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Starbucks workers strike in Seattle, LA, and Chicago as negotiations stall

Unionized Starbucks workers in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Chicago hit the picket lines Friday. It’s the start of a five-day strike aimed at disrupting Starbucks during the busy days leading up to Christmas, when many customers stop by for seasonal drinks.
Monica Nickelsburg
Politics

Washington voters agree — tax the wealthy

The election dust has settled in Washington state and for the first time in over a decade residents have overwhelmingly voted in favor of taxing the wealthy.
Teo Popescu
Economy

Washington state's last Sears closes up shop

The last Sears in Washington will permanently close its doors this weekend.
Monica Nickelsburg
Arts & Life

Seattle Art Museum guards strike for better pay and benefits

Unionized security guards at Seattle Art Museum are striking this week after failing to secure a contract.
Monica Nickelsburg
Politics

Could Trump withhold federal funding from Washington state? Treasurer prepares for worst

As Washington state officials prep for a second Trump presidency, perhaps no state official has been more explicit than Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti about preparing for what he sees as the worst possible outcome: Donald Trump and his administration cutting federal funding to liberal states.
Scott Greenstone
Business

As strike ends, layoffs begin at Boeing

Boeing began notifying employees of layoffs Wednesday as it seeks to reduce its roughly 170,000-strong workforce by 10%.
Monica Nickelsburg
Environment

How George HW Bush's pollution solution put Washington state's climate strategy in the crosshairs

Washington state, like places all over the world, is grappling with the effects of climate change. In response, that state’s trying to get its big polluters to burn less fossil fuel. The tool it's using is called a carbon auction. But the fate of that carbon auction now comes down to a vote this fall.
Joshua McNichols
Government

Budgets in Washington state tighten as population growth slows

It's budget season in Washington state, and lawmakers are looking at cuts.
Scott Greenstone
Politics

How city leaders want to patch Seattle's $250 million budget deficit

Seattle leaders have known for years the revenue base for the city’s general fund – largely reliant on regressive tax sources – can’t keep up with increasing costs and demand for services.
Clare McGrane

Teo Popescu
Economy

90 days to make a life: One Afghan family’s resettlement in Washington state

Afghans continue to top the list of new refugee arrivals in Washington state. More than 5,000 have resettled here in the past two years. For this first wave of refugees from Afghanistan, it can be a lot to figure out from scratch. Especially when the resettlement process gives families only three months of support.
Kamna Shastri

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