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1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times / TNS

   Poll: Support for repealing Washington ‘millionaires tax’ drops with budget impact (opens the original)

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   SEATTLE — An initiative seeking to repeal Washington’s new income tax on $1 million-plus earners trails badly in a new poll when voters are shown legally required ballot language summarizing its potential impacts on the state budget. The statewide poll by Portland, Oregon-based polling firm DHM Research tested support for Initiative 645 with and without the fiscal-impact language, which states the measure’s passage would decrease funding for public K-12 schools, universities and healthcare. The

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2. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times / TNS

   Starbucks union calls for boycott as contract negotiations drag (opens the original)

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   The fight between the union representing thousands of Starbucks baristas and their employer is heating up, as workers call for a boycott. Starbucks Workers United announced the boycott — spurred by stalled contract negotiations — on Tuesday. Unionized employees are pressing customers to not spend money at Starbucks until a contract with improved pay, hours and staffing is reached, along with a mitigation of alleged labor law violations. We're fed up with Starbucks refusing to finalize a fair

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