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Seattle fought Amazon ... and Amazon won

Jun 15, 2018
The city council voted this week to repeal a decision that levied taxes on large business.
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Amazon head tax reversed

Jun 13, 2018
Last month the Seattle city council voted unanimously for a head tax – a set fee that bigger companies would have to pay for each of their employees. The tax was meant to raise funds to address homelessness and help create more affordable housing in a city where both have become problems. Then yesterday that same […]