Parental Leave: Is It Fair To Employees Without Kids? The Seattle City Council on Monday rejected another attempt to increase paid family leave for city workers from four weeks to 12. Estimated cost: $1.5... Kate OConnell
How Has 30 Years Of Microsoft Windows Changed The Northwest? Bill Radke talks with University of Washington history professor Margaret O'Mara about the impact of Microsoft on the economy and culture of the Pacific... Andy Hurst
Dreams Of A Water Utility Dry Up In Shoreline Most cities want to control their own destiny. Shoreline, just north of Seattle, is no exception. But now a deal it hoped would help distinguish it from... Carolyn Adolph
Plant Closure In Montana Could Create Climate Change Refugees David Hyde speaks with Montana Public Radio news director Eric Whitney about how a coal town in Colstrip, Montana could be shuttered by climate change. David Hyde
Forecast For Seattle: Increasing Cloud Services Seattle has become the center of a giant, invisible, global business, with Amazon and Microsoft as its core. That business is the cloud, now estimated... Carolyn Adolph
If Ex-Im Bank Disappears, Washington Businesses Could Suffer For small businesses in Washington state, the Export-Import Bank has been crucial when they do business overseas. But the credit agency’s ability to... Ruby de Luna
Uncertainty At KPLU Over KUOW Acquisition At KPLU studios in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, some employees said they’re disappointed that Pacific Lutheran University would sell the station.... Amy Radil
Proposed Seattle NPR Station Sale Would Align Two Overlapping Stations Editor's note: The online and on-air versions of this story were edited by the team at Oregon Public Broadcasting. KUOW, Seattle's NPR member station,... Amy Radil
PLU Says It Intends To Sell KPLU 88.5 FM To KUOW Public Radio Pacific Lutheran University on Thursday announced its intent to sell KPLU 88.5 to the University of Washington. A formal agreement has not yet been... KUOW Staff
Pot Stores: State Says Cities Can Have As Many As They Want The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is accepting a second wave of applications for new marijuana retail licenses. Gone are the quotas and... Amy Radil
