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(The Center Square) – Amazon is cutting approximately 2,200 corporate roles from the Seattle area as part of the company’s broader 16,000-person global layoff, according to a filing with the state Employment Security Department. Of the nearly 2,200 employees laid off in the Jan. 30 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, filing, more than 1,400 were based in Seattle, more than 600 in Bellevue, and the rest, including some based remotely, were spread across
(The Center Square) – During a recent public hearing, no one testified in opposition to legislation aimed at stopping the implementation of a “luxury” aircraft tax, and yet the bill (HB 2347) is not expected to advance. Legislation in 2025 (SB 5801) sponsored by Washington state Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, and signed into law imposes a 10% sales and use tax on the sale or lease of non-commercial aircraft valued above $500,000. The tax kicks
(The Center Square) – A Washington state bill would exempt certain public employee and student information from disclosure under state open records laws, a move proponents argue is necessary to protect individuals’ privacy but critics say could damage transparency. Washington state administers a Healthy Youth Survey every two years to students in sixth through twelfth grade, which asks questions regarding matter such as substance use, food consumption, physical activity and mental health. Senate Bill 6049
Even as many volunteers are taking to the cold streets to try to find and quantify the number of homeless Americans living there now, two lawsuits filed late last year in a federal District Court are blocking millions of dollars from reaching the neediest people. The first lawsuit was filed by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the second by a coalition led by Washington State’s Attorney General Nick Brown. The lawsuits seek
