More Democratic candidates seduced by the lure of student loan cancellation
Sallie Mae is about to feel the Bern. The Showbox game of Hot Potato continues apace. Congregations get serious about sanctuary. Some parking lots, however, are not so easily converted to towers. And the frisky four-legged fire prevention devices kicking up their heels in Chelan County.
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Bernie Sanders student debt cancellation
Bernie Sanders becomes the latest Democratic candidate to campaign on the promise of eliminating all student debt. To find out how realistic that is, we asked Melissa Knox, senior lecturer of economics at the University of Washington.
Showbox laws
Another salvo in the fight to save the Showbox. A King County Superior Court judge has nullified a newly-passed Seattle City Council law that would temporarily expand the Pike Place Market Historical District to include the venue. Crosscut’s David Kroman has been following the Showbox fight.
Yes, in God's backyard
Not in my backyard, meet Yes in God’s backyard. As the battle rages over where to build affordable housing in increasingly full cities, some congregations are taking a leap of faith and redeveloping their land. Darel Grothaus used to direct community development for the city of Seattle, and now works to support faith communities in building affordable units in place of sanctuaries and parking lots.
Joshua McNichols on land use
Game of Thrones might be over, but Seattle’s Game of Land Use is going strong. KUOW’s Joshua McNichols follows the story of how some parking lots aren’t so easily converted to homes.
Four-legged firefighters
In yet another instance of nature succeeding where humans have failed, flammable brush and fast-burning grass will be cleared from areas around Wenatchee by …goats. Chelan County Fire Chief Brian Brett talks about his new four-legged employees (contractors??)
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Bill Radke
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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