School leaders received numerous reports that former high school English teacher Curtis Johnston was “dating” a student but failed to intervene, complaint says
The proposal would expand the definition of illegal sexual contact between prison staff and an inmate to include kissing, groping
Washington is one of 12 states without enforceable state standards or oversight — that won’t change in 2026
Wow. After toiling for years to expose the ills of water pollution, it's really exciting to see some of the nation's largest news organizations tackling some of the country's biggest water-contamination problems.
We've previously highlighted the New York Times' excellent piece on widespread industrial non-compliance with the Clean Water Act, which leads in some cases to polluted drinking water.
It's part of the NYT's "Toxic Waters" series. The latest installment devles into one of our favorite topics, stormwater, and particularly the nasty stuff generated at animal feedlots known as CAFOs.
Meanwhile, over at the Associated Press, some poor journalist whose byline was dropped when his story ran in the Charleston Daily Mail has done an admirable job looking into the quality of drinking water in the nation's schools. We helped in a sort of consultant role when the colleagues at the Seattle P-I took this topic on some years ago. We're glad the AP went after the national picture.
-- Robert McClure
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The penalty comes days after InvestigateWest found regulators investigating the pollution didn’t take steps to immediately stop it
School leaders received numerous reports that former high school English teacher Curtis Johnston was “dating” a student but failed to intervene, complaint says
The proposal would expand the definition of illegal sexual contact between prison staff and an inmate to include kissing, groping
Washington is one of 12 states without enforceable state standards or oversight — that won’t change in 2026
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