Friday Roundup: State unemployment rate rises, budget director says “next year” for school funding, eliminating global poverty

There are always a few items we’ve read during a week that deserve more attention but don’t make it into our regular posts. So we bundle them for the Friday roundup. Here’s this week’s bundle.

• Seattle Times: Jobless rates rise for Seattle, Washington state
• GeekWire: Bill Gates ‘confident’ that poverty can be wiped out by 2030
• Associated Press: State budget director: No education funding deal this year
• Washington Research Council: King County Superior Court judge finds I-1366 unconstitutional 
  • Governor’s statement on ruling