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Host Austin Jenkins, is TVW's long-running weekly interview show featuring in-depth discussions with state leaders.

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Host Austin Jenkins, is TVW's long-running weekly interview show featuring in-depth discussions with state leaders.

    First-Term State Legislators

    First-Term State Legislators

    What is it like being a new state legislator? How do you learn to navigate the statehouse? How do you get a bill passed? What are the challenges and opportunities that come with being new? And after one session, what are the lessons learned? Host Austin Jenkins interviews first-term State Representatives April Connors of the Tri-Cities, Travis Couture of Allyn, Sharlett Mena of Tacoma, and Julio Cortes of Everett.

    • 55 min
    "Decline of Local News" Study discussion with League of Women Voters

    "Decline of Local News" Study discussion with League of Women Voters

    In the 15 years from 2005 to 2020, one quarter of the newspapers in the U.S. shut their doors. The closures left 1,800 communities without a newspaper -- so called news deserts. Here in Washington, three daily newspapers and more than two dozen weeklies have shuttered since 2004. And there have been consolidations and buyouts. Today, six of Washington's newspapers are owned by hedge funds. These are among the findings of a lengthy report from the League of Women Voters of Washington on the decline of local news and its impact on democracy. The report examines the crisis, the impacts, the response and looks to the future. Host Austin Jenkins sits down with Lunell Haught, who teaches at Gonzaga University and is the immediate past president of the League of Women Voters of Washington. And Dee Anne Finken, a former reporter for McClatchy newspapers who teaches journalism at Clark College and who co-chaired the local news study.

    • 53 min
    Series on the Special Commitment Center (PART 3)

    Series on the Special Commitment Center (PART 3)

    We continue our look at Washington's sexually violent predator program. How should the state manage cases involving individuals with developmental disabilities? Plus we ask two state lawmakers how the state should balance the requirement to release individuals back into the community with the concerns of communities?

    • 55 min
    Series on the Special Commitment Center (PART 2)

    Series on the Special Commitment Center (PART 2)

    We continue our look at how Washington manages people who have been civilly committed as sexually violent predators. What happens when it is time for their release from the special commitment center on mcneil island?

    • 55 min
    Series on the Special Commitment Center (PART 1)

    Series on the Special Commitment Center (PART 1)

    Austin Jenkins sits down with CEO and the Chief of Clinical Services from the Special Commitment Center where sexually violent predators are civilly commited.

    • 55 min
    Post-Legislative Session Debrief with Lieutenant Governor Denny Heck.

    Post-Legislative Session Debrief with Lieutenant Governor Denny Heck.

    What went well? What didn't? What might happen in the future with the Legislature? Austin Jenkins sits down with Washington State's Lieutenant Governor Denny Heck discusses these items and much much more.

    • 55 min

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