ON INLANDER.COM
- Spokane's interim ombudsman Bart Logue wants more access to police body cam footage. No way, say Spokane police.
- According to University of Idaho researchers, we could cut down on deer-auto collisions by increasing the cougar population.
- The new Spokane city attorney had some complaints earlier this year about council president Ben Stuckart spreading misinformation on the Straub investigation.
- Brit-pop rockers The 1975 will stop in Spokane Oct. 22.
- Spokane City Council has sent a ballot initiative to voters this November that would impose a $261 fine for each rail car of crude oil and uncovered coal passing through the city. (Spokesman-Review)
- Half a dozen Washington State University football players are being investigated for their involvement in a fight that seriously injured three WSU students at a party. (KREM)
- Since Seattle set its path to a $15 wage law, job growth has been triple the national average. But much of that growth has nothing to do with higher wages, according to a University of Washington report. (Seattle Times)
- The Democratic National Convention started yesterday with boos and jeers for Hillary Clinton, following an email leak revealing how party officials undermined Sanders during his campaign. (New York Times)
- Comedian Sarah Silverman, a Bernie supporter, called the Bernie or Bust people "ridiculous." (CBS)
- Michelle Obama gave perhaps the most impactful speech of the day in support of Clinton, while taking some subtle jabs at Donald Trump. She told the crowd she wants a president who will teach children that "everyone in this country matters," and that Obama was "here tonight because I know that this is the kind of president Hillary Clinton will be, and that's why in this election, I'm with her."
