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White House budget proposal tightens the screws on science, from space to salmon

by Alan Boyle on March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 at 8:55 pm1 Comment

The White House’s $4.7 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2020 aims to give a boost to the Space Force, but would dial down work on NASA’s Space Launch System,… Read More

From Earth’s depths to the stars, there’s good news for science in spending bill

by Alan Boyle on March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 at 12:11 pmComment

The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law today preserves several of the scientific initiatives his administration wanted to kill, including a West Coast earthquake warning… Read More

New Seattle mayor vows to participate in regional response to Amazon’s HQ2 ‘jolt’

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 at 5:34 pmComment

Today, Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess reiterated the city’s plans to respond to Amazon’s search for a second North American headquarters, with King County leading the charge. He pledged to “respond… Read More

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This Week in Seattle: Income tax faces legal challenge, new distracted driving law, and more

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 at 8:48 amComment

Seattle mayoral candidates debate, answer questions from tech industry The top six candidates for Seattle mayor took the stage Monday in the race’s only televised debate, co-hosted by GeekWire, KING… Read More

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This Week in Seattle: A booming city, an expectant giraffe, Trump’s travel ban, etc.

by Monica Nickelsburg on May 27, 2017June 17, 2017 at 7:14 am 2 Comments

Seattle is the fastest-growing city in the country The Seattle Times ‘FYI Guy’ Gene Balk crunched the latest Census data to reveal what many of us already instinctively knew: Seattle’s… Read More

President Trump’s budget plan gets a bad review from the science community

by Chelsey Ballarte on May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 at 5:36 pm 12 Comments

President Donald Trump sent his budget request for the next fiscal year to Congress today, giving the science community a glimpse of what may be to come – and many don’t like what… Read More

Researchers sound the alarm over Trump’s budget, across the nation and in Seattle

by Alan Boyle on March 16, 2017March 16, 2017 at 5:41 pm 3 Comments

Today’s White House outline for a “skinny budget” covering $1.15 trillion in discretionary spending aims a sharp blow at federally funded research on topics ranging from agriculture to zoonotic diseases – and is… Read More

Obama’s 2017 federal budget gets a visual makeover from Socrata

by Madeline Vuong on February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 at 12:52 pm 2 Comments

The federal budget has never been particularly pretty. At thousands of pages long with many complicated details and subsections, the budget is tough for the ordinary citizen to even look… Read More

NASA packs a big vision for space exploration into smaller $19 billion budget

by Alan Boyle on February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 at 9:55 pm 2 Comments

Christmas has come and gone, and so has a bump in NASA’s spending plan: The agency’s proposed $19 billion budget for the next fiscal year, released today, represents a $260… Read More

Congress’ omnibus bill gives NASA a Christmas bonus: a bigger $19.3 billion budget

by Alan Boyle on December 16, 2015December 16, 2015 at 3:43 pm 4 Comments

The 2,009-page omnibus bill that’s been crafted by Congress for the current fiscal year boosts NASA’s budget to $19.3 billion, which is $756 million more than the White House asked for. The big winners… Read More

Seattle Public Library’s free WiFi hotspot program receives city funding, 450 more devices

by James Risley on December 2, 2015December 2, 2015 at 2:44 pm 3 Comments

Earlier this year, Google and the Seattle Public Library teamed up to provide free mobile WiFi hotspots to anyone with a library card. The system has been popular, with more… Read More

Seattle mayor wants funding for police body cameras, chief privacy officer, bike-share program

by Taylor Soper on September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 at 9:47 pmComment

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to use city funds for a handful of technology-related projects. Murray unveiled his 2016 budget proposal today at City Hall and it includes funding for the city’s… Read More