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  Despite success, family reading program in Washington state faces deep funding cuts

  For kids across Washington state who are struggling readers, a type of book club for families is showing promising results. But state and federal budget cuts have shrunk the program by 85%. Supporters hope for a turnaround this year.

  • Amy Radil
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  Surviving teen shot at Seattle CHOP refiles lawsuit

  Robert West, who was 14 years old when he was shot in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone in 2020, sued the city of Seattle on Thursday, seeking unspecified damages to compensate for what he says are “catastrophic and permanently disfiguring injuries.”

  • Will James
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  Justice Department 'workaround' keeps former immigration judge as Seattle’s top prosecutor

  The Trump administration is using a workaround to retain its preferred U.S. attorney in Seattle, despite his lack of confirmation by the U.S. Senate. It’s a tactic the Justice Department has employed elsewhere, resulting in some legal challenges.

  • Amy Radil
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  WA among states trying to block the sale of people's precise location data

  Politicians in over half a dozen Democrat-led states, including Washington, want to ban companies from selling information about people's precise location. This, amid concerns that such data will be used to target vulnerable people, including immigrants. Former public radio correspondent Austin Jenkins covers infrastructure and the disruption industry for Pluribus News. He wrote recently about groups for and against banning location tracking. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to him about his reporting.

  • Kim Malcolm
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  Seattle CHOP verdict: City must pay $30.5 million to family of slain teen

  After deliberating for 12 days, a King County jury found the city of Seattle negligent on Thursday in its emergency response to the 2020 fatal shooting of a teenager at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP.

  • Sydney Brownstone
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  Republican WA congressman: Immigration crackdown has ‘gotten out of hand’

  U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse said Wednesday that “a lot of questions need to be answered” in the wake of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota, but stopped short of calling for new leadership at the Department of Homeland Security.

  • Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
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  Could publicly owned stores help prevent grocery deserts in Seattle?

  In the wake of Kroger closing a Fred Meyer store in Lake City last October, Washington lawmakers are introducing bills to help neighborhoods recover from losing a grocery.

  • Ruby de Luna
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  'Not our America.' Washington state leaders condemn federal shootings in Minnesota

  Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown held a press conference Monday to emphatically condemn federal actions in Minnesota and hint at their preparations should the Trump administration crack down similarly in Washington state.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  Washington seeks $21 million in FEMA aid to rebuild after record flooding

  Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is requesting $21.3 million from the federal government for disaster relief after December’s record river flooding. The money would help people in counties and tribal nations repair and rebuild.

  • Casey Martin
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  New KUOW podcast 'Control-F' debuts

  How many undocumented immigrants live in the United States? How is the poverty line calculated? And what information are companies tracking about us as we surf the internet? Well, Wednesday is the debut of a KUOW podcast about the data that is shaping our lives every day, even if we don't realize it. It's called "Control F," and it's hosted by KUOW's Clare McGrane and Teo Popescu.

  • Kim Malcolm

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