OWEN HENDERSON: From Spokane Public Radio, it’s SPR News Today. I’m Owen Henderson. It’s January 14, 2026. On today’s show, Washington state may face a new controversy over face masks. This time, ...

City leaders in Spokane are trying to understand the strings attached if they accept a grant from the Department of Justice. Spokane’s Community Oriented Policing Services, or COPS, wants to accept a ...

A ban on police face coverings has been one of the most talked about policy proposals in the first two days of Washington’s legislative session, with lead lawmakers and the governor lining up in ...

For years, families in Pomeroy have driven at least 30 minutes to find childcare. Now, a community-led effort is working to bring those services back to town. For nearly two years, nonprofit ...

Owen Henderson hosts Morning Edition for SPR News, but after he gets off the air each day, he's reporting stories with the rest of the team. Owen a 2023 graduate of the University of Illinois ...

For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has assigned a dollar value to the lives saved and the health problems avoided through many of its environmental regulations. Now, that has changed. The ...

Washington state lawmakers begin a 60-day session today, in which a fiscal reckoning, flood recovery, and their own reelections loom large. They departed Olympia last spring, fingers crossed that a ...

There's a growing move to end what some call "the orphan tax". And stop states from taking benefit checks from children and youth in foster care.

On 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 ...

Owen Henderson hosts Morning Edition for SPR News, but after he gets off the air each day, he's reporting stories with the rest of the team. Owen a 2023 graduate of the University of Illinois ...

The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent sparked protests across Minneapolis. Federal authorities have taken over the investigation and say they're sending more Homeland Security agents to Minnesota.

For more on the Justice Department investigation, we're joined by David Wessel. He's the director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution. Good morning, David. DAVID WESSEL: Good morning.