Seattle has hired its first-ever “artificial intelligence officer” to lead AI initiatives across the city.

KNKX Murrow News Fellow Nate Sanford has more.

Economists with Oregon’s Employment Department predict modest job growth over the next decade.

Oregonians seeking jobs in healthcare will likely be able to find employment over the next decade. The Oregon Employment Department’s latest projections show private healthcare and social assistance adding more than 40-thousand positions by 2034. Kyra [[KYE ruh]] Buckley reports.

More Washington workers will be eligible for paid leave starting in January. SPR’s Owen Henderson reports on some of the changes taking effect in the new year. [For use during holidays]

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A plan to add carbon-free power to a hospital in south-central Washington could be back on track. [As N-W-P-B’s Courtney Flatt reports, a judge ordered the federal government to give back grants to hundreds of projects that reduce natural disaster risks.] [SOQ 0:36]

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The Trump administration could have to give back federal grants for hundreds of disaster-prevention projects across the country.

The head of the union that represents Eugene Springfield firefighters hopes to resolve a long-running issue surrounding the department’s future next year. KLCC’s Zac Ziegler reports:

The Rogue Valley may finally have its own queer-focused nightclub next year.

The owner of a local party bus company is now planning on opening the first queer nightclub in the Rogue Valley. Jefferson Public Radio's Roman Battaglia (buh-TALLY-uh) visited the club in Medford.

Washington is in the middle of a mult-year effort to change its graduation requirements so students are better prepared for life after high school. Oregon Public Broadcasting education reporter Elizabeth Miller has more.