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
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
Nov 14 NewsHour Connect: World's Largest Dam Removal Set to Restore Ecosystem By Saskia de Melker The world's biggest dam removal project -- and the second-largest environmental restoration project in U.S. history -- is in progress on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. The Elwha Dam and the Glines Canyon Dam… Continue reading
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