Joshua McNichols

CEOs have been making some bold claims about how artificial intelligence will change work—that in the future, the work week will shrink to four days or fewer, or that a job will be as optional as growing vegetables instead of buying them from the grocery store.

What do data center companies want to be in Seattle for, anyway? And are we better off without them?

Drawings submitted for a proposed data center at 3625 First Avenue South in Seattle.

Some Seattle homeowners are getting lots of unsolicited calls from buyers who offer way less than market value. On Monday June 29, the Seattle City Council looks at ways to make the calls stop.

Tom Gurski, founder and CEO of Blue Dot Motorworks, is portrayed in his garage and workshop, on Monday, June 29, 2026, at his home in Seattle.

On this special episode of Booming brought to us by our friends at Control F: How much money are you really saving when you shop at Costco? The surprising ways that wholesale can—and can’t—save you money.

The federal bill is a massive laundry list of ideas — some major, some minor. Collectively, they reshape how the federal government spends its housing funds. It rewards the states that build the most.

Now that Seattle is done hosting World Cup games, people are starting to ask:Was it worth the $120 million spent by state and local governments to get ready?That may take months to answer, but in the meantime, data is starting to trickle in.

The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to require new and expanding data centers to pay higher electricity rates than other customers.

The Seattle City Council voted 5-4 this week to shield many citywide zoning changes from appeals to the city's hearing examiner — a move supporters say will speed housing construction, but critics argue weakens an important check on government.