Spokane County's juvenile justice and jails tax heads to November ballot

(The Center Square) – Spokane County is asking voters to renew its Juvenile Detention Facility & Jails Sales Tax.

Taxpayers send the county $15 million annually under the current tax.

Voters can expect to see the measure on the ballot for the Nov. 5 general election, alongside the presidential nominees, other state initiatives and another sales tax proposed by the City of Spokane, assuming its city council decides to place it on the ballot.

For decades, the county has used the one-tenth of 1% sales tax to fund its juvenile facilities and two jails. Voters last renewed the measure in 2015, but now the county needs to surpass the 50% threshold to pass it again before it expires at the end of next year.






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