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2 months ago | route-fifty.com | Lulu Ramadan |Sydney Brownstone

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed an executive order forming a team to evaluate the impact of data centers on energy use, state tax revenue and job creation. The order follows a Seattle Times-ProPublica investigation last year into the clean-energy and economic impacts of the state’s power-guzzling data center industry, the backbone of the modern internet.

2 months ago | orlandoadvocate.com | Lulu Ramadan |Sydney Brownstone

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed an executive order forming a team to evaluate the impact of data centers on energy use, state tax revenue and job creation.

2 months ago | propublica.org | Lulu Ramadan |Sydney Brownstone |Sharon Lerner |Tim Golden

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed an executive order forming a team to evaluate the impact of data centers on energy use, state tax revenue and job creation.

2 months ago | seattletimes.com | Sydney Brownstone |Lulu Ramadan

In one of his earliest actions as Washington’s new governor, Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed an executive order forming a team to evaluate the impact of data centers on energy use, state tax revenue and job creation. The order follows a Seattle Times and ProPublica investigation last year into the clean-energy and economic impacts of the state’s power-guzzling data center industry, the backbone of the modern internet.

2 months ago | seattletimes.com | Sydney Brownstone

A new bill making its way through the Washington Legislature could tweak a law that outlines harsh punishments for assaults on health care workers, creating a specific carve-out for mental health patients. For nearly 30 years, Washington has allowed prosecutors to charge people with felonies for offenses like spitting if the victim is a health care worker. The law aims to protect health care workers who face rising violence on the job with increased penalties.