The Diocese of Boise condemns Idaho's firing squad bill, reaffirming the Catholic Church's opposition to the death penalty, emphasizing mercy and human dignity.
This week's FāVS Religion News: Spokane migrant arrests, Habitat for Humanity Women Build 2025, Holi festival, school board’s trans policy dilemma & more.
Haitian migrants in Spokane face uncertain futures as Trump revokes Temporary Protected Status, while local employers and unions pledge support despite potential deportation threats.
The Trump administration warned 60 colleges - four from Washington, including Eastern Washington University - about possible consequences if they don't protect Jewish students from antisemitism.
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Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.