Mayor Wilson wades into Dem-on-Dem fight, days after Mamdani's picks win in NY ^51.3%

KUOW - By Scott Greenstone - 6/29/2026, 10:01 PM

Hasty Generalization 25% - Appeal to Authority 23.8% - False Dilemma 13.1%

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson made an endorsement on Saturday night in the 43rd Legislative District, the home of Democratic Majority Leader, state Sen. Jamie Pedersen. But she didn’t endorse the Democrats’ majority leader – she endorsed Pedersen’s younger challenger, Hannah Sabio-Howell. Howell is a former legislative aide and... more

Ted Cruz + Maria Cantwell: Healing America With Sports? ^26.3%

KUOW - By Libby Denkmann, Scott Greenstone, Catharine Smith, Gabrielle Healy - 6/18/2026, 10:43 PM

Appeal to Authority 19.9% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 16.2% - Confirmation Bias 14%

College sports is chaos right now. But Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Washington's Maria Cantwell are trying to do something about that with the Protect College Sports Act. It just passed the Senate Commerce Committee and heads to the Senate floor next. What's in the bill? And what do politicians gain when they take on this type of legislation?... more

It's hard to imagine great wealth. But Seattle's 'Wealth Walk' makes you feel it ^1.9%

KUOW Public Radio - By Scott Greenstone - 5/25/2026, 1:04 PM

Framing Effect 6% - Anchoring Bias 4.5% - Indoctrination 2.8%

To start "The Wealth Walk," an interactive theater performance and history tour, I met creator Ryan Guzzo Purcell in Mount Baker Park, by the tennis courts full of pickleball players, in Seattle. Purcell began by handing me a dollar bill. "You can put that in your pocket," he said. "And now we're gonna shift from the real world to the... more

DOJ investigating how the University of Washington handles antisemitism ^1.8%

KUOW Public Radio - By Scott Greenstone - 4/21/2026, 10:40 PM

Hasty Generalization 15.8% - Framing Effect 13.6% - Appeal to Authority 8.2%

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon posted on social media Monday that her Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice will investigate the University of Washington’s “handling of antisemitism.” A UW spokesperson told KUOW the university was notified that the Justice Department is “conducting a compliance review.”... more

Is Mayor Wilson turning off police cameras? Sort of ^57.2%

KUOW Public Radio - By Scott Greenstone - 3/20/2026, 4:15 PM

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson made a slightly confusing announcement on Thursday: She’s pausing the expansion of scores of police surveillance cameras around the city, except in the Stadium District, where 26 will go in ahead of the World Cup. Those new cameras won’t be turned on — except when there’s a “credible threat.” It’s Wilson’s... more

Mixed reaction, calls for congressional action: Washingtonians react to widening war with Iran ^69%

KUOW - By Scott Greenstone, Stephen Howie - 3/3/2026, 1:43 AM

Washington lawmakers and politically active Washingtonians with ties to Iran had a range of reactions Monday to the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and the Islamic Republic's counterstrikes on Israel and its Arab neighbors. Washington's Democratic U.S. senators rebuked President Donald Trump for starting a war without seeking... more

Supporters claim fraudulent sign-ins made Washington's proposed 'millionaire's tax' look unpopular ^61%

KUOW - By Scott Greenstone - 2/23/2026, 11:24 PM

On Tuesday, the Washington state House’s finance committee will hear what Democrats are calling the “millionaire’s tax.” Anytime such a hearing happens, anyone can register their opposition or support for bills being heard online — even if they don’t want to testify, they can make their position known with a few clicks. But ahead of... more

Gov. Ferguson says he wants to see a 'millionaires' tax' in Washington state ^82.4%

KUOW Public Radio - By Scott Greenstone - 12/23/2025, 9:59 PM

Washington state hasn’t really had an income tax for nearly a century, but that might be about to change. Since Donald Trump’s reelection and tax cuts in the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” this year, momentum has been building on the left around a so-called “millionaires’ tax:" a tax on incomes over $1 million. On Tuesday, Gov. Bob... more

Sugar, spice and everything dais ^52.4%

KUOW Public Radio - By Libby Denkmann, Scott Greenstone, Catharine Smith, Hans Anderson, Sarah Leibovitz - 12/23/2025, 9:23 PM

Outgoing Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson reflects on her tenure as she leaves office. Sound Politics is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Our editor is Catharine Smith. Our producers are Sarah Leibovitz and Hans Anderson. Our hosts are Libby Denkmann and Scott Greenstone. more

How much water flooded parts of Western Washington? At least 3 Lake Washingtons' worth ^58.4%

KUOW Public Radio - By Scott Greenstone - 12/20/2025, 12:55 AM

Even with words like “historic” and “record-breaking,” it can be hard to get a sense of the scale of the atmospheric river that hit Washington state this month, taking chunks out of highways, sweeping away homes, submerging cars, and taking at least one life. RELATED: As floodwaters recede, King County farmers face daunting cleanup But... more