Benjamin Romano

Amazon gave some customers a preview of its Woodland Hills, California, Amazon Fresh store. And future Fresh locations are planned for elsewhere in California, Seattle and the Chicago suburbs.

Amazon has bought and developed a range of grocery concepts as it vies for a bigger slice of the grocery business against U.S. market leaders Walmart and Kroger. It plans new conventional checkout grocery stores in Seattle, California, and the Chicago and Washington, D.C., areas.

Big polluters are spending billions on controversial projects that protect forests and let them keep polluting  The Seattle Times

Amazon has 37,000 job listings — maybe its most ever  The Seattle Times

E-commerce is the most-complained-about industry in the state for the first time  The Seattle Times

Amazon tops 53,500 local employees as it begins nationwide hiring push  The Seattle Times

A lawsuit filed in Seattle Tuesday alleges Amazon is recording children who use its Alexa devices without their consent, in violation of laws governing recordings in at least eight states, including Washington.

Suits allege Amazon’s Alexa violates laws by recording children’s voices without consent  The Seattle Times

Nearly 4,500 Amazon employees challenge company to lead on climate-change policies

Compare local business tax bills  The Seattle Times

Mounting costs in Seattle weigh on grocers, restaurants  The Seattle Times

Timeline: Selected events in the life of Paul Gardner Allen  The Seattle Times

An outpouring of love for the Polish hot dogs sold at Costco’s food courts may not be enough to save it.