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WA needs 'significant and ongoing' spending cuts, OFM says. How much and what to ax? There's the rub
The Office of Financial Management is warning WA agencies that a “business as usual” approach won’t be enough to balance the ledger next year. Forecasts show revenue likely won’t cover maintenance of current programs.
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Legendary painter David Hockney died on Thursday at the age of 88. The late NPR correspondent Susan Stamberg spoke with the artist in 2016 about his lifelong obsession with looking.
Arts & Culture
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Unlike most Hollywood horror film “Backrooms” preys simply on our inherent fears of the unknown – until it doesn’t, Dan Webster says.
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Paul Rudd plays a struggling musician whose work is stolen by a pop star in Power Ballad, the latest from Once director John Carney. Nathan Weinbender says the movie’s tune is a familiar one, but it’s extremely likeable nonetheless.
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Nathan Weinbender, Mary Pat Treuthart and Dan Webster sift through the last 5 years of cinematic offerings and unearth a few that they think deserve a wider audience.
Events
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EventsStop by your local Farmers' Market this summer and visit with SPR staff and volunteers at various Farmers' Markets in our region. -
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Spokane Public Radio is a media partner for Spokane Bike Everywhere Month 2026.
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President Trump formally nominated his former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, to be the next attorney general. His rise could be a window into the future of the DOJ.
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Friday is a deadline for the Kennedy Center to remove President Trump's name from all of its branding, including the marble front of its building in Washington, D.C.
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The initial public offering from the rocket and AI company raised some $75 billion, making the company one of the biggest in the world — and likely making Elon Musk a trillionaire. -
Spielberg's new thriller centers on a massive U.S. conspiracy to hide the fact that aliens have been visiting Earth for decades. If anything, though, the movie's pleasures feel more retro than timely. -
In Pressure, Scott plays an army meteorologist advising military officials on the date for the D-Day invasion. He previously starred in Fleabag and Ripley. Originally broadcast April 8, 2024.
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Satrapi's groundbreaking graphic novel Persepolis introduced readers to life in Iran during the Islamic revolution and the Iran/Iraq war. She died June 4, 2026. Originally broadcast June 2, 2003.
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President Trump said Thursday that he was canceling strikes on Iran as talks were back on with Iran and a peace deal was imminent.
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Hockney moved from London to Southern California in the 1960s and was an innovative painter, photographer, stage designer and printmaker. -
NPR's Leila Fadel asks former State Department advisor and negotiator Aaron David Miller about peace talks and Iran's strategic options following President Trump's announcement that a deal is close.
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Pope Leo XIV visited the Canary Islands on Thursday, where he issued a forceful defense of migrants.
