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Seattle is a vibrant and complex city, and the Seattle Channel's City Inside/Out with Brian Callanan brings you thoughtful, in-depth reports and discussions about important local issues every week.

Brian Callanan is a five-time Emmy winner who currently serves as a host, producer, and moderator for the Seattle Channel, where he's worked since 2011. His career in broadcast journalism began in 1995, and includes an 11-year stint as a reporter and anchor for Q13 News. Brian won the Seattle Municipal League's Civic Award for Government News Reporting in 2016. He lives with his wife and two daughters in West Seattle.

City Inside/Out: Paycheck Politics
City Inside/Out: Paycheck Politics
2/27/201529:27

On April 1, Seattle will become the first major U.S. city to begin raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour. Are local businesses prepared? How will this pay boost impact the economy? And can a federal lawsuit block portions of Seattle's $15 minimum-wage law, which treats local franchises as large businesses? Also, how will a proposal to increase the state minimum wage to $12 an hour affect workers and business owners?

On the show:
Steven W. Hooper Jr., co-founder & CEO, Kigo Kitchen
Pramila Jayapal, state senator (D-36th)
David Jones, Subway franchise owner
Patricia Lally, director, Seattle Office of Civil Rights
Gordon McHenry Jr., CEO, Solid Ground
Jan Simon, CEO, Washington Lodging Association
Angela Stowell, co-founder & CFO, Ethan Stowell Restaurants

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