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Minimum Wage Committee Co-Chairs Explain How They Made A Deal
David Hyde speaks with David Rolf and Howard Wright, the co-chairs of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray's Income Inequality Advisory Committee, about how they finally came to a deal on a minimum wage proposal.
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'It’s Like Pornography:' Searching For Cultural Space In Seattle
Matthew Richter has his dream job. For the past eight months, he has served as Seattle's Cultural Spaces Liaison. But when you ask him to tell you what a cultural space is, he laughs."That's the...
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As FDA Moves To Regulate E-Cigarettes, What's Happening In King County?
David Hyde talks with Dr. David Fleming, director of King County Public Health, about the Food and Drug Administration's decision to regulate electronic cigarettes.
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A Look At America's Middle East Foreign Policy Over The Last 70 Years
Steve Scher talks to University of Washington professor Joel Migdal about his new book "Shifting Sands: The United States and The Middle East."
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Dow Constantine On Minimum Wage And Prop 1
Marcie Sillman talks with King County Executive Dow Constantine about minimum wage and why Proposition 1 failed.
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Jerry Manning, Seattle Rep Artistic Director, Dies Suddenly
Jerry Manning, the artistic leader of Seattle Repertory Theatre, died suddenly on Wednesday following complications from a routine surgery in March, according to a news release from the theater. He was...
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Marijuana Banking: Secretive But Poised To Grow
Many marijuana business owners say they have bank accounts, but aren’t completely forthright with their bankers about the nature of their businesses. They claim to be in “consulting” or “medical...
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Musician Ayron Jones: Learning To Appreciate The Love That's Around
Ross Reynolds interviews and plays the music of Seattle guitarist, singer and songwriter Ayron Jones. Jones talks about his musical inspirations and the themes of his lyrics.His band Ayron Jones and...
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Superheroes V. Anarchists: Police Scanner Tracks Seattle May Day
May Day was supposed to be huge in Seattle this year. Television crews dispatched choppers. Police officers stood at almost every corner, poised for action. It was hot, about 88 degrees, a perfect day...
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Life In The Cascadia Subduction Zone
Ross Reynolds speaks with Bonnie Henderson about her new book "The Next Tsunami: Living on a Restless Coast."Just off the coast of Washington and Oregon is a fault line with potential to unleash an...
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A Proposal For $15 Minimum Wage, May Day, And The Seattle Police Chief Search
Steve Scher recaps the news of the week with Crosscut's Knute Berger, news analyst Joni Balter, The Stranger's Eli Sanders and LiveWire host Luke Burbank. Topics of the week include Seattle Mayor Ed...
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Feds Urge Tighter Refinery Regulations After Fatal Tesoro Blast
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is calling for 60 improvements in the design, operation and regulation of the Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes and of refineries nationwide.
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Book Hugger Nancy Pearl Revists Old Favorites
Steve Scher talks with Nancy Pearl about the books she has been re-reading lately, including Reif Larsen's "The Selected Works of T.S. Spivett," and David Lodge's "The Campus Trilogy."
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Fed Investigation Shows More Students Are Coming Forward And Filing Sexual...
Marcie Sillman talks with Kristen Lombardi, investigative reporter for The Center For Public Integrity, about the federal government's investigation into 55 universities, including Washington State...
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How Bertha Compares To Other Mega Projects
Marcie Sillman talks to professor Wendy Haynes of Bridgewater State University about the problems associated with billion-dollar mega-projects.
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Seattle Mayor's Minimum Wage Proposal On Its Way To The City Council
David Hyde talks to Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark about what happens next with the minimum wage proposal released by Mayor Ed Murray’s Income Inequality Advisory Committee Thursday.
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Washington Cities Take On Light Pollution
David Hyde talks to John Barentine, project manager of The International Dark Sky Association, about excessive light in the night sky and two Washington cities, Tumwater and Olympia, that are trying to...
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Three Candidates On Short List For Seattle’s Next Police Chief
Three candidates remain in the running to become Seattle’s next police chief.Search committee Co-chair Ron Sims says the short list became shorter by one candidate after the committee gave the four...
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Belltown Bar Back From The Future With A Bitcoin ATM
The world's first bitcoin ATM launched last year in Vancouver, Canada. Now there's also a physical place in the Northwest to buy and sell the virtual currency – at the Spitfire Grill in Belltown.
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Some Charges Dropped Against Accused Massage Parlor Rapist
Prosecutors have dropped four of nine charges against a Seattle attorney accused of raping five women in Asian massage parlors.
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