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NEWS: A
hearing is scheduled today in a Spokane Valley marijuana grow case that could send at least one man to prison for life.
NATION: President Donald Trump
keeps attacking Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying Sessions has taken a "VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes." This comes a day after he called the AG "beleaguered" in a tweet. (via
New York Times)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
NATION: Senate Republicans are headed
toward a vote today on health care, but nobody really knows exactly what they will be debating. (via
New York Times)
IN OTHER NEWS
Justice served
Donna Perry, a transgender woman and convicted serial killer from Spokane, has been
sentenced to life in prison without parole for three murders she committed in 1990 as Douglas Perry. (
Spokesman-Review)
Wildfire season
The Bissell Fire in Stevens County has
grown to 411 acres and is forcing people out of their homes. The fire, which started on Sunday, has forced a level three evacuation for everyone within a one-mile radius of 3987 Bissell Road in Gifford, near the Columbia River. (KXLY)
Rail measure goes to ballot
Spokane City Council voted last night 5-1 to put a proposal on the November ballot that, if passed, would
fine coal and oil trains passing through downtown Spokane. (KREM)