Nov 27 $15 minimum wage wins in Seattle suburb by 77 votes, possible recount looming By News Desk // A ballot initiative to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour in SeaTac, Wash., has won -- three weeks after Election Day. King County election officials certified the 77 vote margin of victory Tuesday. The Proposition also… Continue reading
Nov 07 More like Germany: The living wage nears a win in suburban Seattle By Paul Solman // A higher minimum wage in SeaTac, Wash., would close youth and immigrants out of entry-level jobs, argue small business owners like Mike West. Raising it to $15 an hour at the airport could divert employees away from surrounding… Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch Tuesday, November 5, 2013 Supreme Court heard arguments about a woman who tried to poison her husband’s mistress… Continue watching
Apr 22 Seattle's Bullitt Center Bills Itself as 'World's Greenest Office Building' Seattle's Bullitt Center bills itself as the world's greenest office building for its local and sustainable materials. Video courtesy of KCTS9/Earthfix Before skyscrapers, Seattle's waterfront held little more than tide flats edged with evergreen forests. Those forests ran off the… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Using Babies to Decrease Aggression, Prevent Bullying Using Babies to Decrease Aggression, Prevent Bullying… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch Scientists Search for Solution to 'Toxic Cocktail' in Washington's Puget Sound Seattleites Construct Rain Gardens to Curb Pollution From Stormwater Runoff… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From Toyota Assembly Lines Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From Toyota Assembly Lines… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch Seattleites Construct Rain Gardens to Curb Pollution From Stormwater Runoff In an effort to curb pollution from stormwater runoff, Seattle residents have begun a campaign to build 12,000 rain gardens around the Puget Sound. Katie Campbell of KCTS 9 reports. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch The Business of Forest Smuggling KCTS in Seattle, Washington looks into the illegal side of the holiday industry of forest greenery. Lesley McClurg has more on how forest smuggling has short term effects on businesses and long term effects on the environment. Continue watching