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Seattle Now

Monday Evening Headlines

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

Daily News, News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Justice sues Washington over a mandatory reporter law, the state sees another measles case, and if you see a seal pup, stay back. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.

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0:00.0

I'm Dyer Oxley and on the latest episode of Meet Me Here, we debate whether it's a good idea to name your baby after a character in pop culture.

0:09.7

I'm a bit partial to Fox from the X-Files or Cooper from Twin Peaks, a little local flavor.

0:15.5

In this very personal episode, two baby name experts join me and my pregnant wife, Nina, to help us make the biggest

0:22.4

decision yet in our unborn child's life. Listen to meet me here on the KUOW app or wherever you get

0:29.1

your podcast. Hello from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Patricia Murphy with a roundup of today's top

0:39.3

stories. It's Monday, June 23rd. We'll start with two pieces of litigation that happened today.

0:46.6

First, the federal government is suing Washington State over a new law that some Catholic priests

0:52.1

refused to follow. Scott Greenstone has more.

0:55.3

A law that would go into effect next month requires Catholic priests to report sexual abuse,

1:00.9

even if that information is learned during confession, a typically confidential sacrament.

1:06.9

Here's how Yakima's Bishop Joseph Tyson responded to the law's passage last month.

1:11.4

Our clergy are prepared to go to jail before breaking the seal of confession.

1:16.0

A new lawsuit, President Trump's Civil Rights Division filed, calls the law anti-Catholic.

1:21.9

At least six other states have similar laws.

1:24.7

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson, a lifelong Catholic himself, said in a statement,

1:29.8

quote, it is disappointing but not surprising to see the DOJ seek to shield and protect child abusers.

1:37.2

Scott Greenstone, KUOWW News.

1:39.8

Next, the country's largest real estate brokerage is suing Seattle-based Zillow, which is the country's largest real estate listings site.

1:48.5

The brokerage Compass filed the lawsuit this morning.

1:51.6

It accuses Zillow of anti-competitive practices for restricting some listings on its site.

1:57.3

Compass recently launched an exclusive shortlist of properties available only through the

2:02.3

brokerage. Zillow then announced that any home placed on the market that's not listed on its site

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