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A consumer's guide to marijuana use, published by the Washington State Liquor Control Board, sits on a counter at the Cannabis City marijuana retail shop days before the grand opening Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in Seattle. Pot is expected to go on sale beginning Tuesday, July 8, the first day that recreational marijuana can legally be sold in Washington state. The shop is expected to be the first licensed retailer in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington state issues 24 marijuana shop licenses

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

Illustration on Big Labors threats to tips by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

PARANZINO: Big labor takes aim at tipping

By Mike Paranzino

FILE - In this Friday, April 27, 2012 file photo, Starbucks barista Linsey Pringle prepares a cup of coffee at a Starbucks Corp. store in Seattle. Starbucks on Monday, June 16, 2014 announced a new partnership with Arizona State University to make online degrees available to its 135,000 U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Starbucks offers online college program to workers

By Candice Choi - Associated Press

MasterPark, a Seattle-area parking business, is tacking a "living wage surcharge" onto its customers' bills in response to the new $15 minimum wage requirement that went into effect this year. (KOMO 4)

Seattle business charges ‘living wage’ tax in response to $15 wage hike

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Hoisting signs, supporters showed support for the passage of increasing the minimum wage in the city to $15 for Seattle employers on Monday, June 2, 2014, at City Hall in Seattle. Phased in over the next seven years, Seattle will have the highest minimum wage in America. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Jordan Stead)

Lawsuit challenges Seattle’s $15 minimum wage

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

The Space Needle and downtown Seattle are viewed over the wing of a Boeing B-17 &quot;Flying Fortress&quot; bomber Monday, May 5, 2014, as it flies over Seattle. The recreated model of the &quot;Memphis Belle&quot; World War II airplane will be available for paid rides and donation-based ground tours on May 10-11, 2014 at the Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

EDITORIAL: Seattle and the price of a ‘living wage’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Seattle police investigate the scene after a shooting at Seattle Pacific University on Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Seattle. A lone gunman armed with a shotgun opened fire in a building at the small Seattle university, fatally wounding one person and injuring three others before a student subdued him with pepper spray as he tried to reload, Seattle police said. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo) NO SALES; MAGS OUT; SEATTLE TIMES OUT SEATTLE ONLINE OUT TV OUT

Police: College student disarmed Seattle gunman

By Manuel Valdes and Phuong Le - Associated Press

Socialist Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant, right, talks on Monday, June 2, 2014, at City Hall in Seattle. Phased in over the next seven years, Seattle will have the highest minimum wage in America. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Jordan Stead)

Seattle’s socialist council member on $15 minimum-wage hike: ‘We did it’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

2 men shot to death in Seattle

Associated Press

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Drew Smyly pauses on the mound in the second inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Seattle. Smyly was pulled after giving up three runs, all of them earned, in four innings. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Smyly struggles again as Tigers fall to Mariners

By CURTIS CRABTREE - Associated Press

This photo provided by the National Parks Service, shows the Liberty Ridge Area of Mount Rainier as viewed from the Carbon Glacier, Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Washington state. Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow thousands of feet below their last known location, a national park official said Saturday. (AP Photo/National Park Service)

Official: 6 climbers likely died in mountain fall

Associated Press

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Chris Young throws in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Bloomquist’s 2 RBIs lead M’s over Tigers

By CURTIS CRABTREE - Associated Press

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Max Scherzer, left, is pulled by Tigers manager Brad Ausmus, right, in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Sunday, June 1, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Tigers shut out by Mariners 4-0

By CURTIS CRABTREE - Associated Press

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Roenis Elias throws against the Detroit Tigers in the second inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 1, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Elias pitches 3-hitter, Mariners top Tigers 4-0

By CURTIS CRABTREE - Associated Press

Martinez, Cabrera lead Detroit past Seattle 6-3

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press