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  Latest Microsoft layoffs could hit 9,000 employees

  Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months.

  • Associated Press
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  Feds throw Washington’s $1.2B broadband program into disarray

  Washington utilities, tribes, counties and others have spent years planning how to use the state’s $1.2 billion chunk of a federal program to improve high-speed internet access. But earlier this month, the Trump administration threw this process into flux when it overhauled guidance on how states nationwide should select applicants for the more than $42 billion in funding.

  • Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
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  How Seattle could raise more money by lowering most business taxes

  Seattle leaders want to give the city’s business tax system a makeover. Wealthy companies like Amazon could end up paying more and small businesses, like restaurants, could end up paying nothing.

  • Joshua McNichols
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  Paycheck to paycheck on $200k? What it really costs to live comfortably in Seattle

  More than 300 people who participated in a KUOW survey asking what annual salary it would take for their households to live comfortably in the Seattle region. A whopping 71% said they would need at least six figures.

  • Monica Nickelsburg
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  What are your rights as a renter in Washington state? Here are the basics

  Rent control has come to Washington state — state lawmakers capped rent hikes at 10% this year — while Seattle councilmembers look to change local tenant laws, so now is a good time for Seattle renters to get a refresher on their rental rights.

  • Teo Popescu
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  Microsoft reportedly planning more mass layoffs

  The layoffs are expected as part of a reorganization of Microsoft's sales department.

  • Monica Nickelsburg
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  Go Oilers? Canadians vie for the Stanley Cup, and debate a new pipeline

  KUOW’s Kim Malcolm caught up with Vancouver-based journalist Michelle Eliot for an update on politics, environmental and wildfire concerns, Stanley Cup Fever, and the end of the line for the Hudson’s Bay Company, founded in 1670.

  • Kim Malcolm
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  City of Bellingham sends love letter (of sorts) to Canadian neighbors boycotting the US

  It's been four months since the start of cross border tensions between the US and Canada and the boycott of Canadian visitors is deepening. The latest traffic data shows half the number of vehicles with Canadian plates coming into Washington state in April compared to last year. It's a blow to Whatcom County, which usually sees Canadians pump around $140 million a year into the local economy. Last week, the Bellingham City Council and the mayor took another step in trying to mend fences. They wrote a love letter of sorts to Canadians and sent it to the leaders of nine BC cities in the lower mainland, including Vancouver. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to Bellingham Mayor Kim Lund about the letter.

  • Kim Malcolm
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  Washington consumers will gain 'right to repair' cellphones, other electronics

  Washington is joining a growing list of states trying to tear down barriers for consumers who want to repair their electronics rather than buy new ones.

  • Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
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  Tariffs are paused. Will the ports of Seattle, Tacoma rebound?

  The constantly shifting currents of the trade war between the U.S. and China have led to an obsession with the ports over the past few weeks.

  • Monica Nickelsburg

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