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FILE - Amazon employees load packages on carts before being put on to trucks for distribution to customers for Amazon’s annual Prime Day event at an Amazon’s DAX7 delivery station on July 16, 2024, in South Gate, Calif.

Amazon’s audit found ‘perceptions’ of racial inequity in its warehouses

October 6, 2024, 6:02am Business

More than two years after launching an audit to study racial equity in its warehouses, Amazon quietly released the results last month, revealing workers’ concerns over “inequities,” despite programs the company already has in place. Read story

Lenticular cloud caps Mount Rainier as seen from West Seattle.

Diesel and passenger-only ferries find a port in WA governor’s race

October 6, 2024, 6:02am Election

There’s one thing Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Dave Reichert, the former congressman and King County sheriff, agree on. Read story

Aalaya McQuaig, Amazon Flex driver, loads packages into her car outside of Amazon’s SNV1 facility on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

Amazon Logistics under investigation for alleged labor violations

October 6, 2024, 6:00am Business

Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards is investigating Amazon Logistics — the company’s vast network of delivery services — for alleged violations of labor laws, including the city’s ordinance requiring paid sick time for gig workers that went into effect this year. Read story

FILE - Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 3, 2017. Five months after holding its presidential primaries, Washington state is looking further down the ticket to select candidates to compete for federal and state offices in November. A handful of retirements, including Kilmer, have injected some excitement into primaries for this left-leaning state.

Even as he heads out the door, Derek Kilmer is still trying to fix Congress

October 6, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

There’s an old proverb that fits Derek Kilmer: If you love something, sometimes you have to let it go. Read story

Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, arrives on the red carpet for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. (Allen J.

The Grammys should be decided by ‘relevant music people,’ says Recording Academy CEO

October 6, 2024, 5:57am Entertainment

Two-thirds of the professional musicians who will decide the results of next year’s Grammy Awards weren’t members of the Recording Academy as recently as 2018. Read story

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Amazon’s audit found ‘perceptions’ of racial inequity in its warehouses

Diesel and passenger-only ferries find a port in WA governor’s race

Amazon Logistics under investigation for alleged labor violations

Even as he heads out the door, Derek Kilmer is still trying to fix Congress

The Grammys should be decided by ‘relevant music people,’ says Recording Academy CEO

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