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How to get around the vaping ban? Ask a Seattle-area teenager
Washington State banned flavored vaping products in October 2019. According to the Washington state Department of Health, most shop owners are complying. But local teens are still finding ways to get the products.
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Washington state proposal aims to protect students' immigration status
A new Washington state proposal aims to ensure that schools do not collect the immigration status of students.
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Why so many of Washington's apples are not getting picked this season
Huge swaths of apple orchards are going unpicked in Washington state.
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Marine heat wave suspected as cause of massive bird deaths
Nearly 62,000 dead common murres washed up on West Coast beaches -- a fraction of 1 million that died between 2015-16. Salmon were also affected. Researchers look to it as a sign of a changing ecosystem.
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Washington preps for cyberthreats ahead of 2020 election
Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman addresses election security. She says Russians attempted to hack the state's election system in 2016, and officials expect the same in 2020.
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Hey KUOW, why a contest for The Biggest Carbon Loser?
The earth’s climate, as you may have heard, is pretty messed up right now. Megacities flooding, a continent afire, etc. And it’s heading into much more dangerous territory.
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Did you shovel your sidewalk? You were supposed to.
Seattle transportation officials are reminding homeowners it is their responsibility to keep walkways clear of ice and snow. No new snow fell on Seattle Tuesday night but many sidewalks throughout town were frozen over and impassable.
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Chamber of Commerce says Seattle's new campaign spending law is motivated by politics
Kim Malcolm talks with Markham McIntyre, chief of staff for the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
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This Idaho teen made $35K last year shoveling Seattle slush. Will he return?
When it snowed in Seattle last year, an Idaho teenager drove his white Dodge Ram truck to the city.
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Seattle bans 'foreign-influenced' corporate election spending
The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a new law that bans campaign spending by “foreign-influenced” corporations, putting the city at the forefront of a national legal effort to take on big corporate money in politics.
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Seattle looks at new spending limits on corporate election cash
Angela King talks with KUOW politics reporter David Hyde about a new proposal to limit contributions from 'foreign-influenced corporations.'
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'Mom, you're not going to believe this!' Homeless in Seattle on a snow day
Snow fell across the Puget Sound region overnight ... and some people couldn't come into shelter from the weather.