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(The Center Square) – The Spokane City Council is gearing up to adopt its annual rules of procedure for 2025, raising the threshold for advancing legislation while potentially limiting a ...
Jan. 28—Conservatives have held less and less sway on the Spokane City Council since losing the majority in 2013, but after voters elected a more progressive slate of members in November the two ...
From its founding until 1960, Spokane used a commission system. On March 8, 1960, voters overwhelmingly approved the adoption of a city manager system, which gave the role of city manager most powers. [1] [2] In 2001, Spokane switched to the currently used strong mayor form of government, giving more power to the mayor as chief executive.
The 2023 Spokane mayoral election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the mayor of Spokane in the U.S. state of Washington.The election was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Republican mayor Nadine Woodward, who ran for a second term, and former Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown advanced to the general election as the top two candidates in the top-two primary on August
Lisa Jo Brown [1] (born October 9, 1956) is an American politician and educator who is the current mayor of Spokane, Washington. [2] She previously served as the director of the Washington State Department of Commerce.
Nov. 7—It was beginning to feel almost like a cycle: a conservative in one election, then a progressive in the next two years later. Now, for the first time in more than a decade, northeast ...
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the State Senate, State House of Representatives, State delegation to the U.S. Senate, and State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives. State senators are elected to four-year terms, with half elected every two years.
Joining the race are Spokane City Councilman Jonathan Bingle, a former pastor and current owner of Bent Trivia and Bent Events, and Rene Holaday, a radio host who worked as a legislative aide to ...