Tuesday Evening Headlines
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🗓️ 15 January 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Governor Inslee gives his final speech in office, Starbucks reverses its open-door policy, and a beloved Central District restaurant makes a comeback. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dyer Oxley, and on the latest episode of Meet Me Here, find out how Dungeons and Dragons |
| 0:05.0 | could save the nation. With lies on social media traveling faster than reason, could this nerdy |
| 0:11.2 | role-playing game be the answer to combating disinformation? Listen to Meet Me Here on the KUOW app or wherever |
| 0:18.4 | you get your podcast. Good afternoon from the KUOW app or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:25.9 | Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom. |
| 0:27.2 | This is Seattle now. |
| 0:28.4 | I'm Paige Browning. |
| 0:32.7 | Coming up, a beloved restaurant in the Central District makes a comeback. |
| 0:34.2 | That's in a few minutes. But first, here's the roundup of today's top stories. |
| 0:39.8 | It's Tuesday, January 14th. |
| 0:48.4 | It's the end of an era in Washington state. Longtime Governor Jay Inslee gave his final speech in office today, marking his final day as Washington's governor. In his parting message, Innsley cautioned against making cuts to |
| 0:56.1 | the state budget. Jeannie Lindsay has details today. Inslee's speech was a highlight reel in a lot of |
| 1:02.4 | ways on climate issues and other policies from his 12 years in office, but it also came with a warning. |
| 1:10.0 | Abstract numerical cuts actually mean concrete personal pain. |
| 1:16.6 | His speech comes as lawmakers begin to grapple with a multi-billion dollar budget shortfall. |
| 1:22.5 | Inslee has endorsed the idea of creating a new wealth tax in the state. He estimates it could cover the bulk of the |
| 1:29.1 | expected gap. But incoming governor Bob Ferguson is skeptical of the wealth tax proposal and is |
| 1:35.5 | prioritizing cuts first. Ferguson takes office tomorrow. I'm Jeannie Lindsay in Olympia. |
| 1:42.8 | Disaster relief for communities impacted by fires in Los Angeles could soon be on the way from King County. |
| 1:49.2 | The King County Council passed a proposal from Reagan Dunn today requesting a county response to the fires that have been raging through L.A. County for the past week. |
| 1:58.8 | It is the middle of January here in Seattle. We don't have a high |
| 2:02.9 | fire threat and we do have access to resources they can help. The legislation outlines sending support |
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