Feb 11 Washington’s governor: ‘During my term, we will not be executing people’ By Zachary Treu The death penalty will be suspended in Washington state for at least the next three years, first-term governor Jay Inslee announced Tuesday. “During my term, we will not be executing people,” Inslee said during a news conference. The governor… Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Mysterious epidemic devastates starfish population off the Pacific Coast By PBS News Hour Up and down the Pacific Coast, starfish are dying by the tens of thousands and no one knows why. Special correspondent Katie Campbell reports from Seattle on how researchers and citizen scientists are investigating the spread of the mysterious and… Continue watching
Dec 03 Sports fans cause minor earthquake in Seattle By News Desk Seahawks fans celebrate at CenturyLink field during a 2013 home game.Photo by Flickr userPhilip Robertson Jumping up and down in one's living room to celebrate a touchdown pass hardly qualifies as seismic activity. Yet Monday night in Seattle's… Continue reading
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 Airport workers in suburban Seattle take on living wage debate at the ballot box Airport workers in suburban Seattle take on living wage debate at the ballot box… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch Wash. voters weigh GMO labeling; Colo. votes on marijuana tax measure Wash. voters weigh GMO labeling; Colo. votes on marijuana tax measure… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch News Wrap: Department of Justice Won’t Block Marijuana Laws in Colo., Wash. In other news Thursday, the Department of Justice announced it will not challenge laws in Colorado and Washington state permitting the recreational use of marijuana and instead focus on drugged driving and cultivation. Also, a federal appeals court upheld a… Continue watching
May 28 Watch What Bridge Collapse in Wash. State Says About Health of U.S. Infrastructure What Bridge Collapse in Wash. State Says About Health of U.S. Infrastructure… 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