Each of the past three years, Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz has asked state lawmakers to proactively fund wildfire response and projects to.
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t has been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic forced music venues to turn their signs to closed, since live music went almost entirely virtual and since most regular performers last played in front of a crowd in the same room. Although Spokane s music scene is still pretty quiet heading into April, with most venues waiting for looser restrictions before reopening, a handful of musicians have started playing again and are testing out the limitations of live music in these final phases of reopening. The Red Room Lounge nightclub is one of many downtown venues that regularly hosted live music pre-pandemic, and it s where local singer-songwriter Lucas Brookbank Brown hosted two popular weekly shows a Monday night open mic showcase and a Wednesday night jam session.
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annabis continues to have a blurry legal status in the United States. Over the past week that s been as clear as ever with some states, like our own, treating it one way while others struggle to decide whether they re ready to view it as legal in the first place. Here s a look at the varying states of legality within our country.
REGULATION NEEDED
In Washington, cannabis is legal to the point that growers need to deal with regulation from the state s Liquor and Cannabis Board as well as the state s Department of Agriculture. Last week, Washington s Department of Agriculture announced updates to the list of pesticides approved for use on cannabis crops.
Misty Qsyk: A better performing arts center with real acoustics for musicals and other stage shows. Jolene Delyea Baldwin: Make the heart of downtown a walking area only. Have parking in the outer lying areas. Shannon Fell Boniface: More bike friendly. Scott Piepel: Incentivize builders to build affordable starter houses instead of >$600,000 McMansions. Erin Maggart: I would like to see the houseless humanized and housed. Ryan Oelrich: Zoning changes partnered with incentives to build creative, fun and affordable housing options with community in mind. Holly Robertson: Affordable housing, affordable parking that s not a sprawl. Invest in infrastructure as well as art. We need to invest in our