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A construction worker moves a pile of wood boards at the Onni South Lake Union construction site in Seattle on Sept. 13, 2021. 218201

Seattle’s labor office alleges numerous violations at three construction sites

Seattle Office of Labor Standards found numerous labor violations and lackluster working conditions by two concrete companies working on Seattle projects. In some instances, employees could have worked up to 19 hours without adequate rest or breaks.

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A customer looks over one dealer’s showcase at Pacific Galleries Antique Mall, which has announced it will close at the end of the month, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 in Seattle. 218023
Retail

Epic Antique to open a location in the former Pacific Galleries Antique Mall, saving Seattle market from closing

Wed. August 25, 2021. Chris Vorhees, CEO of First Mode, shows off the hydrogen fuel cell engine for a mining dump trucks that they are building in a warehouse in Sodo. It’s soon to be tested in South Africa. 218027
Business

Seattle rocket scientists turn attention to mining, nearing completion of zero-emission engine for huge, industrial dump truck

Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Amber Avery is an instructor in the Shoreline Community College automotive program. Standing below a late model Chevorlet that was donated to the program, she talks to us about Seattle’s next labor crunch: the pople who fix your car. 218066
Business

Looking for a good mechanic? Odds are your garage is, too.

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BOEING 787 — TEST FLIGHT — 04052013 — 128880 A 787 taxis after landing at Paine Field in Friday afternoon. The Boeing-owned production airplane was built for LOT Polish Airlines. Boeing filed a flight plan to conduct the 787 battery certification demonstration flight. Today’s demonstration flight is the final certification test for the new battery system. The purpose of the test is to demonstrate that the new system performs as intended during normal and non-normal flight conditions. The FAA will now examine the test data and is expected to let the 787s return to passenger service shortly. MethodeID: 3.0.1267230772#News#Local#20130406#3.0.1267230944 0425032677
Business

Boeing 787 deliveries reportedly delayed until late October

Seattle Democratic Socialists of America and other organizations joined Friday in a protest of solidarity with a union drive of Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama. They rallied outside Amazonís offices downtown Seattle Friday March 26, 2021. 216684
Jon Talton

Watch Seattle to see the future of organized labor in America

American flags fly at half staff, following the death of U.S. members of the military in Afghanistan, near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Moderate and progressive Democrats are on a collision course over how to pay for President Biden’s economic agenda, a disagreement that has the potential to stall the legislation or sink it entirely. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg 775700487
Nation & World Politics

Corporate America launches massive lobbying blitz to kill key parts of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion economic plan

In this Aug. 12, 2021, photo, provided by Kisha Bari, Edgar Villanueva poses for a picture. Villanueva is on a mission to change philanthropy. (Kisha Bari via AP) NYSB121 NYSB121
Business

Q&A: Author calls for donors to ‘decolonize’ their wealth

Boeing 737 MAX

After landing, the final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, taxis towards the Seattle Delivery Center at Boeing Field after a trip to Eastern Washington Friday June 18, 2021. The plane took off earlier Friday morning from Renton Airport on its first flight. 217426

FAA demands that Boeing flight manuals give more detail on pilot emergency procedures

In this photo dated November 12, 2018, the actual Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 – Max 8 plane, that crashed Sunday March 10, 2019, shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, shown as it lands at Seattle Boeing Field King County International airport, USA. U.S. aviation experts on Tuesday March 12, 2019, joined the investigation into the crash of this Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, as questions grow about the new Boeing plane involved in the crash. (AP Photo/Preston Fiedler)

Ethiopian Airlines settles with Boeing following 737 MAX crash and expects to fly the jet again by January

Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft and the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302: Explained through graphics

Just over seven weeks after it rolled out of the paint hangar, Boeing’s first 737 MAX “the Spirit of Renton” lifts off the runway and flew for the first time Friday, from Renton Municipal Airport at 9:48 a.m. January 29th, 2016.

Complete coverage of Boeing’s 737 MAX »

Technology

Digital tools have the potential to be a “catalyst” for financial education, particularly among young people. (Thomas Fuchs/The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH MOBILE MONEY APPS BY CARRNS OF AUG. 27, 2021. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT33 XNYT33

Apps try putting financial literacy at kids’ fingertips

Tech Reviews & Tips

Jniya Tallie, a graduate assistant with the Jackson State women’s basketball team, fiddles with her vaccination card after receiving her second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at an open COVID-19 vaccination site sponsored by the university and the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

You’re going to be asked to prove your vaccination status. Here’s how to do it.

Real Estate

Lynnwood, Wash. – Real Estate – home sales 090721 Jason Owens and his wife Mihn Vo pose for a photo outside their new townhouse Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in Lynnwood, Wash. 218150

The Seattle area's housing market is cooling, by some measures. See what's happening near you

Retail

A hiring banner hangs outside a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Stanton, Calif., Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Fast-food customers are back, but workers are not. It’s triggering major change

Maritime Industry

The U.S. Coast Guard Base in Seattle is seen from the air looking west Sunday, May 9, 2021. Modernization of facilities, as well as expansion is being proposed into terminals to the north and south to accommodate the ice breaker and possibly more cutters. 217082

Coast Guard could triple base size on Seattle waterfront; see the 3 possible options

Boeing & Aerospace

This photo provided by SpaceX shows the passengers of Inspiration4 in the Dragon capsule on their first day in space. They are, from left, Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski and Sian Proctor. SpaceX got them into a 363-mile (585-kilometer) orbit following Wednesday night’s launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. That’s 100 miles (160 kilometers) higher than the International Space Station. (SpaceX via AP) NY108 NY108

Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown WATCH

Amazon

Parler’s dispute with Amazon headed back to King County Superior Court

A Seattle federal district judge Friday approved free-speech social network Parler's request that its complaint against Amazon Web Services be heard in county court, the latest U-turn in a case that has ping-ponged between courts for months.

Amazonia

Over a model of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle, where Amazon has helped change the skyline, Amazon recruiters and prospective employees meet a job fair hosted by the company Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Seattle. Amazon is going on a hiring spree. The online shopping giant is holding job fairs across the country, aiming to hire more than 30,000 people by early next year, a 5% bump in its total workforce. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) WAET106

How has working with Amazon affected your life? Here’s how to tell us

Microsoft

Michael Reyes, holding his 10-month-old son Scout, addresses a rally of union carpenters at their hall in Kent Wednesday night. The carpenters were signing up to picket duty for the anticipated beginning of their strike on Thursday morning. Union media rep Kristin Hyde said there was a “100% chance” they would strike, beginning at four locations around the region. Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021 25120 Pacific Highway South, 218224

Seattle-area carpenters on strike, slowing construction projects across the region VIEW

Economy

Jordan Silver, of San Diego, and Michelle Lara take a selfie at Pike Place Market Thursday, August 19, 2021. 217964

Travelers are reenergizing downtown Seattle, but the recovery is fragile. Here’s why VIEW

Money Makeovers

Teri Allen is hoping her finances will enable her to retire when she wants to. Photographed Wednesday, April 21, 2021 216947

She’s worked almost 40 years in one place. Now, can she retire before 65?

Personal Finance

Gov. Jay Inslee waits to remove his mask and speak at a news conference where he announces COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Washington state employees and health-care workers, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021 in Seattle. 217865

With moratorium on utility shut-offs ending soon, Washington officials urge customers to make a plan

Markets

Signage outside the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Microsoft Corp. s expected to release earnings figures on July 27. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg 775686531

Microsoft backs new FDIC fund for minority-owned banks

Artificial Intelligence

More companies than ever are using software to screen their mountains of job applications, so getting seen by a human recruiter takes some effort. (Kailey Whitman/The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY RESUME SCREENING TIPS BY JULIE WEED FOR MARCH 19, 2021. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT35 XNYT35

Resume-writing tips to help you get past the screening bots

Local Business

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 in Washington. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Microsoft plans to buy back up to $60 billion in stock

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Agriculture

Farmer Fernando Enriquez, Sr. looks at one of the stunted, blistered red sweet onion in one of his Walla Walla fields, Wednesday, July 28, 2021.

Heat wave cooked Walla Walla sweet onions to mush

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