The Seattle City Council passed a new law in December 2023 requiring 4,100 buildings to decarbonize by the year 2050. Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm with operations in Seattle, is supporting decarbonization efforts by reducing carbon emissions throughout different phases of the construction process, including before their sites have broken ground. This process begins with making informed choices about the materials needed to construct the built environment.According
The project will come online as the regions industrial sector experiences a cooling off period, after unprecedented market growth over the last three years.
The developer acquired the property in August, demolishing a vacant home and duplex to make way for the project.
The move would be one of the larger lease deals in Seattle since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nintendo says it will also create a significant number of new full-time employee positions as part of a reorganization at the gaming company.
Her death, finally confirmed this week by Barnaby Towns, a communications strategist who collaborated with Dr. Edelin, was attributed to cancer.
The city Dallas and the Department of Works would allocate funds to upgrade the citys streets, and would go on to spend almost $289 million with two contractors for road improvements, which according to a 2022 audit, may not have been up to par. The audit, conducted by City Auditor Mark Swann, found that projects were not consistently monitored and inspected for quality and timely performance and that project information was not centralized or reliable. Swann also noted in his report that project expenditures had not been consistently verified as cost overages would occur without documented explanation.
The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction recently entered into a binding agreement to assist the Tukwila School District to avoid insolvency. The district, with 2,700 students, is reportedly facing a $4.5 million budget shortfall, after facing a budget deficit last year.
April Sims and Cherika Carter will forever be connected when it comes to the history of the labor movement. Sims, who serves as President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and Carter, who was appointed as the Secretary Treasurer of the organization, are the first two African American women to hold both leadership positions at the same time.
As a leader, Peggy Joan Maxie, the first Black woman elected to the Washington House of Representatives, District 37, understood the meaning of humaneness.
A shortage of eggs in shops during Holy Week has led Norwegians to flock to supermarkets across the border in Sweden and hoard the traditional Easter food.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is reiterating his determination to work toward a summit with North Koreas Kim Jong Un to realize the return of Japanese people believed abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 80s.
The Palestinian Authority has announced the formation of a new Cabinet as it faces international pressure to reform.
While salmonella is a common cause of food poisoning, it also can be spread by animals and their environments.
The British Museum has appointed Nicholas Cullinan as its new director.