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Feb. 14—Amid a spate of police shootings this week, Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown announced Wednesday that there's more work to be done before the hiring process for the city's permanent police or ...
Sep. 27—Twenty-nine Spokane city employees learned Friday that their jobs could be eliminated if the city's finances aren't significantly improved in the coming months. Mayor Lisa Brown's ...
Spokane (/ s p oʊ ˈ k æ n / ⓘ spoh-KAN) [8] is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, 18.5 miles (30 km) west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 ...
Mar. 6—Spokane Human Resources Director David Moss will leave the city effective Friday, Mayor Lisa Brown's office confirmed in a Wednesday afternoon statement. "As part of her mayoral ...
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.
Spokane was ranked the #1 "Worst City For Jobs" in America in both 2012 [127] and 2015, [128] while also ranking #4 in 2014. [129] A 2017 study conducted by a local investment firm found that the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area had lost publicly traded companies at a rate greater than other metropolitan areas of comparable size.