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Tuesday. Now that we've got the April Fool's Day joke out of the way, this is Seattle

now. Spring Arts season is kicking into gear and Seattle Art Museum is showing a major

retrospective right now. It's called I Rebel, the art and activism of I. Weiwei. Coming up,

we'll take a trip to Sam to talk with curator Foon Ping about the show. But first, let's get you caught up.

The Washington State Transportation Commission is expected to put tolls on two expressways in the next two years on State Roots 509 and 167.

They'd like to know what you think, so log into one of two public Zoom meetings.

The first one is today at 6 p.m.

The next one's tomorrow at noon.

The WSTC also plans to set toll rates this summer,

so send them feedback this week using the online form in the show notes.

Tolls are expected on State Route 509 by October 2025

and on State Route 167 by December 2026. The Senate Ways and Means Committee will take public comment

on a proposed substitute to the capital budget today in Olympia. You can give feedback on budgets

including House and Human Services,

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