Jonathan Brunt

The conviction of Officer Karl Thompson could mean a significant shift in the running and politics of the Spokane Police Department, some city officials and police accountability advocates said after Wednesday’s verdict. Jeffry Finer, a civil rights attorney who represents the family of Otto Zehm, said he hopes the jury’s decision would lead to serious police reform after years of failed efforts.

The Spokane mayor’s race is heating up with new commercials, mailers and money pouring in. Here, we examine claims made by Spokane Mayor Mary Verner and her opponent, David Condon, former deputy chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

It sounded dour, but the bottom line to most Spokane residents is that fixing Spokane’s $8 million hole won’t affect them much. Spokane Mayor Mary Verner presented her 2012 budget Monday.

State GOP pours cash into Condon campaign

Spokane water bill shocker: most paid less this summer

Coalition calls on candidates to take ombudsman pledge

Verner, Condon debate handling of Zehm case

Council votes to allow members to take 3 percent pay cuts

Council stance unchanged on Community Bill of Rights

Spokane voters likely will have plenty of chances in the next few weeks to see David Condon on TV. The candidate who is challenging Spokane Mayor Mary Verner has spent more than $40,000 on TV advertisements, according to campaign filings with the state Public Disclosure Commission.

Democratic chairman says Verner took 'high road,' as former Dem chairman takes to airwaves for Condon

Hession misquotes Lincoln

After a packed, six-way primary, voters in northeast Spokane have two unconventional choices to fill the Spokane City Council seat that will be vacated at the end of the year by Bob Apple. Both candidates have clashed with City Hall and were probably the biggest critics of existing city leadership among those who ran in the primary. Both have a bankruptcy in their pasts. Both have longtime ties to Northeast Spokane and have led neighborhood councils. Both have the backing of one council member who serves the district.

Allen, Rush support more street funding, but differ on specifics

Candidates for Spokane City Council responded to 20 questions from The Spokesman-Review soon after filing to run for office. Because only two candidates filed to run for the Northwest seat, there wasn’t a primary and none of the responses given by Steve Salvatori and Joy Jones ran in the print edition until today. To read more questions and responses, go to The Spokesman-Review’s Election Center at spokesman.com/elections.

During KSPS debate, Rush questions Allen's work ethic

Verner's message on water rates sounding more like Condon's

Candidates for Spokane City Council responded to 20 questions from The Spokesman-Review soon after filing to run for the office. Because only two candidates filed to run for the south seat, there wasn’t a primary and none of the responses given by Richard Rush and Mike Allen ran in the print edition until today. To read candidates’ responses to all the questions, head to The Spokesman-Review’s Election Center at spokesman.com/election.

Much is different and much is the same in Envision Spokane’s second attempt to get voters to approve a version of its Community Bill of Rights. Its proposal on the November ballot is significantly scaled down. Instead of the nine rights the group floated in its failed 2009 citizen initiative, this list only includes four.