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‘Citizen journalists’ rise as legacy media fades
Glenn Reynolds writes for the New York Post about a major journalistic shift. If you don’t follow the press, you are uninformed, goes the old saw; if you do follow…
The Seattle Times
main daily newspaper of Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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Did Working from Home Make SVB Less Productive?
Working from home is a benefit many have enjoyed post-COVID but is it making companies less productive? As analysts review the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), one of factors…
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Charlotte and Seattle transit disaster updates
Brace yourself because this is ugly. Let’s start in-state with–you guessed it–Charlotte, where as Antiplanner reports– pretty much every aspect of the Queen City’s public transit system is “doing equally…
Transportation
Federal Cash For Triangle Light Rail on Trump’s Chopping Block
Reason.com is reporting that President Trump’s proposed transportation budget would cut federal funding to transit projects, including the much-debated rail plan in the Triangle. Hear Peter Rogoff—CEO of Seattle-area…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Boeing ‘middle-of-market’ update
From Dominic Gates of the Seattle Times: The airplane industry is abuzz with divided views on how Boeing should address a major strategic dilemma: What plane can it build to…
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S.C.’s Haley helps fight unions
The latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek explains how South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is helping to ensure that labor unions don’t rain on her state’s economic parade. Many Republican governors,…
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Seattle hit with mysterious rash of restaurant closures
Seattle Magazine asks this month: “Why Are So Many Seattle Restaurants Closing Lately?” Last month—and particularly last week— Seattle foodies were downcast as the blows kept coming: Queen Anne’s Grub…
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What’s the deal with e-cigarettes?
The House voted in favor of, the Senate approved and the governor signed the Omnibus Tax Law Changes bill into law yesterday which includes a tax on a new product –…
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Eugenics debate, unemployment debt, and public private partnerships
Debate this week about compensation for victims of North Carolina’s eugenics-based forced sterilization program attracted attention to research on that topic from Daren Bakst, John Locke Foundation Director of Legal…
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Skirting the tea party issue
I’m struck by the number of letters to the editor or quoted sources that accuse rally participants of being against taxes for such core services as police and firemen. I’ll…
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MNI: Another $10m. Goes Poof
Recall that last August the 49.5% stake McClatchy held in The Seattle Times was revalued by MNI at $10m., down from $102m. at the end of 2006. That number is…
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What is the Uptown Paper Worth?
We’ve kicked around the valuation question before, but largely in a vacuum. Now there is a data point that helps zero in a little bit on a number. McClatchy owns…