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Photographs of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are shown included in a vigil that remains near the intersection of 11th Avenue and East Pine Street on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Seattle. Justice For All Victims of Racist Police Terror read the words, surrounded by candles and flowers as well as the names and photographs of those killed by police. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
Seattle responds to guilty verdict in Chauvin trial By
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The jury in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin delivered a guilty verdict on three counts Tuesday: murder 2, murder 3, and manslaughter.
While an officer, Chauvin killed George Floyd as he knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes in May 2020.
King County approves $4/hour hazard pay for grocery workers
The ordinance giving grocery workers in unincorporated parts of the county an extra $4 per hour in hazard pay will go into effect on March 22. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 10:09 PM PST March 9, 2021
KING COUNTY, Wash. The King County Council approved an ordinance Tuesday that will give workers at large grocery stores in unincorporated parts of the county an extra $4 an hour in hazard pay.
The ordinance exempts independently owned stores in areas that have been historically underserved.
The legislation passed Tuesday with a 8-1 vote. Councilmember Raegan Dunn was the only opposing vote. He said there s no question that grocery workers are essential, but he didn t think it was the county s place to tell companies how much they should be paying their workers.
by Nathalie Graham • Mar 10, 2021 at 8:30 am
Activist, attorney, and poet Nikkita Oliver enters the race for Lorena Gonzalez s open council seat. NATE GOWDY
Amazon s Bellevue love affair: Seattle s neighborhood bookseller/tech overlord just bought some new office space in Bellevue. Amazon called dibs on the new 25-story Artise tower across the water. The building won t be done until 2024, but Amazon plans to fill it at least partially with workers siphoned off from its Seattle workforce. By 2025, Amazon said it will have a Bellevue workforce of at least 25,000 workers.
Nikkita Oliver is running for Seattle City Council: Oliver, the community organizer and attorney who finished third in the 2017 Seattle mayoral race, filed their candidacy for Seattle City Council Position 9, according to filings posted on the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission site. The seat is citywide. This morning, Oliver made the announcement official with a c