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Postal workers protest potential privatization, Senate Dems say mix of new taxes and spending cuts will balance WA's budget, Idaho budget fight extends legislative session, and Zags beat fellow Bulldogs to advance in March Madness.
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Robert De Niro plays rival mob bosses in a new biographical crime drama. But while it's fun to watch De Niro argue with himself, The Alto Knights ultimately feels dubious and derivative.
Arts & Culture
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two surreal foreign films—one from Canada, titled “Universal Language,” and the other from Italy, titled “Parthenope.” -
Movie Reviews“Mickey 17” is Bong Joon-ho’s first film since “Parasite,” starring Robert Pattinson as an ill-fated worker on a ship headed to a new planet. Nathan Weinbender says the movie is broken up into halves, one much more compelling than the other. -
Helen Byrne and Jeanette Wee-Yang talk with Jim Tevenan about the SSQ's upcoming concert.
Events
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SPR was a media partner for Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, March 5th at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center -
The free concert took place March 1 at 1 PM at 1110 W. Riverside Ave. -
The 2025 Record Sale took place February 15 and 16 at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, Spokane Valley
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Friday's hearing over the merits of the judge's temporary restraining order comes as the case has become a flashpoint between the judiciary and executive branches. -
With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea. -
With cuts to nearly all the staff at the Department of Education's primary data agency, low-income and rural schools may not get the federal funds they rely on in coming years. -
How Education Department cuts will impact lower-income and rural schools, hearing to be held on Venezuelan deportations, NTSB says Maryland officials did not assess Key Bridge risks before collapse.
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The Trump administration plans to gut the Education Department office that measures student success. An education expert says this could hurt American competitiveness in the long run. -
Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants were flown home from Mexico on Thursday. Officials of the current regime are taking advantage of the repatriation to boost their popularity.
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Fans of the Boston Celtics react to the planned sale of their team for a record $6.1 billion.
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An NPR investigation helped 15,000 veterans hang on to their homes, but some in Congress want to kill the program that made mortgages more affordable.
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Planet Money heard about a hiring controversy at Tyson Foods, one of the country's biggest meat processors. So they went to find out: Were they taking jobs from citizens and giving them to migrants?
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NPR's Leila Fadel and Steve Inskeep speak about his upcoming reporting trip to China and why it is important now.
