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Work
2:53 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

Help KUOW Report On How The Job Market Is Changing

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KUOW is making radio about the jobs recovery

KUOW is working on a series of reports about the state of the jobs economy in Puget Sound. We want to know how we've emerged, what's changed and what the future holds. You can help. Click on any of the links below and you will be taken to a form to tell your story. If you have a story that doesn't fit with one of the questions below, just click on any one of the forms and tell us what's on your mind.

If you trained for a green job or now hold a green job,  tell us here.

If you retrained for a job, tell us if you found the work you expected.

If you still aren't getting the kind of work you need,  tell us here.

Did you apply for disability payments because you couldn't find work? Tell us about that.

If you work under the tax man's radar, tell us why it has to be that way.

If you were unscathed by the recession and its aftermath, tell us if and how the recession changed you.

What jobs have you seen roar back? What jobs have you seen fade away?

Seattle Budget Surplus
7:15 am
Tue April 23, 2013

Good News Seattle, City Budget Back In The Black

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Seattle's skyline

Budget officials in the city of Seattle delivered some good news yesterday. For the first time since the financial crisis, the city is forecasting a budget surplus.

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Currency
8:00 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Rethinking The Idea Of Money

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Rethinking money.

In the book "Rethinking Money," economist Bernard Lietaer and journalist Jacqui Dunne trace the beginnings of our monetary system, including its serious problems and hope for the future.

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News & Analysis
10:00 am
Wed April 17, 2013

Canada, Culture And Commerce

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Canadian flag.

Vancouver Sun political correspondent Vaughn Palmer brings us the latest news from Canada. Film critic Robert Horton reviews what's happening on the silver screen. Then, Michael Parks wraps up the region's recent economic news.

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