This week…

It’s Independence Day, and Washington has a complicated relationship with fireworks.

Washington retail giant Costco might be going to court for its affordable athleisure wear.

And Visit Seattle has a new employee - Emerald, a generative AI program made to give recommendations to tourists.

Factal Editor Joe Veyera and UW Professor and podcast host Jeff Shulman are here to break down the week.

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King County official arrested, Trump's spending bill means less money for Seattle, and Sea-Tac Airport prepares for huge crowds over the holiday weekend.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.

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Microsoft says it will cut 9,000 employees from its workforce, about 4% of its staff. Layoffs are nothing new at the company – it shed 10,000 jobs just two years ago – but this latest reduction brings the year's total to roughly 15,000 workers.

Alex Halverson, reporter for The Seattle Times, has been following these Microsoft layoffs and found some of what's steering decisions about headcount and the future of the company. 

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Microsoft cuts more jobs, City Attorney Ann Davison says Seattle could be targeted by Trump, and WA officials worry about fireworks sparking wildfires.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.

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You may have noticed something peculiar lately in Seattle: Three properties on a single lot, two of them connected by a skybridge. It all has to do with ADUs, or accessory dwelling units, and how developers are trying to maximize the amount of living space on a single lot. We talk with freelance journalist Jane C. Hu, who's written about this trend of 3-pack developments for the New York Times. 

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Washington lawmakers and healthcare providers react to President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill move through Congress, Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson has an idea for a new revenue source for the city, and researchers say orcas know that sharing is caring.

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Summer is here… and for lots of locals, that means digging into their reading list.

Whether it’s time on the plane or relaxing on a staycation, the warmer months can be a good time to explore some new books.

We take a trip to Elliott Bay Books on Capitol Hill to check out what’s new and exciting on the shelves.

Elliott Bay Books Book List:

• Jess Walter, So Far Gone
• Peter Benchley, Jaws
• Hampton Sides, The Wide Wide Sea
• Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance
• Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny
• The Constitution
• Om El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
• G.T. Karber, Murdle Mystery Puzzles
• Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!
• Holly Wilson, Kittentits
• Daniel Mason, Northwoods
• Catherine Newman, Sandwich
• Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife
• Carys Davies, Clear
• Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup
• Miranda July, All Fours
• Margaret Killjoy, The Sapling Cage
• V.E. Schwab, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
• V.E. Schwab, Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
• Naomi Novik, Uprooted
• Allison Saft, A Dark and Drowning Tide
• Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
• Travis Baldree, Legends and Lattes
• Ali Hazelwood, Bride
• Kimberly Lemming, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon 

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Sen. Patty Murray derides Trump's spending bill, WA cherry growers struggle to find workers, and it'll cost more to fish and hunt in WA.

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Arts organizations in Seattle rely on international artists to show their work here in the US. 

But it’s becoming increasingly difficult for artists to get the required permissions to enter the country. 

Freelance arts reporter Marcie Sillman will tell us what that means for arts organizations and artists.

Read Marcie’s Cascade PBS story here.

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Today, we’re bringing you the best from another KUOW Podcast - Meet Me Here…

This is the biggest weekend for Pride celebrations in Seattle, as June comes to a close. We talked on Casual Friday about queer movies and representation in media.

Meet Me Here’s Katie Campbell spoke to local author Corinne Manning about their new collection of short stories, “We Had No Rules,” about being a queer author telling queer stories, and why the LGBTQ shelf is the best shelf in the bookstore.

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