Today’s headlines:
- A lawsuit over new requirements for law enforcement leaders is moving from Pend Oreille County to Olympia.
- The Kootenai County jail isn’t always hitting staffing requirements even though officers are working thousands of hours of overtime.
- Some members of the Spokane Transit Authority board are pushing to get a sales tax renewal in front of voters this August.
Plus, local government journalists team up for a reporter roundtable. RANGE’s government and labor reporter Erin Sellers gives updates on the upcoming trials for three Spokane activists who were arrested and charged with conspiracy after last summer’s anti-immigration enforcement protest. And SPR’s Eliza Billingham offers insight to Spokane City Council’s latest move to give renters a “right to cooling.”
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SPR News Today is a production of Spokane Public Radio.…