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. Host Jessica Gao interviews and profiles 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
02/15/2012
7:00PM
39 Minutes
The Impact
Exclusive interviews with legislative leaders on the budget, taxes, and education reforms on a critical deadline marking the midway point in session.
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02/14/2012
7:00PM
16 Minutes
The Impact Mid-Session Special Edition
The Impact's Jessica Gao talks with House and Senate leaders on the day of a key deadline for moving bills onto the final weeks of session - interview includes State Rep. Pat Sullivan (D-Covington) and Joel Kretz (R-Wauconda).
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02/14/2012
7:00PM
11 Minutes
The Impact Mid-Session Special Edition
The Impact's Jessica Gao talks with House and Senate leaders on the day of a key deadline for moving bills onto the final weeks of session - interview includes State Senators Lisa Brown (D-Spokane) and Mike Hewitt (R-Walla Walla).
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02/14/2012
7:00PM
13 Minutes
The Impact Mid-Session Special Edition
The Impact's Jessica Gao talks with House and Senate leaders on the day of a key deadline for moving bills onto the final weeks of session - interview includes State Senators Rosemary McAuliffe (D-Bothell) and Rodney Tom (D-Bellevue).
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02/14/2012
7:00PM
10 Minutes
The Impact Mid-Session Special Edition
The Impact's Jessica Gao talks w/House/Senate leaders on the day of a key deadline for moving bills onto the final weeks of session - interview includes State Sens. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-Seattle), Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens) & Sharon Nelson (D-Seattle).
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| The Impact airs: Wednesdays at 7 & 10pm Fridays at 9pm Saturdays at 10am & 7:30pm Sundays at 8am & 5pm |
The Impact also airs on:
KBTC Public Television - Fridays at 6:30pm
KSPS Public Television - Sundays at 9:30am
KSPS World Public Television - Tuesdays at 10am
KWSU Public Television - Sundays at 3pm
KTNW Public Television - Sundays at 12:30pm
