These days, there's so much news.

It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community.

The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism.

Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news.

We get behind the headlines.

We get to the truth.

Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. Last week,

Tahuli Garden and Glass shattered its museum ceiling to celebrate women's history month.

Just kidding. It's April Fool's Day. That was a recent headline from the Needling,

Seattle's only real fake news site. We love a good self-deprecating joke around here, and

needling stories really deliver. They also give us a chance to look at the city in a different

way.

Needling editor Lex Vaughn is here to talk about what Seattle finds funny and what that says about us.

But first, here's what's coming up this week.

The Seattle City Council's Transportation Committee is set to approve the city's latest 20-year vision for transit this week.

The plan includes goals for things like safety, equity, sustainability, and maintenance.

The committee meets on Tuesday.

The Seattle School Board will choose two new members from a pool of eight finalists this Wednesday.

Two members resigned in February. They lived outside the districts in which they served.

The two new members will have their work cut out for them, including closing a $100 million

budget shortfall. And remember, if you plan to visit the sunrise and paradise areas of Mount Rainier National Park this summer between 7 and 3 p.m., you'll need a reservation.

Today is the first day you can book for the month of July.

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