Sodo housing: ‘Asking for a disaster’

Re: “Tensions on Seattle City Council made public” (April 7, A1): I am opposed to building housing in the Sodo neighborhood of Seattle for two reasons. The first reason is we are a port city and we need to allow space to move cargo freely from ship to …

April 10, 2025
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Tariffs will boost prices a lot — here’s how much

After a week of market turmoil, President Trump announced he would reset his most extreme tariffs to 10 percent across the board, with the exception of China — which he boosted to a 125% tariff rate. Even at the reduced level, the tariff rates are the highest the nation has seen in many decades.

And higher tariffs translate to higher prices for American consumers. Martha Gimbel of the Budget Lab at Yale takes an imaginary walk through a big box store to look at how much more people might pay for t-shirts, rice, medication and other staples.

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April 10, 2025
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Unemployment for striking workers: An alternative

Re: “Giving striking workers unemployment is risk state can’t take” (April 8, Opinion): As a proud-dues paying member for the past 33 years of Local 587, Amalgamated Transit Union, King County Metro, I’d suggest the Legislature ditch unemployment for s…

April 10, 2025
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