The Idaho state Legislature is currently embroiled in an ideological battle on whether to allow health care professionals and entities to opt out of participating in nonemergency procedures that would violate their sincerely held moral and religious beliefs.
With a new temple location and a new full-time priest, Spokane's Hindu Temple & Cultural Center had much to celebrate March 15, when they commemorated Holi.
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.
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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.