, executive director of the Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing, a nonprofit that works with service providers to develop housing, has witnessed this growing interest.“We have seen in the last...

Judge considers if Central WA redistricting breaks federal law

A trial to decide whether Washington violated federal voting rights laws when it established a Latino majority legislative district in Central Washington began Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.U.S. District Court...

WA passed a 'Voting Rights Act 2.0' bill. Here's what's in it

The change in Yakima County required a lawsuit invoking Washington’s 2018 Voting Rights Act. But now voters across Washington have a new tool that strengthens their voting rights and makes it easier...

Washington aprueba la “Ley de Derecho de Voto 2.0”. Esto es lo que significa.

La resolución extrajudicial de una demanda por el derecho al voto contra el condado de Yakima produjo este cambio; antes, todos los comisionados eran elegidos por los electores del condado entero en...

Spokane's Camp Hope is closing soon. Where will its residents go?

Who’s still at Camp Hope?During the summer months, some estimate, upward of 600 people lived in the encampment, which began in late 2021 as a protest encampment at Spokane City Hall over...

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