Two Colville women were booked into a rural Washington jail. It became a death sentence
Critics say WA jails are letting opioid users suffer from withdrawals, leading to preventable deaths
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Can Oregon Democrats learn from B.C.’s conservative-backed carbon tax?
After two years of defeat in Salem, carbon pricing still lacks support from business and rural interests.
Behold Washington’s ‘new beginning’ in its fight against climate change
As the dust settles in Olympia, the state finally has embraced cap and trade, electric cars and environmental justice.
Cleaning Up What Can't Plug In
Cascadia needs cleaner fuels to start decarbonizing heavy vehicles and industry. That means pushing biofuels to the max, and more.
Hundreds of firefighters. 20 bulldozers. Intentional burns: Inside Washington’s $328M push to break cycle of disastrous fires
Legislature unites in support of massive cash infusion to step up firefighting, improve forests and secure communities near the fire lines
Why Renewable Electricity Powers Decarbonization — and Pays Off
Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means moving much faster.
After a turbulent year, Washington state poised to ban guns at protests, Capitol grounds
Despite gun-rights opposition, lawmakers in Olympia are working to deter ad hoc ‘patrols’ and armed protests
Washington lawmakers look to keep families together as part of foster care reform
Poverty, disability, homelessness wouldn't qualify as sole reason to take kids away
Washington’s environmental laws don’t protect communities of color. Will the Legislature fix that?
With strong mandates stripped out, landmark environmental justice legislation approaches passage