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Melissa Hellmann is an award-winning reporter who covers racial, gender and economic inequality. Prior to joining the Center for Public Integrity in August 2021, she covered marginalized communities for The Seattle Times
PERKS! PERKS! PERKS! WHO'S READY TO PLAY TO WIN!? IF YOU GOT YOUR SHOT(S), NO NEED TO SIGN UP, YOU'RE ALREADY GAMBLIN'! Gov. Inslee rolled out vaccine incentives in Washington state today. The "Shot of a Lifetime” sweepstakes will take place during June, featuring $2 million in cash prizes, "nearly" $1 million for paid college tuition, video game systems, smart speakers, and—that's right—sweet, sweet gift cards, motherfuckers!!!!! As The Stranger's Rich Smith wrote in his...
QFC to close two Seattle stores, blames city’s new $4 hazard pay law Updated Feb 17, 2021; By Paul Roberts | The Seattle Times and Tribune News Service The heated debate over Seattle’s $4-an-hour hazard pay law for grocery workers escalated sharply this week. On Tuesday, QFC announced it will close two Seattle stores by April 24 — and blamed the move, in part, on the new law. Although QFC acknowledged that both locations — at 416 15th Avenue East on Capitol Hill and at 8400 35th Ave. NE in Wedgwood — were “underperforming,” the decision to close them was ...