Paige Browning
Newscaster
About
Paige Browning is a news anchor and reporter for KUOW Public Radio, covering breaking news and stories of significance in the Puget Sound region. Paige's work is featured on KUOW's airwaves daily, and she is a backup host for KUOW's drive-time shows and Seattle Now podcast.
A native of the Northwest, Paige takes special interest in stories about climate change, our changing culture(s), politics, and law. Paige's work has been featured on the NPR newscast, All Things Considered, Here and Now, the BBC, and local public radio stations throughout the northwest. She has lived and worked in Spokane, Missoula (MT), and Seattle.
Her specialty is writing news under a one day deadline, but she's also stepped onto wildfire scorched land, rappelled from a building, and been to the heart of protests for stories.
Paige likes to run, bike, camp, and linger around at art exhibits and concert venues, and thinks the Seattle Storm are the city's best team to see.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, beginner Spanish
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: SAG-AFTRA Shop Steward, Delta Gamma Alumna
Podcasts
Stories
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Law & Courts
Sea-Tac Airport sued over pollution by firm that took on Big Tobacco
Plaintiffs say airplane emissions have caused harm to 300,000 residents who live in the flight paths.
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Crime
Seattle synagogue hit with hateful graffiti. Here's why they left it visible
The leaders of Temple De Hirsch Sinai found it this morning, and are leaving it visible for now.
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Government
Idaho's 'abortion trafficking' law prompts pushback from Washington leaders
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed HB 242 into law on April 5. It outlaws helping a minor get an abortion without parental permission. The law includes restrictions on any Idaho resident from helping others travel to other states for abortion services. The bill calls this "abortion trafficking."
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Politics
Jayapal reintroduces Transgender Bill of Rights
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle) is once again trying to codify federal protections for transgender and gender non-conforming people across the country.
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WA Dems criticize GOP for defending Trump before charges are made public
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are responding to former President Donald Trump's indictment in a New York court. Democrats say no one is above the law. Republicans suggest the charges are politically motivated.
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Politics
From education funding to drug use, lawmakers tweak the details in final weeks of session
Austin Jenkins with Pluribus News and host of "Inside Olympia" on TVW joined KUOW's Paige Browning and Amy Radil to break down the latest as Washington lawmakers enter the home stretch for budget negotiations and their last chance to pass bills.
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More than half of people in Thurston County's 2023 homeless count were unsheltered
Thurston County's homeless population is at least 749 people, on any given night.
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Environment
The numbers are in: Washington's carbon credit auction raised nearly $300M
This is the first year Washington has implemented its new cap-and-invest program. The first auction for those credits was held in February. Major polluters in the state cannot surpass a certain pollution amount, unless they buy credits to offset their emissions.
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Business
Fisher Investments pulls out of Washington in wake of capital gains tax decision
In a seemingly sarcastic statement, Fisher Investments says: "In honor of the Washington State Supreme Court's wisdom and knowledge of the law, and in recognition of whatever it may do next, Fisher Investments is immediately moving its headquarters from Washington state to Texas."
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Seattle's street parking prices just went up
Parking in Seattle got more expensive Monday morning. Rates went up in about two-thirds of the city's neighborhoods, and also for certain times of day.