Voters asked to renew juvenile justice, jail tax on April ballot

SPOKANE COUNTY – Tuesday afternoon, March 10, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution that will ask voters to renew the current one-tenth of 1 percent sales and use tax for juvenile justice and jails on the April 28 Special Election Ballot.

The tax was first approved by voters in 1995 and has been renewed three times (1998, 2003, and 2008). The current tax, approved by over 63 percent of voters in March 2008, is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015. If renewed, the sale and use tax would resume on January 1, 2016, and continue through December 31, 2025. Voters have...