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Good afternoon. From the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now.

I'm Paige Browning, back after a little summer break.

Thanks to the team for keeping the show going while I was away.

Coming right up, a rundown of today's top stories,

and in a few minutes, as Boeing workers strike,

we hear where the strike is being felt the most. It's Monday, September 23rd.

Big KUOW announcement before I get to the news. It's KUOW's fall fundraising campaign. It's already that time of year again.

This is one of the few moments each year where we hit pause and ask you to support Seattle now and all the journalism that you hear on the show.

Our newsroom is funded by the generosity of our community and your donations are what keep us running.

We really do run on donations.

So I invite you to donate today, 10 bucks a month or 50,

or how about seven bucks a month to get our new sticker sheet. We'll send that to you. You can

give at the link in the show notes or kUOW.org slash donate. And thank you so much to our members.

Our top story today, Boeing presented its best and final offer to the 33,000 machinists who've been on strike for over a week.

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