Sue Lani Madsen

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Freelance Columnist at The Spokesman-Review

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Articles

'Our goal is to increase understanding': Amicably solving landlord-tenant disputes

3 weeks ago | thecentersquare.com | Sue Lani Madsen

(The Center Square) – Litigation is traumatic for everyone. A landlord-tenant dispute can be financially devastating for both parties, and alternative dispute resolution services have proven to be a valuable alternative to a courtroom showdown. Many mediation services started or expanded during the pandemic as part of the Eviction Resolution Pilot Program, known in the housing industry as ERPP, a mandatory, statewide program that ended on June 30, 2023.
Washington state’s ambulance deserts and the workforce

1 month ago | thecentersquare.com | Sue Lani Madsen

(The Center Square) – Calling 911 is often the first reaction in a medical emergency, whether at home or on the road this summer. It’s our indispensable safety net. But who answers that call? That’s one challenge John Nokes is working on. Nokes, a former paramedic, is working as a rural Emergency Medical Services consultant to the Washington State Department of Health on a five-year federal grant-funded project to improve the sustainability of emergency medical services across the state.
Crowd demands answers from U.S. Rep. Baumgartner at Ritzville town hall event

1 month ago | thecentersquare.com | Sue Lani Madsen

(The Center Square) – Out-of-towners outnumbered local residents at the 5th Congressional District town hall meeting held Monday morning in Ritzville. When asked to estimate the percentage of locals among the 130 or so attendees, Sheriff Dale Wagner responded, “About 2%.”Those whose names were drawn to ask questions identified themselves as coming from Spokane, Cheney and Pullman. U.S. Rep.
WA lawmakers hear about Peace Table program to resolve student conflicts

1 month ago | thecentersquare.com | Sue Lani Madsen

(The Center Square) – In an old-fashioned free-range childhood, children develop social and emotional self-regulation skills by negotiating. Without coaches to set rules and referees to enforce them, kids have to cooperate if they want to play kickball in the street or build a fort in the backyard. Now, school curriculums include SEL, or “social-emotional learning,” to compensate for children who have lost those opportunities.
Washington state school boards push back against Trump EO banning trans women from women’s sports

1 month ago | justthenews.com | Sue Lani Madsen

On Wednesday night, the Highline School Board in Burien, Wash., adopted a resolution pushing back on recent changes in federal policy.
Tech enhancing public input in WA's legislative process, impacting decisions

1 month ago | thecentersquare.com | Sue Lani Madsen

(The Center Square) – Public input into the Washington State Legislature has never been easier with online sign-in for all public hearings. Has this changed legislators' decision-making architecture? Yes, according to Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia. “The sign-in sheets are another way to gauge where the public is on an issue, where they’re from, and if they’re part of an organization,” Abbarno said on Thursday. Abbarno serves as chair of the House Republican Caucus.
A Forthright Podcast: Leaning Into the Divide

2 months ago | suelanimadsen.substack.com | Sue Lani Madsen

It could have been a fight instead of a conversation, or worse no conversation at all, just a cold-shouldered canceling. It turned into a commitment to produce a series of podcasts leaning into and working through tough issues with a Braver Angels attitude, believing that in disagreements both sides share and learn. Here’s the backstory:The February 18th Substack post started with a simple green Washington state flag, then an American flag . . .
We are what we eat – and what we grow

2 months ago | msn.com | Sue Lani Madsen

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We are what we eat - and what we grow

2 months ago | thecentersquare.com | Sue Lani Madsen

(The Center Square) – Diesel exhaust is usually treated as toxic. According to Gary Lewis, an entrepreneurial farmer and inventor from Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada, diesel exhaust is not toxic, or at least not in modern high-efficiency internal combustion engines. He’s developed a method to convert carbon dioxide in raw exhaust into plant food.
When a piece of cloth and good intentions create painful reactions

2 months ago | suelanimadsen.substack.com | Sue Lani Madsen

This flag is a symbol of home for me as a lifelong Washingtonian, with good old George solemnly surveying the evergreen field. This flag has been a symbol of freedom and hope for a better world for me and generations of Americans. That’s an emotional reaction, not an intellectual reaction. Our nation’s successes, failings and foibles are well-documented, some glorious and some decidedly ugly. Still, it stands as a symbol for the country as a whole and represents everyone in it.