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Is your company offering fair pay? New nonprofit certifies those with nondiscriminatory wages

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A new nonprofit is trying to keep the momentum going. It recently announced its inaugural cohort of participants: American Airlines, tech companies Databricks and NerdWallet, health insurance provider Anthem, the Pacific Northwest’s Sellen Construction, and the University of California, Irvine. Fair Pay Workplace Photo).

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Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott join $45M effort to connect and revitalize Seattle waterfront

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The funds from French Gates, Scott and others will go toward construction of a nearly mile long pedestrian and bicycle greenway on the east side of Alaskan Way, replacing abandoned trolley tracks and connecting the new Waterfront Park to the Olympic Sculpture Park (from Pier 62 to Pier 70).

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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

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Sequoia Capital and former Stripe exec Lachy Groom led the Series A round, which will fuel growth for the company’s technology that helps product manufacturers send data from their physical assets to cloud-based apps over cellular networks. Developers use the JSON programming language and two lines of code to make it all work.

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Benefits of a Digital Library for Associations and Non-Profit Organizations

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These organizations, which are more often than not nonprofit associations, still store their sensitive data in the form of hard copies. Fortunately, this attitude of nonprofits is slowly taking a turn for the better, and many have started espousing the idea of creating a digital archive of their current data. It Frees Up Space.

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New legislation aims to expand Seattle’s EV charging infrastructure

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Leasing its own property will accelerate the city’s EV charging network, according to a presentation attached to the bill. City Light estimates that it will install at least 10 to 20 projects over the next two years under the new law, with more to come.

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Why many rural communities are still in the ‘digital dark’ — and how Washington state is trying to help

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billion in federal funding toward network expansion projects that aim to reach some 260,000 unserved households statewide. The office must first finalize major decisions about what entities will be eligible for the funds, how to rank applications and how to ensure the long-term viability of the new networks by a federal deadline of Dec.

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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

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Even Matthew Metz, the Seattle founder of the EV-boosting nonprofit Coltura , can’t say for sure if the infrastructure build out is on track to meet demand. “I ” A network of EV charging. Tesla has a network of proprietary fast-charging stations that work only with its vehicles. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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