Strikes, streetcars and Safeco in this week’s news

Teachers in Seattle vote to strike. How should we memorialize a political figure like Sen. John McCain? And we learn more about the Seattle Streetcar project.

This week Sen. John McCain was remembered at memorials in Arizona and Washington D.C.

President Trump wasn’t invited. Is that why cable news has been giving his funeral wall-to-wall coverage? And how should we remember complicated political figures?

Teachers around Washington state are bargaining for higher pay and more. In Seattle, teachers voted to strike this week. Why?

Seattle City Light has a new CEO. Who is Debra Smith and what challenges await her when she takes over the job?

And taxpayers will have the chance to vote on whether or not to give the Seattle Mariners public money to pay for a new roof.

We discuss these topics and more with our guests: Chris Vance, the co-chair of Washington Independents, Erica C. Barnett, writer at The C is for Crank, and David Kroman, reporter for Crosscut.