Builders are adding housing in the Spokane market at a pace that keeps up with Spokane's growing population currently, but not enough to make up for the deficit in inventory created in the first half of the 2010s. Local elected officials should be

It's good to see the Spokane City Council discussing a good neighbor agreement with a homeless services provider. It should become standard practice, as some members of the business community have been calling for such agreements for years. Bringing

The state's Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Program is flawed and poorly timed. The Washington state Legislature should delay the program before it gets further along, at its earliest opportunity. Some businesspeople already have been outspoken

The upcoming 2021 East West Life Science Summit is the kind of event the Spokane area needs for broad exposure, promotion, and continued economic development of the growing life sciences community here. Life Science Washington, the umbrella organization

Government leaders here are faced with the enormous task of deciding what to do with more than $200 million in American Rescue Plan funding coming collectively to Spokane County, the cities of Spokane and Spokane Valley, school districts, and other local

Our annual wish list for the new year for our business community is quite heavy, with urgent needs this time around. With a decade of economic growth suddenly coming to a halt in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic-induced restrictions, we first wish for

As business, community, and family leaders, it's more vital now than ever that we demonstrate to others that hope and resilience will guide us through these difficult times. It's been six months since Gov. Jay Inslee issued Washington state's

Spokane appears to be on a more constructive track than other cities, namely Seattle, as it shapes an inclusive framework for addressing police reform. Ground rules put forth earlier this month by Mayor Nadine Woodward and City Council members set