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Eighth-grader Beezus Murphy has always loved Dr. Seuss.
Lawyers are more likely to strike people of color from their jury selection, research shows, making juries more white. The effect of predominantly white juries is well documented. Now Washington state’s highest court has adopted a new rule aimed at reducing this racial bias.
This may be the most Seattle of problems: people abandoning their bike share rentals on the ferry.
The chair of King County's Democratic party has resigned in the wake of a harassment investigation. Volunteers filed a complaint against Bailey Stober earlier this year, accusing him of harassing a staff member, using sexist language and mismanaging party funds.
If you were driving through Seattle Sunday you may have noticed the Alaskan Way Viaduct was closed all morning. Well, closed to cars that is. The bridge was open to bikes.
The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday to consider regulating transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft. The city could end up raising base fares to $2.40, which is the minimum fare charged by taxis. Currently, both Lyft and Uber charge $1.35 as a base fare in Seattle. Kim Malcolm talks with journalist Kevin Schofield about the impact of potential regulations on drivers and consumers.
Originally, the Nguyens were fish breeders, supplying the region’s pet stores. Aurora Avenue North was good for that: Highways are where you want to be if you distribute stuff.
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes about a new study that looks at the impact of drugs picked up by juvenile Chinook salmon in Puget Sound.
Today KUOW launches a new series celebrating Pacific Northwest writers. We invite local poets to write an original piece inspired by a KUOW news story. It's called NewsPoet and our first is Seattle-based poet Imani Sims.
Have you wondered where your recycling goes once it's picked up? A KUOW listener was curious about that, so we asked Hans Van Dusen, the solid waste contracts manager at Seattle Public Utilities. He tells Kim Malcolm about the journey our cans and paper takes.
Elmer Dixon walked up to the spot where the Black Panthers fortified a building against police attack and remembered the scene 50 years ago.
KUOW’s Morning Edition host, Emily Fox has been taking time on Fridays to check in on music coming out of the Pacific Northwest. This week she spoke with OPB music’s Jerad Walker about the latest album by Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
For Cambodian Americans, April marks the Khmer new year. It's also when survivors of the Cambodian genocide remember the fall of Phnom Penh. Sameth Mell and his family were among thousands who fled Cambodia. In Spring of 1986, through church sponsorship, they arrived in Seattle. This is his story, as told to Ruby de Luna.
Immigration authorities have detained 506 pregnant women since December, when the Trump administration ended a policy to release most pregnant women while their immigration cases are pending.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proposed a new way to reduce congestion and pay for transit this week by tolling cars coming into the city. It’s called “congestion pricing.” But the idea of increasing costs in this increasingly expensive city raises eyebrows. Maybe try better marketing, says one expert.
