Microsoft plans to invest $3.3 billion in an artificial intelligence-related initiative in Wisconsin, giving a boost to President Joe Biden’s job-creation efforts in the key election battleground state. The investment,… Read More
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new national pollution standards for vehicles that will force automakers to increase their production of electric and hybrid vehicles. The rules represent one of… Read More
In time for President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday, USAFacts has released its annual “nonpartisan, data-driven snapshot” of how things are going in the country. The “State… Read More
“So we were ushered into a room and the president came in. He was engaged, he was witty…he was asking really good questions. Each of us had a chance to… Read More
Group14 Technologies, the Woodinville, Wash.-based maker of advanced silicon battery technology, has been awarded $100 million as part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand domestic battery manufacturing for… Read More
The White House returned fire and Jeff Bezos took another swing Monday in a back-and-forth dispute between the Amazon founder and President Joe Biden. Bezos took his first shot at… Read More
Christian Smalls, the leader of the first union to successfully organize at Amazon in the United States, had a message for those in power on Thursday, and he delivered some… Read More
President Joe Biden breezed into Seattle on Thursday, and continues his stay this morning with plans for Earth Day remarks at Seward Park (see tweet at bottom). He also plans… Read More
Just days after the company was on the losing end of a historic union election, President Joe Biden issued a strongly worded jab at Amazon during an address to union… Read More
President Biden today signed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill which is expected to deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to Washington state for broadband, roads, bridges, the electrical grid, commuter… Read More
— Vancouver, B.C.-based online education company Thinkific announced former Hootsuite executive Henk Campher as chief marketing officer. Based in Seattle, Campher was most recently VP of corporate marketing at social… Read More
[Updated below with Microsoft confirmation and related announcements from Amazon, Google, and Code.org.] Microsoft reportedly plans to quadruple its cybersecurity spending to $20 billion over a five-year period, according to… Read More
In an effort to promote more business and labor competition, President Biden today will issue a sweeping executive order to limit the concentration of money and power in many American… Read More
Bill Gates joined day two of President Joe Biden’s virtual “Leaders Summit on Climate” on Friday with a message to world leaders about the necessary steps they must take to… Read More
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that all counties in the state will move to Phase 3 as part of the COVID-19 “Roadmap To Recovery.” The change will bring new… Read More
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that will start an investigation into critical shortages of various necessary goods in the U.S. This includes the global semiconductor… Read More
Suzi LeVine, commissioner of Washington state’s Employment Security Department, is leaving that role to take a position with President Joe Biden’s administration, the agency announced Friday. Details about LeVine’s new… Read More
Editor’s note: Post updated with comments from Melinda Gates Ever the optimist, Bill Gates said he sees promise in the months and years ahead as he tweeted Wednesday at President… Read More
