Seattle voters approve school levies, housing funding
Seattle's Proposition 1A was approved by voters in the Feb. 11 special election. Prop. 1A, backed by the grassroots campaign ...
Seattle voters lean toward funding social housing developer with new tax
Seattle voters are breaking heavily in favor of funding new public housing in the city, and are so far leaning toward doing so with a new tax on high-paying companies.
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Social Housing Proposition 1A Up Big In Early Returns
Proposition 1A grabbed nearly 58% of the election night vote tally, signaling social housing is on the way to victory in ...
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Big budget option for Seattle social housing surges ahead in early vote count
Assuming there are no dramatic changes in the ballot count, money for social housing will start flowing in Seattle this ...
Seattle voters support taxing high-paying firms for housing
Ballot measure opposed by City Hall and such companies as Microsoft leads to tax firms up to $52m a year to build thousands ...
Seattle Special Election: Early results showed strong lead for the payroll tax proposition
When considering this ballot initiative, we wanted to see social housing done right, and we believe Proposition 1B is the smart move.” ...
Initial election results show support for Seattle social housing tax opposed by Amazon, Microsoft
Seattle voters are showing support for a new tax on big business that would fund a social housing developer. More ...
Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis joins Microsoft in exec role leading work on enterprise AI
Dan Lewis, the former CEO of shuttered Seattle trucking startup Convoy, has joined Microsoft in a chief product officer role.
Bill Gates on Microsoft at 50, and what’s next for AI and innovation
Bill Gates talks about Microsoft's 50th anniversary, parallels between AI and the early days of the PC, and where he sees the ...
Microsoft-Backed Startup Raises $160 Million for Forest Carbon Removal
Startup Chestnut Carbon has raised $160 million to plant, restore and manage trees on degraded farmland, generating carbon credits for customers that include Microsoft Corp.  The company's goal: ...
Voter confusion grows over Seattle's social housing measure with dueling funding options
In a special election Tuesday, Seattle voters will choose whether to fund a social housing measure, and for how much, in a ...
Microsoft and Nvidia, the tech giants taking a quieter approach to Trump
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had a lengthy lunch with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. They dined with little fuss and also barely made the news.