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Good afternoon. From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning. We're really putting the big dark behind us this week, as in winter, with a sunny week ahead. There's a bright spot before we dive into today's top stories. It's Monday, April 14th.

Starting with, the federal government has denied Washington State's request for disaster relief.

Governor Bob Ferguson says FEMA denied a request for assistance regarding the bomb cyclone last November.

That widespread storm caused an estimated $34 million in damage, according to Ferguson's office.

Ferguson says this is another troubling example of the federal government withholding funding,

and the state will file an appeal. In political news, Washington residents continue to engage in

politics despite news fatigue.

That's according to Seattle pollster Stuart Elway, whose firm conducted a new survey for Cascade PBS.

Many people polled say the Trump administration's policies are affecting them personally.

We ask people how often you look at the news and 58% of the people we talked to had been in a political conversation the day we called them and another 19% within the last couple of days.

Survey responses mainly mirrored party views. Voters who identified as Republicans mostly approved of the administration's policies.

Elway says many others expressed concerns about financial uncertainties or worries about their jobs.

The survey of 403 registered voters was conducted in late March.

Elway will check Washington's political mood again in July.

Music Elway will check Washington's political mood again in July. Washington state lawmakers are moving forward with legislation making changes to rights for parents in schools.

The contentious legislation would amend a parents' rights law

enacted last year. Olympia correspondent Jeannie Lindsay explains. The bill revises parents' rights

to access their kids' school records. It also creates a new complaint process for schools that

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