📍 Seattle's ranking as a "Global Startup Ecosystem" tumbled 10 spots to 20th place this year — the largest drop among the 40 top tier systems — per a report that looked at 4.5 million startups in 55 countries. (GeekWire)
📓 The Seattle School Board has postponed its vote on the budget to June 26, following a series of sometimes heated public meetings on the district's controversial plan to close 20 elementary schools. (Crosscut/Cascade PBS)
🔥 Scores of Seattle firefighters battled flames in a vacant building in the Chinatown-International District for hours yesterday.
It was one of about three dozen fires in vacant buildings so far this year that prompted a new law to expedite the city's response to dangerous vacant buildings. (KOMO)
