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Final vote on rule changes, restricting immigration enforcement, and kratom ban up for vote

CIVICS: Plus, SPD wants better communication with immigrant communities and Liberty Lake wants a new City Hall

By Aaron Hedge

/ 2 Mar 2026

Final vote on rule changes, restricting immigration enforcement, and kratom ban up for vote

New rules, new council date, new $100k for immigrants

CIVICS: Plus, a decrease in overdose deaths, the kratom ban returns and affordable housing spending.

By Erin Sellers, Aaron Hedge and Daisy Zavala Magaña

/ 23 Feb 2026

New rules, new council date, new $100k for immigrants

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

Plus, Spokane city committee discussing $100k in direct support to immigrant communities and local governments will meet to hear a contamination cleanup update from the airport.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 9 Feb 2026

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

Spokane could pass an eviction prevention ordinance

The council will also discuss banning ICE from using all city property, and SPD Chief Hall will talk immigration and homelessness enforcement.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 2 Feb 2026

Mondays no more? Council to discuss meeting Tuesdays, instead.

CIVICS: Plus, positive momentum on permanent housing for homeless folks, abstinence sex ed and new resources for West Plains PFAS contamination.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 26 Jan 2026

Community action, new members and big items tonight at Spokane City Council

CIVICS: Plus, Spokane Falls Boulevard redesign and Spokane County takes accountability for PFAS.

By Erin Sellers, Aaron Hedge and Valerie Osier

/ 12 Jan 2026

SpoVal set to expand its police force

Plus, seat shuffling on boards and police accountability on the agenda.

By Aaron Hedge

/ 5 Jan 2026

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

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