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News >  Spokane

Future of Riverfront Park amusement rides up for vote next week

The Spokane Park Board is scheduled to decide next week whether to back a resolution that would designate the 13 attractions for sale. Former park director Hal McGlathery, who has backed keeping the rides, said it’s likely the last chance supporters will have to keep them in the new version of the park.
News >  Spokane

Spokane to get tougher on downtown parking meter limits starting July 1

Enforcement of existing laws that place limits on how long a particular motorist can stay on a certain city block will start July 1. Until then, violators will receive notices their actions could net fines up to $30 as parking enforcement officers begin using license plate readers to determine whether drivers are folowing the law.
News >  Spokane

Congressional spending compromise includes protection for Washington’s marijuana industry

Congress is scheduled to vote on a $1 trillion spending package this week that will keep in place a restriction on the Justice Department from using its share to go after states that have legalized marijuana. Local experts say more permanent answers about how the Trump administration will deal with states that have legalized the drug will likely come later this summer.
News >  Spokane

Spokane human rights code changes become law without mayor’s signature

In a letter to the City Council, Mayor David Condon said there was no analysis performed on how much processing complaints at City Hall would cost Spokane and that new protections for home renters put the city’s code at odds with state regulations. The mayor said his administration agreed with the intent of the legislation, but returned the law without his signature.
News >  Spokane

Knezovich, railroads tout rail safety as Spokane coal, oil train activists close in on ballot measure

Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and representatives of Union Pacific and BNSF said Thursday they’re working to ensure coal and oil moves safely through downtown Spokane and first responders are ready in the unlikely event of a derailment. Supporters of a fine for the trains rolling through Spokane say they should have enough signatures by Saturday to put the issue to voters.
News >  Spokane

McMorris Rodgers tells wheat growers food assistance should stay as part of farm bill

At a roundtable held this week in Colfax, the fourth-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives hinted there may be renewed efforts to split crop support from food assistance for the poor in the next round of negotiations on the farm bill, set to expire in 2018. Wheat growers are concerned about support for overseas trade and setting insurance repayment levels amid tumbling prices.
News >  Spokane

McMorris Rodgers speaks to small group in Spokane; no town halls planned for recess

The Congresswoman addressed concerns about efforts to repeal the nation’s health care law and the political divisiveness following last year’s presidential election in a roundtable discussion with eight Eastern Washington residents Monday. McMorris Rodgers said she preferred “constructive conversation” to the political divisiveness seen in some town halls across the country.
News >  Spokane

Condon pushes City Council to pass oversight ordinance before police union talks

Mayor David Condon said he’s received legal guidance that negotiations with the Spokane Police Guild should not begin until after a new ordinance on police oversight is approved or discarded, because of fears about broaching mandatory subjects of bargaining. Members of the City Council are urging Condon to begin talks on other issues after the guild’s contract expired in December.
News >  Spokane

Spokane residents asked to weigh in on city’s snowplow plan

The city posted an online survey Tuesday asking residents to rank their priorities on snow removal strategies, including whether officials call an all-city plow quickly enough during snowstorms. The City Council has pledged to revise the plowing plan after a brutal winter that left many motorists bitter.