Carolyn Adolph
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The Strange, Short Story Of Washington State’s Income Tax
What is the history of Washington state's political allergy to an income tax? Steven Thomson of Olympia posed this question to KUOW's Local Wonder . We...
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4 Students Dead: What Went Wrong In Aurora Bridge Crash?
They came to Seattle from around the world: Austria, China, Indonesia and Japan. They died on the Aurora Bridge on Thursday. They were mourned at North...
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4 Dead, Dozens Hurt In Bus Crash On Seattle's Aurora Bridge
UPDATE, 3;10 p.m.: A duck amphibious tour vehicle swerved into a charter bus carrying international students on the Aurora Bridge Thursday. At least four people died and dozens were injured, emergency officials said.
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Doing Business In China Means Risky Game For U.S. Companies
The tech and business leaders meeting with President Xi Jinping in Seattle this week know a lot about doing business in China — the risks as well as the...
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Seattle Is Epicenter For This Green Card Program’s Problems
Seattle has become the latest landing place for a wave of Chinese investments – much of it coming through a controversial investor visa program called...
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Teacher Strikes: Getting Warm in Seattle, Much Hotter In Pasco
Seattle teachers' strike is entering day three, and so far the tone has been pretty laid back, with teachers even singing. But when are things going to...
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Families Flood GET Office With Tuition Refund Questions
Calls have doubled and emails have quadrupled to the people who run GET: the name for the state's pre-paid college savings plan. That's because last...
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Notice Fewer Containers At Puget Sound Ports? Canada Grabbed Our Business
The container terminals at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma are running at less than half their capacity, according to a study conducted for the ports....
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More Power To Drivers-For-Hire, O'Brien Says
Drivers-for hire are being given a Lyft. You might even say they could soon be Uber-powerful. Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien says he’ll...
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Environmentalists Appeal To Stop Shell's Return To Seattle
Environment groups have another opportunity to stop a Shell Oil rig from returning to Seattle. They are appealing a Superior Court decision from earlier...