Civic Innovation

Warren denounces Amazon for ‘trying to tilt the Seattle City Council elections’ with $1.45M – GeekWire

Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a rally in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) It’s unusual for an east coast senator and presidential candidate to wade into local politics in a city on the other side of the country. But that’s what happened Saturday when Sen. Elizabeth Warren got wind of Amazon’s equally unusual $1.45 million […]

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Do tech workers vote? New survey shows they do — and these are the top issues on their minds – GeekWire

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a 2018 launch event for sea.citi, alongside Amazon public policy manager Eileen Sullivan, and sea.citi CEO Nick Merriam. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Tech workers in progressive cities such as Seattle and San Francisco have a bad rap when it comes to civic engagement. As a Seattle Google engineer

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Why Microsoft won’t unplug government agencies despite opposition to Trump policies – GeekWire

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaking about his new book ‘Tools and Weapons’ at Seattle’s Town Hall. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) A new wave of employee activism is forcing tech companies to rethink — and in several cases cancel — contracts with the federal government because of some of President Donald Trump’s controversial policies. While

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50 US states and territories launch antitrust probe into Google’s ‘potential monopolistic behavior’ – GeekWire

A Google booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) Attorneys general from 50 U.S. states and territories launched an investigation into Google to find out whether the tech giant violates antitrust laws. A handful of them announced the probe Monday at a press conference on the steps of

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In campaign stop near Amazon, Elizabeth Warren avoids confronting tech giant on breakup plan – GeekWire

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks at a rally Sunday in Seattle with an estimated 15,000 people in attendance. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for stronger antitrust enforcement and a wealth tax at a Seattle rally, drawing cheers from a crowd that her campaign estimated to be 15,000 people Sunday

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