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        <title><![CDATA[Joni Balter - Bloomberg View Columnist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Joni Balter is a longtime Seattle columnist and writer who contributes to local NPR and PBS affiliates.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amazon, Microsoft and the Seattle Shakeout in Remote Work]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As the tech giants tinker with office policies, workers will want to know: Who gets to go kayaking?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The office is underemployed.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[On Some Streets of Seattle, More Circus Than Siege]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A residential area taken over by, well, it’s hard to say.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2020 15:10:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Yes, that is a police precinct station.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Amazon’s Klutzy Politicking Backfired in Seattle]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A big-money effort to elect a friendly city council did the opposite. Here comes the tax bill.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 15:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Seattle Needs a Cure for Its Tax Fever]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Going after Amazon and other big employers turns out to have consequences. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-04/seattle-needs-a-cure-for-its-amazon-tax-fever</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amazon's HQ2 Search Is About Politics, Too]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An elite workforce will expect bike paths, dog parks and vegan gastropubs. And "a compatible cultural and community environment."]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A visitor takes a photograph of the meeting area called &quot;The Nest&quot; inside the Amazon.com Inc. the Spheres during opening day ceremonies at the company&apos;s campus in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The Spheres, a new gathering and working space for Amazon employees located in the heart of the downtown Seattle Amazon campus, contains hundreds of plant species from cloud rainforest environments around the globe, and maintains a tropical climate similar to Costa Rica or Indonesia. Photographer: Mike Kane/Bloomberg via Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Seattle's Boom Is a Boon for the Tax Man]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A liberal city thinks of everything when it comes to raising revenue.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:19:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>SEATTLE, WA - NOVEMBER 4: The sun sets on the Space Needle and downtown skyline as viewed at dusk on November 4, 2015, in Seattle, Washington. Seattle, located in King County, is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest, and is experiencing an economic boom as a result of its European and Asian global business connections. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Amazon Has Made Seattle Richer and Angrier]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Why the company’s charm offensive in its hometown has fallen short so far.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 14:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Amazon.com Inc. headquarters stands near the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Amazon.com Inc. is building three giant spheres filled with trees to better connect employees with nature. When they open in 2018, the 100-foot-tall orbsAmazon calls them Biospheres will host more than 300 plant species from around the world. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How States Can Be Smart About Pot]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[How voters in Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C., can separate hype from hemp on marijuana-legalization measures this year.  ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-10-12/how-states-can-be-smart-about-pot</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:03:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>BELLINGHAM, WA - JULY 8: Cale Holdsworth, in town from Kansas to visit family, celebrates after purchasing two grams of OG&apos;s Pearl for $26.50 at Top Shelf Cannabis, a retail marijuana store, on July 8, 2014 in Bellingham, Washington. Top Shelf Cannabis was the first retail marijuana store to open today in Washington state, nearly a year and a half after the state&apos;s voters chose to legalize marijuana.  (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Make Women's Voices Heard on Gun Control]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A proposal to require background checks on virtually all gun sales in Washington will need the votes of women, who often skip midterm elections, to pass.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-06-04/make-women-s-voices-heard-on-gun-control</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:58:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where a Higher Minimum Wage Hasn't Killed Jobs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Real-life experience with a higher minimum wage.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-02-21/where-a-higher-minimum-wage-hasn-t-killed-jobs</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:03:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Marijuana Growing Has to Change Its Energy-Hogging Ways]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legal Pot Tests Landlords, Lawyers and Bankers]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-01-09/legal-pot-tests-landlords-lawyers-and-bankers</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2014 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Marijuana Is Legal. Time to Regulate and Tax It.]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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