Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
Ms. Wilson, a self-described socialist, joined the race after Mayor Bruce Harrell opposed taxing high-income residents to finance construction of new housing.
Ms. Wilson, a self-described socialist, joined the race after Mayor Bruce Harrell opposed taxing high-income residents to finance construction of new housing.
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.
“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself,” said Cole Leinbach, a librarian in Tieton, Wash. “So what does it mean if that goes away?”
With her temporary block expiring, Judge Karin Immergut said the Trump administration had failed to prove that protesters were hampering President Trump’s policies.
With her temporary block expiring, Judge Karin Immergut said the Trump administration had failed to prove that protesters were hampering President Trump’s policies.
Two city councilors won re-election on Tuesday, though their support for a pride flag at City Hall had sparked challenges from the right. Still, Idaho’s deep embrace of President Trump has the city worried.
Two city councilors won re-election on Tuesday, though their support for a pride flag at City Hall had sparked challenges from the right. Still, Idaho’s deep embrace of President Trump has the city worried.
The brief deployment of troops hours after a judge forbid it marked the second time this week government lawyers had to come clean to courts considering President Trump’s designs on Portland.
The brief deployment of troops hours after a judge forbid it marked the second time this week government lawyers had to come clean to courts considering President Trump’s designs on Portland.
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