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Politics

Re-opening schools and closing grocery stores, this week

Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Kiro7 reporter Essex Porter, host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel Joni Balter, and tech correspondent for the New York Times, Karen Weise.

Technology

February 18th | One app to aggregate them all: COVIDWA makes finding available vaccines that much easier

A group of retired engineers made a website for finding vaccine availability across Washington. How the Swinomish Tribe is leading climate restoration efforts. And our weekly conversation with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.

Politics

This week in politics: The political implications of severe weather

The Seattle City Council is discussing additional trims to the Seattle Police Department budget - cuts of perhaps $5.4 million. And snow politics have actually dominated and even determined mayoral contests.

Politics

Lawsuits, shelter space, and who's running for mayor, this week

Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Publicola publisher Erica C Barnett, Crosscut reporter David Kroman and Seattle Channel produer and host Brian Callanan.

Pandemic gives new legs to tiny house villages

The COVID pandemic has pushed people out of homeless shelters and onto the street. Public frustration about that is leading to wider embrace of tiny house villages.

Business

January 12th | Business owners react to Governor's new reopening plan

We hear from two small business owners about Governor Inslee's new plan to allow shuttered businesses to reopen. A new report on homelessness from researchers in Los Angeles offers insights into what Seattle should be doing to tackle the problem. And we talk to King County executive Dow Constantine on the latest plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccinations.

Government

Two moms look for housing for their 9 kids. They have money but 'we're stuck'

Just before the holidays, a Thurston County resident named Valerie King contacted KUOW. She described her unsuccessful odyssey to secure housing for nine kids aged 1 to 15. It comes as the pandemic is shrinking the supply of housing for the region’s most vulnerable people.

A plan to streamline homeless relief hits a snag

A little over a year ago, King County and the city of Seattle teamed up to help streamline a complicated network of homeless services. But things have not gone as planned.