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Elections

Looking Past The Shutdown, A Local Elections Check-In, And Remembering Tom Foley

Courtesy of Washington State University
President Ronald Reagan with Tom Foley, who passed today at age 84.

It’s Friday — time to talk over the week's news with Crosscut's KnuteBergerEli Sanders of The Stranger and KIRO 7's Essex Porter.

Congress reached a deal to reopen the government and avoid defaulting on the national debt. Have we turned the page or will things be right back where they started come January?

Also, we remember Eastern Washington Congressman and former Speaker of the House Tom Foley, who passed away today at 84. 

The panel checks in on Seattle's mayoral race and one state legislative contest that's drawing big money, and Live Wire host Luke Burbank joins us from Los Angeles.

Week In Review Web Extra

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Produced by Jason Pagano.