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If employers fail to give proper notice to their employees, they could risk being fined $500 for each instance of failing to notify workers, or $1,000 if a court finds they intentionally didn’t tell workers.
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KUOW put Costco’s saving claims to the test by comparing the cost of five goods at Seattle-area warehouses to the average prices at grocery stores in the region.
State Route 20 closes on both sides of the Cascades every winter because of heavy snowfall and the risk of avalanches. But this year, extensive repairs were necessary to fully reopen the highway because of significant damage from last December's flooding, plus a rockslide over the road in March.
State agency leaders received a dire warning from Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office on Friday that they’re headed toward “what will likely be the most challenging budget any of us has yet faced.”
Seattle-area labor groups, immigrant advocates, and workers are wary about increased ICE presence and immigration enforcement at the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons, a Democrat from Bremerton, is facing ethics charges that she used her standing as a lawmaker to get a friend hired at a nonprofit she is closely associated with, and that she used leftover campaign money to help another nonprofit where she used to work.
The one-year ban, passed by the Seattle City Council on Tuesday, gives the city time to study data centers’ impact on natural resources, public utilities, and jobs.
The men’s FIFA World Cup kicks off Thursday (pun intended), and Seattle is hosting six of those matches. Here’s what you should know heading into the games.
Gates will sit for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Rhenda Strub is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a relatively new Seattle Mariners season ticket holder. Her family objected when she started to inviting strangers to join her at games. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm had a long talk with Rhenda, about baseball and much more.
Gates will sit for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Rhenda Strub is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a relatively new Seattle Mariners season ticket holder. She was featured in a Seattle Times story recently. It concerned her decision to invite strangers to join her at games. Strub's family didn’t love that development. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm had a chance to have a long talk with her, about baseball and much more.
KUOW put Costco’s saving claims to the test by comparing the cost of five goods at Seattle-area warehouses to the average prices at grocery stores in the region.
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During the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Seattle, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are expected to take up security roles alongside other federal and local law enforcement agencies. The Department of Homeland Security says the staffing is a routine part of “what we do with every major sporting event,” according to a statement. City officials have also been told that there are no specific planned civil immigration operations during the games.
State agency leaders received a dire warning from Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office on Friday that they’re headed toward “what will likely be the most challenging budget any of us has yet faced.”
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Washington's iconic North Cascades Highway is slated to fully reopen by June 19.
The one year ban, passed by the Seattle City Council on Tuesday, gives the city time to study data centers’ impact on natural resources, public utilities, and jobs.
Washington state Rep. Tarra Simmons, a Democrat from Bremerton, is facing ethics charges that she used her standing as a lawmaker to get a friend hired at a nonprofit she is closely associated with, and that she used leftover campaign money to help another nonprofit where she used to work.
