Monica Nickelsburg

Independent bookstores are thriving. How did they do it? And what can other businesses learn?

"Hello world," says an Amazon office tower at the company's Seattle headquarters.

It's hard to tell whether recent high profile moves by companies are signs of a wider exodus, or if they’re outliers -- but there may be lessons from the past that provide clues to what the future will hold.

At a research and development lab in Redmond, Microsoft scientists are racing to develop technologies to make their data centers greener and more efficient. But even as Microsoft works to reduce the water and energy demand of its data centers, the company is also signing new leases for gas-powered data centers across the country.

There’s a scene that shows up in just about every spaghetti Western movie: the showdown. It's a perfect metaphor for the standoff between buyers and sellers in Seattle's real estate market right now.

Washington state was outpaced only by California in the number of tech workers laid off last year.

Meta’s sweeping layoffs over the past week had an outsized impact on employees in Washington, according to a filing with the state’s Employment Security Department.

Mark Zuckerberg’s yacht, LaunchPad, is shown on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, on Lake Union in Seattle.

Amid widespread tech layoffs, some highly skilled workers are making radical career changes. Some laid-off workers are turning to lower paying temp jobs, and some are leaving tech altogether.

‘Seattle's lost its economic mojo.’ Downtown Seattle Association report claims taxes are driving out jobs