The Latest Environment Policies meant to limit air pollution allow toxic dumping in Salish Sea Washington state is facing a conundrum on the open water. A tool to reduce air pollution from ships can result in water pollution. And a proposal to untangle that paradox ran aground this winter in the Washington Legislature for the second year in a row. Semi-retired KUOW reporter Tom Banse wrote about the issue recently for the Salish Current. He talked to KUOW’s Paige Browning about his reporting. Paige Browning Politics Appeals court rejects HUD homelessness overhaul, saying it would be 'disastrous' The federal housing agency wants to shift money away from permanent housing and toward programs that impose sobriety and other conditions. Advocates warn that would push many back into homelessness. Jennifer Ludden Business FIFA hikes World Cup prices, again. A finals ticket can now cost as much as $11,000 FIFA has raised prices for over 40 games of the World Cup in its latest sale that kicked off Wednesday, according to an NPR count. The most expensive tickets to the final now cost $10,900. Rafael Nam King County Council seeks safeguards against federal immigration enforcement The King County Council has made some moves lately to limit federal immigration enforcement within the county. Hans Anderson Front Page: Millionaire's tax, Washington ties to Artemis II, new AI laws Over 40 Washington companies have been part of the Artemis program, according to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Gabrielle Healy Wednesday Evening Headlines Seattle puts guardrails on surveillance data, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay issues order to build 500 new shelter units, and WA faces a pollution conundrum on the open water. Patricia Murphy Politics Republicans in Congress say they have a deal to end the record-long shutdown at DHS The plan would fund DHS, except for immigration enforcement, through September. Republicans would then try to fund the whole agency for three years using a tactic that would not need Democratic votes. Sam Gringlas Law & Courts Some states with legal gambling are concerned about losing a cut to new technology With college hoops in the air, lawmakers in New Hampshire and other states worry their cut of legal gambling revenue could shrink as bettors turn to the latest tech platform, prediction markets. Todd Bookman Law & Courts Supreme Court hears arguments around Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on birthright citizenship at a key political moment for President Trump. Mara Liasson World 25 years ago today, a mid-air collision sparked an 11-day U.S.–China standoff On April 1, 2001, a midair collision between an American aircraft and a Chinese plane sparked an 11-day diplomatic crisis — and the two countries still tell very different stories. Scott Tong Prev 17 of 1644 Next Sponsored
Environment Policies meant to limit air pollution allow toxic dumping in Salish Sea Washington state is facing a conundrum on the open water. A tool to reduce air pollution from ships can result in water pollution. And a proposal to untangle that paradox ran aground this winter in the Washington Legislature for the second year in a row. Semi-retired KUOW reporter Tom Banse wrote about the issue recently for the Salish Current. He talked to KUOW’s Paige Browning about his reporting. Paige Browning
Politics Appeals court rejects HUD homelessness overhaul, saying it would be 'disastrous' The federal housing agency wants to shift money away from permanent housing and toward programs that impose sobriety and other conditions. Advocates warn that would push many back into homelessness. Jennifer Ludden
Business FIFA hikes World Cup prices, again. A finals ticket can now cost as much as $11,000 FIFA has raised prices for over 40 games of the World Cup in its latest sale that kicked off Wednesday, according to an NPR count. The most expensive tickets to the final now cost $10,900. Rafael Nam
King County Council seeks safeguards against federal immigration enforcement The King County Council has made some moves lately to limit federal immigration enforcement within the county. Hans Anderson
Front Page: Millionaire's tax, Washington ties to Artemis II, new AI laws Over 40 Washington companies have been part of the Artemis program, according to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA). Gabrielle Healy
Wednesday Evening Headlines Seattle puts guardrails on surveillance data, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay issues order to build 500 new shelter units, and WA faces a pollution conundrum on the open water. Patricia Murphy
Politics Republicans in Congress say they have a deal to end the record-long shutdown at DHS The plan would fund DHS, except for immigration enforcement, through September. Republicans would then try to fund the whole agency for three years using a tactic that would not need Democratic votes. Sam Gringlas
Law & Courts Some states with legal gambling are concerned about losing a cut to new technology With college hoops in the air, lawmakers in New Hampshire and other states worry their cut of legal gambling revenue could shrink as bettors turn to the latest tech platform, prediction markets. Todd Bookman
Law & Courts Supreme Court hears arguments around Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on birthright citizenship at a key political moment for President Trump. Mara Liasson
World 25 years ago today, a mid-air collision sparked an 11-day U.S.–China standoff On April 1, 2001, a midair collision between an American aircraft and a Chinese plane sparked an 11-day diplomatic crisis — and the two countries still tell very different stories. Scott Tong