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Gov. Jay Inslee on May 4, 2021, signed into law a new capital gains tax and an expanded version of the state's Working Families Tax Exemption which has never before been funded. CREDIT: TVW/screenshot

Governor Signs Washington Capital Gains Tax Into Law As Legal Challenges Loom

Austin Jenkins May 5, 2021

Goose Gap Farm is one of several large swaths of farmland that are up for sale in a major auction in the bankruptcy of Easterday Farms and Easterday Ranches. CREDIT: Anna King/N3

As Easterday Family Property Is Auctioned, Big-Time Buyers Attracted To Water-Rich Deal

Anna King May 5, 2021

Washington Governor Jay Inslee wearing a mask and speaking from his desk during a press conference

Governor Says All Washington Counties Will Stay In Their Current Reopening Phase…For Now

NWPB News May 4, 2021

Medical workers with Delta Health Center prepare to vaccinate people in Leland, Miss., last week. In some places, rural hospital workers have been slow to get the vaccine themselves. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Why Lagging COVID Vaccine Rate At Rural Hospitals ‘Needs To Be Fixed Now’

NPR News May 4, 2021

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Passing the Baton: A Music Moment With Stravinsky and Rimsky-Korsakov

NWPB Music May 3, 2021

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Tina Turner on stage during her concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England, as part of her Wildest Dreams World Tour, 20th July 1996. Commencing in the spring of 1996 The Wildest Dreams Tour would last for 16 months, and included more than 250 concert dates in Europe, North America and Australasia. (Photo by Duncan Raban/Popperfoto via Getty Images)

How Racism Pushed Tina Turner And Other Black Women Artists Out Of America

PBS Newshour May 1, 2021

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BOOK REVIEW: 2 Novels Explore The Big Romantic Bargains We Strike In The Name Of Love

NPR News April 30, 2021

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On Netflix, Leigh Bardugo’s ‘Shadow And Bone’ Celebrates A Diverse Grishaverse

NPR News April 27, 2021

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, before leaving for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then onto Ohio for rallies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Facebook Ban On Donald Trump Will Hold, At Least For Now, Company’s Oversight Board Rules

NPR News May 5, 2021

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter on April 20 in the 2020 death of George Floyd. Minnesota Department of Corrections/AP

Derek Chauvin Files For New Trial In George Floyd Murder Case

NPR News May 4, 2021

Medical workers with Delta Health Center prepare to vaccinate people in Leland, Miss., last week. In some places, rural hospital workers have been slow to get the vaccine themselves. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Why Lagging COVID Vaccine Rate At Rural Hospitals ‘Needs To Be Fixed Now’

NPR News May 4, 2021

Pedestrians walk past Mexico's Consulate General in Los Angeles in October, shortly after ex-Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda's arrest at Los Angeles International Airport at the DEA's request. Charges were later dropped. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

U.S.-Mexico Efforts Targeting Drug Cartels Have Unraveled, Top DEA Official Says

NPR News May 3, 2021

Madison Kenyon (left), who is cisgender, runs track and cross-country at Idaho State University. She supports Idaho's transgender sports ban. Lindsay Hecox (right) is transgender and hopes to make the women's track and cross-country teams at Boise State University. Alliance Defending Freedom; Joshua Roper/American Civil Liberties Union

Idaho’s Transgender Sports Ban, Basis For Other States’ Bans, Faces A Major Legal Hurdle

NPR News May 3, 2021

In this July 27, 2018, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. A law signed April 6, 2021, by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon creates a $1.2 million fund for an initiative that marks the latest attempt by state leaders to help coal in the state that accounts for the bulk of U.S. coal production, which is down by half since 2008. Wyoming coal production, which accounts for about 40% of the nation's total, has declined as utilities switch to gas, which is cheaper to burn to generate electricity. CREDIT: J. David Ake/AP

Wyoming Doubles Down On Coal With Threat To Sue Other Western States, Including Washington

NWPB News May 3, 2021

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