As immigrant Medicaid cuts take effect, some in WA can keep their coverage
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Amazon pledges $1B to data center communities, warns that local opposition threatens U.S. AI lead
Amazon says it will spend more than $1 billion over five years in the U.S. communities where it builds and operates data centers, responding to a growing backlash across the country against the tech industry’s massive AI infrastructure buildout. Continue reading at GeekWire. (Noah Berger)
More than half of Washington homeowners dropped by insurers in five years; Spokane County hit hard
Hundreds of Spokane-area homeowners have lost their insurance coverage in recent years, and the threat of more cancellations looms as wildfire seasons intensify across the region. Continue reading at KXLY. (KXLY)
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Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts