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Turning Struggles to Solutions One Bill at a Time

By Pia Hallenberg *This story first appeared in the 2023 GSI Connect Magazine, which can found on our About Us page. Connect with us and learn how your company can get involved in our advocacy efforts. Among the organizations especially challenged by the pandemic were the local blood banks. Not only did they have to meet incredible demands

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The Future of Policymaking

By Tim Peckinpaugh, Partner with K&L Gates LLP Inherent in our representative democracy is making policy that best serves the public good.  Policymaking is even more important today with our complex society and dynamic global economy. Everyone in the Spokane region benefits from policy decisions that promote well-functioning infrastructure, education to train new workforce, a growing

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New Nursing Licensure Compact Helps Fill Workforce Shortage

By Pia Hallenberg *This story first appeared in the 2023 GSI Connect Magazine, which can found on our About Us page. Connect with us and learn how your company can get involved in our talent and advocacy efforts. For the last six years, Greater Spokane Inc. has used its legislative advocacy to support passage of a Nurse Licensure

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Marty Dickinson: Leaning in to Support Bonds and Levies

I have spent my professional life pouring into the spaces that lift our region up. That often requires me to wear multiple hats, and that is how I come to you today, wearing the many hats that are important to me.  I am a fierce advocate for public K-12 education. Having had three children attend

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