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At Facebook hackathon, engineers combine Seattle data with machine learning to solve civic issues

Last week, Facebook held a civic hackathon, inviting in-house engineers as well as representatives from other tech companies to combine… Read More

Seattle politicians seek to renew relationship with Amazon in mea culpa letter to Jeff Bezos

Leaders in Seattle and Washington state want to ameliorate the relationship between Amazon and its hometown. That’s the crux of… Read More

Seattle considers employee head tax for the city’s top-grossing companies

Two Seattle councilmembers want the city’s highest-grossing businesses to pay for a new program to curb homelessness. The H.O.M.E.S —… Read More

Video: Microsoft President Brad Smith explains why the company took a stand on DACA

Microsoft President Brad Smith has become a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals… Read More

Washington AG Bob Ferguson tries to block Trump’s latest travel ban

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is seeking a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump’s newest executive order restricting… Read More

Tech companies are provoking more ire by moving out of the suburbs and into cities, says urban history expert

Technology is a critical part of American history but it typically occupies little more than a marginal note in history… Read More

Facebook hackathon applies machine learning to Seattle data to solve civic challenges

The city of Seattle is top notch when it comes to releasing data about everything from traffic to education to… Read More

7 crazy stunts from cities vying for Amazon’s second North American headquarters

With more than 100 contestants in the Great Amazon HQ2 Beauty Pageant, it takes a little more than good looks… Read More

Seattle region unveils pitch to keep Amazon HQ2 close to home — and it doesn’t include any locations in Seattle

Executives from King and Snohomish County revealed details of their plan to convince Amazon to locate its second North American… Read More

Seattle IT department accidentally releases nearly two months of emails from city employees

The City of Seattle’s IT department is dealing with the all-too-familiar feeling of giving out too much information — on… Read More

Plot twist: How this startup founder went from writing plays to reshaping U.S. immigration policy

Doug Rand probably didn’t know that the play he wrote in high school — “The Idiot and the Oddity,” a… Read More

Sen. Cantwell and Rep. DelBene seek $220M/year in federal funding for ‘smart city’ programs

A new bill introduced by Washington state Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Suzan DelBene would set aside $220 million a year in federal… Read More

The unassuming ambition of Bob Ferguson, one of President Trump’s most successful adversaries

When the history books get around to Donald Trump, his unlikely rise to power will receive plenty of ink —… Read More

Seattle investor compares Trump’s tax plan to ‘giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys’

Nick Hanauer is not impressed with President Donald Trump’s new tax reform plan. The Seattle investor and co-founder of Second… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform chief: ‘There isn’t a technological hack to the system; Congress has to act’

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — Todd Schulte believes, to his core, that the immigration system can be fixed “with one turn of… Read More

New Seattle mayor vows to participate in regional response to Amazon’s HQ2 ‘jolt’

Today, Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess reiterated the city’s plans to respond to Amazon’s search for a second North American headquarters,… Read More

Russians unsuccessfully tried to hack into Washington state election systems

Today, the Department of Homeland Security told Washington state officials that Russian hackers tried to access voting systems before the… Read More

Can Seattle handle more Amazon? How the tech giant’s first hometown could pursue its second HQ

Last week’s surprise announcement that Seattle will respond to Amazon’s request for proposals for its second North American headquarters raised… Read More

Seattle City Councilmember Tim Burgess to take over as mayor until November election

The Seattle City Council has elected Councilmember Tim Burgess to serve as interim mayor until Cary Moon or Jenny Durkan… Read More

Full text: Seattle mayor directs city to bid on Amazon’s second headquarters

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell dropped a surprise Friday when he announced that one of the key initiatives in his very… Read More

Seattle sets a new standard for private companies to launch public services, and other cities take note

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) got the green light to launch a pilot bike-share program in May of 2017.… Read More

Seattle plans to tax Airbnb operators $10/night and limit short-term rentals to 2 properties per host

The Seattle City Council has released a new set of regulations designed to prevent property owners from operating Airbnbs and… Read More

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray resigns amid new allegations of child sexual abuse

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced his resignation Tuesday, hours after The Seattle Times published an interview in which his cousin,… Read More

A race to the bottom? Amazon stirs debate by soliciting tax credits for second headquarters

Amazon sparked an all-out bidding war this week when it asked North American cities to roll out the red carpet… Read More

‘It’s never too late to say we’re sorry’: Seattle leaders respond to Amazon plans to establish second HQ outside its hometown

Amazon announced plans early Thursday morning to open a second headquarters “fully equal” to its Seattle home, calling on local… Read More

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