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January 12th | Business owners react to Governor's new reopening plan

We hear from two small business owners about Governor Inslee's new plan to allow shuttered businesses to reopen. A new report on homelessness from researchers in Los Angeles offers insights into what Seattle should be doing to tackle the problem. And we talk to King County executive Dow Constantine on the latest plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccinations.

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Panic buying, businesses shutter amid looming Covid restrictions

Washington Republicans say the Legislature should immediately meet in special session to address the economic fallout from Gov. Jay Inslee’s latest...

Lights, camera, action! 'Hollywood North' revved up despite Covid — and because of it

Filming of TV shows and movies is going gangbusters in the Vancouver area this fall, exceeding pre-pandemic levels.

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Black Coffee Northwest: You’re not ‘gonna run me out of my neighborhood’

For the Weary family, home has always been north of Seattle. But not long ago, this question of home, and two traumatizing events, nearly moved them out of Seattle.

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Seattle restaurants' creative strategies to weather the cold months of the pandemic

Meal and cocktail kits. Deliveries and takeouts. Temporary closures. There's no one approach that helps keep businesses stay afloat. Restaurants are using strategies that best suit them.

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Recruiting Black tech workers: Will remote work help make Seattle more attractive?

Seattle has historically had difficulty recruiting and retaining Black tech workers. That’s led to a problem: Compared to the general population, Black tech workers are underrepresented. Now, the pandemic may give local tech companies a way to diversify their workforces.

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Congressional report targets Amazon for unfair competition

‘While the list of complaints against Amazon runs 82-pages long, the list of solutions is pretty simple.’

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Starbucks HQ will take a pandemic gap year to rethink work

At a time when so many people are asking what work will look like after the pandemic, Starbucks' approach gives us one possible answer.

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Boeing’s 737 MAX faces key hurdle at European safety meeting

At Gatwick Airport just outside London on Monday, air safety regulators began meeting to decide what must be done to let Boeing's 737 MAX return to the skies.