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Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood has an excessive crime problem

A new report shows Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood has a crime rate 138 percent higher than the national average.
 Read more. Family that lost Tacoma land to Sound Transit not surprised by court ruling

Last week’s court decision by a Pierce County Superior Court judge favoring Sound Transit over lower car tabs brought back déjà vu for Pierce County resident Ken Miller. 
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Kshama Sawant responds to Jeff Bezos’ $2 billion charitable fund

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos seems to be Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s arch-nemesis, so it only makes sense that she would have something to say about the entrepreneur’s $2 billion charitable fund toward homelessness and education.
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Retire in your 30s with the FIRE movement

After nine years of working as computer engineers, Toronto natives Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung are retired. They are 35 years old.
 Read more. Starting today, legal immigrants face new hurdles to citizenship

New changes to U.S. immigration policies appear likely to block increasing numbers of legal immigrants from potential citizenship by ratcheting up penalties for mistakes on applications and then accelerating the process for deportation, according to immigration experts.
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