The $6,000 shortcut to driving electric

Washington is one of 17 states trying to break up with gasoline. It wants every new car sold here to be electric by 2035.  But so far, drivers have been slow to adopt electric vehicles. Nationally, only one in ten new cars sold each year is electric. That’s because EVs are expensive, and finding a…

Big Tech is bankrolling the clean energy transition...while emitting more than ever

Big Tech is bankrolling massive clean energy projects in the Pacific Northwest to power the data centers of the future. These carbon-free energy gambles are being built here for a reason: Washington and Oregon have some of the most aggressive mandates to ditch fossil fuels on the books. But before…

Seattle banned data centers. Now what?

Seattle’s city council just approved a one-year moratorium on data centers within city limits – making the city the biggest in the country to ban them.  The move comes after several big developers proposed data center projects that could use up to a third of the power that Seattle uses on an avera…

4-day work week or brain fry? How AI will change work

CEOs have been making some bold claims about how artificial intelligence will change work—that in the future, the work week will shrink to four days or fewer, or that a job will be as optional as growing vegetables at home instead of buying them from the grocery store.  Whether AI makes us work mo…

Would you buy a house with friends? Meet some people who did

Recent data show a record number of Americans are now sharing a home with people they’re not related to.  Most of these roommates are renting, because living alone has gotten really expensive.   But what if we made it easier for friends to own a place together instead? Could it be the game change…

From tech to the trades: One laid off worker's big career pivot

It’s a weird time to work in tech. Last year's tech layoffs in Washington state were the second highest in the country. That has some tech workers turning to fields they see as AI-proof.  We sat down with Brett Burden, a laid off tech worker who did what a lot of people are advising: went into the…

Where's my tariff refund?

For the last year and a half, tariffs have been harder to predict than the weather in Seattle. And that’s created a volatile climate for businesses. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned some of President Trump's tariffs, there’s a storm front looming between companies and their customers over…

What will it take to break Seattle's real estate standoff?

There’s a scene that shows up in just about every spaghetti Western movie: the showdown.   Two guys at opposite ends of a dusty street... their hands are hovering near their holsters... but neither one wants to draw first. Welcome to Seattle's housing market.  What does this standoff mean if you…

Is big business souring on Seattle?

There’s a lot of debate in Seattle right now over whether it's still a good place to do business.  It's hard to tell whether recent high profile moves by companies are signs of a wider exodus, or if they’re outliers -- but there may be lessons from the past that provide clues to what the future wi…

How indie bookstores escaped Amazon's shadow

Remember when bookstores were an endangered species? Well not anymore.  Thousands of independent bookstores across the country just celebrated Independent Bookstore Day.  Brick-and-mortar places like Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle didn't just survive the e-commerce revolution. They’re thrivi…