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New City contract latest in Spokane’s scrap with SCRAPS

Plus, a new chair person for STA, city council commission appointments and an executive compensation conversation for the library director.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 15 Dec 2025

Part of High Bridge Park set to be leased to American Indian Community Center for $1 a year

Spokane City Council poised to create an eviction diversion program

CIVICS: Spokane County set to spend millions on TASERs, body cameras and surveilling private drones.

By Erin Sellers, Aaron Hedge and Valerie Osier

/ 8 Dec 2025

Hello CM Kate Telis, goodbye algorithmic rental price fixing?

CIVICS: Spokane City Council could ban software artificially inflating rents, set their legislative agenda and laying groundwork to ban kratom.

By Erin Sellers, Aaron Hedge and Valerie Osier

/ 1 Dec 2025

Big budget business for Spokane city

CIVICS: Plus, extra overtime on offer for SpoVal cops during holidays, Spokane Valley projects a deficit in 2026 and Spo City could declare 2025 the year of the Cooperative.

By Erin Sellers, Valerie Osier and Aaron Hedge

/ 24 Nov 2025

Price fixing, parking tax and policy impacts

CIVICS: Plus, a stormwater impacts study paid for by the airport.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 17 Nov 2025

Proposed purchase of crowd control noise device to draw protest

CIVICS: Plus, homeless shelter contracts, fast-tracking PFAS filters and eviction prevention

By Aaron Hedge, Erin Sellers and Valerie Osier

/ 10 Nov 2025

The City of Spokane’s SNAP response

CIVICS: Plus, nixing city council staff protections, a parking lot tax and the airport budget!

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 3 Nov 2025

Even stricter restrictions could be coming to punish visible homelessness

Plus, the airport isn’t budgeting for PFAS clean-up and Spokane City Council could make it easier to fire their own staff.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 27 Oct 2025

Spokane City Council wants to make it easier to fire their own staff

Plus, turning off algorithmic rent fixing software, updates on the new tiny home village and Mead School Board wants more restrictions on “controversial” speakers.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 20 Oct 2025

Politicrawl, camping ordinance and ‘Charlie Kirk Day’

CIVICS: Plus, Mead school board is discussing a Supreme Court case about LGTBQ+ positive curriculum

By Aaron Hedge and Erin Sellers

/ 6 Oct 2025

Candidate forum galore!

CIVICS: Plus, Spokane city council town hall tonight and new healthcare company for Spokane County Jail.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 29 Sep 2025

The city of Spokane is out of money for jail.

CIVICS: Plus, measles response at the health district, flag restrictions at Spokane Valley and Safe Streets funding at the city finance committee.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 22 Sep 2025