Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Reporter
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Health
More overdose deaths are likely coming nationwide. What about in Washington state?
As death rates have soared across the country, in Washington state the overall numbers of people killed by opioids have hovered around 700 people a year for a decade.
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Politics
Washington Republican Congress members forgo pay during shutdown
Members of Congress are still getting paid because appropriations for their pay are permanently mandated by law. Still, some of them are making the political choice to reject or donate their salaries.
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Environment
Seattle is really good at recycling. Maybe a little too good
Seattle's recycling rules haven't changed. They are the same today as they have been for years, but we don't follow them.
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Environment
Seattle has an over-recycling problem
We take our recycling pretty seriously here in the Pacific Northwest. But are we doing it right? This episode of SoundQs will make you a better recycler.
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Arts & Life
A mysterious dot on an old map, and a Washington man’s quest to find it
This is the story of a missing town south of Seattle, and Nick Millward, a man who loves maps and sometimes has trouble sleeping at night.
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Politics
Gun owners worry this move in Olympia could ban some firearms
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Arts & Life
Where is all the marijuana tax money going?
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Your guide to recycling Christmas wrappings in Seattle
When you’re done unwrapping presents and opening boxes, what to do with all that packaging?
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Politics
Gov. Inslee wants $30 million to combat opioid epidemic
The biggest chunk of the funding request is to help people on Medicaid get off drugs or avoid getting on them in the first place.
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Health
More than a million Washingtonians got unnecessary medical treatment in one year
Low-cost, yet wasteful medical procedures cost an estimated $341 million from July 2016 to June 2017, according to a new report by the Washington Health Alliance.