Your morning news digest from KUOW | Tuesday, Mar. 26
Long sentences // Bike battle // Cancelled flights // Homeless village // Pramila Jayapal
'Shocking and excessive'
Prosecutors in King County say they’re taking a hard look at long prison sentences in old cases.
They're asking whether some sentences are doing more harm than good, and whether there are grounds to roll back the punishment in these cases.
Bikes pitted against parking
The ugly battle over bike lanes in Northeast Seattle could be a sign of things to come in this year's Seattle City Council races.
American Airlines feeling Boeing pinch
American Airlines says it will have to extend a number of flight cancellations related to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX jets. The airline has 24 of the planes in its fleet and has been working to reshuffle flights served by those aircraft.
American is predicting it will have to cancel about 90 flights a day through April 24. Company reps will get in touch with passengers whose flights are directly affected by the cancellations
Licton Springs closing
Time is nearly up for a tiny house village for the homeless in North Seattle.
The Licton Springs village on Aurora Avenue, that once housed more than 50 residents, was the city's first to allow drug and alcohol use.
It's set to close at the end of the week. In its two years at Licton Springs, the village has faced vocal opposition from some neighbors.
Pramila Jayapal wants to see receipts
Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal says the Mueller investigation of Russian tampering in the U.S. election may be over, but House Judiciary Committee is just getting started.
