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Snohomish County dedicates new beach access for people and fish

Oct 6, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

New rail bridge at Edmonds’ Meadowdale Beach Park (photos by Ryan Harris)You can see the complete dedication ceremony for the Meadowdale Beach Park restoration in the video below:Local salmon will have a place key to their activities thanks to efforts to restore a waterway. The “pocket estuary” at Edmonds’ Meadowdale Beach Park was blocked by the BNSF train tracks with a 6-foot culvert that wasn’t helping the salmon get through.
Sen Cantwell updates us on spending bill battle

Oct 6, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) speaks with Northwest Newsradio’s Ryan Harris in the video below. House Republicans are set to talk to sort out their differences because business can’t continue until a Speaker is chosen, but the small group that’s held up the spending bills is firm that they want deep spending cuts, a total cut to Ukraine war aid and increases for border security.
Legal Expert talks Authors’ Work Used To Teach AI

Oct 5, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

You can see UW Professor Alex Alben’s complete interview with Northwest Newsradio’s Ryan Harris in the video below:Local authors in our state are unhappy because their works are being used to program artificial intelligence without their permission. Writing generated by AI versus humans has been a controversial subject of late, with the call to limit its use, if only to keep actual people employed.
KC Council considers arts & culture sales tax

Oct 4, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

Images courtesy of King CountyThe local arts and culture community would get some extra help with pandemic recovery and continued growth under a new sales tax proposal. The tax proposed by King County Executive, Dow Constantine, would add 1/10 of 1% or 1 cent to every $10 spent for the “Doors Open” program to help support arts and cultural organizations, many in underserved communities.
Updated COVID vaccine tough to get for now

Oct 3, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

Northwest Newsradio’s Ryan Harris gets complete updates on the status of the new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines from Seattle-King County Public Health and the Washington State Department of Health in the video below:Families across the U.S., including here in Washington, say it’s been tough to get the new COVID vaccine for their kids. Supply chain disruptions are not only keeping the vaccine manufacturers from making enough of the 2023-2024 COVID-19 shots to go around but also to get them delivered.
KC Councilman calls for audit of community youth diversion programs

Oct 2, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

The Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center (image courtesy of King County)One county leader is calling for a state audit of a program aimed at keeping young people in King County out of juvenile detention. The organization, Restorative Community Pathways, and other community groups that operate under that umbrella, contract with King County to provide aid and services meant to help young people, mainly those who commit low-level, often first-time crimes, onto a different path.
Federal govt shutdown imminent as Senator Murray urges vote on bipartisan stopgap bill

Sep 29, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

You can watch the September 29th press call with U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) in the video below:Democrat Patty Murray says that while it doesn’t cover everything, her measure would fund child care, military and border patrol pay, aid for Ukraine’s war effort and a list of what she calls “bipartisan priorities”, but Murray says it would also mean avoiding other costly effects of a shutdown.
WA Dems say no special session to change legislative map

Sep 28, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

Conservative Latino officials around 15th legislative district join call for special session. It might be up to a federal judge to redraw the map for a newly-created central Washington legislative district after ruling it violates the Voting Rights Act. The judge says the map as drawn for the 15th district, which covers the area from Yakima to Pasco, takes away Latinx voters’ opportunities to elect their candidates of choice, following similar rulings in other states.
WA Dems urge Republicans to pass bill to avoid federal govt shutdown

Sep 27, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

U.S. Senate President Pro Tem, Patty Murray (D-WA), joins Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to call for passage of the Senate’s temporary spending measure to keep the government openWashington’s Congressional Democrats continue to call for Republican cooperation as the threat of a federal government shutdown hangs over our heads.
Forecast shows higher WA tax collections, rate slowing

Sep 26, 2023 | nwnewsradio.com | Ryan Harris

More of your money is going into state coffers, but student loans and a possible government shutdown could impact the economy. There are some bright spots in the latest state economic and revenue forecast, including inflation heading toward a downward trend. The state’s outgoing chief economist, Doctor Steve Lerch, says inflation should end this year right around 4%.