About this episode

The episode covers key news stories including the millionaire's tax, new regulations for wildland firefighters, and financial issues faced by the King County Regional Homelessness Authority.

Keeping or killing the so-called millionaire's tax will be on Washington ballots in November, wildland firefighters get new authorization about masking, and the King County Regional Homelessness Authority says Seattle and King County owe it millions of dollars. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

People in this episode

Host: Paige Browning

Topics covered

• millionaire's tax
• wildland firefighters
• homelessness
• Seattle news
• King County

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington, King County Regional Homelessness Authority, KUOW

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