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Grab a hot beverage. We’re going to get right into early returns from yesterday’s midterm election, and there is plenty to talk about.  Statewide initiatives, races that will impact the balance of Congress and our state legislature, and some consequential votes at the city level.  Seattle Now host Paige Browning is here to break it all down. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mayor Wilson partially vetoes RV regulations, conservative money pours into WA's Supreme Court races, and the CDC rejects WA's request for a faster measles test. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earlier this year, a Seattle woman died after she stopped taking her life-saving medication for epilepsy. She did so, after consulting ChatGPT. Her family is now suing OpenAI. We talk with UW professor Chirag Shah about AI's growing role in dispatching medical advice and how to navigate it. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some Washington immigration organizations are suing to stop Trump administration interference in the upcoming election, a dairy worker in Washington has died from bird flu, and the last original Reign player has retired. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Both Seattle and Tacoma have a lot of renters. And when it comes to affordability, both renters and landlords say they’re going through it. In Seattle, a lawsuit could help landlords and in Tacoma a ballot measure could ease pains for renters. Seattle Times reporter Heidi Groover will break it down. Read her reporting here, here, and here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As a percussionist with the Seattle Symphony, Eric Schweikert says you have to be willing to be silly. “All the ridiculous stuff ends up in the percussion section. If you want bird whistles or pop guns, sound effects, trash cans falling on the ground, we're the guys that have to do it.” But as the Seattle Symphony’s principal timpanist, Schweikert’s got chops. He’ll get to show off his musicality when the Seattle Symphony world premieres a timpani concerto on November 19, 2026, by composer Joseph Pereira. It’s called Virtù. Schweikert tells KUOW’s Gabriel Spitzer how he explains his job to strangers – “The copper kettle drums, that's what I do.” And why some of his biggest influences have been high school drummers and Animal from The Muppets.  He also shares some of his all-time favorite timpani parts, including the theme from the 1960s television show, George In The Jungle. And of course, the theme from “2001: A Space Odyssey”, which is a tone poem originally composed by Richard Strauss.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we’re helping you prep for next week’s election with KUOW’s “Soundside.” Don’t forget, your ballot is due in a ballot box on Tuesday night. This year, Washington voters will decide if they want to ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.  Initiative 638 has become one of the state's most contentious items of the ballot and it reflects a broader cultural divide on this issue across the country. Parents, lawmakers and more shared their thoughts with Soundside, on what this initiative would mean for girls' sports. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gov. Ferguson urges voters to use drop boxes, 90-unit tiny home community opens in South Park, and clocks in WA and B.C. will soon be out of sync. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Vaughan Jones. Read more from KNKX about the race for WA's 3rd Congressional District, here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week… New data says Washington residents are surprisingly financially healthy. We're gearing up for a rare Saturday Halloween.  And when a musician says no phones allowed... Why not bring a courtroom sketch artist? Asianverified Creator Michael Wong and Simply Seattle’s Danny Ball are here to break down the week. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ICE awards 10-year contract to a private prison company that runs Tacoma detention center, WA's elections chief says non-citizens are not voting en masse, and a historic family home in the Chinatown-International District is now open for public tours.  It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the final week before election day, Washington has been making a lot of news – and not because of the candidates is on the ballot. Instead, questions about election security and illegal voting are swirling around. We’ll take a closer look at how our mail in voting system works with UW Professor Scott Allard. Learn more about his research here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Immigrant families urge lawmakers to push back against mass ICE deportations, Seattle City Attorney could get more funding to clear case backlog, and dogs are now allowed on light rail trains. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Vaughan Jones. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don’t call it a buyout… Microsoft is offering what they’re calling a “voluntary exit offer” to a quarter of its global workforce. After a slew of layoffs, the company is allowing some employees to choose whether or not they want to stay. We’ll hear more from KUOW Tech Reporter Monica Nickelsburg. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Home Depot parking lots are a hot spot for immigration arrests, the city council is still hashing out changes to Mayor Wilson’s budget, and Gov. Ferguson issues an executive order to tackle fraud. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earlier this month, King County held a special ceremony at Mt. Olivet cemetery in Renton. Faith leaders read the names of people who didn't have anyone to bury them. This year’s ceremony set an all-time record for the number of people who were laid to rest: 626. Seattle Now’s Senior Producer Andy Hurst attended the ceremony, and is here now to tell us about it. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.