Today’s headlines:
- A bill prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing masks clears the Washington state Senate.
- Washington could be on its way to lowering the BAC required for a DUI.
- Idaho lawmakers may honor the firefighters killed and injured in an alleged ambush north of Coeur d’Alene last summer.
- One of the best—and lowest tech—ways the ag industry could set itself up for success: switching to the metric system.
- Washington’s Board of Natural Resources may need to add a tribal seat, but some counties worry about trust land revenue.
And West Central Abbey has served one of Spokane’s lowest income neighborhoods since 1895. It’s the second church in Washington to receive a grant from the National Trust of Sacred Places. But to get those grant dollars, it has to raise matching funds first. As SPR’s Eliza Billingham reports, it’s enlisted the help of local authors—both sacred and secular.
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