Carolyn Adolph
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Business
Boeing employees are back to work. Can they stay safe?
Workers at Boeing are back on the production lines as of Monday night. They're in the first big industry to restart during this pandemic. The union representing those workers says, already, people are sounding the alarm over safety issues.
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Government
Coronavirus crisis could put a $300 million hole in Seattle’s finances for this year
The city is at risk of losing roughly 20 percent its budget. And the shortfall is expected to linger for several years.
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Government
High traffic causes Washington's unemployment website to crash. More help is on the way
KUOW’s Carolyn Adolph updates us on unemployment news
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Gig workers, small business owners may be able to file for unemployment starting on Saturday night
This weekend marks a turning point for hundreds of thousands of people. They are workers who have lost work because of the coronavirus pandemic but have failed to qualify for state unemployment assistance.
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Business
Seller anxiety rises as Amazon restrictions continue
Amazon has been restricting goods coming into its warehouses for a month. That’s squeezing businesses who had orders from the company.
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Business
Boeing to resume airplane production in Washington state
Boeing says it is restarting production of commercial airplanes. The move brings 27,000 people back to work. It also begins to answer ques
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Government
The unemployed struggle as Washington’s coronavirus crisis lengthens
At the start of the closures triggered by coronavirus, people were told any layoffs would be temporary and that government checks would cover their expenses. But people caught up in the reality of this crisis are finding that’s not always true.
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Business
Boeing joins coronavirus manufacturing efforts, builds face shields for medical workers
Some of Boeing's idled shop floors are being used to make face shields for medical workers.
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Business
As hair grows long for quarantiners, a beloved Seattle barbershop files for bankruptcy
The barbershop that represents for many the essence of the Seattle haircut has filed in Delaware for bankruptcy protection.
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Business
Microsoft watched as the world went home to work via video chats
What Microsoft found was that not only did companies lean on the company's collaboration platform Teams — they used video meetings to keep it all together.