WA food banks, hospitals and more bracing for Big Beautiful Bill
Local and national organizations alike are still absorbing the historic implications of the Republican tax and spending law known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill.
President Trump signed the legislation on July 4th. The law makes the Trump tax cuts of 2017 permanent, and increases spending on border security and energy production, among many other measures.
It also includes significant cuts to government assistance programs, like SNAP and Medicaid.
Soundside reached out to several local leaders to ask how the One Big Beautiful Bill will affect their work.
Guests:
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- Gloria Hatcher-Mays, executive director of the Rainier Valley Food Bank
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Malou Chávez, executive director of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
- Bob Ferguson, Washington governor
- Jacqueline Barton True, vice president of advocacy and rural health for the Washington State Hospital Association
- Cathy Bambrick, administrator for Astria Toppenish Hospital
Related stories:
- Potential for 'pretty dire consequences' for WA health care due to Trump's budget bill - Kitsap Sun
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WA officials warn ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will wreak havoc on Medicaid system - Tacoma News Tribune
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Gabrielle Healy
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Maleeha Syed
Producer, Soundside
Maleeha is a producer on Soundside, a show that helps listeners get to know the PNW and each other. Before KUOW, she worked at Cascade PBS, first as a communities reporter and then as a podcast producer on shows like Northwest Reports and Your Last Meal. Before moving to Seattle, she worked as a reporter at the Burlington Free Press in Vermont, but is originally from San Antonio.
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