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How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways

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How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Reporting Highlights Job Promises: Washington lawmakers approved a tax break for data centers to create more jobs in rural Washington, but they can’t say … Read more

Power Hungry: Was one of WA’s biggest corporate tax breaks worth the cost?

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Power Hungry: Was one of WA’s biggest corporate tax breaks worth the cost?

POWER HUNGRY | Second in a Seattle Times and ProPublica series about the impact of data centers in Washington. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times. Times Watchdog stories dig deep to hold power accountable, right wrongs and create change. This work is made possible by The … Read more

Three bids submitted for traffic management system

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Three bids submitted for traffic management system

The Public Works Department has received three bids for a €7 million project to install and operate a traffic management system in Nicosia and Limassol. The system aims to reduce journey times in urban areas by coordinating traffic signals and gathering data from sensors installed at key points of the road network.