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Spokane schools' diversity, inside the latest health care bill, and morning headlines

Posted By Samantha Wohlfeil on Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:21 AM

ON INLANDER.COM

NEWS: With about a third of students categorized as something other than "white," Spokane public school students are more diverse than the rest of the very, very white city (86 percent according to the census), which matches national trends.

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Spokane schools' diversity, inside the latest health care bill, and morning headlines

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Public schools in Spokane are working to meet increased diversity needs.

MUSIC: Trombone Shorty is bringing the sounds of New Orleans to Spokane this August, and tickets are on sale now.

NEWS: Spokane Mayor David Condon appointed former U.S. Attorney Michael Ormsby as the city's attorney, which, for now, appears to have stopped the call to make that an elected position in its tracks.

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