Bloglander

ON INLANDER.COM 

• How well do we track dishonest cops? 
• Is Spokane Public Schools discriminating against special ed students? 
• Happy Hour of the week: Lantern Tap House

IN OTHER NEWS: 

• Washington state's budget includes millions for construction projects in Spokane area. (Spokesman Review) 

• The police officers who killed an unarmed black man in Minneapolis last November will not face criminal charges, according to the Hennepin County prosecutor. (Hennepin released documents and video he used to make his decision.) No cop in Minnesota has faced charges in a shooting, Taser or restraint death since 2000 — 143 have died at the hands of police in that time frame. 

• "In early April 1976, [three U.S. Supreme Court justices] met for lunch at the Monocle, a venerable Washington steakhouse, and decided the future of the American death penalty." 

It's been about 40 years since that decision to bring capital punishment back only four years after the country's highest court killed it. Here's how it's failed. 

• President Obama commuted 61 more prison sentences, bumping his total to 248. That's more than the seven previous presidents combined. Here's a list of the most recent commutations. 


• Five of the United States' best women soccer players say they're the "driving economic force" for U.S. Soccer, but they're making significantly less than players on the men's national team. 

• Virtual reality studio has aspirations beyond gaming. (Spokesman-Review)