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Week in Review: Tax the rich, Seattle mayor's race and grunge: the musical

caption: L-R: Dave Ross, C.R. Douglas, Paul Guppy, Tina Podlodowski
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L-R: Dave Ross, C.R. Douglas, Paul Guppy, Tina Podlodowski

Seattle's City Council votes to tax the rich, but a court battle looms.

We check in on the race to be Seattle's next mayor with just over two weeks to go before the August 1 primary.

President Trump defends his son Donald Jr. over a recently disclosed 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised dirt on Hillary Clinton.

And Seattle Repertory Theater says it's working on a new musical that would bring grunge to the theater audience.

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Get caught up on the news:Seattle Times: Seattle City Council approves income tax on the rich, but quick legal challenge likelyNew York Times: Russian dirt on Clinton? 'I love it,' Donald Trump Jr. saidThe Olympian: Inslee vetoes tax break for manufacturers

Our panel this week:

C.R. Douglas @crdouglasq13fox, Q13 FOX News political analyst

Tina Podlodowski @tinapo, chair of the Washington State Democratic Party

Paul Guppy, vice president for research at the Washington Policy Center

Dave Ross @thedaveross, host of Seattle's Morning News on KIRO FM

 

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