King County Executive Dow Constantine nominated to become next Sound Transit CEO King County Executive Dow Constantine has officially been nominated for a new position of leadership in the Seattle area: Sound Transit CEO. KUOW Staff
How do you convince Social Security you’re alive after the agency declares you dead? Seattle couple says it’s far from easy Pam Johnson of Seattle found out her husband, Leonard or “Ned,” had been declared dead when she got a letter from Bank of America on Feb. 19 offering condolences. The note said more than $5,000 in Social Security benefits had been reclaimed from the couple’s joint account. Stephen Howie Vaughan Jones Patricia Murphy
More cuts coming to the National Weather Service At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, a six-foot-wide balloon filled with hydrogen lifted off at the tiny Quillayute Airport, between soggy Forks, Washington, and the western edge of the Olympic Peninsula. John Ryan
Has the U.S. revoked visas for UW or WSU students? Washington universities are on edge with this month's news of federal agents detaining students with green cards, and the U.S. revoking visas, of protesters who criticized Israel's war in Gaza. Scott Greenstone
Washington joins multi-state lawsuit against Trump administration for cutting billions in public health funding Washington state is among 24 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in an effort to block its sudden termination of $11 billion in grant funding for public health agencies. Scott Greenstone
Eid moves one step closer to becoming a Washington state holiday Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, two holidays celebrated by nearly 100,000 Muslims in Washington state, is one step closer to state recognition. Ruby de Luna
Seattle's federal health office closes as Trump administration guts HHS funding In his plan to streamline the expansive Health and Human Services administration, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced last week he’d be firing 10,000 employees and chopping half of the regional offices in the country. The Seattle regional office is apparently among them. Scott Greenstone
Refugees are still coming to Washington state despite Trump's policies. But help is hard to find Unlike other refugees who must wait for the government to book their travel and connect them with a resettlement agency, some refugees can buy their own plane tickets if they have the means. But once they arrive in the U.S., there’s no guarantee the federal government will offer them any help at all. Eilís O'Neill
Electric vehicle sales stall in Washington state Electric-vehicle sales in Washington state are stuck in neutral and might even be going in reverse, according to data from the Washington Department of Licensing. John Ryan
Washington, Oregon sue to block Trump's executive order overhauling elections The lawsuit targets a sweeping executive order that requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of registering to vote, and restricts vote-by-mail states from counting ballots postmarked by Election Day but received thereafter. Liz Brazile
