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  Words In Review: 'Follow your passions!'

  Hey, grads: University of Washington psychology professor Sapna Cheryan explains why following your passions is not enough or why it might send the wrong message.
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  Near term: Seattle is in the black. Long term, well...

  Top officials at the city of Seattle are trying to plan for the city’s economic future. But, with so many big trends creating so much uncertainty, predicting that future is no easy task.
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  Will increased density through HB-1110 actually lower WA home prices?

  KUOW Housing Reporter Joshua McNichols walks us through the details behind how housing density can help lower housing costs through increased supply.
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  Amazon cuts 9,000 workers in latest round of layoffs

  Thousands of Amazon employees learned they are out of job Wednesday morning as the company carried out its latest round of layoffs.
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  Laid off? Tech workers are job hunting

  The numbers keep going up. Layoffs in tech have put Seattle workers on edge. But the region’s shifting labor market is still looking pretty good for job seekers. UW Policy Professor Jacob Vigdor is here to help explain.
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  Washington adopts new program to help businesses become employee-owned

  Washington lawmakers want to make it easier to form businesses without bosses. They passed a bill Wednesday that provides support and resources for companies seeking to become employee-owned.
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  Seattle mayor has BIG plans for downtown

  The to-do list to revitalize downtown is long… in the short term Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and his administration have some short term plans to get more people visiting, living and working downtown. TAPE “Fundamentally, downtown runs on people. So our downtown activation plan is focused on how do we get more people downtown” And so far, safety is taking a front seat. The city is cracking down on the fentanyl crisis and the shake up is imminent. KUOW reporter Casey Martin is here. He’ll fill us in on some of the key items to anticipate.
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  What workers want: How industries hollowed out by the pandemic are getting folks back

  We’ve all seen the help wanted signs, had slow service at our favorite restaurant, or maybe a long wait in the ER. The markers of the Great Resignation are inescapable. Nearly 100 million workers quit their jobs in the past two years. Now, employers are trying to figure out how to get them back. KUOW talked to hiring managers and workers in some of the industries hit hardest by the pandemic about what it takes to get folks back to work.
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  Why is it so hard to unionize Amazon?

  It’s been a year since the first-ever successful union election at an Amazon facility, a milestone many believed would herald a labor movement at the Seattle-based tech giant. But rather than igniting a blaze of unionization, the labor movement at Amazon may be sputtering out.
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  Seattle eyes capital gains tax

  Seattle officials tell KUOW they’re considering a local tax on capital gains. This follows last month’s state Supreme Court ruling that a state tax on capital gains is constitutional. According to city council member Teresa Mosqueda, it’s just one possibility for new sources of revenue in the coming years to fill a giant “revenue gap.”

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