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Polling is out on the Washington state initiative that would prohibit students who are trans from girl's school sports, another orca was spotted carrying a dead calf on her nose, and a new sales tax increase is coming to King County.  It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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