The perils of Mailbox Peak
Crowded trails on the first days back in the outdoors. Governor Inslee on his reopening. A thinktank director on legislative checks and balances. A small-town mayor asks for help. A look at what might be in Seattle’s future. And two more voices of the pandemic.
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Casey Martin on Mailbox Peak
How’d your weekend go? Did you spend it outside? If so, were you safe about it? Many were not, says KUOW’s Casey Martin after a voyage to Mailbox Peak – masked, unlike almost everyone else.
Governor Jay Inslee, 5.11
As the phases of his reopening plan begin to take effect, Governor Jay Inslee joined Bill Radke to ask about what he’d like people to do, and how he’ll enforce it if they don’t.
Legislative oversight on executive power
Does the governor have the power to enforce – or even enact – a stay at home order at all? Jason Mercier is director of the Center for Government Reform at the Washington Policy Center. He wants to see a legislative check on the governor’s power.
How are tourist towns doing during the stay at home order?
During the brief period of sunny weather that Seattle offers, people flood to small Washington tourist towns like Langley. With travel having plummeted due to the pandemic, he’d like some government help.
Starbucks and the future of eating
KUOW food reporter Ruby de Luna went to Starbucks to sound out the terms of their impending reopening. Then she called her sister in Hong Kong, which has dealt with the virus longer (and already seen its first spike of cases as restrictions eased), for a look at what might be in our future.
Voices of the Pandemic: Kathy Leong and Mattie Mooney
KUOW is speaking to folks at the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis in a series called Voices of the Pandemic. Today we hear from nurse Kathy Leong and Mattie Mooney, who is on the frontlines of being cooped up at home.
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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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