On Jan. 1, Washington state will begin implementing one of the most generous paid family and medical leave programs in the nation, allowing employees to take up to 16 weeks… Read More
The Washington state legislature plans to take up one of the tech industry’s most hot-button issues next session: non-compete agreements. The contracts temporarily prevent workers from taking jobs with employers’… Read More
Amazon has been steadily increasing its lobbying budget and taking a more central position on the national political stage while simultaneously searching for a city to plant its second headquarters.… Read More
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has raised his national profile in recent months by taking aim at President Donald Trump, fueling speculation that he’s making a play for the presidency in… Read More
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Seattle startup Dolly is suing the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission in a case with potentially far-reaching implications for gig economy companies. Dolly operates a website and app that connects… Read More
How do you build an underwater robot that can locate an airplane wreckage and deliver its engine to the surface? Some students, making up more than 70 teams, will have… Read More
Microsoft co-founder and Seattle real estate mogul Paul Allen donated $1 million to a new initiative that would enact tougher restrictions on the sale of semiautomatic weapons in Washington state.… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The stylish Italian restaurant Masseria is easy to miss, hidden between a construction site and an industrial lot in D.C.’s Union Market district. But if you were… Read More
Washington state’s technology industry isn’t always considered in the same league as California’s. But a 2017 study getting renewed attention this week suggests that Washington is actually punching well above its… Read More
Government agencies in Oregon will be prohibited from contracting with internet providers that don’t uphold net neutrality principles under a new law signed by Gov. Kate Brown Tuesday. The rules… Read More
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee took aim at President Donald Trump again Tuesday, this time defending one of the top job creators in his state. Inslee used Trump’s favorite medium to… Read More
Internet providers will be required to treat all lawful content the same in Washington state under a landmark net neutrality law that just became official. Gov. Jay Inslee signed a… Read More
Washington passed its own net neutrality protections Tuesday, the first state to do so in a direct rebuke to the other Washington. A bill that reinstates protections repealed by the… Read More
The Federal Communications Commission’s rollback of net neutrality was cemented today with the publication of the ruling in the Federal Register. The FCC voted to undo net neutrality in December.… Read More
Another day, another Amazon HQ2 analysis. This time, researchers at Hamilton Place Strategies, an analytic PR consultancy, crunched the numbers and found Washington, D.C. the most likely city to land… Read More
Washington lawmakers’ efforts to crack down on non-compete agreements died in the state legislature this week. Two bills that would have made it nearly impossible to enforce the controversial contracts,… Read More
Uber has long maintained that its drivers are independent contractors, not employees, and therefore not eligible for the benefits employees receive. Like many sharing economy companies, Uber says it simply… Read More
News Brief: A coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia have filed a petition to appeal the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rollback. Attorney General Bob Ferguson and… Read More
This was the third year in a row that GeekWire teamed up with Bank of America to raise money for the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship (WSOS) during our Geeks Give Back campaign.… Read More
Washington state businesses will be eligible for new tax credits when they let employees work remotely if the legislature passes a new bill filed in advance of the 2018 legislative session. If approved, the… Read More
A bill to preserve net neutrality in Washington state offers the first detailed glimpse of the state’s broader plan to combat a Dec. 14 vote by the Federal Communications Commission… Read More
Personal income increased by 1 percent in Washington state between the second and third quarters of 2017, faster than any other state in the country. That’s according to a new… Read More
The derailed train making its inaugural trip from Seattle to Portland Monday was not using a recommended technology system designed to prevent certain types of accidents. According to reports from Crosscut… Read More
Cyrus Habib presides over Washington state’s Senate in his capacity as lieutenant governor — a task that would have been much more difficult if he had been elected a decade… Read More
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson plans to sue the federal government over its decision to repeal regulations known as net neutrality. He announced his intention to challenge the decision… 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
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
Spokane is determined not to sit on the bench while other cities duke it out for Amazon’s second corporate headquarters. The Eastern Washington city, historically a trade outpost for the… Read More
When the history books get around to Donald Trump, his unlikely rise to power will receive plenty of ink — the buttoned-up rivals he steamrolled, the scandals he survived, the… Read More