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Outdoor space for dining and retail might help businesses, but may impede people with disabilities, advocates worry

Businesses can now temporarily use sidewalks and private parking spaces for outdoor seating and retail. The moves comes after King County loosened some regulations to help businesses during the pandemic.
Ruby de Luna
Arts & Life

Restaurant workers have mixed feelings about Phase 2 reopening

Even with some restaurants reopening for dining under Phase 2, many customers are still uneasy, according to a recent survey by Seattle Eater. And it goes both ways.
Ruby de Luna
Business

Seattle bar reopens after Covid-19 shutdown: Not a lot of people 'but it's 15 more than zero'

The Streamline tavern is just one of the Seattle businesses coming back after the coronavirus shutdown.
Angela King

Kim Shepard
Race & Identity

Chinatown businesses vandalized — again

It’s been a tough spring for Seattle’s Chinatown International District. Businesses there were hit hard even before the state’s stay at home order. This past weekend stores and restaurants were vandalized and robbed.
Ruby de Luna
All-electric commuter plane begins flight testing in Moses Lake

A Cessna commuter plane retrofitted in Washington state has taken the crown of biggest all-electric airplane now flying. Redmond, Washington-based...
Tom Banse
Government

'I can't foresee that happening:' King County not expecting non-essential reopening by June 1

King County Executive Dow Constantine said Tuesday the county is not poised to roll back non-essential business closures come June 1, the day the state's stay-at-home order is currently slated to lift.
Liz Brazile
Government

Issaquah software engineer faces federal charges for $1.5M coronavirus business loan fraud

Baoke Zhang, 35, was charged with wire fraud and bank fraud in a federal criminal complaint unsealed in the Western District of Washington on Friday. He is accused of filing multiple fraudulent bank loan applications in pursuit of more than $1 million in forgivable loans guaranteed under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Liz Brazile
Government

A snapshot as Washington edges over an economic cliff

Washington state’s first economic update since the coronavirus crisis shows a slide in our economic fortunes that is singular for its “depth and speed.”
Carolyn Adolph
Business

Kroger offers ‘thank you’ bonus after employees protest end of hazard pay

Grocery workers held protests outside Fred Meyer stores in Burien and Bellingham Friday. The Kroger employees at QFC and Fred Meyer were upset about the elimination of their $2-an-hour ‘Hero Pay.’
Amy Radil
Health

Face masks to be required inside King County businesses and crowded outdoor spaces

Residents of Seattle and King County will be required to wear face coverings over their noses and mouths while inside indoor businesses and public transit starting May 18. Masks must also be worn outside, in places where social distancing may not possible.
Ashley Hiruko

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