Politics
$70.9B WA budget proposal boosts funding for behavioral health
Washington lawmakers will offer their own proposals in the legislative session that begins next month.
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Investigations
Q&A: WA’s broadband director on the $1.2B expansion challenge ahead
As Mark Vasconi prepares to retire, he outlines how the state can invest historic federal aid in connecting rural communities left out of past efforts.
Investigations
WA mobile home communities organize against ‘economic eviction’
Port Orchard-based Hurst & Son LLC bought dozens of parks in recent years. Now residents say the company is raising rents and cutting services.
News
SCOTUS won’t hear the challenge to WA’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban
A Christian therapist sued on First Amendment grounds over a 2018 law blocking the treatment for minors, but a lower court's ruling will stand.
News
Enrollment woes leave Washington school closures on the table
Bellevue, Seattle and Olympia districts say drops in student numbers could lead to budget pressure and further consolidations.