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Several cities have set caps on the commission a food delivery app can take from a restaurant in recent weeks, a measure officials say will relieve some of the burden on struggling local businesses.
As COVID-19 fears grew, public officials and sports execs contemplated health risks—and debated a PR message—but let 33,000 fans into a Seattle Sounders soccer match, emails show.
By Ken Armstrong, David Gutman and Lewis Kamb, ProPublica
The situation offers a window into the pressures the disease outbreak could create for local economies. Government officials are scrambling to come up with relief programs.
In King County, Washington, the public health department is relying on temporary staff hired for measles and hepatitis A outbreaks to help investigate a confirmed case of coronavirus.
The bill approved by the city council would prevent any company with 5% of its stocks held by foreign individuals or companies from donating to local elections.
Providing customized help to housing voucher recipients in the Seattle area raised the odds participants moved to neighborhoods where kids have better economic outcomes.
Five public buildings will get filtration systems to keep the air inside clean on days when smoke affects the city, Mayor Jenny Durkan announced last week.
Proactively communicating with transportation companies can help ease the pain of integration, according to a new report from the National League of Cities.
There’s a difference between a good job, a promising job and other jobs, particularly for people without bachelor’s degrees, according to a recent Brookings report.