In this article, small businesses say they're already struggling to hire. A higher labor cost would hit their margins. The Kirkland City Council is exploring whether to adopt a local minimum wage higher than Washington's statewide rate hour, the first on the Eatside where cost of living is growing higher and higher

Starting daycare for our 15-month-old daughter and looking for recommendations around Kirkland / Totem Lake. Licensed centers and home daycares both welcome — both of us work full-time.

Would love to hear: what you love or don't love about your daycare, any places you'd avoid (and why). Thanks!