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One-tenth of Seattle students could be kept home for missing vaccination records
Seattle Public Schools said it is missing immunization records for about one in ten students. The district sent letters to about 5,700 students’ families Oct. 28th notifying them that they will be barred from school beginning Jan. 8th if they still lack proof of the required immunizations, exemptions, or evidence that they are in the process of getting vaccinated.
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Starbucks tells its Seattle workers to vote — and to consider ‘public safety’
Starbucks is holding an event at ten Seattle stores called “Wake Up and Vote.” And the company is hinting at who its employees should vote for.
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Friday Politics: Amazon's election money
Amazon is playing a bigger role than ever in Seattle politics. How will it impact next week's election? KUOW's Angela King talks with political analysts Joni Balter and C.R. Douglas.
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Social media's impact on Washington elections
Twitter's ban on political ads puts a new spotlight on political ads on social media. Kim Malcolm asks The Stranger Associate Editor Eli Sanders how this could play out in Washington in advance of next week's election.
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PHOTOS: An altar for Seattle's immigrant workers
Dia de los Muertos brings single, mostly male workers together at Casa Latina. Together they build an altar to remember and celebrate their friends and co-workers who died alone in the U.S.
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'Outrageous spending' in Seattle council races, Jayapal, González say
Some of Seattle’s elected leaders are condemning Amazon’s campaign spending in city council races, and seeking new laws to restrict future campaign spending by businesses.
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E-book battle: King County Library boycotts major publisher
Macmillan announced libraries would have to repurchase new e-books every two months, instead of every two years.
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Grocery delivery war heats up as Amazon waives delivery fee for Prime members
Selling groceries is big business, but the profit margins are thin. Yet, companies like Amazon have been putting a lot of money toward growing their market share.
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Marcie Sillman's weekend culture picks, November 1-3
We’ve survived Halloween (although no doubt some of us are still suffering sugar hangovers). KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman has some recommendations for activities to entertain yourselves before the Thanksgiving/Chanukah/Christmas/New Year’s holiday onslaught begins.
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Tacoma City Council signs off on new fee for recycling
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Recent test scores show widening performance gap in Seattle schools
Is the test part of the problem?
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Questions that remain after Boeing CEO Muilenberg's Congressional testimony this week
KUOW's Kim Malcolm interviews Banalyst Richard Aboulafia.