Tuesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Starbucks' CEO is out, Seattle debates mental health funding and the furry friend protecting Washington waters from invasive mussels.
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. |
| 0:24.1 | Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. |
| 0:34.6 | Hello, it's Gustavo Sagero coming to you from the KUOW Newsroom. You're listening to Seattle now. Here are today's top stories. It's Monday, August 12th. |
| 0:42.9 | Starbucks is getting a new leader for the fourth time in just over two years. The company announced today that CEO Laksman-Nara-Simon is stepping down effective immediately. He'll be |
| 0:48.8 | succeeded in September by Brian Nicol, who's currently the chairman and CEO of Chipotle. |
| 0:58.3 | Starbucks has been struggling with decreased demand as its pandemic boom has faded. |
| 1:03.2 | The company has also faced scrutiny over an ongoing unionization push at its stores and over its perceived support for Israel in the War of Gaza. |
| 1:07.3 | Starbucks stock price rose 25% today after the announcement to its highest value since February. |
| 1:12.8 | The Seattle City Council is scheduled to take a second and final vote today on if they'll put $20 million towards student mental health services. |
| 1:20.2 | Students and city leaders worked together last year to set aside the funding following the deadly shooting at Ingram High School. |
| 1:26.3 | But last month, Mayor Bruce Harrell said his budget |
| 1:28.6 | will only include half of the original amount. Elena McClellanellum is a middle school teacher at |
| 1:33.3 | Seattle Public Schools. As an educator, I witnessed the impacts of my students not receiving the |
| 1:38.3 | mental health supports that they ask for and they deserve. They are unable to learn and be |
| 1:43.3 | successful. A spokesperson for the mayor |
| 1:45.4 | told KOWW, there hasn't been a clear plan to spend the money. The $10 million removed from the |
| 1:50.9 | plan would be used to help pay down the city's $240 million budget shortfall next year. Council member |
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