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Sammy Roth: Nobody loves Biden’s Western Solar Plan. But it’s what we’ve got

October 14, 2024, 5:44am Business

Let’s say the American West could dedicate a landmass smaller than Delaware to all of the large-scale solar farms that will be needed in this part of the country to help phase out planet-wrecking fossil fuels. Read story

Unite Here Local 2 leader Mar&iacute;a Mata stands for a portrait in front of the W Hotel on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in San Francisco.

More Black and Latina women are leading unions — and transforming how they work

Unite Here Local 2 leader Mar&iacute;a Mata stands for a portrait in front of the W Hotel on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in San Francisco.

October 14, 2024, 5:39am Business

Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and particularly for women of color. Read story

An arrangement of holiday themed scented candles is shown at a Bath and Body Works store on Wednesday in New York.

Eggnog before Thanksgiving? Shoppers eager for a new season scramble retail calendars

An arrangement of holiday themed scented candles is shown at a Bath and Body Works store on Wednesday in New York.

October 13, 2024, 2:10pm Business

After sipping pumpkin spiced lattes in August and putting up Halloween decorations in late September, Samantha Kowalczyk already looks forward to drinking eggnog-flavored coffee and filling her Wilmington, Del., home with cinnamon and sugar cookie scented candles and other holiday aromas. Read story

Washington aviation group: Let’s talk about state’s airport needs

October 13, 2024, 2:07pm Business

More than a year after it was created by the state Legislature, a new committee seeking long-term solutions to Washington’s aviation and transportation issues has taken early steps toward a mission statement and hiring a consultant. Read story

Documents show OpenAI’s long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company

October 13, 2024, 2:05pm Business

In 2016, a scientific research organization incorporated in Delaware and based in Mountain View, Calif., applied to be recognized as a tax-exempt charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Service. That application, which nonprofits are required to disclose and which OpenAI provided to The Associated Press, offers a look back at… Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Prairie du Chien, Wis.

Data shows migrants aren’t taking jobs from Black or Hispanic people, despite what Trump says

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Prairie du Chien, Wis.

October 13, 2024, 9:22am Business

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected — a promise he has predicated, in part, on the notion that immigrants in the U.S. legally and illegally are stealing what he calls “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs.” Read story

The Microsoft Headquarters campus in 2014 in Redmond, Washington.

Microsoft hasn’t chased Amazon back to the office. It’s even cutting back on office space

The Microsoft Headquarters campus in 2014 in Redmond, Washington.

October 13, 2024, 6:02am Business

The largest employer in Seattle’s eastern suburbs won’t follow Amazon back to the office. Read story

Workers are pictured next to an unpainted 737 aircraft and unattached wing with the Ryanair logo as Boeing&#039;s 737 factory teams hold the first day of a &quot;Quality Stand Down&quot; for the 737 program at Boeing&#039;s factory in Renton, Washington, on Jan. 25, 2024.

California Boeing workers file whistleblower lawsuits alleging retaliation

Workers are pictured next to an unpainted 737 aircraft and unattached wing with the Ryanair logo as Boeing&#039;s 737 factory teams hold the first day of a &quot;Quality Stand Down&quot; for the 737 program at Boeing&#039;s factory in Renton, Washington, on Jan. 25, 2024.

October 13, 2024, 6:02am Business

Late last year, Boeing employee Craig Garriott says a 4-ton satellite inside an El Segundo, California, plant fell after engineers failed to properly secure a clamp. Read story