income inequality

Washington state has been collecting a new $100 fee from every real-estate transaction since January. That money will soon start to flow to people who have historically suffered from housing discrimination in the state.

A recent report studying the impact of a $500 stipend over 10 months showed King County participants’ employment nearly doubled and financial stability increased.

Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that would give 7,500 low-income state residents universal basic income for two years, no strings attached.

Progressive legislators are hoping the time is right to hike taxes on the rich, especially after three pandemic years. In a coordinated effort, lawmakers in eight states are proposing new taxes on their resident billionaires and ultra-millionaires.

The income gap in Seattle is growing and the city is becoming more like New York in its divide between rich and poor, according to a recent study done for…

In addition to a book or movie, you can now take Internet access home from the Seattle Public Library.The library has started checking out 150 mobile…

Ever since Seattle Mayor Ed Murray set up a committee to study how to hike Seattle’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, there’s been the faint sound of a clock…

Seattle is getting serious about the possibility of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. A symposium on income inequality called by Seattle Mayor Ed…

Business owners, union members, restaurant employees and activists each got two minutes Wednesday night to say their piece about a higher minimum wage in…

Income inequality in the U.S. is at its highest point in 85 years, and politicians are debating ways to raise the living standard for low-wage workers.…