On the latest episode of sound politics, the vast majority of Americans say that money in politics is a threat to democracy.

Seattle came up with a novel solution.

Give everyone money to donate to candidates.

Now, is that working?

We'll talk about it ahead of the August 5th primary when voters will decide if the democracy voucher program

should stick around. That's on the latest sound politics, wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Wednesday. This is Seattle now.

There's a Seattle architecture trend that you may have noticed in your neighborhood,

a sky bridge that connects two homes on a single piece of property.

I think we're going to look back at this time and think of this as a very distinctive,

specifically 2020's architecture marker.

We'll learn more from freelance journalist Jane C. Who in a minute.

But first, let's get you caught up.

The King County Council is considering a proposed supplemental budget that would add more security

and police officers to metro buses. The $26 million

proposal would add nine transit officers for a total of 89, support the existing increase in

transit security officers, and fund larger, stronger operator safety partitions on metro buses. King

Five reports that the murder of Metro bus driver Sean Yim

in late 2024 was a driving force in the discussion to propose more funding. Seattle Public Schools

is delaying its plan to put a police officer on the Garfield High School campus next year. The Seattle

Times reports that SPS was originally going to ask the school

board to update a safety policy to allow for an officer at tonight's meeting. But acting superintendent

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