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This week: Is the head tax back?

caption: Bill Radke, Joni Balter, Knute Berger, Monica Guzman [L-R]
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Bill Radke, Joni Balter, Knute Berger, Monica Guzman [L-R]
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Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Knute Berger, columnist for Crosscut and Seattle Magazine, Joni Balter host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel and Monica Guzman co-founder of the Seattle newsletter The Evergrey.

This morning, the Justice Department held a news conference to update the public on their investigation into the Florida man who is suspected of sending pipe bombs to top Democratic officials and critics of President Trump. We discuss the news conference and what this incident means.

This week, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that charter schools are legal and they can be funded with lottery money, even though they're privately run.

Seattle was going to pay for affordable housing with an employee head tax on big businesses. But businesses and some voters protested the tax and the city quickly repealed it. Is it time for a plan B? Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant says yes. She has proposed three plans as an alternative.

And we discuss the upcoming midterm elections. Why did the Seattle Times endorse 8th congressional district candidate Dino Rossi? And should corporate logos appear on the political ads they sponsor?

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