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Twitter spats and smack talk — another week in Seattle politics

Downtown Seattle is front and center in the mayor’s race this week. And two frontrunners landed themselves in hot water this week.

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'Full-on, citywide grumpiness' is in the air — must be election season. This week in politics

Just like the coming solstice weekend weather, election season in Seattle is heating up. And after a tumultuous year, politicos are wondering what sort of election we're likely to get.

KUOW asks Seattle: What’s one thing you’d do differently to address structural racism?

KUOW is asking Seattle voters the same questions it is asking candidates for mayor in the 2021 primary election. This week, we asked about structural racism. Read their responses below.

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How would Seattle's mayoral candidates address structural racism?

KUOW has asked each candidate running for Seattle mayor in 2021 seven questions addressing key issues facing the city and what they would do about it.

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Out of the election and into... another election. This week in politics

Just when you thought you might catch a break from the rough edges of national politics, a new race is taking shape for Washington's 8th Congressional District seat. Republican Matt Larkin - who ran for attorney general last year and lost - is taking on incumbent Democratic Representative Kim Schrier.

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KUOW asks Seattle: How would you address homelessness?

KUOW is asking Seattle voters the same questions it is asking candidates for mayor in the 2021 primary election. How would you solve the homelessness crisis if you were mayor? Read their responses below.

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'You are only defeated if you stop fighting'

Marcus Harrison Green is the publisher of the South Seattle Emerald and columnist for the Seattle Times. He's a Black man who grew up in South Seattle. And he spoke to KUOW's Morning Edition about how this city has changed - after George Floyd was killed but also long before that.

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New county directives and labor council endorsements, this week

Bill Radke reviews the week's news with KUOW reporter David Hyde, South Seattle Emerald publisher and Seattle Times columnist Marcus Harrison Green, and Q13 correspondent Brandi Kruse.