A technology issue at Alaska Airlines resulted in the temporary grounding of flights in Seattle on Monday morning and problems into the afternoon for people trying to book flights on its website, the airline said. The Seattle-based company said in …
The Seattle City Council is voting on the first in a series of policies that would ask app-based companies like food delivery services to improve wages, transparency and other working conditions for gig workers. The Seattle Times reports if the …
Seattle, Washington will pay $3.5 million to settle a wrongful-death civil lawsuit filed on behalf of the children of a pregnant Black woman who was fatally shot by two white Seattle police officers in 2017. Karen Koehler, a Seattle attorney …
The city of Seattle reported that 99% of its employees are in compliance with the mayor’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. By 11:59 p.m. Monday, all Seattle city employees have to be vaccinated against COVID-19, per an August order by Mayor Jenny …
Seattle has joined other cities in approving extra pay for grocery store workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The City Council on this week approved legislation requiring large groceries to pay an extra $4 an hour in hazard pay. The Seattle …
Seattle, Wash. has paid nearly $160,000 to settle a federal civil-rights lawsuit. The case involved a veteran police officer with a history of discipline for unprofessional and questionable behavior who tackled a belligerent man who was handcuffed in a holding …
The two ridesharing giants provided more than 91,000 rides in the Seattle, Wash. area on an average day in the second quarter of this year. The Seattle Times reports Uber and Lyft are on pace to provide more than 31 …
Washington state and the city of Seattle on Thursday joined more than two dozen other government entities across the country suing to hold opioid makers accountable for an addiction crisis that has claimed thousands of lives. The governments hope to …
Seattle, WA, June 15, 2016- Seabend Inc, a full service final expense agency disrupting the industry is changing the way people shop for and are sold, Funeral Insurance. Seabend owns www.burialinsurance.org and is helping thousands of consumers each month become …
Seattle’s City Council voted unanimously to give collective bargaining rights to drivers-for-hire, such as those who work for rideshare companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. The bill, proposed by city council member Mike O’Brien, requires taxicab and for-hire car …
