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| ('seattletimes.com/business/amazon/after-head-tax-vote-amazon-resuming-work-on-one-building-but-unsure-of-plans-for-another/', 1)                   | Amazon said it will continue to evaluate its long-term plans for Seattle after the >>>City Council passed a bill to tax large businesses<<< to fund homelessness services .                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| ('seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-closing-130-person-seattle-delivery-support-unit-moving-the-jobs-to-phoenix/', 6)                         | The closure comes as debate rages in Seattle about a head tax on large employers , aimed at funding affordable housing and homelessness services , that the city council passed >>>this month<<< .                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-may-threaten-to-ditch-seattle-but-it-wouldnt-be-easy-to-leave/', 2)                                       | Despite Amazon 's threat to scale back in Seattle after the city enacted a >>>head tax<<< , it could be costly for the giant retailer to retreat from its hometown .                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('seattletimes.com/business/economy/morning-after-on-the-jobs-tax-a-fast-or-slow-reckoning/', 3)                                                    | The City Council >>>passed it 9-0<<< , albeit at $ 275 per employee annually , rather than $ 500 , on companies that gross at least $ 20 million a year .                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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| ('seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/bank-of-america-to-take-six-floors-in-rainier-square/', 4)                                                  | After the Seattle City Council leveled a $ 275 per employee tax on companies grossing at least $ 20 million per year in the city , Amazon >>>threatened<<< that unless the tax were repealed , it would abandon plans to open an office with as many as 5,000 employees in the building .                                                                |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/after-investigation-into-seattles-pension-system-readers-wonder-why-not-just-invest-in-index-funds/', 42)           | To put that in the current political context , the city 's increase in pension costs over this time is well above the $ 47 million it expects to raise with the >>>new per-head tax for homeless services<<< .                                                                                                                                           |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/did-seattle-violate-open-meetings-law-ahead-of-head-tax-repeal-vote/', 2)                                           | Open-government advocates raised concerns Tuesday about Seattle officials ' abruptly scheduled special meeting to consider repealing the >>>city 's head tax on large businesses<<< , questioning whether the process involved secret deliberations that run afoul of Washington 's law aimed at giving the public a seat at the decision-making table . |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/new-homeless-count-in-king-county-shows-spike-in-number-of-people-sleeping-outside/', 21)                  | >>>Seattle 's new business head tax<<< , which will charge large businesses $ 275 per worker to fund homeless services and affordable housing , spotlighted a struggle to find the right balance between long - and short-term strategies .                                                                                                              |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/seattle-homeless-camp-did-not-check-for-warrants-on-a-resident-before-ballard-rape/', 7)                   | The tax is >>>expected to generate an average of $ 47.5 million a year to fund affordable housing and homelessness<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/task-force-on-homelessness-looks-to-restart-after-seattle-head-tax-debate/', 10)                           | As One Table stalled , Seattle 's approximately $ 47 million-a-year business head tax to fund homeless services and housing collapsed in unprecedented fashion , with the City Council repealing its own ordinance a month after unanimously >>>passing it<<< .                                                                                          |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/how-will-seattles-new-employee-head-tax-affect-you-we-want-to-know/', 2)                                            | The Seattle Times is seeking stories of people who have a stake in >>>Seattle 's new plan<<< to tax the city 's largest employers to help address homelessness .                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/how-will-seattles-new-employee-head-tax-affect-you-we-want-to-know/', 7)                                            | >>>The Seattle City Council voted<<< unanimously Monday to approve the new tax on for-profit companies that gross at least $ 20 million annually , a change that will take effect Jan. 1 and continue until Dec. 31 , 2023 .                                                                                                                             |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/about-face-seattle-city-council-repeals-head-tax-amid-pressure-from-big-businesses/', 3)                   | The vote , ending a raucous special meeting called by Council President Bruce Harrell , came less than a month after >>>the council voted 9-0<<< to approve the tax of $ 275 per employee , per year to help fund housing and services for homeless people .                                                                                             |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/business-backed-opponents-of-seattle-head-tax-outspent-supporters-2-to-1/', 1)                             | Foes of Seattle 's controversial >>>head tax on big businesses<<< shelled out more than $ 2 for every dollar spent by proponents of the tax , according to campaign-finance reports filed this week .                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/councilmember-sawant-says-seattle-could-slow-police-hiring-cut-bureaucrats-to-replace-head-tax-money/', 3) | At a news conference with housing activists but no other council members , Sawant said her colleagues should either revisit what she called >>>the " Amazon tax "<<< or make up the money by cutting elsewhere in the budget .                                                                                                                           |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/heres-what-happens-next-with-seattles-275-per-employee-head-tax/', 3)                                      | The >>>City Council has voted to impose the tax of $ 275 per employee<<< , per year , on for-profit companies that gross at least $ 20 million annually , such as Amazon and Starbucks .                                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/ideas-for-a-new-tax-on-big-businesses-like-amazon-swirl-in-seattle-as-debate-heats-up-again/', 0)          | Politicians , activists and business leaders are scrambling to stake out positions ahead of another debate brewing in Seattle over taxing large corporations , less than two years after the City Council >>>passed<<< and then almost immediately repealed a " head tax " under pressure from a potential referendum and critics that included Amazon . |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/inside-seattle-head-tax-debate-a-battle-over-amazons-number/', 15)                                         | >>>By Monday<<< , all nine council members had thrown their support behind a tax of $ 275 per employee — agreeing to a compromise between social-justice activists and business leaders that pleased Durkan , only somewhat appeased Amazon and left González wondering whether she should have held out for more .                                      |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/rob-johnson-wont-run-for-re-election-in-seattles-big-2019-council-elections/', 5)                          | The city 's seven district-based seats will be contested for only the second time , requiring incumbents to answer to their neighborhood constituents , and battle lines on homelessness were drawn months ago when the council >>>adopted<<< a controversial head tax on large businesses to address the ongoing crisis .                               |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-council-to-consider-repeal-of-head-tax-less-than-a-month-after-approving-it/', 1)                  | Less than a month after roiling Seattle and making national headlines by >>>voting unanimously<<< to pass a controversial head tax on big businesses such as Amazon , the City Council now plans to abruptly reverse itself and vote to repeal the tax .                                                                                                 |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/with-push-for-referendum-debate-over-seattle-head-tax-hits-the-streets/', 13)                              | As City Hall critics collect petition signatures to put a business-backed referendum on the November ballot , people across Seattle are talking about the >>>city 's newest tax<<< .                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-businesses-strike-back-against-head-tax-launch-referendum/', 7)                                             | On Monday , the >>>Seattle City Council unanimously approved<<< a yearly tax of $ 275 per full-time employee to be levied on businesses with at least $ 20 million annually in Seattle revenue , beginning next year .                                                                                                                                   |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/seattle-city-council-to-vote-at-noon-on-repeal-of-big-business-head-tax/', 4)                                       | Roughly two hours after the City Council took up the proposal to repeal the head tax — less than a month after the >>>council approved the tax<<< of $ 275 per employee — the nine-member board voted to pass the measure .                                                                                                                              |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/turn-out-the-lights-message-from-1971-seattle-billboard-echoed-in-head-tax-debate/', 4)                             | Now , because of the $ 275-per-employee head tax >>>passed unanimously last week<<< by the Seattle City Council , that 47-year-old message has come back .                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| ('seattletimes.com/seattle-news/what-a-mess-texts-by-seattle-mayor-council-member-shed-light-on-head-tax-repeal/', 27)                              | But soon after that >>>version of the tax passed<<< , Amazon and other businesses joined City Hall skeptics in a campaign to repeal the tax through a popular referendum .                                                                                                                                                                               |
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