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A Spokane public accountant was indicted on federal tax fraud and evasion when he failed to report $1.7 million in income and filed fake personal tax returns. (Spokesman-Review) 

Spokane Public School teachers start school this week with the looming possibility of a strike as soon as this Friday. (KREM) 

Mayor David Condon released his 2016 capital and operation budget proposals Monday. (Spokesman-Review)

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A federal judge ruled that employers can refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraception based on moral, not just religious, beliefs. Judge Richard J. Leon wrote that religious groups' special exemption amounted to "regulatory favoritism." (The Boston Globe)

A Kentucky Clerk is still denying gay marriage licenses despite the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges earlier this year. (CNN)

Murder rates are on the rise in many U.S. cities . Milwaukee, St. Louis and Baltimore are the top three. (New York Times)

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A video of police shooting a man in San Antonio appears to show that he had his hands up when he was shot. (KSAT)

Crime and punishment could be a major issue at the center of the 2016 presidential campaign, as several Republicans, including presidential candidate Ted Cruz, are stepping up their pro-police rhetoric in the wake of the shooting of a Texas police officer. (Dallas Morning News)

A bipartisan group of Senate Judiciary Committee members is expected to announce a deal meant to relieve overcrowded federal prisons. The bill would give judges more discretion in sentencing nonviolent drug offenders, and well-behaved inmates could earn time off their sentences. (The Daily Signal)