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A watchdog has new recommendations for how the Department of Corrections could make improvements. The agency continues to argue its short on funding.
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One WA Democratic leader proposed redistricting in January. He says trying again isn't off the table
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When beekeepers saw honeybee die-offs last year, experts at a USDA research center stepped in to help. The Trump administration plans to close the facility, and beekeepers and scientists are worried.
Arts & Culture
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Movies 101On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that put characters in difficult situations. The first is “I Swear,” the based-on-real-events story of a man with Tourette’s Syndrome. The other is “Mother Mary,” a film starring Anne Hathaway as a pop star attempting a comeback who is forced to face secrets from her past. -
Movie Reviews“I Swear” is a look at the life and struggles of a man with Tourette’s Syndrome and the ignorance surrounding it, Dan Webster says. -
A hangout comedy set in 2011 Montreal, Chandler Levack’s Mile End Kicks follows a burgeoning music writer in a community of wannabe rock stars and artists. Nathan Weinbender says it uncannily captures its time and place, like a millennial version of Almost Famous.
Events
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Tune to SPR News Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 6-7:30 pm to hear holiday favorites played by local musicians. -
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SPR GM John Decker was at New Love Coffee in Liberty Lake on Saturday, October 25th, and enjoyed hearing from you!
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Travel advisers are seeing Americans picking cheaper domestic travel destinations over Europe. -
Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, has dominated headlines for weeks. For some, his surname is a reminder of a disappearing accent in South Midland America. -
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with legal theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw about her new memoir "Backtalker."
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks WNBA star Napheesa Collier about the league's new contract with the players and the state of women's sports.
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Rubio says U.S. combat operations in Iran are over as focus shifts to negotiations, takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Ohio and Indiana, poll finds Democrats are in a strong position for midterms.
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Staffing cuts forced the National Weather Service to cut early morning weather balloon launches. Then two tornado outbreaks this spring caught forecasters by surprise.
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U.S. and allies hold their largest drills yet in the Philippines near Taiwan, showcasing new tactics and alliances to deter China—while Beijing stages its own exercises nearby.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks Jesse Keenan of Tulane University about a new study that suggests New Orleans could become uninhabitable by the end of the century.
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Three Texas mariachi music-playing brothers and their parents were held by ICE for two weeks. Their story caught the ear of country star Kacey Musgraves. This week, they opened for her in Texas.
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President Trump successfully ousted several Indiana Republicans who blocked a redistricting push in that state, but growing dissatisfaction with Trump's agenda gave Democrats an opening in Ohio.
