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Seattle to weigh new tax hikes on big businesses like Amazon and other 'progressive' options
The latest Seattle City budget forecast anticipates a $35 million gap for 2023, and council member Teresa Mosqueda said future deficits are expected to be even worse. “It's actually a longer-term revenue gap that we are needing to close,” she said. And Mosqueda said new taxes are needed.
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This Skagit County park was almost a nuclear power plant. A tribe helped save it: Travel For Good
At different points in its history, the Kukutali Preserve was slated to become a summer resort and even a nuclear power plant. But those plans didn’t come to pass. Instead, a unique partnership between the Swinomish Tribe and state government now safeguards the area for conservation and public use. It opened to visitors as one of the state’s newest parks in 2014.
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Newly obtained DNA from WA sex offenders may help solve cold cases
‘I have a team of six or seven people who spend all their days going through multiple databases to identify who these folks are.’
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That pot in your kitchen could be a source of lead exposure
A new King County study shows that aluminum cookware could be a source of lead exposure. Health officials noted elevated blood lead levels in King County’s Afghan refugee community, and worked with the families to track the source.
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How Washington’s vineyards are adapting to a changing climate: Travel For Good
Washington state is the second largest wine producer in the U.S., behind California. The changing climate and its unpredictability has created new challenges for growers. It’s one of the many reasons why vineyards around the state are adopting practices that make their grape crops more resilient.
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What's new for the ORCA card and light rail enforcement
Come September, passengers caught on Sound Transit light rail without paying could get sent to collections or to court.
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Seattle schools scraps planned schedule changes amid backlash
The superintendent of Seattle Public Schools has decided the start and end times will stay the same next year.
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Idaho goes to the primary polls with fringe right forces in play
‘It's just extraordinary that you have the sitting Lieutenant Governor of the state of Idaho on stage with a host of far-right speakers.’
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The restored Elwha River, 'hidden gem' of the Olympic Peninsula: Travel For Good
At the north end of the Olympic Peninsula, trucks carrying massive trees rumble through the town of Port Angeles. Humans here have dramatically altered the old-growth forests that ring the snowy peaks of the mountains nearby. But residents are working to preserve what they can of this wilderness.
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On the arts calendar: Sweat, reSET, and time capsule visions of a future Black archive
Marcie Sillman shares creative options for your arts & culture weekend
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Amazon knows your face and your voice. New lawsuit says it's going too far
Customers are mostly okay with letting Amazon track them. It's the way of the world, they say. State governments aren't so lenient. Texas, Illinois and Washington have passed laws regulating how companies use customers' biometric data. A shareholder's lawsuit says Amazon must pay closer attention to these new state laws.
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Big turnout expected at abortion rights rallies in Seattle and across the U.S.
Tomorrow is a national day of action for supporters of abortion rights, and the rally at Seattle's Cal Anderson Park is expected to draw thousands of people.