The sky’s the limit for downtown buildings

Plus, a contract for police phone-hacking software will be an extra $45k, the county is facing a $30 million budget deficit and chronic nuisance properties better buckle up.

By: Erin Sellers

Outlets: RANGE Media

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 1,745

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago

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Welcome to CIVICS, where we break down the week’s municipal meetings throughout the Inland Northwest, so you can get involved and speak out about the issues you care about.

Some things that stick out to us this week include:

Spokane City Council could extend the interim moratorium on height limits downtown, which is government jargon to say — developers can continue to build really tall buildings downtown, if they want to.
At the Public Safety …

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