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Inslee Says Health Care Act Rollout Is On Track In Washington
Despite Republican efforts to block the healthcare reform plan known as Obamacare, Washington Governor Jay Inslee said he’s confident the plan is moving forward.Speaking today on KUOW’s The Record,...
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Water Boil Advisory Lifted For Thousands Of South King County Residents
UPDATE: 9/25/13, 5:10 p.m. PTIn a release today, the Washington State Department of Health has lifted the boil water advisory for residents of southwest King County, specifically Des Moines and...
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Competition For Tech Talent Heats Up In Seattle Area
Technology companies have been among the bright spots for job growth in the region. They are hiring a lot of one particular kind of employee—software engineers. Those are the people who design, develop...
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Jamie Moyer On Getting From Fail To Win
At the time of his last game, Jamie Moyer had the most wins, losses and strikeouts of any active major league pitcher. He'd won a World Series championship with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008. And...
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Diane Ravitch On The State Of The Public School
The popular narrative around public schools is that they’re failing and that teachers and administrators are to blame. Reformers argue for charter schools. They call for evaluating teachers based on...
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Twyla Tharp Creates New Work For Pacific Northwest Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet's Studio C is a big rehearsal hall, with the same dimensions as the stage at nearby McCaw Hall where PNB performs. Despite its size, on this afternoon the room feels packed to...
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Seattle May Embrace, Regulate Rideshare Companies
The Seattle City Council is trying to determine how it should handle new rideshare companies that compete with taxis. Council members told a packed meeting Thursday they are leaning towards embracing —...
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What Is A Geek Girl?
On October 19, downtown Seattle will be invaded by geek girls. That’s when the 3rd annual GeekGirlCon kicks off at the Washington State Convention Center. Maybe you’re wondering, what exactly is a geek...
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Check-Up On Seattle's Mandatory Sick Leave
It has been one year since the city of Seattle implemented its mandatory sick leave law. The ordinance is meant to establish standards for paid sick days and ensure that employers provide a minimum...
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How The Government Prepares For A Shutdown
The fiscal year ends September 30 and without a budget agreement before that the government could face a shutdown. We’ve heard the threat many times before and you may not be taking it seriously. But...
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Boat Sewage In The Puget Sound? The Department Of Ecology Says No More
It's not something you want to think about: excrement floating in our lovely oceans. Some boaters release their sewage into the water, but Washington's Department of Ecology is trying to change that....
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How The Puget Sound Region Has Emerged From The Recession
Our one hour special The Big Reset explores how the Puget Sound region has emerged from the Great Recession.
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Socialist Kshama Sawant Leads Conlin By 1,148 Votes
UPDATE 11/14/13, 5 p.m. PT: Kshama Sawant remains ahead of Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin by 1,148. On Wednesday, Sawant was ahead by 402 votes. If she maintains this lead, the race will...
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Sorry, Washingtonians: You Won’t All Be Able To Keep Old Health Plan
Within hours of President Barack Obama’s announcement that people could keep their old insurance plans – at least for another year – Washington state’s insurance commissioner said he wouldn’t abide.
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What Boeing Machinists' Rejection Means For Labor
In the hours after Boeing machinists overwhelmingly voted down an eight-year contract, a theme emerged: The machinists view themselves as a family that could not vote for a contract that would hurt...
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When Radio Censors, Go For “The Twilight Zone”
Rod Serling may not be a household name, but his groundbreaking television show, The Twilight Zone, certainly is. Serling’s bumpy radio beginnings set the stage for the innovative program.
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50th Anniversary Of JFK’s Assassination With Author Dean R. Owen
Coming up on Speakers Forum, November 21 at 9:00 p.m.November 22 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Journalist Dean R. Owen collected interviews from notable...
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Future Of Aerospace, Kshama Sawant's Comeback, And Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
It’s Friday — time to talk over the week's news with KUOW's Steve Scher, The Stranger's Eli Sanders, Crosscut's Knute Berger and Joni Balter of the Seattle Times.This week Boeing's machinists union...
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Grading The Predictions Of Pundits
Steve Scher talks with Pundittracker.com co-founder Sanjay Ayer about bringing accountability to the predictions of TV, radio and newspaper pundits.
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Long Beach And Charleston: Two Cities Vying For The 777x
Ross Reynolds talks with Bill Hennigan, aerospace reporter for the Los Angeles Times, and Andy Owens, managing editor of the South Carolina Business Journal, about bringing the 777x to South Carolina.
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