Articles about Seattle – Page 6 of 52

Port of Seattle plans for facial recognition screening at Sea-Tac

The Port of Seattle voted Tuesday to take over a federally mandated facial recognition screening program for passengers departing on… Read More

Washington state reportedly set to ban events larger than 250 people to slow COVID-19 spread

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee plans to announce new restrictions on large events in the state to curb the spread of… Read More

Amazon will donate $5M to help small businesses near its headquarters mitigate coronavirus losses

Amazon pledged Tuesday to donate $5 million to small businesses around its Seattle headquarters that will be impacted by thousands… Read More

Election officials mark successful mobile voting pilot in Seattle area; security experts still skeptical

The first U.S. election to make mobile voting available to all eligible voters went off without a hitch — at… Read More

Here are the presidential candidates that Seattle tech workers are backing ahead of WA state’s historic primary

The race for the Democratic presidential nomination may still be neck-and-neck, but when it comes to Seattle tech workers, one… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon and others form $2.5M coronavirus response fund

Microsoft, Amazon, and other Seattle-area companies are partnering with nonprofits and governments to launch a relief fund in response to… Read More

Seattle tech giants attempt to bridge divide by paying hourly workers during coronavirus recess

Seattle’s largest technology companies plan to pay their hourly workers normal wages even as their need for support staff diminishes… Read More

Seattle officials unveil plan to tax Amazon, other high-paying companies to fund affordable housing

Seattle City Councilmembers unveiled draft legislation Wednesday that details their plan to tax the city’s highest paying businesses to fund… Read More

Google bars visitors in Seattle, allows employees to work remotely amid coronavirus outbreak

Update: Google took a step beyond allowing employees to work from home Wednesday evening as the coronavirus outbreak continued to develop.… Read More

‘Tax Amazon’ protest draws 400 to company’s HQ in dispute over plan to address homelessness crisis

Protestors descended on Amazon’s headquarters Sunday in a fight to preserve the taxing authority of Seattle and other cities in… Read More

Seattle-area tech workers earn $279K/year on average in total compensation, according to new BLS data

Editor’s note: This story and headline were updated to clarify that the average wage numbers include non-wage cash payments such… Read More

Bernie Sanders takes on the ‘billionaire class’ at rally near Seattle, home to Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates

Inside an arena 30 miles south of Seattle — and in the backyard of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates —… Read More

Zillow launches tool to help Seattleites exiting homelessness find affordable housing

Zillow Group launched a new tool Thursday to help people experiencing homelessness in Seattle connect with affordable housing options. The… Read More

Seattle’s socialist City Councilmember introduces new ‘Amazon tax’ to raise $300M/year for affordable public housing

Amazon’s tax bill has become a lightning rod in a nationwide debate over economic inequity and Seattle is on the… Read More

We voted with a smartphone in a Seattle-area election, and this is what we discovered

Mobile voting is fast, convenient, and vulnerable. Those were my takeaways testing out the mobile voting pilot available to all… Read More

Officials in Seattle and Washington state clash over business tax to address homelessness crisis

Officials in Seattle and Washington state are wrestling over a proposed tax on companies like Amazon and Microsoft that would… Read More

Car-sharing is back in Seattle — kind of: Envoy launches new electric service at residential buildings

Seattle was once a pioneer for car-sharing, home to car2go, BMW ReachNow, and LimePods. But each of those companies shut… Read More

Amazon and Microsoft back proposed business tax in breakthrough for fight against homelessness

The Seattle-area business community is throwing its weight behind a proposal to tax high-paying companies in the region to fund… Read More

Retro lodging: Atari gaming hotels coming to eight U.S. cities, including Seattle and San Francisco

Atari — yes, that Atari — is getting into the hotel business. The video game pioneer is putting its name… Read More

Take cover: Amazon’s big umbrellas renew a stormy old debate about Seattle culture

In a steady downpour around Amazon’s downtown Seattle headquarters buildings, the march of the umbrellas is like a well-choreographed dance.… Read More

Real estate startup Curbio expands to Seattle, aims to speed up home renovation projects

Another day, another real estate tech startup comes to Seattle. This time it’s Curbio, which bills itself as the “only… Read More

Microsoft adds $250 million to Seattle housing pledge, bringing total commitment to $750M

Microsoft is increasing its spending on affordable housing and homelessness philanthropy in the Seattle area by 50 percent. The company… Read More

Does Amazon pay enough in taxes? Source says local tax bill was $297M last year

Amazon paid nearly $300 million in state and local taxes in 2018, according to a source inside the company with… Read More

Emboldened by election day victory, new Seattle City Council launches next challenge to Amazon

Just two weeks into 2020, the new Seattle City Council is already making good on its promise to take on… Read More

Uber adds Seattle-area transit options to app in new expansion of public transportation integration

Some Uber users in Seattle now have the option to plan trips via bus, train or ferry in the ride-hailing… Read More

Seattle Chamber of Commerce CEO, key figure in city’s Amazon debate, announces Congressional bid

Seattle Metro Chamber of Commerce CEO Marilyn Strickland is running for Congress as a Democrat. The former mayor of Tacoma,… Read More

Car2gone: Share Now to exit North America, leaving Seattle with no free-floating car-sharing service

Share Now, operator of the car2go car-sharing service, will end operations in North America on Feb. 29, leaving Seattle with… Read More

Beacons of hope for the unhoused: Samaritan donation platform adjusts approach, expands reach

Raven stoops on a bench tranquilly flint-knapping an obsidian arrowhead by an I-5 overpass in North Seattle. His 10-man tent… Read More

New documents reveal details of Seattle scooter-share pilot, including ban on sidewalk riding

Seattle’s plan for a free-floating scooter-share pilot program is coming into focus with a newly released environmental impact statement and… Read More

Seattle launches data dashboards to show residents how the city is performing on key issues

The City of Seattle unveiled seven data dashboards Thursday in an effort to give residents and government employees more insights… Read More