Seattle Now

The US Supreme Court delivered some monumental rulings this term. Many of the recent rulings are in conflict with the values of some people in Washington, and even some state laws.

To get a better sense of the legal landscape following these recent decisions from the court, we called up James Romoser, the editor of SCOTUSblog.

A lot of us are dealing with trauma from the past few years, and healing from traumatic events is difficult.

Sea Otters on the Washington coast were hunted to extinction in the 1810s. A nuclear experiment during the cold war created an opportunity to bring them back.

The Wild with Chris Morgan took a trip out to the coast to see these creatures in the waves, and learn about their near-miraculous return to our waters.

Luke Burbank and Andrew Walsh, co-hosts of the podcast Too Beautiful To Live, bring us the story of a Local coffee shop "Local Coffee Spot" (yes, that's it's name) that is being sued by the Space Needle. Well, not the needle itself, but the company that owns it. Why? Its logo looks a bit too much like the famous Seattle landmark.

Many people in Seattle are looking to find affordable housing and some are getting creative with their search. Soundside’s Alec Cowan spoke with Ian and Becky Thompson about the challenges of living on a boat around Puget Sound.

The last few days we’ve heard rulings on some landmark cases from the Supreme Court.

And yesterday, we got some news on a case close to home.

The court ruled in favor of Bremerton high football coach Joseph Kennedy who lost his job after praying on the field.

We’ll get some analysis from Seattle University law professor Andrew Siegel.

The US supreme court's decision to strike down Roe v Wade Friday was not exactly unexpected ... Even so, we’re probably all going to remember where we were when we learned the news. On this episode of Seattle Now, hear from a local pastor whose faith leads him to mourn the overturning of Roe v Wade.

Earlier this month, a blockchain company based in Delaware struck the biggest carbon offset deal in history with the city of Issaquah. This kind of deal is a new frontier in both saving local forests and tackling climate change. We talked to Seattle Times environment reporter Lynda Mapes about how this all works back when the state of Washington announced they’re getting into this game. Today we’re revisiting that episode.

Everyone is itching for a change of scenery after two years of a pandemic.

But getting out of town right now is expensive and complicated. Airfares are through the roof!

Helane Becker is an analyst with the banking firm Cowen. She's here to help explain what’s happening in the airline industry and how you can try to save a few bucks.