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  Soundside

  More delays and technical glitches plague Eastern Washington VA medical centers

  Spokesman Review reporter Orion Donovan-Smith joined Soundside to give an update on the latest slew of problems surrounding the Spokane VA's new electronic record system, which caused delays in care, missed diagnoses, and missing medication for patients last year.
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  Seattle Now

  Kshama Sawant wants a bigger bullhorn

  Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is going national. The Council's most senior member and only socialist says she will launch a national movement to support workers instead of running for re-election.
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  Week In Review

  Week in Review: Kshama Sawant, the legislature, and Microsoft

  Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Publicola’s Erica Barnett, Seattle Channel’s Brian Callanan and Seattle Times David Kroman
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  KUOW Newsroom

  WA Democrats join nationwide rollout of ‘wealth tax’ proposals

  Washington state Democrats Sen. Noel Frame and Rep. My-Linh Thai announced legislation Thursday to create a state wealth tax on financial assets in excess of $250 million. They say it could generate an estimated $3 billion per year to fund housing and education, and decrease the tax burden on working-class people.
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  KUOW Newsroom

  Lawsuit challenges Seattle's graffiti ordinance

  Four people have filed a complaint against the city of Seattle after being arrested and jailed in 2021 for writing easy-to-clean political messages on temporary barricades outside of the Seattle Police East Precinct. They allege the city's anti-graffiti ordinance is an unconstitutional violation of free speech.
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  Soundside

  WA lawmakers consider minimum wage requirement for incarcerated workers

  Washington’s Department of Corrections generated $68.8 million in revenue last year. But only a small portion of that money makes it into incarcerated workers’ wages. At most, inmates can make $2.70 an hour. A proposed bill would raise that minimum wage to match Washington’s at $15.74 an hour.
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  Week In Review

  Week in Review: lawsuits, corporate changes, and the legislature

  Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times Amanda Zhou, Geekwire’s Mike Lewis, and KUOW’s Mike Davis.
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  Why does the U.S. government lock medicine away in secret warehouses?

  Launched in 1999, the Strategic National Stockpile squirrels away huge quantities of medicine and medical supplies in case a mass outbreak or other health crisis occurs.

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  Jan. 6 panel announces 4 criminal referrals for Donald Trump

  After more than a year of investigating, the House Select Committee probing the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to hold what is expected to be its final public hearing today. The panel will vote on criminal referrals, including for former President Donald Trump. Today's hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET.

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  Soundside

  Why is it so difficult to get reliable internet in rural areas?

  Crosscut investigative reporter Brandon Block joins Soundside to talk about the difficulties in getting broadband internet access out to rural parts of Washington state.

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