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A decision by the Public Disclosure Commission means a law capping the size of donations to political committees in the last days of this election will not be enforced.
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With just days until Election Day, former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail in Georgia as President Trump held a rally in Ohio and ad spending hit a record high.
Arts & Culture
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This week, "Movies 101" will be discussing a trio of films that boast supremely interesting characters. We’ll start off with the imaginative documentary You Can See Everything, and we’ll follow first with Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning and the re-release of Ken Russell’s 1971 film The Devils. -
You Can See Everything is already the most talked-about documentary of recent years. Nathan Weinbender says it lives up to the hype as a fascinating, exhilarating brain teaser about the nature of truth and objectivity.
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Chris Grant shares a preview of the new SBBB season.
Events
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EventsTune to Spokane Public Radio October 28th as we celebrate Public Radio Music Day -
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We enjoyed meeting listeners at Farmers' Market this summer at various Farmers' Markets in our region.
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Federal law requires the Education Department to erase the student loans of borrowers whose colleges close suddenly. A new lawsuit claims the department isn't fully following those rules. -
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Los Angeles Times correspondent Gustavo Arellano to talk about the legacy of the late activist Dolores Huerta.
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Trump and Obama campaign at rallies ahead of Election Day, two reports will give latest insights on GDP and inflation ahead of midterms, Israel's election is deadlocked.
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The Milwaukee Brewers have won the World Series, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in five games. It's the franchise's first-ever championship since it started more than five decades ago.
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Hundreds of thousands fewer children are born each year in the U.S. and now fewer foreign migrants live in the U.S.. Those two trends have triggered an enrollment crisis in public schools.
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Bots now outnumber people online, with consequences for the economics of the internet. How does it change the way users access and pay for all the stuff done online?
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For young voters from immigrant families, the political calculation of voting goes beyond their individual views and includes the needs of their families and communities.
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Brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease can be detected by a new type of blood test -- and a growing number of patients are asking their doctors about it.
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With Americans soon heading to the polls with affordability on their minds, we get a final measure of both GDP and inflation.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Stacey Vanek Smith, host of the podcast Everybody's Business from Bloomberg BusinessWeek, about what signs of economic growth could mean for the midterms.
