A so-called Vision Zero city, Seattle has a lofty goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries. The city has averaged about 20 deaths a year over the past decade.
Senator Amy Klobuchar argues that huge corporate mergers of recent decades have rewarded the already rich and squeezed the middle-class. Now chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, she argues that regulation is needed to contain big tech companies' monopolistic growth and to ensure consumer protections against corporate consolidation.
