The deal puts a small share of the project's total costs onto Spokane County's shoulders, but commissioners were divided in their reactions to the proposal.
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. Spokane County has completed contract agreements with Comcast and Ptera to expand access to broadband internet across rural parts of the county.
The vote comes a month after the Washington State Supreme Court found the city of Spokane’s similar voter-approved ordinance unconstitutional. County unions are now encouraged, but not required to negotiate wages and benefits in public.