Oregon and President Trump continue to fight over federal troop deployment, workers in Bremerton want pay during the government shutdown, and Yakima basin water is getting rationed.

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

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Dr. Quintard Taylor was a legendary scholar of Black history in Seattle and the American West.

He passed away last month at 76 years old.

We’ll hear about him and his impact from a mentee and a friend.

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Sometimes a species becomes so rare that you may not know it still exists - like puffins in the northwest. Catch up with the researchers trying to help them bounce back.

And colleagues remember Dr. Quintard Taylor, a pioneering historian and former UW Professor Emeritus.

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