Plus, Idaho can again prevent changes to sex assignments on birth certificates. And Spokane tries a new approach at the legislature to avoiding the looming $8 million tax on its Waste-to-Energy plant.

Plus, Washington and Idaho both grapple with projected deficits as their legislative sessions begin today. And could artificial intelligence help deter wolves from preying on livestock?

Plus, Spokane needs more housing—specifically for people leaving incarceration. And your teenager is probably spending an hour of the school day on their phone.

Plus, the Kootenai County Assessor is accused of abusing power to harass a political opponent. And Washington could be heading toward a partisan redraw of its congressional districts.

Plus, the Spokane County Medical Examiner stopped serving Kootenai County—so Kootenai’s coroner is turning a break kitchen into an autopsy lab. And WA Democrats remember the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Plus, Coeur d'Alene to swear in new mayor Dan Gookin and appoint a City Council replacement. And driver's ed goes Spanish thanks to Latinos en Spokane.

Plus, WA officials react to the Trump administration's strike on Venezuela, and new laws take effect in WA, ID on minimum wage, worker protections, closed captioning and more.

We'll learn about how rural hospitals might spend their share of money from a new federal initiative. The definition of "co-responder" is changing in Washington when it comes to emergency calls. Spokane's Haitian community celebrates New Year's with a message.

Washington transportation officials are working to determine when they can reopen formerly-flooded state highways. Washington is changing its high school graduation requirement. And it turns out Northwest residents like a bit of the bubbly.

Plus, Washington reopens a small stretch of highway near Stevens Pass recently covered by floodwaters. Sandpoint tries to regulate vacation rentals. New labor laws take effect in Washington later this week.