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Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Thursday. This is Seattle now.

Governor Bob Ferguson is on the job. Ferguson took the oath of office Wednesday and immediately tried to set himself apart from his predecessor.

In a minute, we'll talk with Seattle Times political reporter Jim Bruner about what we can expect.

But first, let's get you caught up.

Superintendent of public instruction, Chris Rake doll, will deliver his annual update this morning on the state of Washington schools.

He'll talk about how students are doing academically, graduation rates, and school funding.

It's all happening at 10 a.m. and will be live streamed on TVW.

Also happening this morning, a coalition of immigrant advocates are holding a press conference to urge Governor Bob Ferguson to protect people from being deported. They want state

leaders to expand the use of pardons and clemency for non-citizens, among other actions.

Today's event will include folks from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

and Working Washington. We'll drop a link in the show notes if you want to watch it live at 10 a.m.

And cities and tribes in Washington State are getting nearly $20 million from the federal

government to build more EV charging stations along the I-5 corridor. They'll be installed at

28 sites, including Tacoma,

Renton, and Bellingham. Washington Senator Maria Cantwell made the announcement this week.

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