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Seattle tech leaders endorse former US attorney Jenny Durkan calling for a mayor who can keep up with everchanging city

Cities across the US compete for GeekWire HQ2: Check out pics and highlights from the proposals

Why Washington AG Bob Ferguson doesnt expect DACA protections to be rolled back

When Big Tech comes to town: Pittsburgh tries to repair Uber deal and apply lessons to Amazon bid

Sen Cantwell and Rep DelBene seek 220Myear in federal funding for smart city programs

Internet Association a powerful Silicon Valley lobby is opening an office in Seattle

Alphabet vs Amazon: Sidewalk Labs CEO says HQ2 vision wont even be close to Googles Toronto plan

Tech companies are provoking more ire by moving out of the suburbs and into cities says urban history expert

You cant wash your hands of this Watch University of Washington computer science chair sound off on Facebook and Russia

One of Amazons earliest investors has this advice for the winning HQ2 city

With DACA clock ticking tech community rallies behind Dreamers

Can the tech industry create more affordable cities Google parent Alphabet is betting yes

Seattle mayors love letter to Amazon: We have no intention of swiping left on you

Judge blocks Seattles new income tax on the rich

Tech helped Cyrus Habib get to Washingtons secondhighest office and new innovations hold even more promise for the blind

You cant wash your hands of this Watch a top University of Washington professor sound off on Facebook and Russia

Amazon HQ2: Mayors from 7 major North American cities give us their pitches as RFP deadline looms

Reports: 126M Facebook users saw content from Russian agents around Election Day

InnovatePGH initiative launches in effort to make Pittsburgh a worldclass tech hub with a new innovation district

As tensions rise in booming Seattle tech industry steps up civic engagement

Mayor Jenny Durkan: Seattle is and always will be the city that invents the future

Report: Tech titans are forming a coalition to lobby Congress on behalf of Dreamers

Senate abandons plan to tax stock options at vesting after backlash from the tech industry

Facebook Twitter and Google grapple with a new reality as Russia revelations continue to mount

Can Seattles next mayor build a bridge to the tech community Clues from each candidates take on Amazon HQ2

QA: Washington AG Bob Ferguson talks Trump reining in Big Tech and rumors of a gubernatorial bid

Amazon gives 350K to group supporting Jenny Durkan for Seattle mayor its biggest local political contribution ever

Seattle mayoral candidate wants a modernday welcome wagon for tech workers

The internets top lobby joins legal crusade against net neutrality repeal

Sen Cantwell and other policymakers want to create a federal committee to grapple with the coming AI revolution

Judge overturns Trump administrations delay of Obamaera startup visa siding with investor group

Watch live: Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan face off in debate

Seismic shift in H1B visa program could mean trouble for tech

New water taxi pilot project will connect cities across Seattles Lake Washington funded by developer seeking to land big tech tenant

Amazon sets meeting with Seattle officials in effort to improve relationship with its hometown

Its official: Jenny Durkan will be Seattles next mayor as Cary Moon concedes election

Seattle head tax on top businesses fails narrowly but several lawmakers want to revive it next year

Nancy Pelosi says this could be our moment to crack down on sexual harassment

GeekWire HQ2 deadline approaches: Apply to host Americas scrappiest tech news site in your city

Trump and tech: Collisions cooperation and consequences in the first full year of his presidency

New study shows how Amazons growth has impacted Seattle rents

GeekWire HQ2 revealed: Were heading to Pittsburgh to cover its postindustrial renaissance and innovation economy

Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan says citys focus on Amazon HQ2 is missing the big story

Washington state leaders announce firstofitskind plan to defend net neutrality for constituents

Watch: Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan face off in debate

Bill Gates warns tech giants that a government crackdown may be in their future

Survey: Americans dont trust Big Tech or the government to prevent foreign election interference

Can tech and government innovate together for social good Inside a new effort to change the tide

FCC repeals net neutrality protections after dramatic pause to investigate security threat

Cuttingedge Microsoft data center fuels a new vision for global energy efficiency