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Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now. Washington State

Attorney General Bob Ferguson is running for governor. You may know him as the guy who sued Donald Trump and got people some tuna and chicken

settlement money.

Seattle Times political reporter Jim Bruner is here to talk about how Ferguson has cranked

up the heat on corporations and how he's using that experience as his pitch to be Washington's

next governor.

I'll talk with him in a minute, but first,

let's get you caught up. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's proposed budget is up for discussion today.

The Seattle City Council's Select Budget Committee will meet this morning to get a briefing on

Jumpstart Tax Money. The payroll tax on some Seattle businesses is one of the

ways the mayor is hoping to plug a $250 million budget shortfall. You can watch it live on the Seattle

channel. This evening, it's your turn. Council will reconvene for the first of two public hearings.

The next one is on November 12th.

We'll drop a link in the show notes.

And county council members are deep in budget discussions as well about the county's $10.7 billion

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