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Episodes
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Thursday Headlines
School districts face relief money audit, SPD Guild says officers staged a sickout, and Amazon cries foul on Sound Transit station plan
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Pickleball is growing. Is Seattle ready?
Seattle just hosted the All Star Game and Taylor Swift. But this week, another big event is drawing a crowd. It’s a pickleball tournament called the Seattle Open. Pickleball was invented on Bainbridge Island, and it’s become the fastest growing sport in the country. The tournament has exposed strong opinions about how to accommodate all the new players.
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New book provides a primer for aspiring state legislators
Two veteran Washington lawmakers discuss the art and craft of legislative rules and relationships.
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Wednesday Headlines
Environmentalists stop a clearcut, MoPOP gets items never before displayed, and pickleballers descend on Seattle
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Tuesday Headlines
Washington evades fire smoke, so far, surprise inspection of immigrant detention center, and burglarized businesses get Seattle's attention
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New Washington law could make condos less expensive, but are buyers less protected?
Everybody wants housing they can afford. Lawmakers have tried many strategies to give that to people. One is to bring the cost of homes down by reducing the price developers pay for things like insurance. A new bill that went into effect this week aims to do that. But not everyone’s happy about it.
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Monday Headlines
After a long dry spell raindrops were falling, how Seattle made it through a Mega-Weekend, and Amtrak gets an upgrade
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Friday Headlines
Seattle rent control gets an initial thumbs down, it's traffic-geddon time again, and the Snoqualmie Tribe says Wedgwood protest is not just about one tree
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Snoqualmie Tribe says Wedgwood protest is about more than one tree
They want Seattle’s mayor to issue an executive order to halt implementation of a new tree ordinance
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Industry, entertainment, and offices but no housing: The contentious future of Seattle's Stadium District
Industrial Lands – got some big new protections in Seattle this week. The new zoning rules add restrictions to some industrial areas, but allow new kinds of development in others. But lingering disagreements over the plan’s compromises aren’t going away. Especially around the sports stadiums in SODO.
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Thursday Headlines
Inslee targets oil industry on high gas prices, Microsoft stock spikes on AI plans, and the U.S. House votes to keep leaded aviation fuel available
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'It's really a crisis': Why small towns are fighting to save local newspapers
A handful of small town newspapers in the Pacific Northwest are facing uncertainty as they look for new publishers. It's a daunting page to turn in an ever-evolving industry, and locals are searching for ways to save them.