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Immigrants and their children founded 43% of last year’s Fortune 500 companies, startup lobby finds

If a company lands on the Fortune 500, there’s a good chance it has a founder who is an immigrant… Read More

Judge overturns Trump administration’s delay of Obama-era ‘startup visa,’ siding with investor group

A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin accepting applications for foreign entrepreneurs to enter… Read More

Internet Association, a powerful Silicon Valley lobby, is opening an office in Seattle

Internet Association — which lobbies on behalf of top tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Airbnb and Uber — is… Read More

Washington files first state suit against Uber over massive data breach, seeking millions in penalties

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Uber in King County Superior Court for failing to report a massive… Read More

Judge blocks Seattle’s new income tax on the rich

Seattle’s new income tax on high earners hit its first legal roadblock Wednesday when King County Superior Court Judge John… Read More

Cities across the U.S. compete for GeekWire HQ2: Check out pics and highlights from the proposals

Well, color us flattered. We were overwhelmed by the quality and diversity of submissions from cities all over the country,… Read More

Vancouver, B.C. cracks down on Airbnb with tough new short-term rental regulations

Vancouver, B.C. has passed a set of stringent regulations in an attempt to curb the proliferation of Airbnbs and free… Read More

Seattle mayor’s advice for the city that lands Amazon HQ2

Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess believes being home to Amazon HQ1 has been “a huge benefit to the community” but has… Read More

Senate abandons plan to tax stock options at vesting after backlash from the tech industry

The tech industry is breathing a sigh of relief this morning because the U.S. Senate has ditched its plan to… Read More

Seattle head tax on top businesses fails narrowly but several lawmakers want to revive it next year

A proposal that would have taxed Seattle businesses earning more than $10 million in gross annual receipts was narrowly voted down… Read More

Deadline 2020: Regulators need to catch up to social media propaganda by the next big election

Social media’s greatest strength and weakness is the egalitarianism that defines it. Facebook and Twitter have given a voice to… Read More

Seattle leader wants to double head tax because it’s still a fraction of Amazon’s $5B HQ2 plans

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant thinks that if Amazon plans to build a $5 billion second corporate headquarters, it can… Read More

Jenny Durkan leads in early Seattle mayor election results but Cary Moon says it’s not over yet

Jenny Durkan established a comfortable lead over her opponent, Cary Moon in early election results released Tuesday evening. Final election… Read More

Exclusive: Bots spread propaganda to influence high-stakes Washington state race, researchers say

Update: Manka Dhingra was ahead with 55 percent of the vote in early election results released Tuesday at 8 p.m. Bots… Read More

Seattle region has a snappy new idea to get the selfie generation to the ballot box

King County Elections designed and purchased Snapchat filters for ballot boxes around the Seattle area, anticipating the existential question of… Read More

The procrastinator’s last-minute guide to the Seattle mayoral race

King County ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday which means procrastinators across the region are scrambling to make a… Read More

Watch John Oliver roast Amazon, Jeff Bezos and local governments over HQ2 incentives

It was only a matter of time before Amazon’s controversial search for a second North American headquarters made its way… Read More

Seattle tech leaders endorse former U.S. attorney Jenny Durkan, calling for a mayor who can keep up with ever-changing city

Some of the leading voices in the Seattle technology community have signed their names to a letter endorsing Jenny Durkan… Read More

Civic Affairs

Immigrants and their children founded 43% of last year’s Fortune 500 companies, startup lobby finds

Judge overturns Trump administration’s delay of Obama-era ‘startup visa,’ siding with investor group

Washington files first state suit against Uber over massive data breach, seeking millions in penalties

Judge blocks Seattle’s new income tax on the rich

Cities across the U.S. compete for GeekWire HQ2: Check out pics and highlights from the proposals

Seattle mayor’s advice for the city that lands Amazon HQ2

Senate abandons plan to tax stock options at vesting after backlash from the tech industry

Seattle head tax on top businesses fails narrowly but several lawmakers want to revive it next year

Seattle leader wants to double head tax because it’s still a fraction of Amazon’s $5B HQ2 plans

Jenny Durkan leads in early Seattle mayor election results but Cary Moon says it’s not over yet

Seattle region has a snappy new idea to get the selfie generation to the ballot box

The procrastinator’s last-minute guide to the Seattle mayoral race

Watch John Oliver roast Amazon, Jeff Bezos and local governments over HQ2 incentives

Seattle tech leaders endorse former U.S. attorney Jenny Durkan, calling for a mayor who can keep up with ever-changing city

Activists plan naming ceremony for ‘Comcast City Hall’ to protest corporate money in Seattle politics

Google sees big things in Toronto, and Sidewalk Labs CEO says Amazon might, too

Cutting-edge Microsoft data center fuels a new vision for global energy efficiency

Can Seattle’s next mayor build a bridge to the tech community? Clues from each candidate’s take on Amazon HQ2

Watch: Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan face off in debate

Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess: Want to expose the money behind online political ads? Think local

Washington AG Bob Ferguson talks Trump, reining in Big Tech, and rumors of a gubernatorial bid

Seattle mayor’s love letter to Amazon: ‘We have no intention of swiping left on you’

Amazon gives $350K to group supporting Jenny Durkan for Seattle mayor, its biggest local political contribution ever

Amazon HQ2: Mayors from 7 major North American cities give us their pitches as RFP deadline looms

Cary Moon will pursue city-owned internet if elected Seattle mayor because ‘it is an equity issue’

Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan says city’s focus on Amazon HQ2 is ‘missing the big story’