Capital assignment: Hilary Edwards congressional intern

It wasn’t so long ago that Hilary Edwards was walking the halls of La Conner High School.

Now the halls of Congress are in her future.

The 2013 La Conner grad, a first-year law school student at Arizona State University, is one of 12 applicants nationwide to have been selected for a Native American summer congressional internship through the Udall Foundation.

The foundation honors the legacies of brothers Stewart Udall and Morris Udall, whose careers fostered the causes of American Indian self-governance and healthcare as well as stewardship of public lands and natural resources.

The Udall Int...