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Seattle plans to spend $12 million on prefab homes for the homeless, and it's...
Seattle and King County have teamed up on a $12 million proposal to build prefabricated homes for nearly 200 homeless residents.The county faces a number of regulatory issues, as well as pushback from...
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Jeff Bezos is launching a $2 billion fund to support homeless families and...
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is launching a new charitable $2 billion fund to support underserved communities and education programs. It's called the Bezos Day One Fund and will focus on creating resources...
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I visited the Amazon Spheres, an indoor rainforest in the heart of Seattle —...
A rainforest is thriving in one of the most unlikely places: Amazon's campus in downtown Seattle. It's called the Spheres, and it's a trio of massive glass domes that sit amid Amazon's business center....
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Rents are falling the fastest in these 11 cities
Renting is getting less expensive for people living in the largest US metropolitan areas.In September, rents declined on an annual basis in more than half of the nation's 35 largest markets, the first...
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Amazon is growing a massive, foul-smelling 'corpse flower' at its indoor...
Amazon welcomed visitors into its headquarters over the weekend to see a rare corpse flower named Morticia in bloom.The 6-foot-tall plant, which is technically called a "titan arum," sits in the...
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Seattle wants to build a $3 million 'mega tent' for the homeless amid a...
Seattle is deciding whether to build a $3 million "mega tent" for homeless residents.The project, which draws inspiration from a program in Los Angeles, could serve as a temporary solution to the...
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'I'd call those branch offices': Seattle mayor skewers Amazon's reported...
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan said she would be pleased if Amazon split its much-awaited HQ2 between two cities."I'd call those branch offices," the mayor told KIRO-TV Seattle.The New York Times reported...
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17 high-paying jobs Amazon's HQ2 could bring to Long Island City and Arlington
Amazon announced it's splitting its second headquarters between Long Island City, a neighborhood of Queens, New York, and the Crystal City area of Arlington, Virginia. The megacompany said it will...
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One photo reveals how Amazon's headquarters can massively shape a city — and...
Amazon employees flying Delta and Alaska Airlines have their own special check-in lanes at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.The perk is just one of many that Amazon employees enjoy in Seattle,...
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Late school starts in Seattle help students get extra sleep and improved...
Seattle School District changed its 7:50 a.m. start time to 8:45 a.m. in fall 2016 for high schools and most middle schools.Since then, schools have reported less daytime sleepiness among students and...
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Dispensed: A lawsuit accuses 20 drug companies of cozying up to raise drug...
Hello,Before everyone departs for their end-of-year celebrations, I wanted to get one more 2018 edition of Dispensed into your inboxes! We've been filling our days with frantic last-minute shopping as...
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We got 6 big predictions about how Amazon could disrupt healthcare from execs...
Amazon has the $3.5 trillion US healthcare industry on edge waiting to see how the tech juggernaut will confront it.On a recent trip to Seattle, we asked healthcare and life-science executives what...
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Microsoft employees got to help tear apart and demolish some of the company's...
Microsoft began a planned demolition of some of the oldest buildings on its corporate campus in Redmond, Washington. The demolition is part of Microsoft's project to renovate its decades-old corporate...
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See inside the secretive Seattle suburb that's home to Jeff Bezos and Bill...
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced Wednesday that he and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, will be getting divorced.The Bezos family lives in the secluded Seattle suburb of Medina, Washington, which...
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Jeff Bezos and his family own at least 6 massive properties across the US....
Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, announced on Wednesday that he and his wife MacKenzie are filing for divorce.He's the country's 28th largest landowner, according to a 2017 report.He owns...
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Microsoft will spend $500 million on building affordable housing in Seattle
Microsoft announced that it's pledging $500 million to help alleviate Seattle's housing crisis.In cities like Seattle and San Francisco, the arrival of tech giants has been linked with skyrocketing...
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I went to Seattle’s retro gaming paradise, and it blew away my expectations....
Seattle is home to an iconic video game store named "Pink Gorilla."The store has two locations, and aims to re-create the organized chaos of Tokyo's gaming stores.On a recent visit to Seattle, I went...
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7 of the 10 hottest neighborhoods in America have a median sale price over $1...
Real estate brokerage Redfin recently announced its list of the top 10 hottest neighborhoods for 2019.The list was dominated by coastal cities, primarily on the west coast — and most of them had a...
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See inside the modest Bellevue, Washington, house Jeff Bezos was renting when...
The home where Jeff Bezos started Amazon is now up for sale.It's a nearly 1,600-square-foot three-bedroom ranch house in Bellevue, Washington, just outside of Seattle.Bezos was renting it in 1994 and...
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Photos show how big tech is turning Seattle into 'San Francisco North'
San Francisco is usually thought of as being the center of the West Coast tech boom.And while the Bay Area is more established, Seattle to the north has also evolved into an attractive tech hub thanks...
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