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Episodes
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Starbucks workers’ union effort picks up steam in Seattle
‘The company calls them partners. They want an arrangement where they feel more in partnership with the company. They feel like being able to bargain as part of a union would allow that, and would allow them to improve their working conditions.’
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This Seattle bakery sells vegan treats and funds mutual aid efforts
The pandemic caused many people to do a lot of soul searching… leading some to make life-changing decisions. One Seattle biochemist quit her lab job to follow her baking passion.
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Latino voters sue over Yakima Valley's new legislative maps
‘…in reality, Latinos are having their votes diluted in the district, because they're being grouped in with rural white voters that have voting patterns that are opposite Latino voters.’
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Smell that? Air stagnation advisory for western Washington
If you feel the air getting a little funky over the next few days, it’s most likely you. To be more accurate — it’s us. Most of western Washington is under an air stagnation advisory until Wednesday. That means the airflow common to the region is on pause for now, leaving the air to sit around, closer to the ground.
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Turmeric poisoned their kids. Four Seattle-area cases show gaps in lead testing
Turmeric has been identified as the source of lead poisoning in at least four Seattle-area families recently. Health professionals worry that many more cases haven’t been identified because of inadequate childhood lead testing in Washington state.
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'Safe' hospital staffing and limiting emergency powers: 2022 legislative check-in
Washington state lawmakers are working fast this session to correct the record on a number of issue including the state’s plan to fund long-term care and executive emergency powers.
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Arts picks: falling to fly, cello findings, and internment anniversary reflections
It's Friday and the skies are clearing, so it’s time to look outside our caves and wonder what we can do this weekend. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm got these suggestions from Brangien Davis, Crosscut’s arts & culture editor.
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Showing or selling fake Covid-19 vaccine cards could become a crime in Washington
A proposal in the Washington Legislature would make it a crime to use or sell a fake Covid-19 vaccination card. The sponsor says he wants to deter people from even considering the ruse, but he also wants to send a signal to prosecutors to prioritize these cases as a matter of protecting public health.
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NW tribes use DOJ grants to support teens, jail alternatives
Support for youth, and access to drug treatment for adults – these are some of the services that Northwest tribes want to expand. And they were recently awarded grants from the U.S. Justice Department to do so.
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Washington Gov. Inslee declares European green crab emergency
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has authorized emergency actions to combat an infestation of European green crabs.
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King County public defenders & corrections officers see eye-to-eye on Covid crisis in jails
‘The situation we have at the jails right now is kind of a perfect storm. You had chronic understaffing at the jail, which ran headfirst into this new Covid variant.’
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Pipeline of short track speedskaters from Washington to Olympics grows longer
A roller skating rink in Federal Way, Washington, has a remarkable track record of minting future ice skating Olympians. The rink is probably best known for being the early training ground for Apolo Ohno, among others. The streak continues now for an eighth consecutive Winter Olympics with a new short track speedskater on Team USA named Corinne Stoddard. But meanwhile, the storied roller rink is for sale.