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Politicians pushing back on corporate power celebrate victory in Amazon’s NYC reversal

In the first few weeks of 2019, progressive politicians have started a national conversation about income inequality and corporate power.… Read More

Cities wising up to disruptive transportation tech: ‘Why should they use our public right of way to become billionaires?’

As cars clogged Seattle’s streets, desperately trying to escape a rare snowstorm, transportation experts high above discussed the future of… Read More

Amazon’s HQ2 picks are conspicuously absent from America’s 10 best-performing cities list

When Amazon announced it would split its second headquarters between New York City and the Washington, D.C., area, it seemed… Read More

Seattle officials visit New York with warnings about Amazon: ‘They thought they could bury us’

Two Seattle lawmakers traveled to New York to share war stories from their battles with Amazon to a group of… Read More

Tech concentration in big cities is growing, leaving rural America behind, study finds

The Amazon HQ2 hullaballoo threw two important economic trends into sharp relief over the past year. The first is communities… Read More

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Amazon takes its hometown baggage to NYC as Apple makes nice with Austin, Seattle, and SoCal

Amazon and Apple are planning new homes in new cities, each with room for thousands of employees. But the comparison… Read More

Wealthy tech tycoons funnel gains into low-income ‘Opportunity Zones’ under new tax law

When Congress enacted sweeping changes to the tax code in 2017, Allen Alley paid close attention. The technology investor and former… Read More

Amazon’s new HQs in DC and NY could grow much larger than previously reported, records show

Amazon HQ2 became a media spectacle because of the promise to bring 50,000 new jobs to a single community. News… Read More

GeekWire’s HQ2 tour: 5 takeaways from the front lines of Amazon’s ambitious headquarters experiment

NEW YORK — Beginning in 2019, Amazon employees will be traveling between the company’s original Seattle home and its two new… Read More

In New York and Washington D.C., Amazon is moving into President Trump’s stomping grounds

NEW YORK — Amazon’s plan to move at least 25,000 employees with annual salaries averaging $150,000 into skyscrapers in Long… Read More

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New Yorkers protest Amazon HQ2: ‘We should be investing in housing … not in helicopters’

NEW YORK — Shawn Dixon’s life changed overnight. On Tuesday he was surprised to learn that Amazon plans to build… Read More

Amazon announces HQ2 cities, splitting second headquarters as extraordinary contest concludes

ARLINGTON, Va. — After more than a year of reconnaissance, frenzied speculation, and non-stop media coverage, Amazon’s remarkable “HQ2” search… Read More

Urbanist Richard Florida on what splitting Amazon HQ2 means for cities: ‘It never was about a second headquarters’

In many ways, reports that Amazon will split its ballyhooed second headquarters between two cities came as a shock this… Read More

Seattle mayor celebrates reports that Amazon may split HQ2: ‘I’d call those branch offices’

Amazon’s desire to see other cities — revealed by its search for a second headquarters home — hasn’t always cast… Read More

Dual Amazon HQ2s would depart from original promise of ‘full equal’ second headquarters

When Jeff Bezos revealed his plans to open a second Amazon headquarters last September, he said, “we expect HQ2 to… Read More

Two HQ2s? Amazon reportedly plans to divide its second headquarters between two cities

Amazon plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two cities, an anonymous source familiar with the matter told The… Read More

Amazon exec slams HQ2 leaker: ‘You’re not doing Crystal City, VA any favors’

Amazon officials are notoriously private, declining to give interviews or comments to the press without express consent from the Seattle… Read More

With Amazon HQ2 pick imminent, past comments show Jeff Bezos repeatedly making the case for an urban campus

The grand reveal of the city where Amazon will build its second headquarters is expected any day, and some prognosticators… Read More

While some Amazon HQ2 candidates get second dates, other cities are waiting by the phone

Reports of Amazon officials revisiting select regions in the running for the company’s second headquarters are trickling in, leaving some… Read More

UPS launches cargo e-bike delivery in Seattle, returning to bicycle courier origins a century later

More than a century ago, the company now known as UPS started as a simple courier service in Seattle. A… Read More

Amazon ramps up lobbying to record levels ahead of HQ2 announcement

Amazon has been steadily increasing its lobbying budget and taking a more central position on the national political stage while… Read More

How consumer technology is driving smart cities

In just a few short years, we’ve come to expect miraculous things from our phones. It’s not enough to order… Read More

Seattle-area public transit adds Chariot micro-shuttles in new mobility pilot

Commuters in the Seattle region will soon be able to request shuttle rides to and from transit stations using a… Read More

Leading urbanist Richard Florida is convinced Amazon HQ2 won’t go to a suburb

Oddsmakers and analysts are betting on Northern Virginia to take home the much-ballyhooed prize of Amazon HQ2. But Richard Florida,… Read More

Amazon HQ2 officials reportedly visit Chicago and Miami, keeping speculation alive until the very end

New reports about Amazon’s visits to two cities in the running for the company’s second headquarters are stirring up fresh… Read More

Amazon HQ2 speculation swirls as Jeff Bezos heads to DC

Mr. Bezos is going to Washington, with the eyes of the nation on him. The Amazon CEO arrives in Washington,… Read More

Win or lose, Amazon HQ2 put 20 cities on the map — and some are already reaping the rewards

After pitching aggressively and offering up millions of dollars in tax incentives, Denver landed a coveted economic development deal earlier… Read More

Why Seattle’s plan to bring Intersection WiFi kiosks and bus stop makeovers stalled

Fast-growing cities, like Seattle, are looking for opportunities to embrace technology to become more efficient, mobile, and equitable. But working… Read More

Jeff Bezos hints at how Amazon’s two HQs could work together across time zones

It has been almost a year since Amazon surprised the world with plans for a second North American headquarters, with… Read More

Scooter startups hit roadblocks as cities get smarter about new forms of transportation

If 2011 was the year of the ride-hailing app, then 2018 is the year of the scooter. But in the… Read More