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Snoqualmie Tribe's fight to hunt and gather. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe is in a battle with the state of Washington over hunting and gathering rights. In a recently filed petition, the tribe is asking the United States Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that said the tribe is not entitled to hunt off reservation, on open unclaimed land managed by the state.
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Seattle removes two downtown homeless tent encampments in one week
On Friday over a dozen people surviving in tents near Westlake Park were told to leave by the city of Seattle. The clearing came two days after an encampment was removed across the street from City Hall on 4th Avenue.
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The "The Arts Hour" from the BBC World Service hits the stage in Seattle
Kim Malcolm talks with The Arts Hour host Nikki Bedi about Saturday night's show at the Rainier Arts Center.
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What will you do as masking indoors becomes optional?
The statewide indoor mask mandate ends in Washington this weekend. KUOW spoke with several members of the public to get a sense of what they plan to do and how they’re feeling as the pandemic enters this new phase.
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What passed? What died? Washington’s 2022 legislative session wrap up
That’s a wrap. Washington’s sprint-like, 60-day legislative session has adjourned after majority Democrats approved a hefty supplemental budget along with the first major transportation funding package since 2015. Now lawmakers will be free to hit the campaign trail and start raising money for the 2022 elections. All 98 House seats and about half of the state’s 49 state senate positions are up for election this year.
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An investigation into WSU reveals the shortcomings of how colleges handle sexual misconduct
Kim Malcolm talks with reporter Asia Fields about her investigation into Washington State University's handling of sexual misconduct allegations.
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New bridges and ferries, wider highways, and free fares in freshly passed WA transportation package
Majority Democrats in the Washington Legislature drove the largest transportation spending roadmap in state history across the finish line on Thursday on nearly party line votes. The revenue and spending package funds new spans over the Columbia River, wider highways, four new ferries, bus rapid transit expansions, free fares for youth, fish-friendly culverts and new bike trails and pedestrian bridges.
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Washington Legislature gets religion on earthquake retrofits for older school buildings
An effort to jump-start the pace of earthquake retrofits to vulnerable, older school buildings in Washington state has passed the legislature unanimously. The Evergreen State has lagged behind other West Coast states and provinces in reinforcing schools to withstand strong shaking.
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Amazon accused by Congress of 'potentially criminal' lies about data use
Amazon is accused of lying to Congress, when the company said it didn’t use data from its third-party sellers to compete with them. Those allegations were made in a letter from the bipartisan House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, accusing Amazon executives of “potentially criminal activity.”
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Bainbridge Island man with a Ukrainian energy company pivots to aid delivery
‘Here was a tragic puzzle we could put together to serve Ukrainians.’
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Teachers without licenses taught at Seattle-area charter schools, audits find
State Auditor Pat McCarthy called the audit findings “unprecedented” and said Summit Sierra and Summit Atlas, both in Seattle, and Summit Olympus, in Tacoma, received more than $4 million in funding related to the positions which may now need to be repaid.
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The long term cost of Russia's tech isolation
Russia has been hit hard by sanctions in response to its invasion of Ukraine. It’s been further hit by companies like Microsoft, Apple that have said they’ll stop doing business with the country. Computer scientists at the University of Washington say Russia has been preparing for this.