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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

“We just sort of made the hardcore decision that we’re going to sell all of our assets and go to a state that’s more friendly to landlords and not so heavily taxed, and just have to deal with all the stuff on our job sites that we have to deal with,” he explained.

Bob said Project Labor Agreements (PLA), which used to apply only to large state projects, are now being attached to jobs worth as little as $1 million, forcing contractors to pay union wages and dues.

Oh, get fucked.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

Just to be clear KIRO radio owned by Salt Lake City based Bonneville International. KIRO-TV is owned by Cox Media Group.

It's surprising how many people still don't know this.

Also important to note that more and more local news radio, tv stations and papers are largely owned by a corporation that almost always puts a political spin on every story they tell.

[–] Nshrubs@mstdn.social 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

@kinther @seattle All they do these days is post crap from Jason rancid's MyNorthwest mouthpiece. 🙄

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I am really getting sick of it. Our local news is all negative bias toward our city.