 Seattle has affordable housing sitting empty while homelessness continues to rise. Why is that happening? City Inside/Out looks at the disconnect and what leaders say needs to change.
 With community concerns rising after deadly ICE-related shootings in Minnesota, Seattle City Councilmembers Alexis Mercedes Rinck and Eddie Lin join Council Edition to discuss how the city is responding. They also address public feedback on Seattle Police Department footage and ongoing Vision Zero public safety efforts.
 Nancy Nordhoff, whose vision helped transform a Whidbey Island farm into the renowned women writers’ retreat Hedgebrook, died Jan. 7 of natural causes. We’re remembering her indelible legacy with this Art Zone with Nancy Guppy special, which spotlights the creative community she helped build.
 Seattle politics are in motion. With new leadership at City Hall, the big question is where the city is headed next. Council President Joy Hollingsworth shares her priorities, power dynamics, and the road ahead.
 “It feels important to do something together.” That sentiment echoed through Seattle’s streets on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as more than 1,000 people joined the annual MLK March under the theme “We Choose Community.”
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