Today on the Inland Journal podcast, the first of two conversations with Spokane’s mayoral candidates. We’ll hear today from City Council President Ben Stuckart.

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, correspondent John Vlahovich has the next in a series of interviews with the candidates for Spokane Valley city council. Today, he talks with Dr. Bo Tucker. Tucker is one of the two finalists for city council position 6.

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, correspondent John Vlahovich brings us the first of six interviews with the candidates for Spokane Valley city council. Today, he talks with Tim Hattenburg, one of the two finalists in one of three races, for position 6.

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, we’ll hear from the second of two candidates in the race for Spokane city council in the South district. We heard on Thursday from the challenger, Tony Kiepe. Today, we talk with the incumbent, Lori Kinnear, who was first elected in 2015 and is now running for a second term.

I’m Doug Nadvornick. Today on the Inland Journal podcast, we move to the first of two candidates in the race for Spokane city council in the South district. The incumbent is Lori Kinnear, who is running for a second term. We’ll hear from her tomorrow. Today, we talk with Tony Kiepe. He’s a health care consultant who’s running for office for the first time.

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, we begin another round of interviews with candidates for Spokane mayor and city council and for the Spokane Valley city council. There are 16 in all and we’ll feature them during the next three weeks. The next two programs will feature the candidates in Spokane’s Northeast district. That’s an open seat that two-term incumbent Mike Fagan is leaving because of term limits. Today, our guest is Tim Benn.

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, we’ll hear more about an aggressive new campaign to stop all types of intimate partner and family abuse and violence in Spokane. The city has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in Washington. Community leaders decided that it’s a serious enough problem that it requires a much more vocal and unified campaign. They created a new documentary that features one survivor of domestic violence who agreed to tell her story. Tonight, that half-hour film will

Tuesday on the Inland Journal podcast, we talk with Spokane’s outgoing Mayor David Condon. Every two months, we visit the mayor in his office and ask him about some of the issues of the day. This time, among other things, we talk about the 2020 budget he has proposed. We ask about his support for a new city shelter for people who are homeless and the debate about homelessness in general and about lessons learned to pass on his successor.

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, we’ll talk with two of the three authors of a 2013 review of the Spokane County criminal justice system. We’ll look at where progress has been made as community leaders ponder, yet again, whether to build a new jail. Some of the recommendations from that Blueprint for Reform have been implemented; some haven’t. Here to talk about that are retired Superior Court Judge Jim Murphy and attorney Phillip “Dutch” Wetzel.

Today on the Inland Journal podcast, we’ll look at the growing need for foster parents in Washington and what the state is doing to recruit new people to the system. Stacey Conner and her husband have five children, a mix of biological and adopted. With that large brood, why take on more as foster parents? “The simple answer is we see our lives as very privileged. We have a lot and we know that when we look at the bigger world and we wanted to share that," Conner said.