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Jake: Sound Transit doesn't need to ask for more of your money. They'll just take it
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (685+ words) May 14, 2026, 11: 43 AM Co-Host of The Jake & Spike Show Let me be upfront: I'm deeply cynical about Sound Transit and the entire light rail project. And it's not unfounded. By any honest measure, what was promised and what's being delivered are…...
Asian stocks are mixed as investors watch takeaways from Trump-Xi summit
9+ hour, 59+ min ago (472+ words) Trump met with Xi at the Great Hall of the People and they talked about U. S. -China relations and Taiwan, but analysts did not expect major breakthroughs. U. S. futures edged higher. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index was up 0. 3% to 63, 448. 87, after briefly reaching another all-time…...
Ursula: 'Governor Ferguson, what about suspending the CCA?' as local inflation nears a full point above the national rate
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (326+ words) May 13, 2026, 11: 20 AM BY GEE SCOTT AND URSULA REUTIN SHOW Prices in the greater Seattle area rose 4. 9% over the past year, according to'federal data'released Tuesday, outpacing a national inflation rate that itself hit a three-year high of 3. 8%. The Seattle-area energy index…...
US grocery prices rose in April, but gas spikes weren't the only reason
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (1155+ words) May 12, 2026, 9: 19 PM Americans paid more for their groceries last month, but high gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war were only one of the reasons why. Prices for food eaten at home rose 2. 9% in April compared to the same month…...
Seattle-area inflation hits 4. 9%, outpacing nation as energy costs soar
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (402+ words) May 12, 2026, 1: 30 PM Prices in the greater Seattle area rose 4. 9% over the past year, according to federal data released Tuesday, outpacing a national inflation rate that itself hit a three-year high of 3. 8%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the…...
'I want to see somebody fired': Jake calls for accountability over Sound Transit's $35 B hole, project delays
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (459+ words) May 10, 2026, 6: 09 AM BY JAKE SKORHEIM AND SPIKE O'NEILL SHOW The Jake and Spike Show, weekdays from 12 p. m. - 3 p. m. Sound Transit held a board meeting recently to discuss how the agency is in a $35 billion budget deficit, but had a keen idea for…...
Powell says Fed is monitoring energy price spikes, but that it's limited in what it can do
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (748+ words) Mar 30, 2026, 10: 58 AM Powell, who spoke before nearly 400 students at Harvard University as gas prices inched toward an average of $4 per gallon in the U. S. , said there wasn't a lot Fed policymakers could do since energy shocks "tend to come and go…...
US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (363+ words) Mar 18, 2026, 2: 57 PM The unprecedented figure highlights competing administration priorities, from passing a massive tax law and boosting defense spending and immigration enforcement to chipping away at the debt itself " the latter of which Donald Trump promised to do as both…...
Key inflation gauge worsened in January, before Iran war lifted gas prices
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (178+ words) Mar 13, 2026, 5: 41 AM Prices rose 2. 8% in January compared with a year earlier, the Commerce Department said Friday, slightly below December's increase in a report that was delayed by last fall's six-week government shutdown. The shutdown created a backlog of data that…...
Target reports another quarter of declining sales but says it sees some green shoots
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (238+ words) But the Minneapolis company on Tuesday offered a solid annual profit outlook that was better than Wall Street had been projecting, It also said it believes net sales with grow every quarter this year. Target also said comparable-store sales rose…...