Government

Dozens of companies that defied Covid mandates are fighting nearly $1 million in fines

Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries, data suggests

Oregon’s psilocybin program stands on thousands of years of indigenous experience

One thing the pandemic hasn’t changed: State laws protecting parents who deny their children medical care for religious reasons

How faith-healing exemptions have survived not only in deep red Idaho, but reliably blue Washington state

WA legislators prepare for long list of climate change bills

Lawmakers could look at more than a dozen climate proposals addressing carbon reduction and other environmental issues.

Concerns about WSP search rates persist

The Washington State Patrol this month announced a study had found “no systemic agency bias” in its stops and searches. But that’s not the whole story

The Real Costs of Child Care in America

In Washington state and across the country, the financial realities of child care are like mismatched puzzle pieces jammed together

At the Duwamish longhouse, a law is signed requiring environmental justice from state agencies

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.