Tuesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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The Seattle city council has its final vote on creating SOAP and SODA zones today, two social housing options could be on your February ballot, and youth probation counselors are dealing with more youths than they can handle. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Gustavo Sagrero.
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
| 0:01.8 | It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. |
| 0:06.4 | The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. |
| 0:10.7 | Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news. |
| 0:17.5 | We get behind the headlines. |
| 0:19.4 | We get to the truth. |
| 0:22.8 | Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. |
| 0:27.2 | Hey there. From the KUOW Newsroom, this is Seattle Now. I'm Gustavo Sagero with today's top |
| 0:33.4 | stories. It's Tuesday, the 17th. Seattle City Council today could approve the controversial |
| 0:40.4 | bans on loitering related to drug use and prostitution in specific zones around the city. |
| 0:45.5 | Councilmember Kathy Moore is sponsoring the measure to create new so-called soap zones around Seattle. |
| 0:51.1 | She said the bill got feedback from survivors of the commercial sex trade and service |
| 0:55.3 | providers. And there's disagreement within that community. There's not unanimity. And so I think |
| 1:02.6 | we just have to be honest about that. Her bill focuses on people involved in prostitution on Aurora |
| 1:08.6 | Avenue North, specifically buyers of sex and pimps, or those |
| 1:12.7 | who exploit commercial sex workers. The bill and a second bill would allow judges to issue orders |
| 1:17.9 | banning people from zones known for drug use and prostitution. A spokesperson for Mayor Bruce |
| 1:23.3 | Harold said the mayor supports these soap and soda bills as long as they're combined with |
| 1:28.4 | quote enhanced services and support for the people who are being trafficked today the department of |
| 1:34.0 | transportation approved alaska airlines one point nine billion dollar acquisition of hawaiian airlines |
| 1:39.8 | the department of transportation announced several protections as part of their approval. |
| 1:51.4 | This includes maintaining the value of mileage rewards and keeping a robust amount of services to and between the Hawaiian Islands. |
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