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Youth program led by convicted sex offender loses county funding after KUOW investigation

A youth program funded by King County program has lost its contract to work with young people at risk of gun violence after a KUOW investigation found its leader had false credentials — and is a convicted sex offender facing a new charge of felony insurance fraud.
- Ann Dornfeld
Why is a convicted sex offender with false credentials running a King County-funded youth program?

As Saleem Robinson tells it, he used to run the streets of Chicago. Now he runs a nonprofit in Seattle for vulnerable young people.
- Ann Dornfeld
Seattle teacher was fired for abusing kids. State says he can keep his teaching license

A former teacher found in a state investigation to have serially physically abused children at a North Seattle elementary school was allowed to keep his teaching license with a reprimand.
- Ann Dornfeld
Watch Live: House January 6 committee holds 7th public hearing

The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is holding a series of public hearings. The committee has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and collected tens of thousands of pages of documents as part of its investigation into the deadly attack. The next hearing starts at 7 a.m. (PT) Tuesday, July 12.
- NPR Staff
Washington extremists at Idaho Pride event

For months, anti hate groups and the LGBTQ+ community in Washington warned of escalating violence in our region. Especially as pride month events kicked off. Then on Saturday, 31 men were arrested for a conspiracy to riot at Pride in Park in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Some were our neighbors in King County. Daniel Walters, a reporter for the Inlander in Spokane covers extremism in Washington, he’ll fill us in on what he’s learned so far.
- Patricia Murphy
The promise of a good education, a KUOW investigation

There’s a lot weighing on the promise of a good education. Employability, creativity, and language acquisition – to name a few. Impact Public Schools, the largest public charter school chain in Washington state made a promise to parents and students to provide a good education and more. According to a recent KUOW investigation they are not fulfilling that promise. Ann Dornfeld, a reporter on KUOW's Investigations Team, breaks down her findings from her latest series, Broken Promises, an investigation of Impact Public Schools, the largest charter school chain in Washington state.
- Patricia Murphy
Pedestrian deaths climb in Seattle, despite city's pledge to eliminate them

Increasingly, cars are killing pedestrians — people walking, rolling, or cycling — in Seattle. That’s despite the city’s 2015 adoption of Vision Zero, a project aiming to eliminate pedestrian fatalities.
- Diana Opong
How do we make the city safer for pedestrians?

More Seattle walkers and bikers are dying on the city's roads than five years ago, despite an initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities by the end of this decade. KUOW's Gracie Todd dug into why it's happening and what could be done to reverse the trend.
- Diana Opong
The Merkle Hotel in Tacoma was 'an unofficial safety net' for its tenants. Then it was taken away

Before October 31, 2018, the Merkle Hotel in Tacoma was home for tenants who couldn’t afford much else. That is, until a developer decided it was time to cater to a crowd that could pay more and evicted those who could not.
- Angela King
The secret history of nukes in WA

Since the launch of the Manhattan Project 80 years ago, Washington has been a hub for both facilities that make components of nuclear weapons and the weapons themselves. KUOW investigative fellow Gracie Todd dug into our legacy with nukes and is here to tell us all about it.
- Patricia Murphy

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