It will now cost companies $100,000 to sponsor a worker on an H-1B visa.

The change has prompted the UW Medical Center and Fred Hutch Cancer Center to pause H-1B visa hires.

And that’s a big problem for healthcare where doctors and researchers are already in short supply.

We’ll learn more from Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro.

It will now cost companies $100,000 to sponsor a worker on an H-1B visa.
The change has prompted the UW Medical Center and Fred Hutch Cancer Center to pause H-1B visa hires.
And that&rsquo;s a big problem for healthcare where doctors and researchers are already in short supply.
We&rsquo;ll learn more from Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro.

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Hiring in medicine just got harder with $100K visa fee

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The Seattle Storm are a very different team this season. They changed up their starting lineup and coaching staff in a big way&hellip;and are even back on the court with a new labor agreement. My colleagues Zaki Hamid and Storm super fan Paige Browning talk about the team&rsquo;s fresh look for 2026.
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The Seattle Storm are a very different team this season. They changed up their starting lineup and coaching staff in a big way…and are even back on the court with a new labor agreement. My colleagues Zaki Hamid and Storm super fan Paige Browning talk about the team’s fresh look for 2026.

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King County to involve law enforcement in their probe of misused tax dollars, recent Starbucks job cuts are <a href="https://www.kuow.org/stories/starbucks-lays-off-hundreds-at-seattle-hq">mostly Seattle-based</a>, and we remember Juniper Blessing.
It&rsquo;s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.
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King County to involve law enforcement in their probe of misused tax dollars, recent Starbucks job cuts are mostly Seattle-based, and we remember Juniper Blessing.

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Gray whales are getting stranded on the Washington coast. This year alone, 21 whales have washed up dead, many of them malnourished. And that’s raising the alarm for scientists, who’ve been documenting a seven year uptick in mortality. We talk with John Calambokidis, senior research biologist with Cascadia Research Collective.

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Gray whales are <a href="https://cascadiaresearch.org/working-list-of-gray-whale-strandings-in-2026/">getting stranded</a> on the Washington coast.&nbsp;This year alone, 21 whales have washed up dead, many of them malnourished.&nbsp;And that&rsquo;s raising the alarm for scientists, who&rsquo;ve been documenting a seven year uptick in mortality. We talk with John Calambokidis, senior research biologist with&nbsp;<a href="https://cascadiaresearch.org/">Cascadia Research Collective</a>.
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Gray whales are getting stranded on the Washington coast. This year alone, 21 whales have washed up dead, many of them malnourished. And that’s raising the alarm for scientists, who’ve been documenting a seven year uptick in mortality. We talk with John Calambokidis, senior research biologist with Cascadia Research Collective.

Hiring in medicine just got harder with $100K visa fee

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