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Ordinance allowing people loiter in City Hall deferred, again

An ordinance that would allow people to linger inside the Spokane City Hall lobby during business hours was deferred once again on Monday. A union representing city workers still has concerns over what the new rules could mean for the safety of city workers on the 1st floor.

Homeless leave Spokane City Hall as police oversee cleanup at Camp Hope

Weeks of protest and pushback outside Spokane City Hall may have come to an end Sunday, as police enforced the city's removal of property order posted on Thursday. Post Street was blocked off as several officers oversaw the cleanup of Camp Hope, the makeshift homeless camp outside City Hall.

City orders homeless camp outside Spokane City Hall to clear out

An eviction notice was served to those who don't have a home this weekend in Spokane. Spokane Police posted several notices to remove property outside City Hall on Saturday, where many of the city's homeless have waited in below-freezing temperatures for Spokane's new warming shelter to open.