‘Up’ House For Sale, Indiana Travel Ban for City Employees
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
By Lauren Mang March 31, 2015
On the heels of Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which many say supports discrimination against gays and lesbians, several businesses and high-profile leaders around the country are speaking out and taking action. Indianapolis-based Angie’s List canceled a $40 million expansion as a result of the law, Salesforce ceo Marc Benioff has stopped all company travel into the Midwest state and Seattle’s Mayor Ed Murray is set to sign an order that will ban all city employees from traveling to Indiana on city business. Governor Jay Inslee has also instituted the same ban to his administration, reports King 5 News.
Geekwire reports that Seattle-based cosmetics startup Julep laid off 17 employees this month. CEO Jane Park did not comment on the company’s business performance.
Seattle City Council approved an ordinance yesterday to allow three additional homeless encampments for around 100 people each, according to The Seattle Times. “Tent cities will be on private land or city property, excluding parks, and will — for now — be restricted to nonresidential zones,” the Times writes. The amount of homeless in the city is up 21 percent from last year, according to the annual One Night Count conducted by the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness. In our April 2015 issue, we take a closer look at the people who live in encampments. Read their stories here.
After failing at auction a few weeks ago, the $300,000 in liens have been dropped and the famous little house in Ballard that inspired the movie Up is back on the market. According to Kiro 7 News, the anonymous seller “is requiring anyone who buys it to find a way to honor [Edith] Macefield at the site.” Macefield, who died in 2008, refused to sell her home to developers and turned down $1 million offer for the home.
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