On the latest episode of sound politics, the vast majority of Americans say that money in politics is a threat to democracy.

Seattle came up with a novel solution.

Give everyone money to donate to candidates.

Now, is that working?

We'll talk about it ahead of the August 5th primary when voters will decide if the democracy voucher program

should stick around. That's on the latest sound politics, wherever you get your podcasts.

Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning.

Here's our roundup of today's top stories.

It's Tuesday, May 27th.

Starting with protest drama in Seattle, officials are keeping eyes on another protest planned for tonight by the fundamentalist religious group, Mayday USA. The group is anti-abortion and

anti-LGBQ rights and drew large crowds on Saturday by holding a protest on Seattle's Capitol Hill,

leading to dozens of arrests of people who showed up to oppose them. Mayday USA has another rally

at Seattle City Hall this evening, with plans to demand

that Mayor Bruce Harrell apologized for comments he made over the weekend. Herald called Mayday

an extreme right-wing group and said they held their event to intentionally provoke reaction

in Seattle's prominent LGBTQ neighborhood. And reaction certainly came.

Hundreds of people showed up and police arrested 23 people protesting against Mayday for

assault and other charges. Moving on, townhouses coming to a neighborhood near you. Starting in July,

developers will have more freedom to build housing in Seattle than they used to. That is, if the mayor signs new zoning changes passed in the city council today, Joshua McNichols has more.

The new rules would allow four plexes on every residential lot and six plexes if they're affordable or near transit. Seattle officials have been

discussing those changes for years, but their efforts came up against political and legal resistance,

including from neighborhood groups that claimed more housing would hurt trees and parking.

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