Hey there from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning, soaking in this warm sun today and tomorrow before some weekend rainheads our way. Here are today's top stories. It's Thursday, April 18th. We start with politics. The campaign to repeal Washington State's

landmark climate law is now facing official opposition. And the parties that want the climate

law to stay in place have raised a lot of money. Amy Radle has the report. A new campaign called

No on 2117 says it's raised $11 million to defend the state's Climate Commitment Act.

Under that law, the state auctions the right to emit carbon pollution.

The proceeds fund transit, alternative energy, and other projects.

Supporters of the climate law include philanthropist Bill Gates,

environmental groups,

tribes, and even companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and the oil company BP. They want voters to reject Initiative 2117 to repeal the state climate program. Republican donor Brian Haywood and his

Let's Go Washington campaign are seeking to pass the initiative.

They call the state climate law a hidden gas tax.

Their initiative is endorsed by the Washington Retail Association.

Amy Radle, KUOW News.

Deadly use of force is under investigation today in Seattle.

Seattle police officers fatally shot a man inside a hotel yesterday in Tequila. As PD says, they were trying to arrest a person suspected of crimes against children. When that person allegedly pulled out a gun, police say two officers opened fire. One of the officers was also grazed in the leg by a bullet but wasn't seriously hurt.

The force investigation team is now taking over the investigation.

Is it too hard to demolish a vacant or derelict building in Seattle?

Mayor Bruce Harrell thinks so.

Under emergency legislation he proposed today, the city would be able to demolish unsafe,

vacant buildings more quickly.

Ann Dornfeld has more.

There were 130 vacant building fires reported in Seattle last year, three of them deadly,

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