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1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Chris Daniels

Share SEATTLE — Lisa Dupar looks across her Redmond restaurant and catering business and makes an admission about the past. "I was really concerned that I was out in the sticks,” she said about opening a restaurant and small catering business in the town 40 years ago. Then, she started delivering food to a startup company with three buildings down the road. “I remember serving food and hearing someone in the room say, ‘We're going to call it Windows,’” Dupar recalled with a smirk.

1 month ago | komonews.com | Chris Daniels

Microsoft, Redmond celebrates 50 years of change: From small startup to AI trailblazerMicrosoft, Redmond celebrates 50 years of change: From small startup to AI trailblazer0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 90% SEATTLE — Lisa Dupar looks across her Redmond restaurant and catering business and makes an admission about the past. "I was really concerned that I was out in the sticks,” she said about opening a restaurant and small catering business in the town 40 years ago.

1 month ago | komonews.com | Chris Daniels

WA commerce secretary reviewing digital navigator program grants, citing audit concernsWA commerce secretary reviewing digital navigator program grants, citing audit concerns0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 90% SEATTLE — Washington Commerce Secretary Joe Nguyen said he is reviewing how the state is handing out grants and if millions were mishandled after an audit highlighted by KOMO News.

1 month ago | komonews.com | Chris Daniels

SEATTLE — Dozens of major companies have sent a letter to Washington's governor and state legislature to "review and revise" the tax and budget proposals, saying they threaten the state’s economic stability. Alaska Airlines, Amazon, Costco, Microsoft, Nordstrom, PSE, Zillow, T-Mobile, Redfin, Virginia Mason, WaFd Bank, Weyerhaeuser, Puget Sound Energy, and the Seattle Mariners were among the co-signers on the letter addressed to Gov.

1 month ago | komonews.com | Chris Daniels

Ferguson says a wealth tax will be vetoed, urges new discussions to close $16B deficitFerguson says a wealth tax will be vetoed, urges new discussions to close $16B deficit0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 90% SEATTLE — Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday he would veto any spending package with a wealth tax, but may have simultaneously opened the door for other tax proposals to fill what he said was a $16 billion gap in state spending.