Wednesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Project 2025 proposes big changes for nuclear cleanup at Hanford, tariffs on Canadian imports could boost energy bills in WA, and King County passes a "Youth Bill of Rights." It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joshua McNichols. |
| 0:02.0 | And I'm Monica Nicholsberg. |
| 0:03.0 | We host KUOW's Economy Podcast, booming. |
| 0:06.0 | ChatGPT may feel like magic, but every time you ask AI a question, it goes to a real place. |
| 0:12.0 | AI has a back end, and it looks like massive data centers sprawling across farmland in central Washington. |
| 0:20.0 | On our latest episode, is our AI obsession good for small town America? |
| 0:24.7 | Listen to booming on the KUOW app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:33.1 | Hey there, from the KUOW Newsroom. |
| 0:35.8 | This is Seattle now. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Patricia Murphy. Coming up, we'll find out what project |
| 0:40.1 | 2025 has to say about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. That's in a few minutes. But first, |
| 0:46.3 | here's our roundup of today's top stories. It's Wednesday, January 22nd. Most of the Northwest |
| 0:53.1 | natural gas comes from Canada, so does nearly half of its petroleum. |
| 0:58.0 | President Trump's proposed tariff on Canadian imports could boost energy bills in the Northwest. |
| 1:03.8 | John Ryan reports. On inauguration day, Trump said he was looking to impose 25 percent tariffs on |
| 1:10.0 | Canada and Mexico on February 1st. |
| 1:12.4 | Instead of taxing our citizens to enrich other countries, we will tariff and tax foreign |
| 1:19.2 | countries to enrich our citizens. |
| 1:22.9 | It's a stupid idea. |
| 1:24.7 | Democrat Rick Larson represents the upper left corner of Washington State in Congress, including the Northwest's big oil refineries. It's a stupid idea. Democrat Rick Larson represents the upper left corner of Washington State and Congress, |
| 1:28.9 | including the Northwest's big oil refineries. |
| 1:31.3 | It's going to end up costing more for everything for people I represent. |
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