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  • 4 minutes 37 seconds
    What would a ban on non-compete clauses mean for tech companies in Washington state?
    If the proposed rule change goes into effect, it would change the way companies like Microsoft and Amazon do business.
    27 April 2024, 12:42 am
  • 5 minutes 30 seconds
    Counting down to ‘All Aboard!’ East Link: And it still has that new (light rail) car smell
    King County councilmember Claudia Balducci pushed for the long-awaited opening. She’s ready to celebrate Saturday’s launch
    26 April 2024, 6:11 pm
  • 4 minutes 23 seconds
    Leave the imported shrimp, take the local bivalves: sustainable seafood choices
    UW professor Jessica Gephart shares insights into the global and local seafood trade
    25 April 2024, 1:05 am
  • 5 minutes 53 seconds
    UW football player accused of raping two women pleads not guilty
    University of Washington running back Tylin Rogers pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to one count of rape in the second degree and one count of rape in third degree.
    18 April 2024, 4:03 pm
  • 5 minutes 42 seconds
    As internet privacy law advances, questions raised about Senator Cantwell’s powerful role
    Recent Washington Post reporting uncovered complaints that U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, has been a roadblock to actually getting an internet privacy law on the books.
    17 April 2024, 1:11 am
  • 4 minutes 12 seconds
    Seattle police lieutenant condemns Chief Diaz, says he enables department ‘serial harasser’
    KUOW's Kim Malcolm talks to investigative reporter Ashley Hiruko about the allegations.
    10 April 2024, 11:19 pm
  • 5 minutes 31 seconds
    Only murders in the roost: What springtime means for Seattle-area crow 'slumber party'
    Before they return to their individual territories in early spring, many local crows can be found roosting together in the thousands in spots like the UW Bothell campus near State Route 522.
    9 April 2024, 12:52 am
  • 5 minutes 9 seconds
    Wait, what? For 17 years, Seattle outlawed teen dancing
    KUOW’s new podcast “Let the Kids Dance!” explores how and why a city known for free-thinking progressivism shut down teen dancing.
    5 April 2024, 1:10 am
  • 4 minutes
    These Seattle area brewers want to change beer's bro image
    Beer brewing has a reputation of being for bros with beards. But long ago, beer making was women’s work. Now, a growing number of Seattle area women are reclaiming that heritage.
    28 March 2024, 10:01 pm
  • 6 minutes 53 seconds
    After visiting space herself, former NASA astronaut educates future STEM stars in Seattle
    According to NASA, just 280 people have visited the International Space Station. Dottie Metcalf-Lindenberger was one of them.
    28 March 2024, 8:41 pm
  • 3 minutes 58 seconds
    With pennies on the dollar and surprise notices, this nonprofit clears Washingtonians' medical debt
    This nonprofit raises funding to pay off people’s medical debt — oftentimes without their prior knowledge. Now the group is partnering with a Seattle business owner to help some of the 400,000 Washingtonians who collectively owe roughly $4.2 billion worth of medical debt.
    27 March 2024, 1:04 pm
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