Wednesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Potential Seattle school closures revealed, Dave Reichert says he won't vote for Trump, and Boeing workers weigh in on tentative contract deal. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
The list of Seattle elementary schools that could possibly close is here.
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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. |
| 0:22.3 | Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. |
| 0:28.1 | Hey there, from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning with today's |
| 0:34.1 | top stories. It's Wednesday, September 11th. |
| 0:45.6 | If you haven't yet, hit the link in our show notes to fill out a quick audience survey. We do a survey every year. |
| 0:55.3 | So if you have feedback or you want to say hi, this is the best time to do it. And it would really help us as we work to make Seattle now the best it can be for you. |
| 0:58.4 | So surveys in the show notes, and thank you. |
| 1:04.2 | Starting with big news and schooling today, Seattle Public Schools families now know which elementary schools will likely be on the chopping block in 2025. |
| 1:08.8 | Sammy West reports. |
| 1:13.4 | Seattle Public Schools leaders have unveiled preliminary proposals to deal with an ongoing budget crisis. One plan would close 21 schools and eliminate |
| 1:20.3 | option and K-8 schools to save a total of $31.5 million. Another would shutter 17 schools, saving the district $26 million. The district also |
| 1:31.5 | laid out an alternative to scale the closures to anywhere from zero to 25 schools. None of these |
| 1:37.3 | proposals are final. Officials are expected to bring one final closure plan to the school board next |
| 1:42.9 | month with a final vote sometime before |
| 1:45.3 | winter break. Sammy West, KUOW News. The candidates for Washington governor held their first debate |
| 1:52.6 | on King 5 last night, and one of the topics that came up was former President Trump. Democrat Bob |
| 1:59.2 | Ferguson repeatedly tried to connect opponent Republican Dave |
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