Politics Amazon hires a state Senator to up its lobbying game in Olympia A Democratic state Senator from Snohomish County has quit government to become a lobbyist for Amazon. Carolyn Adolph
Environment 'One-day shipping won’t matter if our homes are under water,' Amazon workers tell Jeff Bezos Amazon employees held placards, gave speeches and confronted their boss at the company’s annual meeting . John Ryan
Business Amazon holds an annual meeting. Outside, a shit show Inside the meeting shareholders brought a raft of concerns to chief executive Jeff Bezos, including 11 resolutions that failed. Many of those resolutions asked for greater corporate citizenship from the tech giant. Carolyn Adolph
Technology Trust in Microsoft? That's the message at Build conference Microsoft is wrapping up its annual developer conference in Seattle on Wednesday. Geekwire’s Todd Bishop hit the highlights of Build for KUOW’s Angela King. Angela King Jason Pagano
Education Tax hike on Amazon and Microsoft will help pay college tuition Washington Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign a bill raising $1.5 billion in new taxes for higher education between now and 2025. Joshua McNichols
Business Amazon denies report that it fires workers by robot Amazon says an outside lawyer had it all wrong when she told the National Labor Relations Board that Amazon automatically fires warehouse workers who repeatedly fail to hit productivity targets. Carolyn Adolph
National Kohl's Will Now Accept Amazon Returns At All Its Stores The reatiler is betting that easy returns will drive foot traffic to its stores. Shares of Kohl's stock spiked with the news. Laurel Wamsley
Technology This new Indian detective movie stars Seattle's tech scene Indian expats said making the movie in the Seattle area was like launching a global tech start-up. David Hyde
Technology Are you a robot? Amazon patent reveals it’s getting harder to tell You know those tests you have to fill out online to prove you’re not a robot? Robots may soon be better at those tests than humans are. That’s the takeaway from a patent awarded to Amazon this week. Joshua McNichols
Business When Amazon becomes your block watch captain In this season finale of Prime(d), we go deep into how neighborhood social networks and surveillance are changing our behavior in our neighborhoods. Carolyn Adolph Joshua McNichols
