If a company lands on the Fortune 500, there’s a good chance it has a founder who is an immigrant or the child of one. Forty-three percent of businesses that… Read More
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin accepting applications for foreign entrepreneurs to enter the U.S. under the International Entrepreneur Rule, blocking the Trump… Read More
Internet Association — which lobbies on behalf of top tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Airbnb and Uber — is setting up a Seattle outpost. Internet Association is anchored in… Read More
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Uber in King County Superior Court for failing to report a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of 57 million… Read More
Seattle’s new income tax on high earners hit its first legal roadblock Wednesday when King County Superior Court Judge John Ruhl struck down the law, ruling that it violates Washington… Read More
Well, color us flattered. We were overwhelmed by the quality and diversity of submissions from cities all over the country, eager to land GeekWire HQ2 for the month of February 2018.… Read More
Vancouver, B.C. has passed a set of stringent regulations in an attempt to curb the proliferation of Airbnbs and free up more long-term housing supply for residents, the New York… Read More
Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess believes being home to Amazon HQ1 has been “a huge benefit to the community” but has some words of caution for the city that wins the… Read More
The tech industry is breathing a sigh of relief this morning because the U.S. Senate has ditched its plan to tax stock options and restricted stock units when they vest… Read More
A proposal that would have taxed Seattle businesses earning more than $10 million in gross annual receipts was narrowly voted down by the City Council Tuesday. The HOMES tax was defeated… Read More
Social media’s greatest strength and weakness is the egalitarianism that defines it. Facebook and Twitter have given a voice to the voiceless, elevating causes like the Arab Spring and Black… Read More
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant thinks that if Amazon plans to build a $5 billion second corporate headquarters, it can afford to pay more taxes in its hometown. She said… Read More
Jenny Durkan established a comfortable lead over her opponent, Cary Moon in early election results released Tuesday evening. Final election results will not be certified until all of the ballots… Read More
Update: Manka Dhingra was ahead with 55 percent of the vote in early election results released Tuesday at 8 p.m. Bots and other suspicious social media accounts were used in an… Read More
King County Elections designed and purchased Snapchat filters for ballot boxes around the Seattle area, anticipating the existential question of millennials: If you didn’t Snap it, did it really happen?… Read More
King County ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday which means procrastinators across the region are scrambling to make a last-minute decision about who should be Seattle’s next mayor and… Read More
It was only a matter of time before Amazon’s controversial search for a second North American headquarters made its way into John Oliver’s crosshairs. The comedian targeted Amazon’s HQ2 contest… Read More
Some of the leading voices in the Seattle technology community have signed their names to a letter endorsing Jenny Durkan for mayor. The letter compares Seattle’s top executive office to… Read More
Activists are planning a “renaming ceremony” Thursday to dub Seattle’s center of municipal government “Comcast City Hall.” The event, organized by left-leaning Seattle advocates, is an effort to call attention to… Read More
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to clarify Doctoroff’s comments. Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff is enamored with Toronto, where his company is partnering with the local government to… Read More
In an industrial Seattle warehouse with plywood walls and exposed pipes, a group of about 60 people gathered Wednesday to mark a breakthrough that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee believes “we… Read More
Seattle is electing a new mayor at a critical moment for the city and the tech community, which is often at odds with civic leaders. Both Jenny Durkan and Cary… Read More
On Nov. 7, Seattle will elect a new mayor to guide the city through a period of unprecedented growth, driven largely by the booming technology industry. Tonight, candidates Cary Moon… Read More
With each day, it seems we learn more about the shadowy world of political advertising on digital platforms like Facebook, Google, and Twitter. As multiple investigations into the 2016 presidential… Read More
Over the past year, Bob Ferguson has stepped into the media spotlight by repeatedly challenging President Donald Trump on everything from environmental protection to immigration. Immigration, in particular, has put… Read More
Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess is expressing the city’s commitment to Amazon with a Tinder joke. “With 40,000 Amazon employees in Seattle working in 8.1 million square feet of local office… Read More
Amazon, and a cadre of Seattle area tech and business heavyweights, are key contributors to a political organization supporting Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan. Analysis by The Stranger and technologist… Read More
City leaders across the continent are thinking about how they can best pitch their communities to Amazon as the Thursday deadline for HQ2 pitches approaches. They’ve been combing through criteria… Read More
Cary Moon, one of two finalists in Seattle’s tumultuous mayoral race, will push for city-owned internet if she is elected in November. RELATED STORY: Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan says… Read More
For the past month, Seattle’s civic leaders have been trying to make sense of Amazon’s plans to establish a second headquarters elsewhere in North America, and debating what kind of… Read More