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caption: Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, walks down the steps after attending a joint legislative session for Gov. Jay Inslee's State of the State address at the Washington State Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in Olympia, Wash.

Politics

Rent limits, tax hikes head to governor as Washington lawmakers end session

caption: Cliona Ward moved to the U.S. as a teenager from Ireland. She pleaded guilty to a drug charge in 2007, which has led to her being questioned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

Immigration

Irish woman with green card held at Tacoma ICE center, questioned about decades-old drug conviction

caption: The KUOW Book Club is reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by Ada Limón in April 2025 in partnership with Seattle Public Library's Seattle Reads program.

Books

Poetry is 'like falling in love' at Seattle Reads

Education

Tacoma School Board president calls on community to 'dig in' on gun violence after three teens die in a week
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DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
News & Stories

Suspect charged with murder in Vancouver car ramming attack that killed 11
Politics

U.S. judge says 2-year-old apparently deported to Honduras 'with no meaningful process'

Local Immigration Stories

caption: Collage of President Donald Trump against icons symbolizing legal case statuses. Photos courtesy of istock.

Law & Courts

Trump tracker: Washington state's legal challenges to the administration

KUOW has compiled a comprehensive guide to Washington state's responses to the Trump administration.

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Monday Evening Headlines

Washington's legislature approved a budget and a rent cap, Governor Bob Ferguson is popular with Republicans, and Starbucks Workers United still doesn't have a contract. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

April 28, 2025

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caption: Gas Works Park was packed with visitors on March 3, 2021, an especially sunny day.

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