"Four raisins in a rice bowl" no more
Fifty years of Indian immigration has built a rich and complex community in the region. And following the governor’s State of the State address, Republican lawmakers wonder how Inslee will pay for his proposed reforms. Also… have you ever thrown anything into the recycling bin with unseemly hesitation? This conversation's for you.
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Indian immigration tops King County stats
King County’s population has grown by 10% this decade, and half those new folks were born outside of the US. The largest proportion of those immigrants were from India. Bill Radke was joined by Agastya Kohli, Artistic Director of the drama wing at Pratidhwani, Seattle University English professor Nalini Iyer, and Devki Rajguru, whose family was the first Indian family in Redmond. At the time, she laughs, they were “four raisins in a rice bowl.” The three spoke about how that’s far from the case now.
State of the State response
After yesterday’s State of the State, we asked Representative J.T. Wilcox to respond. He’s the leader of the Washington House Republicans, and says there are plenty of things that are priorities on both sides of the aisle.
Wishful recycling
It might astonish you what some people throw into the recycling bin. Dirty diapers. Worn out jeans. Wire hangers. Loose plastic bags. Are we edging closer to anything you’ve chucked into your own blue bin? Wishful recycling can do much more harm than good, say Kevin Kelly and Pat McLaughlin. Kelly is General Manager at Recology Cleanscapes recycling facility, and McLaughlin is director of the Solid Waste Division of King County.
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Bill Radke
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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