Local government

Spokane voters will be asked this November whether they want to pay a permanent 0.1% extra sales tax within city limits, after the Spokane City Council voted Monday to place the question on the November election ballot.

The Spokane City Council on Monday declined to take a position on whether the city should commit to enforcing a voter-approved law banning camping in much of the city.

Prominent Democrats in Washington took to social media Sunday to praise President Joe Biden and his decision to withdraw from the presidential race, and some of them backed his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s presidential nominee.

There’s good reason Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the most likely replacement as the Democratic nominee for president, experts said Sunday.

Local Democrats on Sunday praised President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his re-election bid and pledged to unite behind the eventual party nominee.

West Plains resident Craig Volosing stood up in a June public meeting to allege County Commissioner Al French and Spokane International Airport engaged in “absolute silence” on water contamination first discovered in 2017.

Cheney’s EMS tax, set to expire at the end of the year, is up for renewal on the Aug. 6 ballot.

Former Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward has filed a claim for damages against the city she once ran – alleging the City Council violated her free speech rights and engaged in election interference. 

SCRAPS is waiving adoption fees on all animals through Saturday to ease its maxed-out shelter capacity.

A saboteur is making mountain biking even more dangerous at Beacon Hill by damaging trails and threatening more vandalism as the city of Spokane makes improvements to the popular area’s parking lots and trails.

Six Republicans and five Democrats are running to represent Eastern Washington in Congress in one of the year’s most crowded races in Washington, with only the open seat for governor attracting more candidates.

Candidates, cash and controversy are abundant in the race for a state Senate seat in eastern Spokane County.

Spokane County voters will be asked to renew a nearly 30-year-old sales tax this November that funds detention facilities and jails for juvenile offenders.

When it became clear that drastic changes would be needed to fill a $50 million deficit in the city of Spokane’s budget, Jeff Humphrey thought he would be the one explaining the city’s plan to residents.

Saturday’s alleged assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump could be a moment of unity, for partisan politicians to ease back toward civility. Or it could just make things worse, said Cornell Clayton, director of the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University.

Many politicians vocalized their sympathies and concerns for former President Donald Trump after he was shot in the ear on Saturday.

As news broke that former U.S. President Donald Trump had reportedly suffered a gunshot wound from an assassination attempt at a campaign rally Saturday afternoon, local political figures expressed shock and outrage.

Airway Heights voters will decide next month if they want to increase property taxes to boost policing in step with the city’s rapid population growth.

The city of Spokane and Spokane County will need to pony up an additional $750,000 to complete the planned improvements to two popular Beacon Hill recreation areas.