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Gov. Bob Ferguson has thrown support behind the bill. It could face legal challenges if passed.
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We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation.
Arts & Culture
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss a pair of 2025 films that made a number of Best-of-the-Year lists: Josh Safdie’s "Marty Supreme" and Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho’s "The Secret Agent." -
Nathan Weinbender runs down his picks for the best 10 movies of 2025. -
Movie Reviews“The Secret Agent” is an intense study of what it meant to be a target of corrupt forces in 1970s Brazil, Dan Webster says.
Events
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SPR is a media partner for the Fall Folk Festival, taking place November 8th and 9th, 2025 at Spokane Community College. -
SPR Staff attended the Fall Arts Preview in Comstock Park on Labor Day, September 1st, 2025 -
August's Free SPR Kids' Concert featured sister-duo, Dry and Dusty in the River Park Square Atrium Saturday, August 23rd at 1 pm
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Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu about what this means.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks to author Rosie Storey about an exploration of love, loss, and lies in the new novel Dandelion is Dead.
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Inflation didn't get worse in December. But it didn't get better. Prices were up 2.7% a year ago. A drop in gasoline prices was more than offset by rising grocery and electricity bills.
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A new study analyzed the sleep patterns of jellyfish and sea anemones and found they share some sleep traits with humans. The research could provide insight into the origins and function of sleep.
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NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks to former National Security Adviser John Bolton about the protests in Iran.
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Foster was just 12 years old when she starred in the 1976 film. "What luck to have been part of that, our golden age of cinema in the '70s," she says. Her latest film is Vie Privée (A Private Life). -
To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports. -
Adams announced in May that he was dying of metastatic prostate cancer. Thousands of newspapers carried his strip satirizing office culture starting the '90s, until a controversy in 2023. -
The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules. -
Amid a deadly crackdown on protesters in Iran, President Trump continues to threaten military action against Tehran and warned countries that do business with Iran that he could impose a tariff.
