CIVICS Archives – Page 2 of 18

Proposed purchase of crowd control noise device to draw protest

By Aaron Hedge, Erin Sellers & Valerie Osier ● CIVICS ● November 10, 2025

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

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The City of Spokane’s SNAP response

By Erin Sellers & Aaron Hedge ● CIVICS ● November 3, 2025

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

Even stricter restrictions could be coming to punish visible homelessness

By Erin Sellers & Aaron Hedge ● CIVICS ● October 27, 2025

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

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

By Erin Sellers & Aaron Hedge ● CIVICS ● October 20, 2025

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

Politicrawl, camping ordinance and ‘Charlie Kirk Day’

By Aaron Hedge & Erin Sellers ● CIVICS ● October 6, 2025

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

Candidate forum galore!

By Erin Sellers & Aaron Hedge ● CIVICS ● September 29, 2025

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

The city of Spokane is out of money for jail.

By Erin Sellers & Aaron Hedge ● CIVICS ● September 22, 2025

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

Can we capture enough carbon to keep your energy bill low?

By Erin Sellers & Aaron Hedge ● CIVICS ● September 15, 2025

Waste-to-Energy plant study findings, emergency dispatch updates and health board appointments.

A lawyer helping Sean Feucht sue Spokane could be the new county prosecutor

By Erin Sellers ● CIVICS ● September 8, 2025

CIVICS: Spokane city exploring making daycare permitting easier, and an OPO report showed 17 complaints about police conduct at June 11 protests.

Spokane could finally ban warrantless ICE arrests at ticketed street festivals

By Erin Sellers & Aaron Hedge ● CIVICS ● August 25, 2025

Plus, County to start ‘forever chemicals’ task force to advise cleanup effort, city committee to discuss unpaid jail bills and a new council meeting time.