For Seattle police, federal oversight is over. What's changed?
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
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🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Support comes from Voices Rock, a non-audition community rock choir with rehearsal locations in Seattle and Tacoma. |
| 0:08.5 | Voices Rock provides choirs for adults of all ages who love to sing rock and pop music. No musical experience necessary. |
| 0:16.4 | Come for the music. Stay for the community. Learn more at voices rock.com. Support comes from the Gates Foundation |
| 0:24.6 | Discovery Center, hosting a discussion on the evening of September 17th of Road Trip Nation's |
| 0:30.1 | documentary, Rethinking Higher Ed, with a screening of exclusive clips and a live panel |
| 0:35.9 | featuring students featured in the film. More at |
| 0:39.0 | Discovergates.org. Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. For the last |
| 0:49.4 | 13 years, the Seattle Police Department has answered directly to the federal government. |
| 0:54.6 | But last week, the consent decree ended. KUOWW's Amy Radle is here with answers to why the |
| 1:00.8 | decree happened, why it lasted so long, and what might be next for police accountability in Seattle. |
| 1:06.8 | But first, let's get you caught up. |
| 1:15.6 | Thank you. But first, let's get you caught up. Most kids in Seattle have been back in class for a few days now, but pre-K and kindergarten students start today at Seattle Public Schools. |
| 1:23.6 | So watch out for those little ones at the crosswalk during your morning commute. By the way, |
| 1:28.4 | UW students have the latest start of all. They're not back in class until September 24th. |
| 1:33.7 | The Trump administration is launching Medicaid spending probes into Washington and five other |
| 1:38.6 | Democratic-led states. The Associated Press reports the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking |
| 1:45.7 | into health care claims filed for people who don't have legal status to be in the U.S. |
| 1:50.5 | States are allowed to build the federal government when it provides undocumented immigrants |
| 1:55.1 | with emergency and pregnancy care, but the Trump administration is looking to see if the government |
| 1:59.5 | got billed for specialty care and prescription drugs. |
| 2:02.9 | And if you're hoping to attend the World Cup in Seattle next summer, boy, it's a big week coming up. |
| 2:08.0 | Beginning Wednesday, you can apply for the first ticket draw. |
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