The League of Conservation Voters gave U.S. Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers another failing grade for her votes on environmental issues in 2016, bringing the congresswoman's "lifetime score" down to 3 percent.
Mike Noder and Craig Sullivan tried to reveal corruption in Spokane's waste and recycling department. They had a falling-out sometime around Noder's second run for mayor.
Chad Sokol is a general assignment reporter for the City Desk. He joined The Spokesman-Review in 2015 as an intern in the Olympia bureau covering state government. After a stint of freelancing, he joined the staff in 2016. His focuses include higher education, jails and prisons, white nationalism and anti-government extremism.