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The Urbanist
5 days
King County Approves 0.1% Sales Tax Bump to Aid County Roads
Around $90 million per year in additional funding will bolster King County's roads division thanks to the 5-4 vote, with a small pass-through program providing a slice of the pie to local cities and towns. A provision capping Seattle's cut of that funding was ultimately defeated.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Xbox: ‘We have to turn this into a sustainable business’
Microsoft has spent years subsidizing Xbox rather than profiting from it, CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged this week, as he addressed… Read More
The Urbanist
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Amtrak Cascades Speeds Up Trips from Vancouver, BC with Preclearance
New U.S. customs prescreening protocols being carried out before Amtrak departures from Vancouver are allowing trains to skip an extra stop at the Canadian border, cutting trip times by at least 10 minutes. Larger time savings may be achievable soon.
The Urbanist
5 days
Op-Ed: To Save Mandatory Housing Affordability, We Have to Recalibrate It
Nonprofit housing leader Patience Malaba makes the case that a temporary, two-year recalibration of Seattle's Mandatory Housing Affordability program is critical to unfreeze the stalled-out housing pipeline, generate needed affordable housing revenue, and save MHA's very legitimacy.
GeekWire
5 days
Tech Moves: Microsoft exec departs Azure; Xealth gets first CRO; Slalom names Pacific NW leader
— Microsoft technical fellow Marcus Fontoura is leaving the company after serving as Azure Core’s chief technology officer for more… Read More
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Oregon data center battery maker ZincFive to go public via SPAC deal valued at $600 million
Oregon-based nickel-zinc battery manufacturer ZincFive is headed to the Nasdaq via a $600M SPAC merger with SparkLabs Group to fund increased manufacturing to meet growing demand. Read More
GeekWire
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As graduates push back on AI, UW’s Nobel-winning commencement speaker takes different approach
Nobel laureate Mary Brunkow will be the featured speaker at Saturday's 151st commencement. She's a scientist, not a tech executive — and unlike other graduation speakers this season, she's not planning to sell students on AI. Read More
GeekWire
5 days
Opinion: SpaceX is no Tesla
Seattle AI veteran Oren Etzioni argues that SpaceX's record-setting IPO valuation prices in three unproven bets at once — and that the Tesla playbook doesn't apply at this starting point. Read More
GeekWire
5 days
What we learned in Cleveland about Seattle’s future: Advice from a Rust Belt city on the rise
What can Seattle learn from Cleveland's fall and comeback? GeekWire's John Cook and Seattle angel investor Charles Fitzgerald spent several days in Cleveland, talking with civic, business and political leaders — including the city's mayor and the governor of Ohio — to find out. Read More
Seattle Met
5 days
Passage Opens on Whidbey, Nell's Chef Retires, and More Food News
Seattle's most exciting new restaurants include Baiana, Casa Gabriele, and Louie's Deli.
The Urbanist
5 days
Sound Transit Says Reports of Ballard Link's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
A press briefing this week with CEO Dow Constantine clearly sought to assuage concerns that Sound Transit wouldn't be able to get all the way to Ballard. With a six- or seven-year "runway" to close a $9 to $11 billion gap, the pressure is clearly on to follow through on that commitment.
Seattle Weekly
6 days
Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots.