For years, the town of Lakeview in Southern Oregon has had problems with its water. It comes out of the tap looking brown and contains potentially dangerous chemicals. And the town government has been unable to fix the problem. As Joni Auden Land reports, some residents have taken matters into their own hands.

The Swinomish [SWINN-uh-mish] and Squaxin [SQUAWKS-in] Island tribes are suing the Trump administration.

They want to protect the places where endangered species live.

KUOW’s John Ryan reports.

Two Washington tribes sued the Trump administration today [TUES] to save habitats for endangered species.

The suit comes after the Interior Department issued a rule to block habitat protection under the Endangered Species Act.

A vote on what Democrats call the millionaire’s tax will probably be on your ballot in the fall – Democrats and their allies are launching a campaign to save it. KUOW’s Scott Greenstone has more.

For three weekends this spring, a group of 29 randomly selected Snohomish County residents were tasked with crafting guidelines for how the county should use artificial intelligence. It’s a model known as “civic assembly” that aims to empower everyday people in policymaking.

KNKX Murrow News Fellow Nate Sanford followed the entire process…. In part two of our series, Nate takes us inside the final recommendations produced by the group.

Artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, and many local governments are trying to figure out how — or if — they should be using it.

In Snohomish County, local leaders are trying a new experiment by convening what’s known as a “civic assembly.”

It’s an uncommon model of direct democracy.

For three weekends this spring [May and June], they tasked 29 randomly selected county residents with deliberating on AI and coming up with policy recommendations.

KNKX Murrow News Fellow Nate Sanford went inside the entire process.

Democrats and their allies are fundraising to defend what they call the millionaire’s tax – a massive change in tax policy they passed the state legislature earlier this year.

Two of Oregon’s oldest private universities are closer to becoming one institution.

Ranked-choice voting

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Organizers in Central Oregon are trying to get multi-winner ranked-choice voting on the Deschutes County ballot this fall.

Organizers in Bellingham have collected enough signatures for a new initiative to ban rental pricing software.