Wednesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Last night the Seattle City Council approved SOAP and SODA zones, while today, Boeing announced furloughs, and Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines became one company. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Gustavo Sagrero.
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| 0:26.9 | These days, there's so much news. It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. |
| 0:37.9 | The Consider This podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. 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. |
| 0:44.9 | We get behind the headlines. We get to the truth. Listen to the Consider this podcast from NPR. |
| 0:53.4 | Hey there, it's Gustavo Salvedo from the KUOW Newsroom. You're listening to Seattle now where we give you a rundown in today's top stories. |
| 0:55.0 | It's Wednesday, the 18th. Let's get into it. After weeks of debate and controversy, the Seattle City |
| 1:01.6 | Council voted Tuesday to pass new criminal penalties. They're meant to disrupt drug and |
| 1:06.2 | prostitution-related crime in certain hotspots like downtown, Capitol Hill, and University District. |
| 1:11.9 | Amy Radle has more. |
| 1:13.6 | The council voted 8 to 1 to create new gross misdemeanor penalties for loitering in specific |
| 1:19.2 | drug or prostitution-related zones. If people are arrested for related crimes, judges can |
| 1:25.1 | issue orders banning them from zones in places like the Chinatown |
| 1:28.7 | International District. Councilmember Kathy Moore says her bill is meant to crack down on pimps and buyers |
| 1:34.8 | of commercial sex on Aurora Avenue North. For sellers or survivors of sexual exploitation, |
| 1:40.9 | she promised more help in the upcoming budget. We will move money around in our budget to make that |
| 1:46.5 | happen. And for me, this is the beginning of the work. It is not the end of the work. |
| 1:52.1 | Councilmember Tammy Morales voted to repeal Seattle's previous loitering laws four years ago. And she was the |
| 1:58.5 | loan no vote on the current bills. And while these bills may scratch |
| 2:02.3 | an itch to feel like counsel is doing something to address public safety, to claim that these |
| 2:07.9 | laws will address any of these problems is dangerous, and it is the epitome of performative. |
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