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# KUOW presents Seattle Now: One County, Countless Challenges
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/ideas-festival/sessions/seattle-now/
- Published: 2026-03-06T20:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-06T20:14:54.000Z
- Description: King County Executive Girmay Zahilay on his first months in office—blocking ICE from county property, tackling homelessness and addiction, restructuring county government for accountability, and what it takes to lead in an era of upheaval and uncertainty.
- Author: Patricia Murphy
- Tags: #Ideas_Festival_2026_Event

King County Executive Girmay Zahilay on his first months in office—blocking ICE from county property, tackling homelessness and addiction, restructuring county government for accountability, and what it takes to lead in an era of upheaval and uncertainty.