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The bill drops it to 0.05%, and the state would join Utah with the toughest standard in the nation. It still needs House approval.
Destin Conrad went from teen social media star to a musician touring the world on some of its biggest stages. In 2025, he put out both an R&B and jazz album and earned his first Grammy nomination.
Arts & Culture
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Cast members and director of CVHS's production of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" perform and talk with host Jim Tevenan
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The fourth film in the long-running horror series, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is a crazed, bloody apocalyptic nightmare directed by Nia DaCosta. Nathan Weinbender says it’s one of the standouts of the franchise.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films peopled by characters who don’t act in manners that most of us would consider, for want of a better term, normal.
Events
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EventsThe 2026 Record Sale will take place February 14 and 15 at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, Spokane Valley
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Spokane Public Radio was a media partner for BANFF Mountain Film Festival
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As tensions simmer between the European Union and the U.S. over the Trump administration's trade policies and its play for Greenland, we've been hearing about the EU's economic "bazooka." What is it?
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Israeli intelligence official Sima Shine about tensions in Iran and what they could mean for the future of the regime.
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Restaurants in Minneapolis have shifted their business strategies -- and their missions -- around the federal immigration push in the Twin Cities region.
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New research looks at the long-term impact of a controversial federal program from the 1990s that demolished housing projects and replaced them with mixed-income developments.
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This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, three albums landed within striking distance of the number-one spot. And a cult favorite has hit the Hot 100 more than 30 years.
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VA secretary Doug Collins is appearing before senators to explain plans to overhaul the department. But some of the focus of the hearing was also on his comments about the killing of Alex Preeti.
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NPR's Adrian Florido has been buying fruit from the same fruit cart vendor in his LA neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Adrian was there when federal immigration agents swooped in and arrested him.
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The presence of ICE in Minnesota, including the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens, is rewriting how Democrats and Republicans are messaging ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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Maine has lost a beloved legend. Virginia Oliver, known as the Lobster Lady, has died at age 105. She spent more than nine decades working on the sea at a job she loved.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, about his visit to the immigration facility where a 5-year-old and his father have been detained since last week.