What will WA lawmakers accomplish this year?
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🗓️ 7 January 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Washington lawmakers get back to work on Monday to kick off the 2025 legislative session. For 105 days, they’ll tackle issues like housing, education, and gun safety. But looming over it all is a projected budget deficit as big as $12 billion over the next several years. We talk with Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay about what to expect.
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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. |
| 0:22.8 | Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Tuesday. This is Seattle now. The Washington |
| 0:33.9 | State Legislature goes back to work next week for the 2025 session. |
| 0:38.4 | Slowing down rent hikes and reducing the number of people killed by vehicles are on the agenda with hundreds of other bills. |
| 0:45.3 | But lawmakers face a massive budget gap. |
| 0:48.6 | In a minute, Olympia correspondent Jeannie Lindsay will join us for a session preview. |
| 0:53.1 | But first, let's get you caught up. |
| 0:59.7 | If you've got storm damage, you could get a disaster loan. The U.S. Small Business Administration |
| 1:05.5 | opened two disaster loan outreach centers today, one at the Bellevue Regional Library and one at the |
| 1:11.8 | County Election Center in Renton. People whose property was damaged in November's bomb cyclone can |
| 1:17.7 | get low-interest loans, just apply by February 21st. We'll have a link in the show notes with the |
| 1:23.4 | details. And new data from Seattle-based real estate company Redfin says more homes are now |
| 1:30.1 | worth seven figures. More than 34% of homes for sale last year were listed for over a million |
| 1:36.1 | dollars in the Seattle metro area. That's up from 30% of listings in 2020 and just 16% in 2020, |
| 1:45.4 | according to Axios. |
| 1:50.0 | Check back for more headlines on tonight's episode of Seattle Now. |
| 2:00.3 | On Monday, state lawmakers will convene an Olympia for the 2025 legislative session. |
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