AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoTech & Logistics: King County Library System unveiled what it says is North America’s largest library sorting machine, a $5.2M upgrade that’s already replacing a decades-old system and helping move millions of items across dozens of branches. Construction & Transportation: Yakima-area drivers face a week of impacts from Nob Hill Boulevard and 32nd Avenue utility and sidewalk work, plus an I-82 eastbound on-ramp closure for bridge maintenance. Agriculture & Labor: A new UCLA study argues Washington’s H-2A guestworker program has grown beyond farm labor needs, displacing local immigrant farmworkers and stressing vulnerable communities. Health & Manufacturing: WSU researchers developed an electronic “skin” for prosthetics that can detect temperature and pressure, aiming to restore touch for amputees. Local Business & Warehousing: BuyWander, auctioning returned retail goods, is relocating its HQ to the Seattle area as it expands its warehouse network. Tribal Land & Food Systems: Seattle “rematriated” a former industrial site to the Duwamish Tribe, with cleanup and a greenhouse producing thousands of vegetable starts for schools and foodbanks. Regulation & Markets: Kalshi is asking a Washington judge to reconsider a court order that blocks access to certain prediction-market categories while the dispute with regulators continues.
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