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Good evening from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle Now. I'm Paige Browning with a roundup of today's top stories.

It's Wednesday, December 4th. A big city hall shakeups underway. Seattle council member Tammy Morales announced today she's resigning, out of frustration with her colleagues and because of the direction of the council. Morales became the most progressive member of the council last January after the election of more centrist council members.

In a letter today to her South Seattle constituents, she said the current council eroded checks and balances and undermined her work as a policymaker. She cited all this

in a November 20th interview with KUOW. You know, I have been particularly targeted with bullying

and gaslighting all year. And it is bad behavior on the part of our elected officials.

As I said, it's making it harder for me to work on behalf of my constituents.

And I think it needs to be called out.

Morales said she'll step down from her district two seat, January 6th.

Council President Sarah Nelson praised

Morales' work today and said the council has until January 27th to appoint an interim replacement

before an election to fill the seat next November.

If you head downtown, you may see picket signs this week. Unionized workers at Seattle Art Museum are striking after failing to reach a contract. Monica Nicholsburg reports.

Modern art! Ancient wages! Modern art!

That's the sound of just over a dozen people picketing outside the museum.

They work as gallery guards who answer questions and keep an eye on things at Sam.

And we're also the folks who are telling you, don't touch the art.

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