Slog AM: Pete Buttigieg Endorses Mayor Bruce Harrell, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Returns, Cascade PBS Kills Its Newsroom

Cascade PBS will soon cut 12 percent of its staff. A good number of those given the boot will be in its news department. The outlet is dumping "long-form written journalism and [will instead] focus on streaming and video programming." Cascade PBS president Rob Dunlop blamed the harsh political atmosphere in the nation's capital for this bleak result. The organization now has, he claimed, a $3.5 million hole in its budget. Cascade PBS will, however, create "three new positions" and continue running, among other programs, Mossback's Northwest. Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, which represents journalists at Cascade PBS, had this to say to the outlet and public: “[We are] deeply disappointed that Cascade PBS is choosing to eliminate its newsroom and [lay off its] reporters at a time when we