This week we're not cheering all the news
State lawmakers avoid a government shutdown with a last-minute budget deal that adds billions to public education. Is it good enough for the state Supreme Court?
The Ballard Locks turn 100. We'll take up the good and the bad of a project that transformed Seattle.Americans shot fireworks, and North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. Some experts say it could hit Alaska -- could it ever hit us?
And a Seattle driver beats a speeding ticket by convincing a judge that a traffic sign is too wordy.
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Get caught up on this week's news:Northwest News Network: 10 things you should know about the Washington state budgetSeattle Magazine: How the Ballard Locks changed Seattle foreverSeattle Times: North Korea vows more 'gift packages' of missile tests for U.S.
Our panel this week:
Bill Radke @KUOWRadke, host
Knute Berger @knuteberger, columnist for Crosscut and Seattle Magazine.
Sydney Brownstone @sydbrownstone, reporter at The Stranger
Chris Vance @chrisvance123, former Washington State Republican Party chair
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Bill Radke
Host
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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Jason Pagano
News Director
Jason Pagano is KUOW's Interim News Director. He previously worked as a producer on local KUOW shows including The Conversation, Weekday, The Record, Morning Edition, Week in Review and Seattle Now.
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