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Dear Life Kit: My friend kissed me and I liked it. Now he wants to take it back!

Plus: how to deal with an awful brother-in-law, what to do with a box of mementos you shared with your ex and how to tell a bestie you don't want to go on a couples trip.
- Andee Tagle
4 decisions that turned SNL into a cultural juggernaut — and 3 mistakes

Critic Eric Deggans explains how Saturday Night Live became the long-lived force it is.
- Eric Deggans
Trump hired Musk as a 'special government employee.' Here's what that means

Special government employees, or SGEs, are typically hired on a temporary basis as experts or consultants or serve as members of federal advisory committees.
- Joe Hernandez
As coal plants close, Colorado towns consider nuclear waste storage

The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge of storing radioactive waste
- Scott Franz
Trump administration was set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas

That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White House official.
- Bobby Allyn
ACLU and other advocates sue for access to migrants moved to Guantánamo Bay

The lawsuit alleges that the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.
- Sacha Pfeiffer
Wednesday Evening Headlines

Seattle police can use tear gas and blast balls again, social housing advocates cheer election results, and UW professor's study is shelved after Trump takes office. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.
- Patricia Murphy
Judge declines to block Trump administration's resignation offer to federal employees

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's offer to federal employees to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September can go forward.
- Andrea Hsu
Dozens of CFPB workers are fired as the agency remains shuttered

Dozens of employees at the bureau were fired by email on Tuesday night amid a stop-work order and closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters.
- Laurel Wamsley
New Lands Commissioner pauses some timber sales to study mature forests

On day one, Dave Upthegrove announced he would be pausing logging sales on what the state calls “mature” forestland. Commissioner Upthegrove recently spoke with Soundside host Libby Denkmann about his plans to balance preservation with the department's mandate to fund county services through those timber sales.
- Libby Denkmann

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