The Impact
Find out how the issues of the day – the state budget, health care, education, the environment, transportation, and more – impact citizens and communities throughout Washington. The Impact features interviews and profiles with the policy experts who make the decisions in Olympia and the people who are impacted back home. During July/August and the last two weeks of December The Impact goes on hiatus, returning in September and January with new episodes.
Watch the one-hour special report Staying Afloat: Challenges Facing Washington State Ferries, which examines the past, present, and future of WA's ferry system. More Information
Also, watch past special reports:
- Shock to the System: How National Reform is Changing your Health Care | More Information
- The Quest for Quality: The Debate Over Education Reform and Funding
The Impact is sponsored with generous support from the Boeing Employees Credit Union, Comcast and Independent Colleges of Washington.
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Episodes
Schedule
05/09/2012
7:00PM
26 Minutes
The Impact
Local businesses affected by the upcoming vote in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank. And Washington inmates training service dogs for local veterans learn life lessons from man's best friend.
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05/02/2012
7:00PM
26 Minutes
The Impact
This week on The Impact we look at changes to K-12 health benefits, part of the biggest cost driver to the state budget. Plus, we break down tax changes: From a new tax on roll your own cigarettes to a tax break for Washington's film industry.
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04/25/2012
7:00PM
26 Minutes
The Impact
The biggest change to community corrections in a decade could mean less severe penalties for probation violations. Guest host Sabrina Register asks what it means for public safety/the state budget. Plus, officials deal with a whooping cough epidemic.
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04/18/2012
7:00PM
26 Minutes
The Impact
The drop in the state's jobless rate is actually bad news for the long-term unemployed. We look at the broader employment outlook and resources for job seekers. Plus, an examination of the Senate Republican budget coup - what did it accomplish?
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04/11/2012
7:00PM
26 Minutes
The Impact
We take a look at one of the major sticking points in negotiations on the final days of the special session. Plus, Congressman Adam Smith on the newly redrawn 9th, Afghanistan and the federal deficit.
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