A Puget Sound-area firm that worked for Northwest Innovation Works, the Chinese-backed company that wanted to build a methanol plant in Tacoma, is facing criticism. The consulting firm is called EnviroIssues and it does work for private- and public-sector clients that want to engage with the community on proposed projects. A new report from the environmental think tank Sightline Institute raises questions about the firm’s potential conflicts of interest.

A Puget Sound-area firm that worked for Northwest Innovation Works, the Chinese-backed company that wanted to build a methanol plant in Tacoma, is...

An attorney for the grassroots organization Save Tacoma Water decried the Port of Tacoma, the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County and the city of Tacoma for asking a court to block two measures the group wants to get on the ballot.

Just a year ago, "kayaktivists" took to the water to protest Royal Dutch Shell’s enormous drilling rig at the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5. Of course, that rig is long gone and the port is now in the environmental review process for a plan to upgrade the facility.

Tacoma has a message for all the technology companies competing for space in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood: Look south. On Wednesday, Tacoma will hold an economic showcase to sell the city as a good place for locating a business or developing property, and the man whose job it is to attract developers and executives to the city is Ricardo Noguera, community and economic development director for Tacoma.

Single women in Washington state own homes that are worth less, on average, than ones owned by single men, according to a new report from RealtyTrac. Homes owned by single women in Washington are worth about $9,000 less than homes owned by single men. Nationally, the gap is even bigger – about $26,000.

Seattle City Council member Mike O’Brien is proposing code changes to encourage more homeowners in Seattle to build backyard cottages, saying he'd like to see as many as 10,000 mother-in-law units and cottages get built over the next decade.

Every year, Amazon’s shareholders meeting offers activists a chance to get the ear of one of the world’s richest, most powerful executives, Jeff Bezos. This year, Amazon shareholders submitted three proposals for investors to vote on. One wanted the company to produce a sustainability report, including its goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Another wanted the company to share more information about its political spending. The third, from the nonprofit group SumOfUs, wanted Amazon to

For the past few years, labor activists have staged protests at Alaska Air Group’s annual shareholders meeting, but this year, the company will conduct the meeting online instead of in person.

For the past few years, labor activists have staged protests at Alaska Air Group’s annual shareholders meeting, but this year, the company will conduct...