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Episodes
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Mike's adventures in art: An earth-ending flood, therapeutic play, and high school musical
If you're looking for tips on how to experience art in the Seattle area, you're in the right place. In this weekly post, KUOW arts reporter Mike Davis has suggestions for what to do around Seattle over the weekend so you can have your own adventures in arts and culture.
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Mayor Harrell 'swings for the fences' with big, proposed property tax hike to fund affordable housing
Bruce Harrell wants to triple a Seattle property tax to raise nearly $1 billion dollars to fund affordable housing. In making the announcement on Thursday to a room filled with hundreds of affordable housing developers, Harrell admitted it’s a lot of money.
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Seattle root, root, roots for its promising Mariners team
If they don't win, it’ll definitely be a shame
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Orca taken in the 1970s to be released from captivity, returned to PNW
The Miami Seaquarium has announced that it will begin the work of releasing the last remaining captive Southern Resident Orca, and bringing her home to the Salish Sea.
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Citing 'significant progress,' Justice Department moves to end consent decree with Seattle police
After more than a decade, federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department may be winding down. Justice Department officials and city leaders have asked a federal judge to find the city largely in compliance with the 2012 consent decree.
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After a concussion, kids’ brains need a break: from sports, bright lights, and too much homework
Washington was the first state with a law regulating when and how students can return to sports after having a concussion. Brain-injury experts say, now, lawmakers should add guidelines for when students with a concussion can return to school full-time.
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Northwest’s hottest summer in 1,000 years revealed by tree rings
The summer of 2021 was the Northwest’s hottest in at least 1,000 years, according to a new study of very old trees.
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Howard Schultz grilled at Senate hearing over Starbucks' 'aggressive union busting'
Howard Schultz’s morning coffee came with a shot of reproach today, as the former Starbucks CEO testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
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Seattle and Justice officials seek to end most oversight of city's police
U.S. Justice Department and Seattle officials seek an end to most federal oversight of the city's police department, saying its sustained reform efforts are a model for other cities.
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Seattle Audubon hatches new name: Birds Connect Seattle
The Seattle Audubon is changing its name to Birds Connect Seattle. They want to step away from a name with a racist legacy.
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Seattle mandates paid sick time for food delivery drivers
Seattle’s food delivery drivers will be eligible for paid time off when they get sick or need to deal with other safety related issues under a plan approved Tuesday by the City Council.
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Attack ads challenge property sales tax proposal in Washington state
The Washington Association of Realtors is trying to kill a proposed tax hike on property sales.